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hhjj··on Malaysia enforces ban on social media accounts for children younger than 16
The real subject is what it implies: identification of every Malaysian posting on social media to enforce this ban.

Control of speech through think of the children rhetoric.

hhjj··on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges
Until they use eSIM, and then we will have to tinfoil all of our electronics.
hhjj··on Why Liquidity Matters
Yeah that's very misleading. You note questions from 1 to 5 then they show you an average of answers from 0 to 4 (you'll never get an average below 1 and of course probably not a linear scale anyway).

We already had that discussion when websites used star ratings where you couldn't rate 0 star...

hhjj··on Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat
Maybe then just label them as cheaters and allow them to only game against other cheaters.
hhjj··on Why bumblebees love cats and other beautiful relationships (2021)
Bumblebees don't love cats, they hate mices.
hhjj··on Everything You Never Wanted to Know about PKI but Were Forced to Find Out [pdf]
Creation date of PDF is 11/21/2002, 9:08:38 PM
hhjj··on Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only when changes are made
Can't you use :q and then :x instead of :q then :wq ?
hhjj··on IBM Unveils 127-Qubit Quantum Computer
I guess you already know that if those announcements don't include an earth shattering factorization record it's because they probably didn't achieve anything worth noting.
hhjj··on Apple fires engineering manager for allegedly leaking information
About footnote, claiming is not the same than telling truth.

A lot of corporations are making their own "laws" (warranty stickers, abusive contract clauses, anti-piracy disclaimers, etc.) and they are keeping them even when they know it's total lies.

Authorities also take what corporations tell them as granted truth.

So even if the odds are in favor of corporations being right (corps are usually a lot of people), don't fall in that kind of trap especially when it favors the corporation or if there are facts casting doubts.

-- This is my personal view not necessarily the view of my employer. I may be POTUS too. I may or may not think Apple is right. You owe me $100 if you read that sentence.

hhjj··on T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People
Maybe ID is asked to feed marketing database so they can sell data about you ?

In Europe we aren't asked IDs but usually email/phone numbers and that's for marketing reason (spamming and being able to identify customers cross businesses).

hhjj··on Xsolla CEO says firing using an algorithm-based solution protect minorities
First step of resolving a ticket should be to create 10 tickets... now for each ticket create a new ticket to verify the other ticket has been done correctly... So work at Xsolla will become very slow but hopefully very predictable.
hhjj··on Do you want to be making this much money when you're 50? (2012)
I think they jump without return...
hhjj··on Using Benford’s Law to Detect Bitcoin Manipulation
Maybe he should try with prices in yen...
hhjj··on EU to ban cryptocurrency anonymity in anti-money laundering plan
EU pretexts AML to reduce velocity/price of cryptocurrencies in wake of future euro inflation?
hhjj··on Pay secrecy: Why some workers can't discuss salaries
You can have high salary and still be indebted. Also you don't have to discuss salary to negotiate how much they would like to earn as an extra (and that may not even be money). I don't buy it, that doesn't make sense.
hhjj··on Ever Given: Egypt agrees deal to release ship that blocked Suez Canal
It could but gatekeepers aren't happy.
hhjj··on Patent Trolling’s twin: Copyright trolling
well i think the defense lawyer was a bit disingenuous. I guess the only step should have been to confirm the agreement with the girl, forward it to troll and then tell them you have a license so get lost or see you in court. But it looks like they didn't go to court at all...
hhjj··on Google Work Location Tool: To show employees how pay would change by location
Notice how title and screenshot doesn't match. Reality is that google wants to know where you want to go before deciding how much you will be paid. Google always try to get data before giving any...
hhjj··on Why gold and Bitcoin are popular
A kg of gold is a kg of gold anywhere. So yes if you want to know the value of a currency you need to compare it to something else, USD not being an exception.
hhjj··on Windows 10 nagging users with Bing advertisements (push alerts)
Not really different, it's leveraging users from a product to another. Gmail and Windows users are both stuck and forcefully promoted "unrelated" products (specific ads tied to OS/website so not easily blockable).
hhjj··on The coronavirus was not engineered in a lab. Here's how we know
Maybe poster wanted to show 1 year ago it was clear that it wasn't made in a lab and now everything "changed".

Especially when you see editor's note telling readers that US government is investigating.

Anyway it just looks like propaganda vs propaganda.

hhjj··on Man used Coinbase to pay hitman in Bitcoin for wife's murder, FBI says
So Internet was demonized at first, saying it allowed pedophiles to share child pornography with impunity from their home. Then we learned that internet allowed to catch more pedophiles than ever.

Looks like this scheme finally applied to bitcoin. It was very easy to predict though.

hhjj··on Analytics suggest 96% of users leave app tracking disabled in iOS 14.5
That's clear but can't they turn the setting into "Require apps to ask consent before tracking" ?
hhjj··on A Primer for Decentralized Identifiers
A lot of time you don't need to identify people, you just need unique accounts. There is no fundamental need to have one identity linked on HN, reddit, Facebook.
hhjj··on We need to know the origin of Covid-19
"The Chinese government owes the world complete transparency at the Wuhan lab. We need to know how to make virus research as safe as possible." We don't know the origin of covid but we already know how to fix it? That looks biased.
hhjj··on Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency
Why does the FAQ 2. say i have to run consensus-service with intel SGX to participate with other validation nodes ? Doesn't that imply the consensus is dependent on SGX ?
hhjj··on Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency
Looks like it depends on SGX, so basically delegates trust to Intel. Bitcoin doesn't depend on trusting anyone.
hhjj··on Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
If it is for AWS resources it is not equivalent.
hhjj··on The new Google Pay repeats all the same mistakes of Google Allo
planned software obsolescence ?
hhjj··on Arranging Invisible Icons in Quadratic Time
There are still a lot of bugs, features not working at all in windows. So a feature that works but slowly in extraordinary (for most users) conditions is not prioritized.

If you want a bug-free os, you'll pay an extreme price in features or in dollars.

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