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macic··on One year of sponsored Servo development
The Hurd of browser engines
macic··on Identity verification on Claude
Very disappointing that they went with Persona, the company whose CEO regularly argues with people on Twitter and lies about their arguments.
macic··on Google changes its search box
Google is not bias-free, and has not been for a long time.
macic··on VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
> There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code.

Can you expand on this? Who "expects" their code editor to lie about using Copilot?

macic··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
Just what we need, even more government censorship.
macic··on File.haus – Anonymously upload up to 300GB
Seems interesting. With a file limit as high as 300 gigabytes, I assume the only way they’re able to afford hosting it is because they don't have many users, so I wouldn’t expect this site to stay around for very long. I’ve seen many similar websites come and go over the years.
macic··on Webneko – a desktop screenmate ported to web
Looks very similar to oneko.js
macic··on ID verification service for TikTok, Uber, X exposed driver licenses
Exactly. You should NEVER give these companies your ID for exactly this reason.
macic··on YouTube to start blocking third-party apps that don't show ads
The YouTube app now has incognito mode, which shouldn’t affect your recommendations.
macic··on Anonfiles is shutting down
AnonFiles was very sketchy. They had extremely generous file size limits and were apparently funded completely through donations. On their footer they linked to other file sharing sites, which linked to even more file sharing sites. All of them had the exact same layout and generous file size limits. They also shared the exact same IPs. There were around 15 of them. A lot of them impersonated other defunct file sharing websites which shut down such as MegaUpload. All of these sites are now offline. Make of this what you will, but to me it sounds like a honeypot.
macic··on Google Tries to Defend Its Web Environment Integrity Critics Slam It as Danger
Terry was right
macic··on PyPI will require 2FA by the end of 2023
Is that so they can subpoena your phone number as well?