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nanidin··on NightWare helps disrupt nightmares for those with PTSD
I get a notification on my phone when my watch is fully charged. This is my reminder to put the watch back on.
nanidin··on Lawsuit against Meta invokes modern portfolio theory to protect shareholders
The idea is counter to competition.
nanidin··on Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything
To me, baked in means it is on the DVD and new content isn’t pulled from the internet. Dynamic selection of tracks and ads doesn’t seem to disqualify them from all being baked in.
nanidin··on Twitter faces a class action lawsuit over mass employee layoffs with proper
Not only tell the person being laid off, but also inform a government office of the planned mass layoff so they can prepare unemployment resources, job transition/retraining programs, and things like that.

Only applies in the case of mass layoffs.

nanidin··on Twitter faces a class action lawsuit over mass employee layoffs with proper
The intent of the law is to allow time to prepare for macro level effects in case of a mass layoff. This gives the government time to spin up unemployment resources and job transition programs, in theory.
nanidin··on Universal Paperclips
This is more or less how I play incremental games. Play until I realize how much time I’m wasting, then switch over to figuring out how to hack the game.

There is always a way :)

nanidin··on American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class
If I were a college application reviewer, I would filter for helicopter parents in an attempt to find kids genuinely seeking education as opposed to parents pushing their kids to unhappy places.
nanidin··on American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class
When I was in 11th grade, an Egyptian-American had a future scholarship rescinded because she was not African American.
nanidin··on Justice Department announces takedown of catalytic converter theft ring
The daily limit where I live is 1/2 the monthly limit. Purchasing this amount every two weeks will eventually result in a violation.

Requiring a prescription for common cold medicine raises the price of cold relief from $12 to $100+.

nanidin··on Justice Department announces takedown of catalytic converter theft ring
Definitely not, thieves use electric saws.
nanidin··on Justice Department announces takedown of catalytic converter theft ring
Thieves don’t use sockets though, they use saws.
nanidin··on Scientists Increasingly Can’t Explain How AI Works
>in games where you did X you reached a strong position most often.

FYI in standard minimax, the search is for the move that leads to the strongest outcome - the "most often" bit doesn't factor into the decision making process.

nanidin··on Cook shortage threatens to sink U.S. Coast Guard operations
Native speaker trying to parse this idiom, perhaps a bit too logically: “all but literally every X was Y”.

I understand what it means, but my brain is breaking in the same way it would when navigating a double/triple negative.

nanidin··on Telegram CEO accuses Apple of crushing entrepreneurs
If they open it up, market forces (via competition) will determine what is fair. That equilibrium would probably be below 30% if serious competition occurs.

But yes, it would be fair for Apple to ask for 30% because others are free to offer the same service for less, and you as a consumer of that service have a choice between them - which will eventually force Apple to bring its commission down.

nanidin··on Apple says iPhones will switch to USB-C chargers to comply with new EU law
I have a FLIR camera that plugs into the lightning port on my iPhone. I'm not sure if it will even be supported with an adaptor when/if I get a USB-C iPhone.
nanidin··on SiriSpy – iOS bug allowed apps to eavesdrop on your conversations with Siri
My apartment building recently switched to an access control system called Brivo. It replaced a keyfob + garage door opener system with an app. Overall not the greatest as it's now difficult to get into the building if you leave your phone at home.

My "integration" with Siri is to set up an iOS shortcut and use Siri to trigger it.

nanidin··on SiriSpy – iOS bug allowed apps to eavesdrop on your conversations with Siri
Siri killer apps for me are asking for factoids via my watch, and opening my garage door as I approach while driving (my building uses an app that requires multiple taps + swipes to open the garage door, using Siri makes it palatable.)
nanidin··on Ask HN: Stripe holding funds for 120 days for no reason
I have noticed that when people complain about Stripe on Reddit in places like /r/personalfinance, people direct them to HackerNews with instructions to escalate here.
nanidin··on Study links omega-3s to improved brain structure, cognition at midlife
Do you notice a difference?
nanidin··on British pound hits record low against the dollar
Indeed, a great time to vacation in the UK!
nanidin··on Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?
I don’t use gmail but I have also seen a big uptick in spam getting into my actual inbox over the last few weeks. I use a filter that hasn’t been updated in years, combined with spamhaus blacklists. To me this means something like spammers have found a way to evade spamhaus blacklists since they were the most effect block to spam in my email chain.
nanidin··on Sexual Behaviour Then and Now
I have no more free articles available on a site I have never visited. Nice.
nanidin··on U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate online speech
As someone that doesn’t use Twitter, I can confirm that I am not silent and that any model where one is silenced by being removed from Twitter is similar to geocentricity.
nanidin··on AirTag leads to arrest of airline worker accused of stealing from luggage
Is this still available?
nanidin··on FTC takes action to stop Opendoor from cheating potential sellers
They provide liquidity, but further slow the market if they turn it into a rental with ROI targets.
nanidin··on A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it
> Plastics all the way, dump the whole thing in a plasma gasifier upon retirement.

Wouldn't it be better to sequester the carbon in a landfill rather than return it to the atmosphere?

nanidin··on Arizona Mom Fights Abusive Prosecution by Department of Child Safety
I agree - Mean World Syndrome [0] is taking its toll on society.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome

nanidin··on Commit Messages Don’t Matter
What was changed, why, and link to relevant ticket(s).
nanidin··on America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of reach
The concept of pulling into a National Forest (or other BLM land) and setting up a tent anywhere is jarring for someone that isn't familiar with it already. The absolute freedom (and accompanying rules that aren't available on site, but that you're expected to abide by) is daunting when you've been conditioned that in order to stay somewhere you must pay and that there will be an obvious place to park your vehicle.

The first time I did it, I felt like I was doing something wrong and that a ranger could show up at any time to ticket me for camping too close to the road or doing something else wrong. Forums are full of warnings to use apps to make sure you're not on someone's private property adjacent to or embedded within the public land, lest they show up with a shotgun.

A lot of people have never been introduced to the concept of public land in a way that makes it seem like a viable/legit option.

nanidin··on I Hacked My Car Guides: Creating Custom Firmware
At the end of the day, lack of competent security leadership at Hyundai. In my work with other auto OEM's, there is some kind of security officer assigned to a vehicle model or platform that specifies requirements and that requires formal attestations for things like private key material, SSL cipher suites, process isolation and so forth.

At the other OEM's I have worked with, private key material lives on an HSM controlled by the OEM and all signing/encryption is done by the OEM for production builds.

If they are using example keys from NIST and private keys from published tutorials, then I would not be surprised if they are also using defaults for TLS - for example: allowing TLS 1.0, allowing TLS 1.1, allowing weak cipher suites, etc.

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