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Re:Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:58AM (#50339797)
Yeah I agree no need for a janky setup like that these days. If you want control of your media, but don't want the dated HTPC setup, get something like a Ugoos am6b+ run Plex/Kodi/Jellyfin/Emby on a PC anywhere on your network and that can play all of your media using a remote and nice interface.
Re:Show HN: The rarest tech books and docs you've probably never read
on Saturday October 10, 2026 @12:41PM (#50034605)
undercooked
Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of cons...
on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:36AM (#49008492)
The difference is you can't just copy and paste the private key into a phishing website. The login process validates your private key and logs you in.
Also since the service does not store your private key, it is more resistant to data-breaches as that is one less potential breach source.
Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of cons...
on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:29AM (#49008388)
I looked up the June 2026 breach and there is no mention of passwords being stolen. Only some PII (Phone, name, email, address) through a third party.
Re:Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless
on Monday June 22, 2026 @09:28PM (#48638994)
Use Brave browser as it avoids browser fingerprinting.
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @08:07PM (#48638336)
You can fight scalpers by hardware limiting the device to the account that was used to purchase for some set time (2 years or so)
Re:Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless
on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:09PM (#48564916)
Popular gaming forums NeoGaf and Resetera only allow signups from paid email accounts. All free and temporary email providers are banned to discourage trolls / forum raids / alt accounts.
Re:Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless
on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:03PM (#48564875)
I know I have created accounts on Reddit with disposable email services before.
Re:Fable ban was never about a jailbreak
on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:22PM (#48557713)
Yes, this is just an even shorter rehash of what has been said several times now.
Re:A short history of Cerro Torre, the most controversial mountain
on Monday June 15, 2026 @11:17AM (#48542545)
I think the question here is: what is the specific criminal charge or law that was broken to be arrested?
Re:Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg
on Friday June 12, 2026 @09:45PM (#48511586)
Infinity - 21 is still infinity
Re:Smudging the game disc to make speedrunning 'SpongeBob' faster
on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @04:48PM (#48482489)
Seems to me that hardware modification would be a banned technique.
Re:The California State Assembly Has Passed the 'Protect Our Games Act'
on Friday May 29, 2026 @05:33PM (#48329596)
I wonder if making the game free to play before shut down would allow them to skirt the law?
Re:There Is No 'Hard Problem of Consciousness'
on Monday May 18, 2026 @02:35PM (#48183651)
>(also if you're wondering, I don't think the boundary is along racial lines)
read the entire comment waiting for this
Re:There Is No 'Hard Problem of Consciousness'
on Monday May 18, 2026 @02:33PM (#48183616)
depends if you do a copy paste or cut and paste
Re:Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright ...
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:02PM (#48030447)
even better if it is a pirate radio station
Re:Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright ...
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @07:43PM (#48030287)
And yet most of the replies are giving examples of human action as if they are legally analogous.
Re:Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright ...
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @07:31PM (#48030178)
So like a teacher?
Re:Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright ...
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @07:19PM (#48030051)
What if you are performing your own song which was heavily influenced by other artists?
Also I believe performing covers is legal
Re:Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright ...
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @05:19PM (#48028737)
If you steal a book and read it, should you have to pay every time you use the knowledge gained or recall parts of it from memory?
Re:US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on...
on Friday April 24, 2026 @11:25AM (#47891563)
Re:Backing Up Spotify
on Saturday December 20, 2025 @10:52PM (#46342104)
For their mail service they did
Re:The 'Toy Story' You Remember
on Thursday November 13, 2025 @06:50PM (#45922225)
I didn't meant to say no-one saw it theatrically but I probably did undersell it there.
The DVD was such a huge seller and coincided with the format really catching on. The Matrix was the "must have" DVD to show off the format and for many was likely one of the first DVDs they ever purchased.
It was also the go-to movie to show off DivX rips.
The popularity of The Matrix is closely linked with a surge in DVD popularity. IIRC DVD player prices became more affordable right around 2000 which opened it up to more people.
Re:The 'Toy Story' You Remember
on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:08AM (#45888960)
The Matrix is an interesting one because it really caught on with the DVD release. So that was most peoples first exposure to it, not the theatrical release. Even if incorrect, if that was the first way you saw it, it is likely how you consider it "should" look.
Re:Palisades Fire suspect's ChatGPT history to be used as evidence
on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:25PM (#45595799)
I don't see any comparison at all between intentionally starting a fire and your car exhaust unintentionally starting a fire.
Re:Palisades Fire suspect's ChatGPT history to be used as evidence
on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @11:19AM (#45581108)
Isn't lighting any fire in the woods during dry conditions inherently malicious?
Re:AV2 video codec delivers 30% lower bitrate than AV1, final spec due...
on Saturday October 11, 2025 @01:34PM (#45551031)
I think there are a few examples where the bitrate is higher than a native rip however.
Re:Any level of alcohol consumption increases risk of dementia
on Monday September 29, 2025 @07:20PM (#45420075)
yes, but in very low amounts. Usually less than what a non-alcoholic beer would have.
Re:The great medieval water myth (2013)
on Monday August 25, 2025 @11:19AM (#45014823)
Perhaps, but you often see the myth written as a quick sentence or two before some beer related article. Academics may not be writing that, but lazy writers will repeat it often.
Re:The great medieval water myth (2013)
on Monday August 25, 2025 @10:09AM (#45014043)
The myth often states that water was unsafe to drink, so they drank beer. Suggesting water was never drank. Showing that water was regularly consumed does debunk the myth even if the truth is perhaps in the middle.