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Since the '90s. While the preferred form is '\', '/' was allowed as an alternate path separator.

What I really want is this induction stove like this but that also has a single gas burner. Induction is great, but there are some things you can't do with it, but it covers 90% re…

This solution doesn't do anything to prevent leaking memory in anything but the most pedantic sense, and actually creates leaks and dangling pointers. The function just indirects m…

How do we sign up for the beta? This provides information on how to install Test Flight, but doesn't provide a link to get an invite once installed.

The one thing to keep in mind when reading this article is that the malloc/free API was built when many of the issues that are identified in this article (alignment, sizing, etc.) …

First off, let me give a shout out to the author of the article. It's quite well written with clear support for the answer he provides. Now back to the thread: It turns out that mo…

Not really. It makes it harder, since the warrant would now have to include the cell-provider(s) for your mobile device(s), which would all them to geofence you by tower location o…

And how much would it have cost you to file a lawsuit?

If the government is providing healthcare, as it does in many countries, then they have it already.

I was adopted. I have no idea who my biological parents were or what genetic risks I might have inherited from them. When the doctor asks "Has anyone in your family ever had ?" I h…

There is a difference between genomic data and biometric data: biometric data has a known potential exploit vectors. So, with a picture of your retina, a sophisticated adversary co…

Trying or arbitrating a large number of cases individually is far more expensive than litigating a class action suit. But only if the people pushing the arbitration hold firm, rath…

But having the company update a TOS that automatically removes rights from the consumer, after the consumer already agreed to a TOS that didn't previously restrict those rights is …

Right. Also, the practice of having a sticker on a shrink-wrapped box of software that read "By opening this package you agree to the Terms of Service contained within", where the …

Yes, from the perspective of any user/consumer of the service. But since they are facing litigation, any lawyer will tell you that keeping your mouth shut until the action is adjud…

Automatically opting-in customers to a more restrictive TOS is pretty suspect, especially given the timing. IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that a court would not allow that, given that…

And then saying publicly that they should be "fired" after they take his message to "f*k off" and stop advertising seriously and halt their advertising spend on X/Twitter.

Wasn't it just last week that he told advertisers that they shouldn't advertise on X and that they should just "F*k off!" and that he couldn't be "blackmailed" with money or advert…

I agree it's biased against Musk, but that's the point of the article. Were there specific conclusions that you disagreed with, or just the tone?

I notice that they didn't announce any substantive changes to the actual mobile app. So, it appears that rather than addressing long-standing complaints about the app that lead peo…

And if you are one of those advertisers, how "common" a problem does this have to be to make you think you don't want to advertise there anymore? Even X's filing doesn't claim this…

That is a "black swan" argument from Musk, et al. Media Matters set up a test account that showed that it was possible for X's algorithm to pair ads with objectionable content. Giv…

The BTC arbitrage in Asian markets was absolutely NOT very above board. He lied to get Japanese bank accounts opened and to keep them open. Transferring the BTC into Korea was agai…

The interesting thing is that while he espoused effective altruism, his actions are anything but aligned with the goals of that movement.

He displays many of the tendencies of a narcissist or sociopath: never wrong, what benefits me is what matters, I'm the smartest one in the room, willing to flout societal norms, f…