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New comment by yusaydat in "Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan"

yusaydat — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:20:36 +0000

Xpath is still used for e2e tests and things like scraping. Especially when there aren't better selectors available.

New comment by yusaydat in "Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state"

yusaydat — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:04:35 +0000

Windows 11 has full spectre/meltdown mitigations by default. That Wikipedia article doesn't mention Windows 11 at all.

New comment by yusaydat in "Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan, improves survival of aged mice"

yusaydat — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:04:08 +0000

It's 5 mg/kg (or 15 mg/kg due to faster metabolism) for rats, and 25 mg (not per kg!) for humans. To be clear, 25 mg is a completely normal dosage that has been used in previous human studies.

New comment by yusaydat in "Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures"

yusaydat — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:46:50 +0000

Lots of low-quality construction work though. Anecdotally, I used to live in a 30-story building in one of the special economic zones. My building had horrendously large cracks in the concrete, and even though I knew rationally that it wouldn't come down, it didn't feel safe, especially during typhoons, etc.

New comment by yusaydat in "Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures"

yusaydat — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:41:21 +0000

The prices depend on the city, apartments in Chongqing cost around $1,000 USD per m², about 1/5th of the prices in cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

New comment by yusaydat in "Facebook snooped on users' Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal"

yusaydat — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:10:08 +0000

They asked users of the VPN service to install a certificate, that's how they did it.