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Re:Hackers got nearly 7M people's data from 23andMe on Sunday February 18, 2024 @08:14PM (#39425229)
This. The 'customers' were always the product. Thanks to your naive aunt Janice they've probably got your DNA too.
Re:Cold-blooded software on Friday December 29, 2023 @03:10AM (#38802719)
I've had good luck with sveltekit (a framework for js sites). They'll break something with a new version but provide you with very helpful compile errors pointing to a migration script to re-write any old code.

C# has been pretty good as well.

But at some point you're going to need data for your app and that's where you'll get surprised. That Yahoo currency data you used to get for free or Wikipedia's mobile API? Gone ten years later.

Re:Novel helmet liner made from carbon nanotubes on Friday December 29, 2023 @03:00AM (#38802674)
Carbon nanotubes really sounds like the next asbestos or pfas.
Nice to know. There are actually several Redactle unlimited sites as someone was trying to impersonate my branding.
I think it's supposed to create a feeling of scarcity or exclusivity and make people perceive the network as more valuable.
Google is unusable for finding unknown things. If you know exactly what you're looking for like the local restaurant then it's fine but for everything else I use Bing, ChatGPT or Phind. On Bing, DDG and others my game [1] which has quite a following now is at the top of the results followed by a fan's clone of the original game; these are what people are looking for. On Google it's all spammy advertising sites with embedded copycat content... Google is an advertising company so go figure. My site could be faster but it still shouldn't be beaten by spammy sites farming links to each other.

[1] https://redactle.net

(I work for msft my opinions are my own.)