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Comment · 4 years ago
On this bug-tracker, every discussions are called "bug".
Comment · 4 years ago
I've been using Vimium since I use firefox (for around 3 years). It's annoying that Vimium can no longer control the browser UI and is limited on some pages (New Tab, mozilla.org) but this is necessary for security.
Comment · 4 years ago
Surely a Dyson sphere would not emit what we naively expect. Look at us, we can speculate about these and even try to spot them but are millennia away from building one.

What if the external shield of the sphere would be artificially heated to 4000K or higher ? Completely invisible.

Comment · 4 years ago
An other way is WebGL.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Or 6 Gigameters.
Comment · 5 years ago
What does low tech means in this context ? It's still a computer, with complication on top: solar panels, battery.

All the hardware they use requires some energy to be built, the network consumes a lot of energy too.

How does this compare to a VPS server at a cloud provider or using the grid electricity (no solar panel) ?

I'd expect individual VMs to use less energy compared to a decicated computer.

Is it really greener to stop using the grid electricity but instead buy a small solar panel ? Surely that'll be less green than the grid 20 years in the future.

The article contains many sources but doesn't compare other solutions. 2.5 watts is impressive, though.

Comment · 5 years ago
Most ? I mean, I have a single outdoor light, above my front door.
Comment · 5 years ago
The server could hash again the hashed password sent by the client. Especially if the client use an insecure hash algorithm (no secret salt for example).

I feel like if the client always hash passwords as soon as it is typed (the javascript never sees the unhashed password), no one would notice. (except some with crazy password rules that would disallow a hash-looking password)

Comment · 5 years ago
The actual reason is to make you practice your password so you don't forget. You might scratch your finger or the sensor might get dirty or break. Biometric in (current) phones is convenience, not security.
Comment · 5 years ago
2020. They just make a virtual 3D model of you from all the data they collected and stream it directly to the device. 2022. They can now engrave fingertips on paper.
Comment · 5 years ago
> despite arguably being a physical state change and not chemistry per se.

It remove salt from the water but more importantly move it to the top of mountains, which adds energy into the system. Chemistry happens when the water disolves sediments and carry them back to the oceans.

Comment · 5 years ago
There's https://bonkersworld.net/ with a working feed. Last entry Nov 2020.
Comment · 5 years ago
I would have preferred links labelled "next" and "prev" so I could navigate with Vimium's >> key.
Comment · 5 years ago

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