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Re:Show HN: High-five strangers around the world in real-time on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:38PM (#25663641)
Thank you it's a really funny and unique experience.
Now it's working. The images were overscanning on left and right like I've never been seeing before.
Re:Societal Collapse on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:26PM (#25663500)
Immigration is the base of any country.

Your may be talking about more strict immigration policies but the subject here is "societal collapse" and population reduction and I was pointing out a possibility.

Re:Societal Collapse on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:23PM (#25663462)
That is valid, but I don't know if you can still talk of "society" about a very reduced population, it depends on the reduction factor and stops at reproduction rate zero.

A probable outcome would be that another society takes over the one disappearing.

Re:Malware Wrapped in Cyberpunk 2077(Android) on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:18PM (#25663400)
Thank you.
I'm all good about the single binary for installation and I understand the concept better now for achieving the same level of documentation in any project.
Re:Should the Web Expose Hardware Capabilities? on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:22PM (#25661856)
> I agree that it doesn't need to be about security

This.

You're litterally using a personal computer with at least personal data on it, passwords in a password manager, passwords in your browsers, website account sessions (!) all on your drives and folders. Everything accessible by ALL programs you execute.

The more info Javascript has and therefore the server, the more attack vectors open up to just inject code into your browser and leverage code execution on host (recent CVE on firefox and Chrome !).

Or into your slack electron's chrome. Or any spyware app.

All your keystrokes accessible also !

Consider using a virtual machine or container to isolate the apps from your data so that they can't access it. If needed, mount a folder between host and guest for purpose-only sharing.

Or at least think about it or other measures.

Re:Should the Web Expose Hardware Capabilities? on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:09PM (#25661654)
You're so right it is messed up !

Some services even refuse to serve if one changes the UA, which is only one tracking capability. Though a blank or custom UA is worse, everyone should spoof the one in the onion browser.

User agent switch is currently "not available" on android Firefox.

Re:I almost quit caffeine in one year on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:39PM (#25653797)
2 shots of coffee per day is better for your liver. Study says.
I really don't get it, one can simply open a README.md or TODO.md and litteraly do the same thing - taking notes - without installing anything.
Why javascript though?
Re:GitHub is fully available in Iran on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @05:35PM (#25652177)
What are your sources?
Re:Proof of Personhood on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:15PM (#25642033)
Yes the government giving you a permit for youre solely use.
Re:Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:13PM (#25642018)
Isn't the sand used for building computers?
Re:I rebuilt my old browser based racing game from 2006 on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:11PM (#25642000)
Only for fb
That's nothing new it's cheaper elsewhere.
Re:Neofeudalism and the Digital Manor on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:36PM (#25641367)
And uses slaves to build devices.
Re:Neofeudalism and the Digital Manor on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:35PM (#25641357)
And how would it change the world to be more equal?
Re:Neofeudalism and the Digital Manor on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:31PM (#25641324)
"Google" authenticator
Re:The Lab Leak Hypothesis on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:47PM (#25639354)
Can you quote ?
Re:The Great Covid Class War – The Bellows on Sunday January 03, 2021 @10:38PM (#25627717)
Very important to read.
Everyone gets positive anyway like in France, even in lockdown situation.

Being positive on a covid test doesn't mean you'll get sick.

Re:Design flaws of password managers on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:45PM (#25619532)
As any standardized way to store data, password managers and provider clouds have become target for pirates.

With 2FA instead, the password is less valuable than the 2FA secret token and its backup on different device to not get locked out.

Re:A Call for a New Strenuous Age on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:38PM (#25619502)
That's nothing new, of course life expanctancy fell due to covid.
You simply need medication as one can't stop the next one.
Re:Malware Wrapped in Cyberpunk 2077(Android) on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:22PM (#25619413)
"This is not available to you"
Re:Societal Collapse on Saturday January 02, 2021 @10:48PM (#25619220)
Think of immigration.
What does this mean ?

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