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    Comment #26531838

    https://amycastor.com/2021/03/14/metakovan-the-mystery-beepl... Particularly the "Number Go Up" section, which shows that the buyer also runs (and owns a majority of) a crypto toke…

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    Comment #19874308

    In this day and age you're living on borrowed time using an old version of a web browser. This state of affairs has its good and bad, but your modern-day browser vendors don't typi…

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    Comment #19874162

    You realize, I hope, that 56.0.2 is riddled with security holes at this point? I get the attachment to old addons, but 129 CVEs (including multiple severe memory corruption bugs) a…

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    Comment #17403064

    I've been using Hangouts on Firefox a fair bit recently. Video chats work fine, though I've noticed occasional glitches with the UI if I leave it open after the laptop goes to slee…

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    Comment #15008061

    Not anymore, you can't. Just about every supplier on the Internet is sold out at this point.

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    Comment #14647334

    It's a good way to preemptively color the reader's perception of your comment. Makes you seem more reasonable and knowledgeable when you seemingly recognize the controversial natur…

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    Comment #12569061

    Just tried it out; works fine.

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    Comment #10942177

    It's not GoDaddy. My SO tried to register our family name earlier (after pre-registering for it, even!) and got a similar price. Querying the WHOIS server for the domain says the f…

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    Comment #10461089

    Who is the target customer here? Seems like it's probably aimed at operators of parks, venues, etc., but I'm not sure.

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    Comment #9901042

    The US, since that is where reddit is based.

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    Comment #9518034

    Should probably be marked in the headline that this is from 2009.

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    Comment #9411175

    Would also like to give some props to Discworld MUD, which served as both my introduction to MUDs and to the Discworld book series. Still hanging in there, and being actively devel…

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    Comment #9356029

    My password is illegible. It has a 0, I think, and the letter after it could be an I, L, or maybe a 1, but nothing I've tried so far works. Definitely not ideal if I've wasted 5 mi…

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    Comment #9221537

    This follows a recent breach at Anthem, another Blue Cross health insurance company: https://www.anthemfacts.com/ Edit: Actually, based on that site and this article ( http://abcne…

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    Comment #7818830

    We can, as long as you believe these new warnings shouldn't be taken at face value. It adds a layer of doubt to the situation that wasn't there before.

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    Comment #7818754

    The most obvious difference is that the TrueCrypt code has had at least the first stage of a formal security audit done, which uncovered no evidence of backdoors. With BitLocker be…

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    Comment #7817939

    A lot of discussions of TrueCrypt replacements I've read today miss a major point, which is that users of the Windows version are now left with no reliable, up-to-date software wit…

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    Comment #6815594

    Funniest thing I've seen in a few days. Markov algorithms are underrated as sources of hilarity. After 180 Websites, I'm Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as an Undocumented Immig…