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counttheforks··on Lithuanian university locks out students again for not using proprietary 2FA
Do you hand out the keys for free? If not you are still punishing people who have the moral high ground.
counttheforks··on Lithuanian university locks out students again for not using proprietary 2FA
Did anyone force you to use either of those to complete your education? No? What's your point again?
counttheforks··on Lithuanian university locks out students again for not using proprietary 2FA
The security of their personal devices on which they must install Microsoft spyware and accept it's terms, before being allowed to complete their education.
counttheforks··on Lithuanian university locks out students again for not using proprietary 2FA
The problem is being required to install Microsoft spyware on your personal devices
counttheforks··on Lithuanian university locks out students again for not using proprietary 2FA
The school should be providing phones if the students require them. I strongly believe 2fa is important, but it is even more important to acknowledge that not everyone owns the gadgets that you do. And they may not want to. So if a service requires 2fa they should also supply the necessary hardware to all of their users.
counttheforks··on The transition from logins to cryptographic passkeys is getting messy
You can get a locksmith to come pick the lock
counttheforks··on The transition from logins to cryptographic passkeys is getting messy
Nah, I think you might be. Most people I know have locked themselves out once or twice.
counttheforks··on Congress gets 40 ChatGPT Plus licenses to start experimenting with generative AI
I can't wait for no organization to be contactable anymore. Give it a year or two and every form of communication will be handled by a ChatGPT bot.
counttheforks··on Tom Lesley has published 40 books in 2023, all with 100% positive reviews
> the answer is most likely the author

So ChatGPT? The book includes unvetted output that was copied verbatim (As an language model blablabla)

counttheforks··on Tom Lesley has published 40 books in 2023, all with 100% positive reviews
Then they should do a better job themselves...
counttheforks··on Tom Lesley has published 40 books in 2023, all with 100% positive reviews
stop spamming please
counttheforks··on European Parliament calls for ban on facial recognition
If a company wants to do business abroad they'll have to conform to those laws. And the law cares about intent.
counttheforks··on European Parliament calls for ban on facial recognition
As always the law is about intent. It doesn't care about your technical arguments.
counttheforks··on iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
More proof that Apple should be broken up. Split them in two, a hardware company and a software company.
counttheforks··on iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
And? Sounds perfectly legal to do, and something that should 100% be possible.
counttheforks··on iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
Sounds like it would be trivial to compromise your phone number and sms 2fa
counttheforks··on Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challenge their skills
There's a different media volume and call volume.
counttheforks··on Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challenge their skills
Should've kept your laptop on mute
counttheforks··on Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grant
What's the risk there? That some people might be unhappy with him while he's sipping champagne in his multi million villa? Sign me up.
counttheforks··on Should you remove duplicate files?
Sweet, thanks.
counttheforks··on Should you remove duplicate files?
I'd like copy-on-write hardlinks, or deduplicated blocks, that are made automatically on a schedule as to not incur the constant overhead of dedup, but still reap some of the benefits for archival.
counttheforks··on Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grant
They're the CEO so they can get away with making themselves bonkers rich
counttheforks··on Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grant
Guy has made 226M in a year. He won't have to work another day in his life. What reputational risk are you talking about?
counttheforks··on Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grant
Why would he possibly need 226M/year? Believe it or not, most of the world manages fine with (much) less than 1M/year.
counttheforks··on There is no A.I.
I never really understood this. Can a company go to prison or get the death penalty?
counttheforks··on Tell HN: Eid Mubarak
Perhaps I misunderstood you? What did you mean with

> instead you are seen as a blank slate and whatever actions you do impact your life here and the life hereafter

I assumed you meant that people will be welcomed because they are a blank slate that can be written upon by those seeking to influence them.

counttheforks··on Tech bosses are letting dictators censor what Americans see
Breastfeeding is not porn
counttheforks··on Tell HN: Eid Mubarak
So you are saying they are invited as long as they are willing to endure people trying to change them?
counttheforks··on Google Colab has started banning Stable Diffusion WebUI users
Are they banning Google accounts for this?

Not sure why I got downvoted from this. The link shows the message:

> You may be executing code that is disallowed, ant his may restrict your ability to use Colab in the future.

Is this restricted because your google account gets deactivated or something more reasonable?

counttheforks··on Shutting down my legal torrent site after 17 years
It should happen way more often, so it becomes ineffective.
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