Hacker News: compuguy

New comment by compuguy in "Bypass-paywalls-Firefox addon taken down by DMCA"

compuguy — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:47:52 +0000

Doesn't really matter. It's moved to a Russian Github clone, so YMMV: https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234

New comment by compuguy in "Bypass-paywalls-Firefox addon taken down by DMCA"

compuguy — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:46:01 +0000

Duplicate of a previous submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41294166

New comment by compuguy in "13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but self-hosted"

compuguy — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:18:00 +0000

Yep it's on their Twitter account, and linked in multiple places on their GitHub repos....

New comment by compuguy in "13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but self-hosted"

compuguy — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:25:17 +0000

It moved to a Russian equivalent of GitHub or Gitlab (because of where its hosted, YMMV): https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads

New comment by compuguy in "Bypass Paywall Chrome extension taken down by DMCA request on GitHub"

compuguy — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:13:43 +0000

Yes, same here. Forgot about the fact I forked the iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome at some point. Reading the notice, it looks like they are going after all forks and derivatives of this addon, including the "clean fork" here: https://github.com/bpc-clone. Also looks like they got rid of the filters list here: https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters

Update: looks like the clean fork is hosted here. https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/ (It's hosted in Russia, so YMMV).

New comment by compuguy in "[dead]"

compuguy — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:41:30 +0000

Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41294166

New comment by compuguy in "13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but self-hosted"

compuguy — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:34:53 +0000

I agree. Though there is a counterpoint that a Russian host isn't going to respect a DMCA request. On the flipside it's a Russian replacement for Github that is based on Gogs, Gitea, or even Forgejo possibly. So yeah, YMMV.

New comment by compuguy in "13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but self-hosted"

compuguy — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:25:46 +0000

Yes, but it may be taken down via DMCA soon. See this DMCA request: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2024/08/2024-08-0...

It mentions bpc_updates in the takedown request....

New comment by compuguy in "Bypass Paywall Chrome extension taken down by DMCA request on GitHub"

compuguy — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:09:11 +0000

Here's the actual DMCA notice: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2024/08/2024-08-0...

New comment by compuguy in "Vulnerability in Popular PC and Server Firmware"

compuguy — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:56:57 +0000

Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40747852

New comment by compuguy in "Raivo OTP just deleted all tokens after update and is now asking for money"

compuguy — Fri, 31 May 2024 23:09:00 +0000

If anyone is wondering another discussion was completely deleted from that repo earlier: https://archive.ph/cBcTD

New comment by compuguy in "FireChat was a tool for revolution, then disappeared"

compuguy — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:07:01 +0000

So hypothetically the CIA benefited from an anonymous decentralized non-internet based chat app? I guess that's two things (protest movements and a intelligence agency) can agree on....

New comment by compuguy in "FireChat was a tool for revolution, then disappeared"

compuguy — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:02:09 +0000

You do know In-q-tel has invested in things that people use in the day to day, including Google Earth (originally created by Keyhole). DARPA kick-started the semi-autonomous vehicle industry with two of their Grand Challenges in the 2000s. The US Navy helped develop what would become Tor also in the early 2000s....

New comment by compuguy in "Phishing Campaigns Targeting USPS See as Much Web Traffic as the USPS Itself"

compuguy — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:11:20 +0000

No, as I and others have commented, this wasn't changed by the current Postmaster DeJoy (not ignoring all the other wonderful stuff he's changed). They've been using the dot com domain for decades at least?

New comment by compuguy in "Phishing Campaigns Targeting USPS See as Much Web Traffic as the USPS Itself"

compuguy — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:09:21 +0000

I'm honestly not a fan of what Louis DeJoy has done to USPS, but I'm pretty sure they've used the dot com domain for as long as I can remember, way before DeJoy became Postmaster General....

New comment by compuguy in "Welcome to Scam World"

compuguy — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:13:52 +0000

Here's a paywall free link to the article. Enjoy! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/21/style/scams-identity-thef...

New comment by compuguy in "Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone"

compuguy — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:10:14 +0000

Okay, for some reason they took down that one but the original (but not maintained) fork is gone. Fascinating...

New comment by compuguy in "SFMTA's train system running on floppy disks; city fears 'catastrophic failure'"

compuguy — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:39:00 +0000

Here in the Washington DC area, our metro still has two series of rolling stock that date back to 1982 and 1987 (2k and 3k series). At the earliest they won't start retiring them in 2024 and 2025 at the earliest...

New comment by compuguy in "SFMTA's train system running on floppy disks; city fears 'catastrophic failure'"

compuguy — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:32:29 +0000

Yeah, on further reflection, I recall my parents having a 286 with a hard drive. Still don't get why they couldn't find a 5.25" floppy. Then again both types of floppy drives are still quite obsolete....

New comment by compuguy in "SFMTA's train system running on floppy disks; city fears 'catastrophic failure'"

compuguy — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:41:12 +0000

I have this feeling that they meant 1988 instead of 1998....but I could be wrong?

Edit: Even the news article hints at 5 inch floppy disks...which makes 1998 make absolutely no sense to me at least.

https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-train-system-has-been-run....