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Comment #34880094
This sounds very reasonable. Some of the replies in this thread are misinterpreting what I said. I didn't say the government should run the APIs etc, just that we already have iden…
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Comment #34862103
We already do identity verification in the real world, it's called government issued IDs. There should be opt-in OS-level identity verification based on zero knowledge proofs and t…
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Comment #34646089
Yes. There's a separate queue for sites that need js rendering and it eats much more into your crawl budget. Best way to avoid it imo is to use something like Rendertron, which is …
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Comment #34251245
Good point. There is a cottage industry of scams running fake Windows virus alerts.
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Comment #34235734
There are several such cases discussed in the Cloudflare forums. It usually turns out that the webmaster was serving very large amounts of media, which no one should expect to be f…
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Comment #34177610
Their "password manager" on Mac is called Keychain Access. The UX is very bad, the interface is old and clunky and it doesn't sync with iOS (if for example you create a secure note…
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Comment #34176165
This is why we need good OS-level password managers. Phones and now computers have dedicated security chips which are infinitely more secure than any cloud solution. Such an easy m…
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Comment #34042831
Also, people can be both smart and stupid at different times and sometimes even at the same time. It's not a binary thing.
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Comment #32537850
There seem to be at least two big issues with the upcoming merge: 1 - Stablecoin issuers like USDC can de facto determine which chain succeeds in case of a fork (PoW vs PoS) 2 - 70…
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Comment #28476670
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16095-its-confirmed-m...
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Comment #27430898
Interesting, but this does not seem to match empirical evidence by the likes of Ahrefs, which suggests that links are by far the most important ranking factor.
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Comment #27075862
The value for money that Hetzner offer is just mind boggling.
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Comment #26900998
Most of the examples of innocents being convicted are from before the invention of DNA forensics. The problem is the criminal justice system which too easily gives the death penalt…
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Comment #26514983
Exactly. Wouldn't be surprised if this became a common type of scam on Uniswap.
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Comment #26432649
Would you be willing to bet on it? I'd love some easy money.
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Comment #26432567
In the overwhelming majority of cases, you will never pass that point. A well-optimized dedicated server with 90 fast cores, 128GB ram and 4TB SSD goes for $120/mo at Hetzner. That…
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Comment #26322052
You're predicting >12% yearly inflation? That seems like a pretty bold prediction. I'm curious if you have any sources that would back your prediction.
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Comment #26024125
You might want to look into ethology, which studies innate behavior like the one you referenced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology
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Comment #25800583
Working on https://subbed.org , a subreddit recommendation engine that shows related subreddits based on a variety of factors.
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Comment #25800568
Thanks!
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Comment #25789507
https://redditbests.com - A site that aggregates reddit reviews and displays the most popular products from a variety of categories using sentiment analysis
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