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lilSebastian··on Hacking Hadoukens: Reverse Engineering a Street Fighter Two Cabinet
You could say the same for most of the modern internet, but please don't brother.
lilSebastian··on $130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
So, just the stuff that's really bad for the environment. Gotcha
lilSebastian··on $130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
A reminder that the world is burning:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29769892

134TWh to maintain the blockchain last year, for 4 transactions per second. Some nuclear power stations generate slightly more than that in 20 years.

lilSebastian··on $130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
Since bitcoin has no RRP, what is the context in which a retail "sale" makes sense?
lilSebastian··on $130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
You're clearly really into this planet destroying ponzi scheme. You keep referring to something as a "sale". You have no way to compare the current price to the future price. Perhaps you portfolio is still tulip/beanie baby heavy too.

Bitcoin last year required something in the region of 134TWhs to maintain, for 4 transaction per second (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29769892). Some nuclear pose stations generate over that in 20 years of production. The world is burning, but so long as you get more people to join the ponzi scheme, who cares, right, it's a "sale".

lilSebastian··on $130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
In what sense can it ever go on "sale" in the context you keep using? It has no RRP.
lilSebastian··on $130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
I made no claim that it was a purely crypto mindset, they've flogged this phrase to death, and continue to do so in their echo chamber communities.
lilSebastian··on $130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours
> Everything is on sale.

Such meaningless phrasing. If something wasn't on sale, nobody could buy it. The crypto meme of dips in the price being 'a sale' is key to hooking the uniformed new fish into the great ponzi scheme.

lilSebastian··on Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air
Care to explain?
lilSebastian··on Facebook bans, sends C&D letter to developer of Unfollow Everything extension
Delete all accounts, block all social media endpoints at DNS level. Nuke the site from orbit...
lilSebastian··on Ransomware gangs are complaining that other crooks are stealing their ransoms
>That's hilarious. You'd think they'd know better than to trust code they did not write...

Most humans trust code they didn't write

lilSebastian··on VPN users unmasked by zero-day vulnerability in Virgin Media routers
Home hub is a spectacularly poor piece of kit. Long start up time from powering on, high energy usage, really poor software (repeat soft bricking from remote updates at random times of day and night), historically awful attitudes to security (see other comments). Everything was better rub as Telewest/NTL.
lilSebastian··on One Bad Apple
> It also seems like the PhotoDNA hash algorithm is problematic (to the point where it may be possible to trigger false matches

A post here some days ago (since removed) linked to a google drive containing generated images (which displayed nonsense), the hashes of which matched those of genuine problems images.

lilSebastian··on “Head of Strategy” of Muse Group (Muse Score, Audacity)Threaten Developer
Try reading the whole thread?
lilSebastian··on “Head of Strategy” of Muse Group (Muse Score, Audacity)Threaten Developer
Reading the content from this person/organisation I don't believe this is poor wording, rather fairly standard scare tactics and threats.
lilSebastian··on “Head of Strategy” of Muse Group (Muse Score, Audacity)Threaten Developer
The strategy seems to be to douse the office in petrol, lock the doors and star lightning matches while inside.
lilSebastian··on “One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead”
An expert in the field risks their life to save children, is accused of being a peadophile. That's a long way from being an a-hole.
lilSebastian··on “One Day Longer and Those 13 Boys Would Be Dead”
Simpler times... 3 years ago...
lilSebastian··on Facebook still ‘secretly’ tracks your iPhone
Apps, account. Bin it all.
lilSebastian··on An early look at Postgres 14: Performance and monitoring Improvements
A wonderfully constructive comment that keep people using this site, or not.
lilSebastian··on Counter-Strike Global Offsets: reliable remote code execution
> I like Valve's approach. Who is the real bad guy here?

Valve are, leaving millions of users at risk, despite having been informed of an issue.

lilSebastian··on New x86 micro-op vulnerability breaks all known Spectre defenses
I'd really appreciate a link to this, sounds really interesting.
lilSebastian··on AI Dungeon will block certain words, review content flagged as inappropriate
Are you suggesting these people are reading from beyond the grave?
lilSebastian··on UK government: no more smart motorways without stopped car detection
100% Agree. It's badly designed and badly implemented. Dangerous by design.
lilSebastian··on UK government: no more smart motorways without stopped car detection
Introducing a safety hazard, likely to cause further issues, when vehicles are traveling at speed, with nowhere else to go. Good job on suggesting one way to make things much worse.
lilSebastian··on UK government: no more smart motorways without stopped car detection
Also, what happens most of the time on UK motorways, drivers ignore the signage.
lilSebastian··on I am stepping down from Perl Steering Council and Core
Sadly this poor behavior seems to be encouraged everywhere these days.
lilSebastian··on I am stepping down from Perl Steering Council and Core
Thanks for the accurate and considerate response. Interesting to see the comments from people with no exposure to the people or situation.
lilSebastian··on I am stepping down from Perl Steering Council and Core
That'd be off topic for the tread, a mistake seems more likely.
lilSebastian··on Akon wants to run a Senegal city on cryptocurrency
>Why don’t you save your energy for more productive endeavors.

Again, do as I say not as I do...

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