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eznzt··on Let's Encrypt's performance is currently degraded due to a DDoS attack
> I don't know what it is about gaming that attracts DDoS events more than practically anything else, but there are a lot of server hosts that will not even rent you a server if they know that there will be a game hosted on it due to this.

Like IRC back in the day :P

eznzt··on Google’s approach to Black schools explains why there's few Black engs in Tech
>The fact is, it's 2021 and people should care about what they do with their themselves, their family and their community first. And stop waiting for [... some other entity ...] to fix their problems.

From the other day:

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/city-student...

>"He didn't fail, the school failed him. The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that's the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn't deserve that."

eznzt··on Jack Dorsey is attempting to sell his first tweet as an NFT
Does that person even have that amount of money? From looking at his timeline it seems unlikely.
eznzt··on Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecraft creator (2011)
That's what virustotal.com is for!
eznzt··on Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling
So basically a search engine that is worse than Google and that I will have to pay for. Sign me right up!!
eznzt··on Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO
I don't understand how someone removing the contents they themselves posted goes against free speech?
eznzt··on Publisher Nacon Cracked and Pirated Our Game: The Sinking City
They are producers. Developing a game may take years and you need to pay salaries.
eznzt··on The Screenplay Format Reference
Anybody knows what software do professional script writers (the ones working for the industry) use? I've seen the screenplay format and I don't believe they do all of that by hand; it would be tedious.
eznzt··on Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
CH is not China but Switzerland.
eznzt··on Lyra audio codec enables high-quality voice calls at 3 kbps bitrate
Is it any good for languages other than English?
eznzt··on Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
There is nothing new about the question "why would someone buy cheap phones when they come with spyware". So someone asks a shit question and gets a shit answer.
eznzt··on Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
> I truly don't understand, from a security and privacy perspective, why would anyone outside of China would voluntarily choose to run closed-source software from a company that's subject to domestic laws and regulations in China.

They make cheap phones.

eznzt··on The Last Message Sent on AIM
I hate that it is asynchronous now. I liked it back before when you talked to someone who was online and you knew he was engaged in the conversation. Now all of that is gone. As you say "I'll just reply later"—I hate that.
eznzt··on How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%
The 3D engine is highly optimised.
eznzt··on Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL (2016)
What you are basically saying is that yes, they are much more complex.
eznzt··on Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL (2016)
Just creating a new user is annoying enough.

Permissions are also much more complex.

What the hell are schemas?

eznzt··on Think you don’t need a VPN? Here are five times ordinary people might need a VPN
Mozilla is using the official blog of the Firefox browser to spam their VPN service through scaremongering.
eznzt··on Remain Calm: The fox is still in the Firefox logo
Next time you consider donating, think of the cost of creating new logos for the sake of it + keeping someone on staff to write this drivel.
eznzt··on APPL forced to add iPhone, MacBook repairability score to comply with French law
"APPL"
eznzt··on Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are tracked
>By what mechanism could Google prevent themselves from ever being able to do this?

The law.

eznzt··on Firefox 86.0
I use Firefox ESR just so I don't have to do this every couple months.
eznzt··on Malaysian Grandfather Is Facing Death for Weed
Locking them away might sound better, but remember the state has to pay for them until they die, which really sucks.
eznzt··on Firefox 86.0
This new release also includes new ads, seems they forgot to put that in the release notes: https://twitter.com/CohanRobinson/status/1364172683118866433
eznzt··on Why is the DOS path character "\"? (2005)
For everybody reading, a directory called "-rf" is deleted by writing "rm -- -rf"; -- indicates the end of all user-provided options.
eznzt··on Firefox for iOS 32
News flash: Google has almost completely funded Mozilla since forever.
eznzt··on Samsung now updates Android for longer than Google does
Because it takes a lot of effort, kernel developers will bitch that some of the code is there just to connect to blobs that aren't free, blah blah blah. cf the nvidia situation.
eznzt··on Is Google’s AI research about to implode?
That GPT-3 excerpt is just hilarious.
eznzt··on Falling sperm counts, declining egg quality, and endocrine disruptors
> Even most cotton shirts and jeans tend to be a blend with synthetic plastic fibers because it stretches and breaths better.

Just look at the labels...

eznzt··on I Am Bezos
>The real problem to me is the fact that this money will get down to his descendants, who will have done nothing more than be born.

Well, then wait until you hear how much his ex wife got after divorcing... At least he chooses to give the money to his children or not—regarding his ex wife, he had no choice at all.

eznzt··on WhatsApp Reveals What Happens to Users Who Don't Agree to Privacy Policy Changes
So, I never chat with businesses, and I live in the EU. This new privacy policy should not concern me much?
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