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storedbox··on Banned in Boston
Some people can't stand up.
storedbox··on Comp.lang.c Google Group has been banned
Pretty sure OP is referring to this part of the comment they were replying to:

> Users posting to comp.lang.c through Google Groups were a problem -- especially with the recent bug that caused GG posts to comp.lang.c++ to have the "++" quietly dropped.

storedbox··on US Treasury to Allow Blockchains, Stablecoins for Bank Payments
Definitely not. Ethereum is on top of the DeFi world, for sure. But DeFi is not CeFi. As an analogy: DeFi is to smart contracts as CeFi is to “dumb” contracts. The legal entity behind Stellar has significantly more of the latter than the entity behind Ethereum--which has none, to my knowledge. ... Plus, gas fees. It's currently cheaper to wire money than to send some ETH.
storedbox··on Endangered Firefox, the State of Mozilla
I've got firefox as my default on Oxygen OS. Don't remember the last time chrome was opened on my phone--by me or by other software. Firefox is even handles the tabs embedded in other apps.
storedbox··on DwarFS: A fast high compression read-only file system
You could use a [WIM image][1]. They can be mounted rw or ro and have file-level deduplication. Microsoft's official tooling is necessary to mount them on Windows as [the only open source implementation I am aware of][2] uses FUSE for mounting.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Format [2]: https://wimlib.net/

storedbox··on Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice
The catch probably has something to do with vampires.
storedbox··on Checked exceptions: Java’s biggest mistake (2014)
Checked exceptions are hardly Java's biggest mistake.
storedbox··on Fed announces details of new interbank service to support instant payments
> The target launch date for the service remains 2023 or 2024, with a more specific time frame to be announced after additional work is completed.

Sounds like it's just a notice of intent.

storedbox··on 51% Attack Bleeds More Than $5M from Ethereum Classic
Only the PoW (proof of work) ones.
storedbox··on 51% Attack Bleeds More Than $5M from Ethereum Classic
It's ETC. ETH is a separate currency.
storedbox··on Grub2 security update renders system unbootable
Unfortunately, I think this move would receive quite a lot of flack due to it being systemd. I totally agree though.
storedbox··on Pkg.jl telemetry should be opt-in
> Gathering telemetry data is asking the users

No, it absolutely is not.

storedbox··on A collection of videos of police brutality
I'm sure they can find at least one willing asshole.
storedbox··on Ask HN: What's the best corporate password manager?
Bitwarden is end-to-end encrypted. So, password "resets" aren't really a thing without also resetting the vault as a whole.