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ben174

1,901 karma · joined April 27, 2011

www.bugben.com

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ben174; my proof: https://keybase.io/ben174/sigs/HZVCWtmPWuL10ymYpZADEZG1r-GnWWMF2CDvk_r6QoM ]

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ben174··on Ask HN: Microsoft SmartScreen is destroying our business
Except that it could help attackers beefen up their tools. A certain amount of obscurity is good to keep the attackers from having too much information.

I've been in the situation where a company kinda 'ghosts' me before. And found out I was indeed the bad player (unintentionally, of course).

ben174··on Zero Trust SIM
Employees don't want to carry two devices.
ben174··on Can Lego play the drums? [video]
Don't forget Animusic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
ben174··on Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we explain our calendar
Way to rain on their parade.

But yes, any advanced civilization would have stacks upon stacks of rules which contradict and complicate things. There's just no way around it.

ben174··on I accidentally started a movement – Policing the Police by scraping court data
could you elaborate exactly where the filth is here? I think I get it, but I'm not super-well versed enough to understand what the motive would be here.
ben174··on I accidentally started a movement – Policing the Police by scraping court data
a while back I created www.bartcrimes.com to publish police reports which were intentionally hidden behind a mailing list you must get approved to be a member of. Turns out, the public loves this kind of thing.
ben174··on San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics
Surprised Ketamine isn't listed. I figured they'd lump that in. On the other hand, ketamine is extremely addictive, despite what you might read online. I know several people who have given up everything to sustain their Ketamine habit.
ben174··on Blender 3.3 LTS
It really surprises me that the same thing still hasn't really happened with image editing software. Or maybe it has and I just don't know how to use it. But I still keep my Photoshop license around and pay for it because I just can't seem to live without it.
ben174··on The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root access on macOS
Then Zoom should ask for those permissions, like every other app does. If we make it an admin, we have problems like these.
ben174··on An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information on Twitter
Exactly. They're giving the least information possible to formulate a coherent headline which is technically accurate. If they told the truth in the headline, it would get WAY more clicks. These are clicks they don't want.
ben174··on The Best iPhone
In English, "give or take".
ben174··on Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021)
This. The software would get abandoned once they've cashed in on the bulk of people buying it. They can trickle in more sales over time, but that's not going to amount to nearly as much as the initial payload, and therefore the motivation to continue developing dwindles.
ben174··on Thermal Pad ‘Mod’ Makes M2 MacBook Air Faster Than 13″ M2 Pro
Wow, so the "MacBook Pro with an M2 Pro" is the name we should use for that machine which is yet to be released? And this is referring to a Macbook Pro with a M2.

Not news, it's the same chip but different cooling. This hack "fixes" (hacks) the cooling to make it equal.

ben174··on Glassdoor ordered to unmask former toy company employees who posted criticism
BBB are the grand masters of extortion. They've been doing it before it was cool. You know that "accredited" mark? It may as well be a dollar sign.
ben174··on Glassdoor ordered to unmask former toy company employees who posted criticism
BBB are the grand masters of extortion. They've been doing it before it was cool.
ben174··on Analyzing iOS 16 Lockdown Mode: Browser Features and Performance
Politicians, executives, and celebrities are under constant attack. You can't just expect they halt communication.
ben174··on Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games
Worms is just a mod of Scorched Earth.
ben174··on Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games
Pile Driver!

Years of my life sunk into Scorched Tanks. As an Amiga child, I have no MS DOS nostalgia. But I am pretty sure Scorched Tanks was a decent alternative.

ben174··on Vim 9.0
I tried that 'jk' thing way back, and I seem to recall it introducing some lag. Like a few milliseconds so it could process and see if you were hitting the followup key. Just enough to be annoying.
ben174··on Ask HN: Why no reply envelope icon in the corner?
Well damn, you just changed my mind. That's probably a huge part of what makes this place different from the other guys.
ben174··on Tailscale SSH
Double encryption is twice as effective. I use double ROT-13 for double the security.
ben174··on OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
Where does Scala fit into all of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imh2cH4CnaA

ben174··on Web Push for Safari
Your comment makes no sense in this context.
ben174··on Web Push for Safari
Have you not enountered sites that app-wall you? Sites with useful content, such as Reddit - not allowing you to view the user-generated content unless you install their app? It sucks - but it exists.
ben174··on Web Push for Safari
Well, notifications, for one. Until this update which is not yet fully deployed and implemented.
ben174··on Web Push for Safari
Reddit, for instance, should not be an app. It is failure on the browser's capabilities that you can't visit a reddit link without being spammed to death about installing their app. If the browser was capable of the things the reddit product team wanted to do, they wouldn't need to bug you to install their silly web wrapper app. The OS would be able to handle permissions gracefully, instead of letting the app have free reign.
ben174··on Web Push for Safari
You mean not installing yet another application and having another icon on my homescreen for every freaking website I visit? And these apps almost have no need to run any native code or do anything a website can't handle in modern day. Yes. I'm all for it. Let's make browsers more capable.
ben174··on Silicon Valley braces for the good times to end
Covid will be 1000x more impactful when looking back at the two events.
ben174··on Sriracha lovers burned as maker halts production due to pepper shortage
It's tedious to make, but you can nail it if you follow the directions. And you can use whatever peppers you want for an extra kick.
ben174··on We got Linux on the iPhone, iPad and other idevices
Yep. Law == fact. Always. 100% of the time. If the ruling says it's so. It's 100% so. Let it be written.
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