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That's why I start with "are you a human or a robot", then "what's your favorite color"
I've been reading on the topic recently and that is referred to as "criminal trespass". I want to put up signs that say "yes trespassing"
Re:Why lowercase letters save data on Saturday January 20, 2024 @06:02AM (#39066392)
Don't forget to track if the rooks or kings have moved, for castling eligibility. And what the previous move was for en passant. And the full game history back to the most recent capture for draw by repetition.
We have that law in Maine. It's wonderful. I don't see why it would be ok at the state level but not the federal.
Re:SMS Censorship on Friday January 05, 2024 @11:09AM (#38880593)
or... userd could opt-in to auto-substitution of blocked words. The recipient gets "m*rphine".
Yes, humans make mistakes, and we improve by creating strong disincentives for mistakes.
Re:Google pulls Fitbit from almost 30 markets on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:20AM (#38251944)
Bluetooth is a running joke around our house. When I'm talking on the phone and my girlfriend gets in the car and suddenly my phone call gets teleported to the car that I'm not in. When we go to watch a movie and the sound decides to come out of the projector instead of the speaker system. When I want to listen to a podcast outside and it start coming out of the speaks in the basement. Just give me a wire.
Re:Google pulls Fitbit from almost 30 markets on Monday November 13, 2023 @07:17AM (#38249363)
So you can't charge your phone and listen to audio at the same time. That sentence would sound crazy 10 years ago.
It's not a setting you'd "see", it's a secret you'd find on the last page of that manual you threw out.
Re:When XML in Word Became Illegal on Friday October 13, 2023 @07:53AM (#37869564)
Yep, we had a similar use-case. I remember the error message pointed to a help page which pointed to an article about this patent.
Re:When XML in Word Became Illegal on Thursday October 12, 2023 @11:43AM (#37858773)
I believe I ran into this issue a few years ago and discovered the patent case when trying to work around. The xml file format allowed for arbitrary properties to be added (as xml does), and we were trying to embed metadata in word files. But when MS Word opened a file with anything extra in it it gave a warning like "this file has extra stuff in it" and it automatically removed anything that wasn't explicitly expected.
Re:Ask HN: How do you look for jobs in 2023? on Sunday August 13, 2023 @10:27PM (#37116803)
I just checked out otta.com, and started their "quiz". Third question: "where would you like to work?" and only lists major cities, nothing in my state. As if to say "if you want a job, move or go remote". I've gotten this same message from many channels.
Re:Ask HN: Seeking computers for kids programming class on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:00PM (#36245999)
Since we already have computers this seems very attractive. Thank you for the suggestion, I'm pursuing it.

Ask HN: Seeking computers for kids programming class

My school bought new windows laptops designed “for education” and they are trash. They demand a microsoft account to sign in, don’t let you install programs (even as admin), restart in the middle of class for updates, barely enough resources to boot, CONSTANTLY harass students about oneDrive, the weather, updates, security, news, web browsers, games, and other microsoft crap. I’m sure they were...

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Re:I Block Ads on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @01:40PM (#36047879)
Audio ads playing at gas pumps is now the only factor that determines which gas station I go to.
I try to ignore the message of bad-faith content instead of penalizing the person who it seems to favor. Otherwise you enable false flag attacks.
Re:Can Injection: keyless car theft on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:15AM (#35467920)
I installed a reed switch just under my windshield to unlock the doors. Swiping a magnet is easier than keeping a key in my pocket. Getting myself locked out is more of a concern than a stranger noticing the switch and finding a magnet. I'll even mention it on the internet, if any of you want to steal my car, please just fill up the gas and return it after. Thanks.
Re:Show HN: Find words “halfway” between two others on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @09:01PM (#35255233)
sock -> hat = hock I can see that logic
Re:Lo-Fi ATC on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:53AM (#35133900)
it might pan the audio side to side each time there is silence just for effect.
Re:Unihertz Atom 2.45 Inch Screen Rugged Smartphone on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @07:36AM (#34968575)
FM radio receiver and a headphone jack! Both are hard to find and on my wishlist. This might be my next phone.
Re:MS Teams 2.0 – trying to fix the issues on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @10:30AM (#34882214)
Coworkers copy/pasting code snippets through teams led to data corruption in production. That was a fun one to track down.
Re:Where do stolen bikes go? on Thursday February 16, 2023 @08:33PM (#34829489)
Air tags ring so abusers can't use them to track a person secretly. The speaker can be disabled though.
That fruit salad is called salsa.
Could gravitational forces between particles in a beam tighten a beam as it travels?
I made a chess variant. Looking for play testers and feedback, particularly around the scoring system and clarity of the directions. It takes a minute to get your brain into reverse mode, but if you know and like chess, give it a try.
Re:Congress.gov API on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:16PM (#32781109)
1) Scrape a news source and check how many times the bill is mentioned? 2) How many results on a search engine for the bill's title? 3) Train something similar to sentiment analysis model based on the text content of the bill. You'd need historical data for that but see options 1 and 2.
Re:Cheating at chess with a computer for my shoes on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:47AM (#32738750)
Don't forget the full body x-ray before each match.
Re:Making iron from sand [video] on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:03PM (#32695697)
This is "Primitive Technology". It sounds like you're looking for a "Post-Apocalypse Technology" series. I would watch that as well.
Re:Librarian's Letter to Google Security on Monday August 01, 2022 @01:25PM (#32309305)
MFA is a great option to provide, and I would even suggest it should be default on, but what's the harm in allowing the user to opt out of MFA?

If available, it seems to me it would be the best option for this demographic.

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