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dsgfhasgjklas··on Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs
What differentiates Insomnia from Postman? Both are non-native electron apps.
dsgfhasgjklas··on Insects Are in Serious Trouble
Why not just say that? The wealth aspect seems distracting.
dsgfhasgjklas··on It Takes Just $1k to Track Someone's Location with Mobile Ads
Right, and none of them come close to a well-configured ublock install. I happen to use purify (after choosing it over others) and regularly see both ads and tracking network requests.
dsgfhasgjklas··on It Takes Just $1k to Track Someone's Location with Mobile Ads
> Ads are not the main privacy issue any longer, since there’s client-side protection against them.

Not really, though, at least for ios. On android there are at least firefox + extensions, but there's nothing quite capable/available on ios at the moment.

dsgfhasgjklas··on New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary
> However, I can't imagine the compliance nightmare that would exist around a process that lets HR people look up people's equifax information.

Employment credit checks are perfectly legal.

dsgfhasgjklas··on Questions to ask in interviews
Interviews are not (just) advertising yourself: it's a date, and a two way street.
dsgfhasgjklas··on ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI
Doesn't look like there's anything like CLIM support, unfortunately.
dsgfhasgjklas··on Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack
That's true, but that's also true of anywhere that uses social security numbers for identity verification (which is an atrocious pattern considering how poorly ssns are anonymized).
dsgfhasgjklas··on Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack
> And the worst part is, I have no idea how I as a person could say "I don't want to do work with Equifax because I don't trust them."

Freeze your account and complain to the service that uses it.

Of course, you're not wrong—you have essentially zero leverage.