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forgotmypw16

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About forgotmypw16

for the web-based forum software, here is where new builds are installed first: http://hike.qdb.us/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #23033800

    I think it's an effective and impressive warning, which makes one think about the tale at length. And the warning is that if you piss someone off by being greedy, you might acciden…

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    Comment #23002905

    http://hike.qdb.us/profile.html js required for key generation

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    Comment #22998380

    Generate a PGP key using in-browser JS. Use that key submitted posts. Then, later, sign either the file hashes or the public key itself using actual secure PGP. This is optional. I…

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    Comment #22996029

    Not every browser supports current https

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    Comment #22995202

    That's a good point... Perhaps a better solution is for them to be able to sign the public keys from the other sites to connect their profiles that way. Thank you for your feedback…

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    Comment #22995192

    The private key is stored in localStorage, but this is not the user's "real" private key which they might use for email, but a temporary device key, which can then be vouched eithe…

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    Comment #22995184

    I'm generating the keys in-browser for device-specific keys. I am not asking the users to provide their existing private keys, but I am storing the device keys in localStorage, bec…

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    Comment #22995164

    The way I see it, in the ancient world, PTS"D" served a purpose... If you saw "some shit" like your tribesmate getting mauled by a bear/tiger, it was helpful to your survival to be…

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    Comment #22994747

    I'm using OpenPGP.js for drop-in decentralized client-side authentication for my web-based message board. This has several benefits, which includes giving technically-savvy users t…

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    Comment #22765956

    Imagine a machine learning algorithm to write Perl. This algorithm is allowed to run for 4.5 billion years, and it has produced, through random iteration, a very good CMS. The CMS …

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    Comment #22662000

    But does it work with Netscape 3 and IE4?

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    Comment #22508857

    That's not true, people used to wake up for several hours a night. There were also those up through the night tending fire and looking for predators. And darkness does not rule out…

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    Comment #22501664

    Society demands a sleep schedule, yet the very idea of sleeping on a schedule is newly invented for industrial society. Having done several years of experimenting on myself, I've c…

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    Comment #22499106

    Seems like a good opportunity to say, I've been a Namecheap customer for more than 10 years and I am very happy with them. :)

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    Comment #22498315

    For Facebook, turn off JS and then go to m.facebook.com. It is quite usable, and I probably wouldn't use FB without it.

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    Comment #22480518

    I followed one of the links, tried to register (which IRC does not require) and was declined, "registration disabled". About the experience I expected, tbh. I'll stick with IRC. Gi…

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    Comment #22438525

    It's bad because producing the food requires enormous expenditures in resources, energy, and ecology. Every morsel you eat was transported on diesel, created by the labor of humans…

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    Comment #22438517

    I've removed one human's worth of money flow from the system.

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    Comment #22421024

    A talent for minimalism and camping experience.

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    Comment #22420294

    There's no better time to write or code than late at night, in my opinion. I don't stay up until morning every night, but some. I have switched away from routinized, schedule-based…

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    Comment #22380458

    Do you have any opinions on off-gassing?

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    Comment #22366946

    Because you're the one most affected by it, and because no one else gives a fuck.

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    Comment #22301259

    Blank page... http://archive.is/ly6T4

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    Comment #22289685

    On a log enough time scale, all information will either become public or bitrot into non-existence.