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ycombinatrix··on x86 prefixes and escape opcodes flowchart
No captcha for me, though I do often have captcha problems with the site.
ycombinatrix··on Google Meet Reactions: Reverse Engineering the WebRTC Channel for Emoji
>But script.src = URL requires a network request. By that time, Meet might have already created the “reactions” channel, and my hook would miss it.

Is it possible to use a data URI? That would not incur a network request.

ycombinatrix··on Steam "Offline" status leaks exact login timestamps (Valve: Won't Fix)
The tracking pixel still needs to be clicked on.

e.g. FB Messenger & WhatsApp have their own web scraping infrastructure to provide server side link previews & thereby mitigate tracking links.

Not sure if Steam does the same currently.

ycombinatrix··on Steam "Offline" status leaks exact login timestamps (Valve: Won't Fix)
Not true - if users want to play a game without appearing online, this would still out them.
ycombinatrix··on Steam "Offline" status leaks exact login timestamps (Valve: Won't Fix)
By that logic, we should remove all friend-level privacy settings entirely. I don't think that would go over well with most of the userbase.
ycombinatrix··on High-speed train collision in Spain kills at least 39
How would a cyberattack cause a train to derail on a straight stretch of track?
ycombinatrix··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
>it would be a grave error to issue an IP cert without active insight into BGP

Why? Even regular certs are handed out via IP address.

ycombinatrix··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
Domains map one-to-one with registrars, but multiple AS can be using the same IP address.
ycombinatrix··on JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3
OrbitDB?
ycombinatrix··on JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3
It says MySQL can be used instead of Redis for the metadata
ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Executable Markdown files with Unix pipes
Is it possible to pin a model + seed for deterministic output?
ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Server-rendered multiplayer games with Lua (no client code)
I guess you're right, all their talk about working with game developers was probably just to get the games working on their hardware.
ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Server-rendered multiplayer games with Lua (no client code)
Is this how Stadia was supposed to work?
ycombinatrix··on Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
That's not Firefox, that's Safari wearing a fake mustache
ycombinatrix··on Congressman Burchett Falls for AI Deepfake in Social Media Spat with Jack White
Sounds like the congressman doesn't care if the video is AI or not. What a loser.
ycombinatrix··on Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
Firefox does already have some tracker blocking built in, though it would be fantastic to import arbitrary filter lists.

Chrome & Safari are operated by advertising/surveillance companies, so no dice there.

ycombinatrix··on Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
Not compared to the uBlock Origin. You can't even import a filter list. Main reason I use Firefox.
ycombinatrix··on Only 5 Sears stores remain in the U.S.
>Same guy dug the original ditch by driving back and forth with his jeep for an hour during spring rain.

wtf? how deep is the ditch?

ycombinatrix··on Odin: Moving Towards a New "core:OS"
That creates problems when you need to use multiple allocators. IMO allowing an allocator to be specified is a superior design.
ycombinatrix··on A faster heart for F-Droid
Is colocation not considered to be "self-hosting" in the cloud era?
ycombinatrix··on Odin: Moving Towards a New "core:OS"
How do you allocate memory without an allocator?
ycombinatrix··on Sabotaging Bitcoin
Okay, fine. Everyone involved** agrees that mining the next block is valuable.
ycombinatrix··on Sabotaging Bitcoin
I don't think it is the same thing. Everyone agrees that mining the next block is valuable.
ycombinatrix··on HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
When I'm unable to turn it off.
ycombinatrix··on Using lava lamps to break RSA
Lmao. Good job, I was waiting for someone to attempt this.
ycombinatrix··on HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
No, not really. You can still be MITMed on port 80.
ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Shardium – open-source "Dead Man's Switch" for crypto inheritance
You should consider highlighting that this can be used for way more than crypto wallets. The seed phrase can be used to restore a GPG key, a FIDO2 authenticator including SSH/WebAuthn, etc.
ycombinatrix··on Show HN: Shardium – open-source "Dead Man's Switch" for crypto inheritance
I prefer to do a 4 shares / 2 needed for recovery.

I keep 2 on different storage media, 1 with a trusted beneficiary, 1 with a different trusted beneficiary.

This does mean that the beneficiaries can collude to rob me tho. But it is simpler than running & trusting some kind of live service imo.

ycombinatrix··on Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings
Why should I change my style? Modern TVs are the ones that suck.
ycombinatrix··on Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings
I think people paid attention to at least season 1 back in the day.
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