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konha

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About konha

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/konha; my proof: https://keybase.io/konha/sigs/WZikdRuYa6PcH1qPdtQH-NuVvpWC-gz69oBQMf2xJco ]

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    Comment #46922294

    I don’t know. Depending on how much time passes between now and the moment you try to recover the key I bet at least one of your friends will have misplaced or lost that piece of p…

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    Comment #44297430

    The free version is a loss leader to build mindshare amongst people who are (later) in a position to buy licenses.

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    Comment #44096931

    > It's not rare, it happens constantly in enterprise software, project managemment software, anything where you have collaboration The number of revoked tokens compared to all acti…

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    Comment #43318888

    So? Most of your code is worthless to anyone except yourself.

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    Comment #42287200

    Yes. GDPR allows for delays when complying with deletion requests. You should ideally document it and factor the delay into any deadlines you might be bound to. You’d need to make …

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    Comment #41434551

    Arq works with file system level snapshots. So I guess at one point all the files have to be present for the backup work. Not ideal for scenarios where the cloud data exceeds the l…

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    Comment #41433792

    Seconded. Check out both books by the author, they’re great! https://lets-go.alexedwards.net/ https://lets-go-further.alexedwards.net/

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    Comment #41407263

    Just a note: Make sure whatever you use to backup iCloud can handle files that are not currently synced to your device. Arq ( https://www.arqbackup.com ) has a setting to "material…

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    Comment #41080853

    > What’s the barrier to entry for starting up a similar business? The merchant of record model.

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    Comment #40959357

    Dragnet searches are controversial in many societies, not just the US. There’s a balance between individuals rights to privacy and what makes law enforcement easier. One argument a…

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    Comment #40696530

    From the article: > Emergency legislation to exonerate wrongfully convicted Post Office workers has completed its journey through Scottish Parliament and each will now receive init…

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    Comment #40406680

    There is a chrome extension for everything. OPs point is (and I agree) that these things you only need once in a while are incredibly useful when they are only a search away. Insta…

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    Comment #40197131

    They can be. Depends on how the are implemented. Passkeys can: - Replace the whole login (including discovery of the user id) - Just replace the password, after a user specified a …

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    Comment #39963148

    It is. “Vorratsgesellschaft”

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    Comment #39927830

    Depending on how openly and where this happens you might be able to get the platform they are selling your software on or their payment processor to take them down. That's for legi…

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    Comment #39839743

    Goes both ways actually. I cannot count the times someone felt the need to bend over backwards to accommodate me because of something I didn’t want to do/eat/drink/whatever when I‘…

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    Comment #39629180

    > How do they merge? Manually. When you merge your code back into a common branch you look at the existing migrations and the new migrations and make sure the numbers make sense (a…

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    Comment #39628967

    > How are teams of size >2 handling this? Directory with .sql files starting with a number. Each file contains a set of changes to the db. The db has a table with the number that w…

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    Comment #39489937

    Why not use ssh certificates at that point?

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    Comment #39465880

    Right. But for validation they can still be useful if you need a way to prevent (or at least hinder) users to create lots of accounts.

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    Comment #38522173

    Passkeys have a fallback flow where they show a qr code you can scan from the screen of the device you want to log in to. Requires bluetooth though to prove you are "near" the devi…

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    Comment #38521968

    > Copy and paste and externally using any devices to connect with the system is prohibited. Like a keyboard? In which case: How do you enter your password? Is that a common scenari…

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