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sandblast
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Comment #49248733
It is not. You got it backwards.
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Comment #49034486
What is that car, and could you make a video of it?
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Comment #48596081
"Domain-verifications" is an invitation for everyone else that might need it to use the same standard and convention. "Discord-domain-verification" is not, it's what feels like pol…
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Comment #48596014
No, in fact I don't. But this post wouldn't be of any help anyway. It feels like it's about nothing, there is no substance, just stating some obvious facts. Without examples that l…
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Comment #48520998
> brain the size of a galaxy Wow, aren't you humble.
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Comment #46525560
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Comment #46319314
Are you sure the counter is not broken?
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Comment #46272034
It looks like the developer was so hooked on the idea of making it minimalistic, he forgot to make it a language-learning app. So it's a blob with a backstory. Design with no subst…
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Comment #46215968
Maybe you'll appreciate having it pointed out to you: you should work on your usage of "where" vs "were".
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Comment #46123482
XD XD
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Comment #46056430
For the JS developers: similar useful behavior (and more!) can be implemented in JS using the wonderful Effection library. https://effection-www.deno.dev/
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Comment #46044748
Source?
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Comment #46024326
I was just asking to know your thought process, but this discussion probably won't lead to anything anyway — in my view a person's stance on vaccines, gay rights, what have you, do…
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Comment #46023689
> I am not sure I run a single piece of software where this is done. And yet you run it. Have you vibe-checked every such software? Did that bring you enough information about indi…
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Comment #46023672
False dychotomy — there are more options than "protecting anonymity" and "revealing identity so that credentials can be vetted". He just writes what he believes under his own name,…
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Comment #46023654
"By design", for me, doesn't say that it can't be changed — maybe the design was wrong, after all. Would it be a major hurdle or create some problems if fixed today?
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Comment #46023413
Can you share the link?
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Comment #46023216
Aren't these bugs that could be "simply" reported and fixed? Or maybe those would get a label "not a bug" attached by the TS creators for some reason?
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Comment #46023018
This is not my point. Trusting someone else's code audit is infinitely more valuable than trusting any "vibe check", since it touches the actual subject matter.
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Comment #46022928
I don't claim that the problem does not exist, but I haven't really felt it during my daily usage with relatives.
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Comment #46022907
I'll try from another angle: If I wanted to make a honeypot that undermines users' privacy and anonymity, I would make sure to be as nice to everyone as possible. The "vibe check" …
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Comment #46022888
It's useless in the sense that it makes an anonymity promise to users that it cannot fulfill.
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Comment #46022881
What types of abuse it really curbs?
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Comment #46022867
> SimpleX supports measures (managed transparently to the user at the agent level) to mitigate the trust placed in servers. These include rotating the queues in use between users, …
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Comment #46022834
SimpleX is not a phone and its model of distribution and being open-source makes it much harder to infiltrate than these projects you're hinting at.