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> And I had to explain that it’s probably not possible, except if ios or Android implemented it directly (more so iOS, I’m not up familiar with android).

PDFs with embedded bitmaps can actually do that (and are currently supported widely, but PDFs are a terrible format with way too much attack surface). Same for any other composite html+whatever formats like epub. Standardizing a non-book format name and a spec that mandates nothing more than bare xhtml & image support with no JS or CSS interpreters would probably be quite sufficient.

> duckduckgo

Duckduckgo caches/proxies the images on its desktop site, which is useful when it gives results for sites that are since dead. Often at a lower resolution, but that's what reverse image searching is for.

That sort of malware already exists. This does simplify making it by a lot, because now it can much more easily ensure its portability without external communication.

The python script/program ultimately depends on a Python interpreter which currently has to be distributed as a different binary for every platform.

So in the end, the difference is purely where the platform-differentiated compilation happens for VM & interpreted languages like Java & Python.

This would instead allow you to ship a single Python executable that simply works everywhere. Whether with a bundled-in script/program, or just the interpreter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store Somehow feels familiar.

> Well, another reason is because TLS (and formerly SSL) wasn't (weren't) just about encryption, but about a "web of trust." Encryption alone isn't trust.

Which is a nice principle, but given corporate and government incentives, the trust provided was lackluster at best. The PKI is pretty much broken because of it.

In the end, all it did is incur an unaffordable cost for hobbyist bloggers and other netizens.

Reading up on some of the links provided in this thread, I think that would indicate a badly maintained system/too much pressure.

And I'm now quite sure I had to deal with a single-pipe system modified to not have individual valves. Quite insane, but I guess that's what cheap owners will do.

> I'm not sure why they couldn't just turn off individual radiators in this case though.

Mine had no valves or anything. If you wanted to turn it off, good luck.

I've yet to watch the video, but it seems weird to see praise for steam heating systems to me when I've had literally nauseatingly overheated apartments due to it.

Was I just unlucky enough to have to cope with lowest-bidder systems?