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thetinguy··on Ultimaker and Makerbot merge to form new 3D printing company
I just use yeggi or thangs for search. They are much better for that.
thetinguy··on Tell HN: I was permanently banned from eBay in one hour
Do you expect customer service representatives to evaluate your legal claim?
thetinguy··on Your phone may soon replace many of your passwords
It’s not a hack, it’s expected behavior. Go to an Apple store with a broken screen, and this what they will have you do. If I remembered the title of the support article I would have given it to you.
thetinguy··on Ask HN: How do I get my Google account back?
Google, Microsoft, and Apple all use previously authenticated ips as a signal for their account recovery processes.
thetinguy··on Your phone may soon replace many of your passwords
Just turn the phone off. That’s what Apple has you do when you need to turn off Find My iPhone but your phone is on and unable to be used. Even without the sim the device is still trusted, and as long as it’s connected to the internet it will try to authenticate with it. Also trusted contacts are also now a thing. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212515
thetinguy··on Details emerge of Air France B777 landing incident
Most people that want a new aircraft for GA for less than 6 figures are kit building them. Also there’s the “sport” flying market and ultra-light market as well.
thetinguy··on Apple Discontinues macOS Server
Apple uses jamf internally.
thetinguy··on Utilities Want to Convert Coal Plants to Nuclear; Skeptics Abound
Yea and there’s a reason they stopped. It’s unmaintainable. How will you replace a section of cooling pipe with molten or solid sodium in it?
thetinguy··on Framework Laptop Mainboard
Can it be used as a single board computer like a latte panda or raspberry pi, once you supply thing like memory.
thetinguy··on The history of the elimination of leaded gasoline
It’s especially crazy because because all the major engine manufacturers have already certified many of their leaded gas engines for high octane unleaded. Some of them are just waiting on FAA rubber stamps. https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/100-unleaded-avgas
thetinguy··on An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email
As long as you add a trusted phone number you can do Mfa over sms. Not ideal but it is an option.
thetinguy··on About the security content of iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1
> Sounds to me like a terrible OS design, to have such arbitrary things as video decoding, require a kernel extension

Why?

thetinguy··on Food Packaging
Tetra Pak is primarily paper.
thetinguy··on Gov. Newsom signs law to stop UC Berkeley enrollment cuts
Tell that to delivery drivers
thetinguy··on Reddit blocks posting any .ru links
No to war is also no to putin’s propaganda
thetinguy··on The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
Most i3s I’ve seen have the range extender engine equipped
thetinguy··on Sabre ends distribution agreement with Aeroflot
I think pss refers to a pricing solution suite.
thetinguy··on Vanced: YouTube adblocker for Android
Also creators don’t get revenue from blocked ads but they do from premium.
thetinguy··on Who is squatting IPv4 addresses?
They do.
thetinguy··on Who is squatting IPv4 addresses?
Apple is definitely still using it.
thetinguy··on Dutch foundation seeks consumer damages over Apple, Google app payments
I think they’ll just get rid of iTS support and some amount of fraud protection.
thetinguy··on JetBlue A320 tail strike on takeoff, B350 in opposite direction
Commercial airplanes have weather radar not for seeing planes.
thetinguy··on JetBlue A320 tail strike on takeoff, B350 in opposite direction
There are non towered airports in Europe as well.
thetinguy··on Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone
AFAIK there are no contactless limits in the US. Also usually no pins on credit cards in the US only debit cards.
thetinguy··on FAA Shows ‘Sample NOTAMs’ for Possible 5G Restrictions
5g has been running for a couple of years in the US. The FAA’s problem is new spectrum that carriers want to deploy.
thetinguy··on Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again
They do. I remember watching one of their sessions where they showed every rack having its own battery backup.
thetinguy··on Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022
You live in a house. In an apartment there are 50 other networks within a 100 feet of you.
thetinguy··on YouTube TV loses ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels in fee dispute
Why would they? There are tons of free options for live news. Also they do have talk shows like the one letterman did.
thetinguy··on YouTube TV loses ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels in fee dispute
Budget tv brand skimps on smart tv chips? I’m shocked.
thetinguy··on Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware
Wait until you out about five eyes and the run around the 4th amendment.
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