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epipping commented on MacOS 10.12.6 Source   opensource.apple.com/rele... · Posted by u/tosh
feld · 8 years ago
I don't think they've ever released code with version history, so it would provide little benefit other than a famliar UX.
epipping · 8 years ago
That depends. You don’t have any helpful commit logs or even changelogs. But if you arrange e.g. the XNU releases in the form of a reasonable graph and import them into git that way, you can get some telling diffs, on the command line at least. GitHub is not being very helpful here because it does not allow you to diff arbitrary tags and revisions from a repository. But GitHub is still a place where people find and look for code.

Those thoughts prompted me to create https://github.com/epipping/xnu-kernel-sources-x86 (and its cousin https://github.com/epipping/xnu-kernel-sources-ppc). Maybe you find it help (please take a look at the wiki)

epipping commented on Juicero Is Shutting Down   fortune.com/2017/09/01/ju... · Posted by u/uptown
epipping · 9 years ago
After watching their promo video at the top of the page, I'm left wondering two things:

- If the machine takes away all my liberty (I cannot use it on my fruit and vegetables) and even their packs need to be refrigerated and stay good only for 8 days, can't I just buy the resulting juice and put it in my fridge? (If I left the bottle closed, that would last equally long). So what do I gain?

- They're using QR codes to check that I'm not using their packs beyond the "best by" date or try to trick the machine into squeezing a competitor's cheaper packs. And for that, they need a camera on the inside. And WiFi. Didn't somebody at some point notice that the way they're treating their customers is really disrespectful? This is the whole printer-cartridge-thing all over again.

EDIT: layout/typos

epipping commented on Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even if they don't use it   independent.co.uk/life-st... · Posted by u/epipping
merricksb · 9 years ago
Discussed 18 days ago (270 points/96 comments):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15007454

epipping · 9 years ago
I found it hard to believe nobody would've posted this before but couldn't find it under the original title. Thanks for paying attention.
epipping commented on ‘Anonymous’ Chat App Hijacks Contact Data   bishopfox.com/blog/2017/0... · Posted by u/dsr12
StavrosK · 9 years ago
Does it really? I suggested that exact scheme months ago, but moxie rejected it as "not meaningfully privacy-preserving" (probably not his exact words), IIRC.

Edit: Here: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/4726

epipping · 9 years ago
Here’s what moxie said:

„[..] Signal has always done contact intersection with an ephemeral query of truncated hashes of phone numbers.„

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11979748

epipping commented on Google Critic Ousted from Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant   nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us... · Posted by u/runesoerensen
DrScump · 9 years ago
Using URL shorteners here in general is inappropriate.

Choosing to use Google's URL shortener in this context is beyond ironic.

epipping · 9 years ago
The target of the link is actually something hosted on Google Docs as http://checkshorturl.com/expand.php?u=https://goo.gl/9a7KkC will tell you so in this particular case it does not make a difference.

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