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regularhackerer··on Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
Could GDPR change this?
regularhackerer··on FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says
What about the data already collected? Do they need consent to keep it?
regularhackerer··on Show HN: A CSS Keylogger
All you need is a website with a vulnerable password form and the ability to serve malicious CSS, say, via an ad. Seems pretty dangerous to me.
regularhackerer··on Show HN: A CSS Keylogger
Keylogger server response can recommend the browser not to cache.
regularhackerer··on Show HN: A CSS Keylogger
Or the user corrects a typo by moving the cursor or using backspace. However I think the idea is that the keylogger will work on some or most users.
regularhackerer··on Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages
Async only interop to JS is a bit sad though
regularhackerer··on Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages
exhaustive pattern matching
regularhackerer··on On AMP for Email
Could do that without centralization.
regularhackerer··on Tarsnap Support for Bitcoin Ending April First
Looks like all the chains will have their own money, also known as gift cards or store credit.
regularhackerer··on Ask HN: Why don't Facebook and/or Google offer paid ad free versions?
Youtube Red does get rid of ads doesnt it?
regularhackerer··on Ending Bitcoin Support
I just used the bitcoin stripe thing couple days ago. Time limit was indeed quite scary: they had a timer on the side running with something like 15 minutes to go until you need to request a new temporary address. Mine ran out but luckily it was still accepted.
regularhackerer··on How Bitcoin Compares to History's Big Bubbles
There was also a story of some guy buying an expensive car for Uber and then they cut fares [1]. Are Uber also Madoff?

When you buy into new, volatile services you do it at your own risk.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13757628

regularhackerer··on CEO of porn cryptocurrency disappears with investor money
It is like Kickstarter but with people feeling they will have some return to their investment instead of a product and some merch.
regularhackerer··on China offers 10-year visas to 'high end talent'
Adding to the other comments if you thought the whole rhino horn medicine idea was bad wait till you hear about inflicting pain to animals to make the meat more delicious.
regularhackerer··on A reality show on the frontline of the German army's battle for public support
>started

Ah, if only everything else in this world was so simple.

regularhackerer··on Bitcoin and almost every other cryptocurrency crashed hard today
Hopefully this crash scares away the door guy. Cant have poor people around in the big boys market. /s
regularhackerer··on Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
Its kind of sad that professionals will have to look elsewhere for a laptop. At least there is the new thinkpad retro! Oh wait...
regularhackerer··on Show HN: Hypewatching – crowdsourced, geolocated trends around the world
Just paywall it, or require a Facebook account to sign in first. That way you get the exact audience you want. ;)
regularhackerer··on EasyDNS refuses to host The DailyStormer domain
I don't want to read whatever that is too closely but looks like some random blog post where some idiot claims 'antifa' or 'right wing protestors' located at some rally 'deserve to be beaten up'.

You may find there are other blogging platforms out there with actual requests for violence, often justified with a tagline 'Punch a nazi!'.