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New comment by marysol5 in "Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are"

marysol5 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:05:12 +0000

EFF has this tool: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

New comment by marysol5 in "Why some US restaurants are banning tips"

marysol5 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:45:01 +0000

Ironically as a Brit on the continuant, that was one that annoyed me.

Trying to pay for what I used, in order to leave and do some things was a pain...

New comment by marysol5 in "Why some US restaurants are banning tips"

marysol5 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:43:49 +0000

People are used to that concept enough that changing a small item on the menu doesn't require a whole re-print, or sitting for an hour with a bottle of Tip-Ex

New comment by marysol5 in "Why some US restaurants are banning tips"

marysol5 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:42:54 +0000

Define "the norm", because it's absolutely a thing, just not required and or demanded like it is in the USA.

New comment by marysol5 in "We Rebuilt the Linux MicroVM Stack on Apple Silicon"

marysol5 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:59:13 +0000

I assume it's because the side bar on the right tracks with your view

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:56:35 +0000

As someone, who was wrongly accused of a crime, and had to go to court over it. I can relate, I was massively suicidal, made a whole plan and stockpiled what was required to do it. I was having vivid dreams of even more extreme ways I could go about it.

As you can tell that never happened, but at the same time I always argue in comment sections over his case, as people so wildly misrepresent what happened to their own gains. Especially the fact he willingly and continuingly went around blockers put in place to stop the activity from happening, even after being caught.

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:56:27 +0000

Believe what?

It's the truth of the situation, it's reality.

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:56:20 +0000

"You are hereby charged with the offence of rape. How do you wish to plead?"

"I am sad"

"Okay, you are free to go"

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:56:16 +0000

It's also weirdly interesting how people defend Swartz activities, while calling on other people (or corporations) doing it to be prosecuted.

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:34:02 +0000

He'd been caught once already, then continued and went around ever barrier they put in place to try and stop him.

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:33:32 +0000

Not in this case, also why because it's "digital" does it change anything.

SWATing is "digital" but leads to very real death

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:32:02 +0000

Here in the UK we have "Duty Solicitors", who are on-call in the police station should you need them.

Problem is, the pay out from the government for their services is atrocious, so not many are willing to go onto the list. And the ones who are, aren't the good ones.

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:31:13 +0000

I can attest to this.

My duty solicitor on the day of my arrest kept making comment that he believed I committed the accused offence (I didn't). Mostly because he didn't understand it it, so that's proof enough it seems.

He then sent me a letter outlining what he understood, which outright stated he believed I did it (again, I didn't). Dropped him like a hot stone when I got charged, and paid for my own. Who after some research was actually half-good.

Then the barrister I had at trial said "You'll likely go down, the judge you have is a bastard, and has sent a lot down", great..

And now when I'm trying to get some reconciliation for all this nonsense. The legal firm I hired to sue, are ignoring my instructions and went for something entirely different and offering a whopping £1000 compensation.

My legal costs alone were many times that

New comment by marysol5 in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

marysol5 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:27:28 +0000

Not all legal professionals are good, and not all are even working in the interests of their clients.

New comment by marysol5 in "A faster way to calculate the day of the week"

marysol5 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:16:56 +0000

"We need Jungle I'm afraid"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8jZUTPPf6do

New comment by marysol5 in "Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM"

marysol5 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:59:13 +0000

Everyone knows a guy, who knows a guy, who's dog met a guy

New comment by marysol5 in "Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM"

marysol5 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:55:56 +0000

That would require you to actually follow the constitution, instead you've got "Nuh-uh! I don't read the rest of the 2A"

New comment by marysol5 in "Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM"

marysol5 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:55:08 +0000

I mean 3 seconds after the Nazis surrendered, there was suddenly no Nazis in Germany

New comment by marysol5 in "Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM"

marysol5 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:54:09 +0000

Those damn commies have banned me from owning an ICBM

New comment by marysol5 in "Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM"

marysol5 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:52:26 +0000

>No, it’s because the right to own firearms is very explicitly stated in our constitution

No it isn't, it says you have the ability to form a militia. Not wave a AR-15 in Walmart. It's lobbying by the NRA that has changed the definition.