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Shank

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About Shank

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/xn; my proof: https://keybase.io/xn/sigs/_19m8p1WLiV4VtmOeX3cnoDL1Itgf1PMn9WNs9hx6bA ]

argo@fluctlight.net

security person :)

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49078931

    Citation needed? I'm not a fan of residential proxies but these are pretty wild claims that aren't substantiated. Calling them a "national security threat" implies it is a threat t…

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    Comment #48989028

    Hmm, does DoH work?

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    Comment #48984530

    No, it's Apache 2. https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/LICENSE

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    Comment #48935166

    So close to something you could install in Japan via AltStore: > One or more apps in source "Reynard Browser" are missing a marketplaceID. This most likely means they are not notar…

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    Comment #48841268

    The news articles are real, but the Nambu line brought their departure melodies back played from the cars themselves late in 2025.

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    Comment #48746049

    They're Blu-Ray discs.

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    Comment #48581812

    Well, it is a Chinese model, maybe it thinks better in Chinese?

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    Comment #48572512

    You can set a user preference to open in a new tab. The reverse is not true.

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    Comment #48543991

    For the record, those providers already charged a significant premium for the equivalent compute you could get at Hetzner and OVH. The margins have decreased but they've had a prof…

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    Comment #48543977

    > Have no clue what's going on in the back Hetzner and OVH and other bare metal but low cost providers use commodity hardware. When that commodity hardware increases there is simpl…

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    Comment #48539748

    > In one case, investigators in Kanagawa Prefecture found that a Sri Lankan national had set up roughly 600 shell companies. He also allegedly submitted business manager visa appli…

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    Comment #48536891

    Of course not. It is clearly a fun toy.

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    Comment #48529963

    Liquidity has value too. Many FTX customers needed immediate liquidity. If you need immediate liquidity the value proposition years later is meaningless for most people because mos…

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    Comment #48527650

    Is there any information on if this is the same attack vector (orphaned packages that were adopted)? I believe they already locked down adoption, but maybe also a combination of ex…

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    Comment #48516988

    That's correct, orphaned packages could be adopted seemingly automatically, so someone did and then published malware in bulk.

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    Comment #48514167

    Neither one of these did anything on Opus 4.8 / Max.

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    Comment #48488137

    I’m on an M1 Max device and the GPU performance drops have not gotten back to Sequoia levels on Tahoe patches. Golden Gate hasn’t changed anything either.

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    Comment #48387593

    Automated systems that don’t sleep and are often programmed to aggressively scrape and are limited only by compute capacity outstripped humanity? I am not surprised by this at all.…

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    Comment #48386423

    > But why is my business software doing the same? Shopify runs a payment network called Shop Pay, and that network has relationships with the credit card companies like Visa. Hones…

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    Comment #48382163

    For context, Japanese mobile lines for children include net filtering by default. Also, mobile lines require positive ID to get, so you can't simply get a burner mobile line. A pho…

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    Comment #48379770

    I've tried Thunderbird, Kmail, and Apple's client, and maybe I just have too many emails, but these apps completely crumble under my inbox. I don't see any "shine" with these third…

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    Comment #48356143

    When China mentioned this to Apple, Apple agreed, and “Everyone” is not the default and also not available for more than 10 minutes now.

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    Comment #48351357

    I use a GPD Win Max 2 for this purpose ( https://fluctlight.net/gpd_win_max_2 ) and while it has its quirks, the performance of a Ryzen APU is significantly better than the Chuwi M…