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hmnd0

Technically not 100% bootstrapped anymore as of last year. They raised a $670k SAFE round in June [1].

But they're being cautious with it, so I'm optimistic. I'm still a happy supporter and user.

[1]: https://blog.kagi.com/safe-round

Re:1Password to Add Telemetry on Monday April 24, 2023 @08:50PM (#35695239)
> password is provided to the server to partially unlock so a malware server or MITM could get the password

That is completely false.

"The Master Password is cleared from memory after usage and never transmitted over the Internet to Bitwarden servers, therefore there is no way to recover the password in the event that you forget it."[0]

[0]: https://bitwarden.com/help/bitwarden-security-white-paper/

Re:Louis Rossmann discusses NY's butchering of right to repair on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:35AM (#34195228)
According to Rossmann's FAQ[1] it's 'supposedly "four letters that sound good together".......'. Someone did also add an entry on Urban Dictionary[2] defining it as "Fuck You, Tech Oligopoly"; seems that's the closest we're gonna get to an answer for now...

[1] https://store.rossmanngroup.com/faq.txt [2] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FUTO

Re:Psychedelics and mental illness on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:00PM (#31047971)
If you do a simple ctrl+f on the article for "MDMA", the second result directly addresses MDMA used for PTSD[0], and the big issues surrounding clinical trials for it. Based on the treatment of participants in MAPS trials, conducted under Health Canada, I would treat anything the FDA says about psychedelics with a large amount of skepticism too.

[0] https://stuartritchie.substack.com/p/psychedelics?s=r#:~:tex...

Re:Show HN: BackendLab – Code-free web app builder on Sunday October 14, 2018 @07:24PM (#18216194)
Looks like a very interesting alternative to Knack (https://knack.com), but without the frontend building aspect.