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williamtwild··on Coinbase is reportedly selling geolocation data to ICE
Average Joe and Sally in midwest america going to do any of that ? Not bloody likely.
williamtwild··on FDA Denies Authorization to Market JUUL Products
Oh really? Why is that?
williamtwild··on LeekWars, program your AI to destroy your leek enemies
care to elaborate or is reddit leaking again?
williamtwild··on I got hacked and Facebook banned me
Comparing facebook to your employer is silly.
williamtwild··on The pain of using budget notebooks as a software developer
Sued? Hyperbole. If you really do that as an IT director you are trash.
williamtwild··on How the Apple of the Midwest fell apart
The problem i saw in my area was they opened up shop almost right across the street from comp-usa. I used to haunt that comp-usa and frequently i would hear people talk about just being over there. Their mai compalint was that they had to wait for thier computer but they could just buy one at comp-usa and leave with it. I am surprised they lasted as long as they did.
williamtwild··on DC Attorney General sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica data breach
hopefully more than 6 years
williamtwild··on What’s in Which Python
Can you suggest an alternative? (not perl)
williamtwild··on We’re discontinuing the Stablegains service
Stablehains sounds like something from a 2am infomercial. I have no idea why people would fall for this garbage.
williamtwild··on Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste
Yes. I see quite a few three letter accounts advocating for burning plastic. Let them throw some in their fireplace of the chimnea while relaxing with the family and see how that goes.
williamtwild··on Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste
Which part is false? There is at least one part of that statement that is absolutely true.
williamtwild··on Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste
Yes , it does. Burning plastic without somehow accounting for that is a terrible idea.
williamtwild··on Ask HN: Cloudflare broke my domain's DNSSEC making it unreachable since 4 days
>I've been forced to migrate the project and its (few) users to a completely different domain. I cannot inconvenience users by bouncing them back and forth, so the domain Cloudflare ruined for me is now effectively lost, as is the "branding" of the project which was reflected in the domain's name.

If this was that important then you should not have used the free plan.

williamtwild··on “Radical” ruling lets Texas ban social media moderation based on “viewpoint”
are you being serious?
williamtwild··on Ask HN: Important nonobvious startup/business lessons you've learned?
Unless the product you are selling is defective.
williamtwild··on High schoolers create filter to remove lead in water
Did the water quality certification miss something in Flint? Certification means trust. Someone breaking that trust can have life long implcations for large groups of people. Giviing the individual power is better.
williamtwild··on Show HN: I made a site that lets you discover micro-startups for sale
And you think this is accurate?
williamtwild··on Ballistic missiles hit Iraq's Kurdish capital, no casualties – officials
There is a video from a truckdriver showing them leave. It is very clear where they came from.
williamtwild··on Show HN: World’s first £3 flat fee (0% FX markup) money transfer service
How did you not know this? Makes me think you missed a lot more behind the scenes.
williamtwild··on iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU
10k a year? Where would one libe earning 10k a year? A tent in the woods?
williamtwild··on She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)
why are other people saying it is not fiction?
williamtwild··on Are you in a Religious Cult? Take the test
Taco tuesday
williamtwild··on Vitamin D supplementation reduces autoimmune disease risk in trial findings
Unless you ski naked its not doing much .
williamtwild··on Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out Of Hell' singer, has died at 74
Not even close
williamtwild··on I’m a public school teacher – the kids aren’t alright
what effective actions are being ignored?
williamtwild··on Simplicity of IRC
The problem is that you think bash is a programming language.
williamtwild··on Ansiwave BBS, a modern BBS with ANSI art and MIDI music
On the bigger local BBSs there were many people who were phone phreaks. What you say might be true for your area but certainly was not for mine.
williamtwild··on An iframe from googlesyndication.com tries to access the camera and microphone
How about the company you work for disallow arbitrary JS in the ads they serve? We already know the answer though. Bottom line over doing what is right.
williamtwild··on Ask HN: How to break the habit of bad financial management?
That blog has plenty of affiliate links and generic late night infomercial advice. Terrible.
williamtwild··on Verizon voice mail getting hijacked to the same number for years
Its a RoBoKiller phone #. Did she install any anti spam apps?
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