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I have one as a watch bezel that I use in a pinch. Anything you need to scale, divide, or multiply in the real word doesn't need more than 2 significant digits of precision so it w…

This problem isn't going until we find a better solution to scraping than using your IP address as a passport.

I have a Swiss Micros DM42, a modern clone of the HP42s on my desk and I have the plus42/free42 app on pretty much every device I own. Stack based calculators are great because the…

Bluesky is far from perfect, but I think you need a realistic comparison to other social media networks. Twitter is far more toxic if you are unable to curate your feed. Mastodon h…

No one said morality was easy.

Well, there’s one thing I know didn’t cause this: an IPv6 DDOS attack. GitHub, in 2023, is somehow still immune to all IPv6 attacks

If they add ipv6 support I’ll forgive them, but I lost hope a long time ago. It’s almost comical now.

I don’t really like this view of the world. I think they are correct about the lack of certainty and doing things while you can, but often big goals, like having a child, professio…

It’s possible, but I doubt they willingly sold their credentials. It’s more likely that they were scraped by some other means and sold.

I really like having totp functionality. I use a yubikey for TOTP and boot into an air gapped machine with keypass to store the TOTP codes in case I lose or break the yubikey. I do…

I read much of my waking hours for work, entertainment, and personal growth. It just isn’t usually (for better or worse) in the form of a book.

I’m not going to pretend I know the future or anything, but I will say that, while this is a common series of events, #4 can absolutely go two different ways. Everyone loves a good…

Security has always been relative. I feel much safer knowing that an exploit like this is worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. It keeps them closely guarded and…

When I was in highschool in the late 90’s, I was really into exploring networks and systems I wasn’t supposed to be in, but it was always about learning technology for me. I found …

I recently made this realization and that eBay is actually better. eBay doesn't want 30% of the sale. I can order one item at a time prices are generally lower and, imo quality and…

Wacom tablet drivers have application specific settings for compatibility. We should scrutinize all data collection, and this may be too far, but "[no need for tablet data collecti…

Wacom has application specific settings for compatibility. You can't have that feature without tracking individual processes and that data would be important for any sort of troubl…

I'm getting ready to go full Battlestar Galactica in all of my appliances. It's now difficult to find high end washers and ovens without these features. At least right now we can c…

Holy. Talk about nostalgia -- I used to read these all the time when I was a kid in the 90s. I had no idea the internet Oracle was still around!

I actually think there's real potential for these services, especially among kids in the enthusiast gaming community. I don't necessarily think we'll be throwing out our PC's for s…

If they aren't considering human lives in the process, that may be the real problem.

I do not pretend to know his motives. All I can see are his actions.

We can have a discussion about weather we should have billionaires in the first place, but Gates is employing his vast resources in an attempt to improve the world with a humble da…

I agree there are big differences between these ISPs and Amazon. I was just making the point that Amazon's lack of a profit wouldn't exempt it from these regulations either. Profit…

Why do profit margins matter at all here? It's only a signal that there is a problem if margins are very high because there is no guarantee that an entrenched monopolistic company …