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You can't unless you've chosen to back up your WhatsApp messages to iCloud/Google in which case it's Apple/Google responsible for preserving the messages and subject to their encry…

Firefox offers this in the dropdown when typing a URL, there's a "Switch to Tab" option to take you straight to the existing tab instead of creating a duplicate.

> I think we need to force all financial companies to have a modern API and OAuth available for everyone via legislation. That already exists[0] in the UK [0] https://www.openbanki…

This is explicitly accounted for, as per the README: > Many Postgres clients also inspect the pg_catalog to determine system information so Postlite mirrors this catalog by using a…

What if you are logging into something on a device that doesn't have your email on it? So called magic links are an absolute nightmare.

Whilst there is an element of lab measurement involved, they do use field measurement, so metrics are collated from users rather than their own connection. This means that your dat…

Yep, that's exactly what Splunk have done - scroll down the release notes linked to by the grandparent and the faulty regex is shown. What's super daft is the proposed fix is only …

Yep that's right, the liability shifts from the merchant to the bank.

Not for long, it will be mandatory in the EU from the end of the year under the PSD2 regulations (though the deadline has moved back into 2021 for some countries, including the UK …

> Claudia's theme from Once Upon A Time in The West is as good as it gets. Hear hear, one of the most evocative pieces ever written, sends shivers down my spine every time. A real …

So very sad :( One of my all time favourite composers. Such emotive music that bring back so many memories, not least my wife walking down the aisle to me to Gabriel's Oboe. RIP.

There are a lot of DSL-driven diagramming tools out there, but most produce functional diagrams rather than visually appealing ones. Whilst these are fine for many use cases, there…

Not directly related to the story, but just for info - "British Telecom" is an incorrect name (it's not used in the BBC article). The company renamed from that to BT in 1991.

I have no objection to them offering Facebook/Google etc for those who wish to use them. The problem is the lack of an alternative which is how this whole thread started - their ap…