Hacker News: biafra

New comment by biafra in "9-Euro-Ticket"

biafra — Fri, 20 May 2022 12:23:15 +0000

I am 100% sure anyone can buy it. And I am almost equally sure, anyone using it will not get fined.

New comment by biafra in "The FBI Should Stop Attacking Encryption"

biafra — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:04:28 +0000

Whether you can turn them off depends on your operating system. Most of them allow you to turn them off. What are you using? And if it really bothers you, why don't you switch?

New comment by biafra in "How to Android without Google"

biafra — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 19:37:00 +0000

Do they not provide fastboot images for the Pixel devices? I know I could just flash those images on a Nexus 5X.

New comment by biafra in "Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme"

biafra — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:18:44 +0000

Wouldn't the criminal in this case be able to intercept the letter with the PIN also and replace it with a letter that looks the same but has the wrong PIN? The receiver would not be able to find out the PIN is wrong because the cards chip does not work at all.

New comment by biafra in "NVIDIA GeForce driver deployment in datacenters is forbidden now"

biafra — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 07:57:54 +0000

Please be more specific. What is not true? That it is slower or that this is not the end of the world?

New comment by biafra in "Segwit2x Bugs Explained"

biafra — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:32:23 +0000

There is no way to determine what 95% of the community want for the future of Bitcoin. There is no community voting in Bitcoin. Only miner signalling. People can stop using Bitcoin after a change but there is no way to get their opinion in advance.

New comment by biafra in "Join the Battle for Net Neutrality"

biafra — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:48:14 +0000

Do they block or throttle VPN traffic?

New comment by biafra in "Germany bans children's smartwatches"

biafra — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 02:50:17 +0000

This is not what he described. Removing any of these permissions must be handled by the app. The app shouldn't even know I removed a permission. It should just get empty or fake data.

New comment by biafra in "The Evolving Economics of Bitcoin, Gold and Fiat Currencies"

biafra — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:21:45 +0000

The Bitcoin network cannot know or should it care about a fiat exchange rate. Which currency should it look at? Dollar? Euro? Why? If the block frequency of ten minutes is not met, the difficulty is automatically adjusted after 2016 blocks (ca. 2 weeks) up or down.

New comment by biafra in "Android Studio 3.0 Release Notes"

biafra — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:43:07 +0000

But it still helps that they endorse it.

New comment by biafra in "Android Studio 3.0 Release Notes"

biafra — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:41:58 +0000

As as developer I am totally happy that it increases my productivity. You know, you don't have to use it? It is not shoved down your throat. It is a supported offer.

New comment by biafra in "New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary"

biafra — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 08:34:14 +0000

That is a total nightmare. How are employers allowed to give that kind of information to Equifax? I do not get why Americans allow this.

New comment by biafra in "Volkswagen's New Camper Has a Loft Where You Can Stargaze"

biafra — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:46:24 +0000

From the comments: "This VW was loaded with 1 ton of concrete - then driven into a barrier at 100Km/h. It was a crash barrier test..."

New comment by biafra in "Equifax’s Maddening Unaccountability"

biafra — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:07:16 +0000

The problem is that this information can be used for identity fraud. You should really find a solution for that problem.

New comment by biafra in "Equifax’s Maddening Unaccountability"

biafra — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:04:18 +0000

For remote identification we have for example post ident:

Article is in english: https://www.deutschepost.de/en/p/postident/identifizierungsv...

New comment by biafra in "Opioid Use Could Explain 20% of the Drop in American Men from Labor Force"

biafra — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:49:25 +0000

Is that really what the headline said? Because now it is: "Opioid Use May Explain 20% of Drop in American Men’s Labor-Force Participation"

New comment by biafra in "Statistics Professor Just Banned by Google: Here Is His Story"

biafra — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:52:57 +0000

Not giving them this information.

Every question to Google is an answer for Google.

New comment by biafra in "Ask HN: Anyone else scratching their heads about coin offerings?"

biafra — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:20:14 +0000

As long as they are not looking that does not matter.

New comment by biafra in "Ask HN: Anyone else scratching their heads about coin offerings?"

biafra — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:16:27 +0000

But one that is currently invisible to tax authorities.

Zcash: Separating Fact from Fiction

biafra — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 18:58:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.zcashcommunity.com/2017/07/31/zcash-separating-fact-fiction/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14942824

Points: 2

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