Hacker News: cf512

New comment by cf512 in "Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using backup codes"

cf512 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:25:00 +0000

Github sure does seem to have the best 2FA, methods, recovery options, etc. All super straightforward and reliable.

Has anyone experienced otherwise with Github?

I wish all platforms modeled their 2FA to be like Github's.

New comment by cf512 in "Slavery in Early Austin: The Stringer’s Hotel and Urban Slavery"

cf512 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:54:22 +0000

Seems to be the space on the southeast corner of 8th & Congress, next door to the Stateside Theater.

Pieced this together via:

1) "[...] named the Avenue Hotel but locally known as the Stringer’s Hotel" (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swante_M._Swenson)

and

2) "The Jan. 18 announcement indicates that The Avenue’s name is an homage to the original structure built on the site in 1880, the Avenue Hotel." (https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/01/18/31-story-...)

New comment by cf512 in "How is search so bad? A case study"

cf512 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 05:14:14 +0000

As a point of clarification, "Past Month" is not the same thing as "Last Month" or "Previous Month". "Past Month" in this context actually means the past 30 days from today. It's a really subtle and confusing nuance in English. In any case, Google Search having results from 5 days ago is accurate when filtering for Past Month. Google (being a global resource) really should reword "Past Month" to "Past 30 Days" to eliminate any confusion.

New comment by cf512 in "Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera"

cf512 — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:17:32 +0000

Apologies in advance if someone has already commented about this, but it would appear that Zoom removed that local web server feature for the MacOS version a few days ago:

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Current Release July 9, 2019 Version 4.4.53932.0709

New and Enhanced Features

-General Features

--Option to uninstall Zoom Zoom users can now uninstall the Zoom application and all of its components through the settings menu.

-Resolved Issues

--Removal of the local web server Zoom will be discontinuing the use of a local web server on Mac and will be completely removed from the Zoom installation. --Minor Bug Fixes (https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201361963-New-Upda...)