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CommitSyn

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    Comment #40792146

    I feel I would have been purged as a child. I was almost pathologically unable to bullshit or lie, although its become easier in my later years.

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    Comment #40708315

    The Q is obviously custom (Q for "Quake") the question is where the starting point for the font was. I agree about the cherry picking, but the font is going to have been modified f…

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    Comment #40399753

    It's your type of black/white thinking, and making the association that everyone in support of a specific idea shares an identical set of ALL values with everyone else interested i…

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    Comment #40355267

    > which will also affect the other big internet-censorship tool from the UK government: silent DNS blocking Can you expand on this?

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    Comment #40280406

    Is there a simple DIY? Is it as simple as running a custom router firmware or software on a small mini PC? Last I looked into this a couple years ago, it basically wasn't possible …

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    Comment #40280351

    FTA: Importantly, the VPN control channel is maintained so features such as kill switches are never tripped, and users continue to show as connected to a VPN in all the cases we’ve…

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    Comment #40254484

    The only 'banking' app I've had not work on GrapheneOS is Cash App, but then I just go to the website and use the web UI.

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    Comment #40254470

    Speaking of, did FairPhone get the whole "making a phone call" thing figured out yet?

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    Comment #40199356

    This article is about synthetic cannabinoids, not phytocannabinoids or other naturally-occuring noids (Delta8/9/10, THCA, THCV, COOH, THC-O, HHC, THC-P, etc). They are similar in t…

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    Comment #40199223

    JWH-018 was a very popular synthetic but of course it got banned so the supply dried up. It's more of a problem in younger lower class urban areas where the newly created not-yet-b…

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    Comment #40173864

    If you have a suspected target and you can shape traffic on the internet (state actor) there's a much easier way to gain access to the websites visited by your target than by contr…

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    Comment #40149711

    Okay I clicked on an ad. It gave me a discount code, but that's not the first puzzle solution.

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    Comment #40149452

    > So far I've, for example, found my banking app running something called a telemetry service, in the background, even if I set its battery profile to restricted. No way to stop th…

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    Comment #40056143

    It was all browser based and not a miner for a usable coin, just a proof of work mechanism.

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    Comment #40046638

    > what about paying a small fee OR having someone run a cryptocurrency proof of work check? Musk: That is much harder than paying a small fee. Cock.li, a hobbyist-run email/VPS pro…

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    Comment #39979634

    Many more people taking photos and videos than usual, and sharing those photos and videos, as well as iCloud automated backup? I assume friends/family calling/Facetiming to see or …

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    Comment #39979497

    We are a very compassionate society. There are dating and matchmaking services for people with virtually every kind of disability, including those who absolutely can not care for t…

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    Comment #39902875

    Cookie guy?

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    Comment #39902860

    That would only fit "If (!) the NSA regards ssh keys as secure >for everyone but them<

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    Comment #39902150

    Is it possible it was part of a planned or current exploit chain, some other way it could have been utilized?

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    Comment #39902072

    Not only did it mandate authentication, but there was also a Killswitch, and there's no other reason for that than because you have reasons to suspect someone may have access to th…

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    Comment #39894338

    > Either way, it's your preference and I will follow your lead. Jia Tan > It's out of the scope for this patch, but it is something worth considering. Just trying to do my part as …

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    Comment #39788290

    Because identifying meteorites is very difficult and almost always requires taking them to a university for analysis.

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    Comment #39397153

    Quoting Hitchhikers Guide: This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions wer…

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    Comment #39397120

    HN loathes crypto. I think too many tech bros got burned in 2018.