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_dax6 commented on T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People   krebsonsecurity.com/2021/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
mcherm · 4 years ago
"That type of person" accounts for some substantial fraction of the vaccine-hesitant population that accounts for freely available covid-19 vaccines for everyone age 12+ in the US but only 51% of the population being fully vaccinated[1].

So, even if you consider it absurd, this particular belief IS widely-enough held to influence behavior and public policy in the US.

[1] https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-...

_dax6 · 4 years ago
The vaccine-hesitant people I know are waiting for the live attenuated virus and/or FDA approval...

Please show me where it lists the reasons for not vaccinating on the page you linked, as I only see numbers on whether or not people are vaccinated. As it stands, your claim has zero statistical evidence to back it up. In fact, your link has zero relevance to your claim in any way.

moistbar commented on T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People   krebsonsecurity.com/2021/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
LeifCarrotson · 4 years ago
No, the US has far more religious fundamentalists than the EU. They believe that such a system is tantamount to taking the Mark of the Beast, quoting Revelation 13:16-17:

> And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Additionally, politicians who pay lip service to these beliefs have an extremely strong and malleable voting bloc. It's a little crazy that a modern society is held hostage by such superstitions, but that's the way it's been. Fortunately, we just this year crossed beneath the 50% church membership threshold and the numbers continue to drop.

moistbar · 4 years ago
You're significantly overestimating the amount of pull that type of person has in the US anymore, while simultaneously dramatically (I can only assume willfully) misquoting that bible verse.
moistbar commented on Ask HN: What Apple alternatives are you switching to?    · Posted by u/ByteWelder
tarkin2 · 4 years ago
Pinebook and pinephone, I hope. Debian and whatever pinephone is using. It's only the photos which are a bit annoying. But with a bit of js and my own server I'm fairly sure I can transition over to something fairly easily. I'll keep my icloud email address I think.
moistbar · 4 years ago
For photos, you could always do Nextcloud and save yourself the work of writing something (unless, of course, you're doing it for fun).
moistbar commented on Tinder will introduce voluntary ID verification to reduce catfishing incidents   neowin.net/news/tinder-wi... · Posted by u/QuizzicalCarbon
stevekemp · 4 years ago
I've noticed a lot of profiles near me are "verified", so I believe the user is real and matches the pictures somewhat.

The biggest problem with tinder, at the moment, seems to be people using the "passport" system. They pretend to be local, but really they're hundreds/thousands of miles away. I wish that was more explicit and obvious.

moistbar · 4 years ago
Why do they even allow that? It seems counter to the whole point of an app designed around finding someone nearby to bang.
moistbar commented on macOS in Svelte   macos.vercel.app/... · Posted by u/hidden-spyder
vbezhenar · 4 years ago
Animation speed is just an arbitrary constant.
moistbar · 4 years ago
Except when the system can't handle the animations and they get jerky.
moistbar commented on A phone the FBI sold to criminals   vice.com/en/article/n7b4g... · Posted by u/el_duderino
sergiomattei · 4 years ago
Aight, this is some next-level stuff.

Hell, I'd even call it badass. The FBI created a tech startup (even with the .io domain!) and sold devices with a custom Android distribution.

It's funny because you can search for the XDA-Developers thread mentioned in the article, they were pretty shocked to find a phone with modded software and a locked bootloader.

moistbar · 4 years ago
I have to agree. This is a clever way to catch criminals that doesn't particularly harm non-criminals. I'll take this over the anti-encryption campaign the FBI has been on for the past 10 or 20 years.
moistbar commented on Audio editor Audacity denies spyware accusation   bbc.com/news/technology-5... · Posted by u/shivbhatt
stavros · 4 years ago
Isn't this overblown? They're (reasonably, in my opinion) looking for telemetry in order to improve the program. It's very hard to design in a vacuum, and some sort of (respectful) telemetry would be fine with me.

We can't both want OSS to improve and resist giving feedback. I think the possible UX improvements are worth giving them some data, as long as the scope remains limited (which it should, since it's OSS and we can see what gets sent).

moistbar · 4 years ago
What's wrong with the feedback they get through traditional channels, though? There's already a GitHub issues page and the forums. There's no need to exfiltrate user data to figure out something they're already telling you.
moistbar commented on Panasonic sells its $3.6B Tesla stake   finbold.com/panasonic-dum... · Posted by u/sammyaxe
adolph · 4 years ago
> proprietary standard

???

moistbar · 4 years ago
Teslas don't use NEMA chargers in the US.
moistbar commented on Panasonic sells its $3.6B Tesla stake   finbold.com/panasonic-dum... · Posted by u/sammyaxe
Aperocky · 4 years ago
Maybe market share, but I can't see how the argument goes for technology or infrastructure.

As of now, none of the auto-driving tech is acceptable to go hands free, people have tried it and paid with their lives. The only difference between Tesla and traditional companies is that Tesla didn't seem to mind people testing unproven techs with their lives while the other manufacturers are more restrictive.

moistbar · 4 years ago
Their charging infrastructure is by far the best out there, even if it is a proprietary standard.

u/moistbar

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