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Re:Show HN: GUI for Making Animated Webcomics on Thursday December 29, 2022 @01:33PM (#34176071)
looks like [impress.js](https://impress.js.org/) with music added.
Re:WhatsApp Remote Code Execution in Video Call on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @01:02PM (#32998054)
even if you compile yourself you can't be sure. [Reflections on Trusting Trust ](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref...)
you are forgetting the largest gaming company is tencent.
Re:How to find a domain's authoritative nameservers on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @12:16PM (#29894364)
just sharing a browser based tool for it https://dnslookup.online/ns.html
Re:I Can’t See You but I’m Not Blind on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @07:40AM (#29565167)
My experience is like this. I can visualize things realistically or animated. When I took the test first sun rise that came to my mind was similar to sun set from lion king movie. I have to consciously make effort to switch for a realistic sun rise. When I was asked to visualize I see things I have already seen and convert it in to a live version to explore. For example when asked to visualize a elephant I have remembered an elephant from the memory. Isolated it from the old context and created a new visual space to explore the elephant in detail. Same with sun set. Its like my inner self was showing me rough things it had to build the visual space and I am consciously determining these properties.

I do have a inner monologue. I used to have three voices in my head when I give presentations in college. One voice keep track of content I am reading. One voice that translates it into English (Even-though I am reading English text somehow it is represented in my head as native speech). Other delivers the presentation in English. I used have this processing for each sentence I utter. Even when I read a book I used to have context in native language and a English correlation. I was slow in processing information written in English even though I understand it because of this processing over head of translating from English to native context. I tried consciously to get rid of this language based contexts. Now a days I have something like a zone of thinking where I get in to a English processing context. It feels like my inner voice speaks in English when I am in this zone of thinking and switches to native tongue when I am out of this zone. I don't know if this is something everyone goes through when they acquire a new language.

Re:HTTrack Website Copier – Offline browser on Saturday July 10, 2021 @12:41AM (#27791163)
Used it in undergraduate to mirror courses. Very good. doesn't work with js links or SPA. But a nice to have tool if you are into self hosting.
I did these are contents of the email.

    Hello,
    
    
    On April 26, 2021, we confirmed an unauthorized exposure of details associated with the billing profile on your DigitalOcean account. The exposure has been fixed, and your complete payment card account number was not exposed. We will monitor your DigitalOcean account for any unusual activity. No action is required by you at this time.
    
    
    What happened:
    
        An unauthorized user gained access to some of your billing account details through a flaw that has been fixed. This exposure impacted a small percentage of our customers. 
        The unauthorized access occurred between April 9, 2021 and April 22, 2021.
        The following billing profile information was accessed:
            Billing Name
            Billing Address
            Payment Card Expiration
            Last 4 Digits of Payment Card
            Payment Card Bank Name
        We do not store your full payment card account number, and it was not exposed.
    
    What we have done:
    
        We have fixed the flaw that enabled this exposure, and unauthorized parties can no longer access this information.
        We have notified relevant data protection authorities.
        To be extra careful, we have implemented additional security monitoring on your account.
        We are expanding our security measures to reduce the likelihood of this kind of flaw occuring in the future. 
    
    How this impacts your account:
    
        Your DigitalOcean account was not accessed. Our account recovery procedures require more information than what was exposed. Your account is not at risk.
        Your account password and tokens were not involved in this exposure.
        Requests to change your account details may take longer to process and may require additional verification.
        No action is required by you at this time.
    
    We believe in holding ourselves accountable to our customers and are committed to protecting your account. We welcome the opportunity to talk through any questions or concerns you may have — just reply to this email.
    
    
    Thanks,
    
    Trust @ DigitalOcean
Re:Declassified spacecrafts and orbital weapons of the USSR (2018) on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:28PM (#26168917)
We can reduce this to halting problem. We will never know finish line exists until we reach one?
Re:BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billboards on Thursday December 24, 2020 @12:04PM (#25529217)
Can confirm. Used to work for FCA in uconnect V2X. There is was no need to process diagnostic features in cloud as the TBM unit has enough capability to process it in the car and display. But the business decided to move processing to cloud and charge premium for monthly subscriptions.
Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:58AM (#25503370)
after Borrowing you can call 'https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&id...' to get ADE to download pdf for 1 hour. Api is hidden from UI after COVID. It was removed to increase availability of books that have only a single copy so that it wont be sitting in someones ADE not getting read. At the same time people waiting in queues to read it.
really nice Firefox has dragging issue. works fine if dragged on the whitespace.(firefox 81.0 windows 10)
Re:[email protected] on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:55AM (#24613698)
I use [email protected] and email verification works for most part.