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This seems to be an internet meme, because it's repeated in every discussion on this topic but I never see any citation for it. It also doesn't seem to hold up to scrutiny - even i…

Largely yes. Or at least a lot less of a problem. The biggest risk from space garbage is that the small stuff is not trackable, so at any point it could slam into satellites or, go…

Also, to prove a rocket you need to have a dummy payload of some kind. Whatever you think about the stunt of using a Tesla as that dummy payload, there was going to be a payload of…

Windows doesn't have fine-grained permissions for adding to or changing certificate stores, though. When you run "mkcert -install" you'll get a generic prompt for mkcert requiring …

Counter-point, I haven't had a single Apple keyboard fail on me yet (although I do not own the new Macbook, so I don't have the dreadful one) and my Matias broke after just 1 year.…

It's not, necessarily. It's a tradeoff between usability and security, and each site should make their own decision about what is right for them. It obviously makes attacks like th…

If people are using it, not paying attention, with the expectation that it will beep to tell you to take over that's a big problem. In situations like this divider issue it won't b…

> This should help you to have a backup next time you get locked out! The official authenticator also displays a backup code which it tells you to keep a copy of somewhere safe...

The difference is (according to the article) that there is an abundance of objects at 0mph - signs, litter, barriers - so the system filters all of these out to avoid constantly br…

> it pauses with an incorrect password for a few seconds, then visually shakes indicating it's a wrong password This is also the behaviour of the App Store preferences in version 1…

> Hopefully their mobile apps use HTTPS for everything too? Well, HSBC's didn't: https://threatpost.com/banking-apps-found-vulnerable-to-mitm...

NatWest are particularly terrible. Last time I checked, in-branch they were still using Internet Explorer to visit an http (not https) site on their intranet to launch via Java Web…

Being a jerk and disagreeing are orthogonal. You can be a jerk while agreeing with someone, and be a not-jerk while disagreeing. I'm curious, in reference to the post, how you woul…

Hence tilting - high speed vehicles tilt, low speed vehicles don't, and everything works out ok.

Lateral acceleration is much more annoying to deal with than longitudinal or vertical, even if it's constant. Perhaps they could tilt in bends to convert some of that lateral to ve…

> with a reputation as huge and important as Google's Not trolling: What reputation? Among non-techies, their reputation is one of creepy and spying. Among techies, it's that compa…

Anyone who hasn't seen this yet should take a look, it explains in detail: - Why they are doing this - What the potential passenger benefits are - And bonus, it includes lots of co…

They go into a lot of potential benefits in their paper here: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/review-tfl-wifi-pilot.pdf

How would tracking the Oyster card ID that's registered to my name, address, and credit card # in their system be an improvement compared to tracking the hashed MAC address of my p…

> Why do they need to do this? This is explained in detail here: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/review-tfl-wifi-pilot.pdf If you would rather buy a paper ticket with cash you can still …

Yup, I'm happy with it. Can't see how else you would get this amazing data which is obviously going to be extremely helpful for managing an increasingly overcrowded train system. E…

In that one scenario yes, that communication could save the day. I think the article is more about what happens if you multiply that by 100, and one person is disproportionately ma…

In the circles I hang in (as in, both people I talk to, and articles I read) the term "emotional labour" is used like it is in this article. Sometimes terms mean different things i…

And how many of your passwords need to leak for that scheme to be completely transparent?