FearTheCron

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

They usually choose a subset of customers to try UI changes on before rolling it out to everyone. This way they can estimate the general reaction before committing to it. They probably also have a dozen different layouts and text for this dialog that they are testing to see what makes people most likely to click yes. Its all just statistics to them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The USGS has a much better article.

https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/potential-geologic-hydrogen-next-generation-energy

It does sound promising, but it looks like there is a fair amount of work to make it economically viable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gadgetbridge looks cool. I wish I had known about this before buying a Fitbit. I wonder how hard it would be to add support.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mind if I ask where? I would love to see the glow worms some day. I have only seen videos, but it looks amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I configured it, a 13" mac pro with 16GB ram and 1TB SSD is $1600 from apple, the 13" framework with 16GB ram and 1TB SSD is $1065. That comes out to a 60% difference for the most basic configuration I would consider.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I bought a framework laptop for my significant other last year and it's amazing. It feels super solid like a Macbook but is easy to open and change out parts. Nothing has broken but adding some ram was probably the most pleasant experience I have had working on a laptop. Plus, the main PCB can run without the rest of the laptop so perhaps a great home automation server or TV computer if we upgrade.

My next machine is definitely going to be one of these. Way cheaper than Apple if you want more than 8G of RAM and a decent amount of disk space.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

A bit more historic, but still very relevant. The FBI used surveillance in repeated attempts to discredit Martin Luther King JR. It's chilling how they used the information they gathered to try to get rid of MLK any way they could. They were even trying to use information they gathered to convince him to commit suicide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Perhaps they validate the passwords client side before hashing. The user could bypass the restrictions pretty easily by modifying the JavaScript of the website, but the password would not be transmitted un-hashed.

It is worth pointing out that nearly any password restriction like this can be made ineffective by the user anyway. Most people who are asked to put a special character in the password just add a ! to the end. I think length is still a good validation though and it runs into the same issue @[email protected] is asking about

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be nice if you could whitelist sites for cookies. That way you can stay logged into things like email.