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mc_mike

Re:Somali referee Artan barred from entering US on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @01:22PM (#48479579)
I mean he’s tied to terrorism so seems prudent to block his entry

https://thepostmillennial.com/somali-referee-banned-from-ent...

This is horrific. A random company can strike you with no evidence and YouTube doesn’t even do any investigation or have any presumption of innocence or anything before potentially deleting the whole account? This seems like a very good reason to diversify away from YouTube. This article is trying to paint this in a positive light but this is as dystopian as it comes.
Re:Ask HN: Did the HN header become harsh bright orange color? on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @01:42PM (#42196889)
I’m confused… It’s always been the same color
Re:Paul Graham inspired the creation of Redis on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:59PM (#19503862)
Some lisps do this. like sbcl's sb-ext:save-lisp-and-die function is a "quit" that also persists the memory state. When you load this image later, you get it as it was when you "quit" last time.
Re:Think Dave Ramsey Gives Great Advice? Think Again on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:27PM (#19324481)
I think this author grossly misunderstands Dave Ramsey's target audience and what his goal is.
Re:Stop using JWT for sessions (2016) on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:20AM (#18354763)
No, you don't control the client. The attackers do.