stimpson_j_cat

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Comment · 4 years ago
As a Chrome apologist really this pisses me off but I've been waiting for this forever and applaud the team (especially if they beat Chrome to landing this in a stable release)
Comment · 4 years ago
False dichotomy; I alternate between ignoring it AND being annoyed by it
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Yes that's the go-to copypasta reply. ("Literally" here meaning "not literally.")

Twitter changed their policy in response to criticism of the Biden tweets to "no longer remove hacked material unless it’s directly shared by hackers or those working with them" including the rally database, and they restored previously removed tweets about Biden.

So by your own measure, very believable.

Comment · 4 years ago
It's not a bug to disallow "distribution of hacked material" in your Terms of Service.

If you think it was political, you should certainly inform the FEC! They found that Twitter had acted "for commercial reasons and not for the purpose of influencing an election" so they'd appreciate the heads up.

Comment · 4 years ago
For sake of discussion: aren't there uses of this that aren't nefarious?

Their claim that employees intending to leave "may put the organization at risk of malicious or inadvertent data exfiltration upon departure" is, cynically, corporate bs; but data theft or vandalism isn't entirely unheard of by departing employees.

Ever moved your source code to a thumb driver before you left your job, even though your contract technically forbids it, you've signed away the IP rights, etc?

Comment · 4 years ago
Does your general comment have to do with this specific study? They mention controlling for all the things you mentioned.
Comment · 4 years ago
yes, this is mentioned in the article

> there may be other lifestyle factors contributing to that lower mortality risk among people who drink coffee, like a healthy diet or a consistent exercise routine

Comment · 4 years ago
Yes this is mentioned in the article

> the data cannot conclusively prove that coffee itself lowers the risk of dying; there may be other lifestyle factors contributing to that lower mortality risk among people who drink coffee, like a healthy diet or a consistent exercise routine

...and controlled for in the study

> lifestyle, sociodemographic, and clinical factors

Comment · 4 years ago
I've had people try to guess my login with Company ABC once they learned of my [email protected] address. Avoiding the reuse of email addresses helps here, the same way avoiding the reuse of passwords does.

For blackhats, with catchalls you can create multiple accounts on sites that try to prevent it by assuming everyone only has 1 email address.

For me the biggest drawback is migrating ALL those emails if your provider decides to end support for catchalls (like Dreamhost).

Comment · 4 years ago

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Is that particularly readable? There's a whole section dedicated to how to read the entries and why the syntax is the way it is.
Comment · 4 years ago
Calendar apps are so complicated and tightly integrated with other productivity apps now I'm not sure the benefit of simplicity here outweighs the cost of losing that.

My Google cal emails me notifications, works with desktop calendar apps, integrates with Maps, etc. It autofills addresses, adjusts for time zones, syncs across my 4000 devices, allows me to edits dates via text input or GUI/drag 'n drop, etc. (Not shilling, Apple cal is probably similar.)

Even my todo list went from org mode to Google Tasks because of the integrations with Android, Google Calendar, etc.

Comment · 4 years ago
That was an SPAC in 2016, OP said "the night of the DNC primary in 2015." I was there for the CTR debacle, the SPAC hasn't existed since 2016(?), do you think they're still funding accounts?

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