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washbasin

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    Comment #49156080

    Great security talk about how humans aren't setup to deal with LLMs as tools. I love the bullet point(s) : we don't trust [aircraft] pilots to catch automations mistakes (e.g. auto…

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    Comment #49129368

    In addition to Jeff's comments in this thread, I am guessing all of his purchased gear is capital expense for an LLC he runs for his youtube channel. That makes it deductible from …

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    Comment #48818414

    Tying a bowline is one of my fidgets. Also famously has a part in Jaws (1975), though not mentioned by name. ("Hey! I got it!")

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    Comment #48818371

    Just by the headline I suspected this was first class amateur. So many great videos. That being said, use cord locks, not knots. You can often shorten the drawstring, and you will …

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    Comment #48699712

    Through a combination of two of my hobbies, I learned that pyrethroids are toxic to aquatic animals. Glad to see that they used "locations [that] were situated away from waterbodie…

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    Comment #48652191

    Very thankful for Reader Mode. Scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll. Just no.

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    Comment #48560747

    This is an old post-compromise trick used when an attacker needs to download a payload or make a network connection and curl, wget and nc are all not available.

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    Comment #48485032

    Yes I realized after reading the response that we would control the permissions. What may not be obvious is many organizations have gatekeepers that don't understand IAM and would …

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    Comment #48484836

    Thanks for this. Another tool in the box is always welcome. We desperately need more competitors in this arena. Please take this as loving feedback. We need more of this! This use …

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    Comment #48317226

    I don't understand this style decision in web page design. I don't want to read content like a receipt from the grocery store. I instantly go to Reader Mode in my browser when I se…

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    Comment #48017896

    Please post a tl;dr at the top or even in the subject. Many of us are scrambling to patch/reboot our **.

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    Comment #47621977

    This is cool! NASA uses Imperial units (well, unless the it's the Mars Climate Orbiter). Can we get a version that follows the units they are using with their public feeds?

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    Comment #47478123

    Er, is right click disabled on this page? Certainly seems to be in any browser I pick. If so, why?

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    Comment #47276679

    This page isn't a long block of text. Look at what Reader View does to pages. It doesn't ADD gutters and margins, it shrinks them.

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    Comment #47271123

    I created a ycombinator account after years of resisting, just to respond to this post. Stop creating web pages with huge-ass gutters/margins. If you are concerned about design you…