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codegrappler | 4 months ago | on: Two billion email addresses were exposed

2FA most commonly thwarts server-side compromised passwords. An API can leak credentials and an attacker still can’t access the account without the 2FA app, regardless of which app that is. The threat vector it does open you up to are a) a compromised device or b) someone with access to your master password, secret key and email account. Those are both much harder to do and you’re probably screwed in either case unless you use a ubikey or similar device.

codegrappler | 8 months ago | on: The death of partying in the USA

Anecdotally a lot of families we see in my social circle can be reliably split between single income and dual income households. We see the single income folks far more than we see the dual income folks, which tracks with this article. If I come home from work and my wife says “Sarah and family are coming for dinner tonight”, I know that my wife has tidied up the house, coordinated food and all I have to do is pour some drinks and maybe cook something on the grill (that has already been purchased and prep’d). If no one has done that? Far less likely I would see that same family that night.

codegrappler | 1 year ago | on: High-end California hotel begins banning children

This is a global trend that seems to follow the general decline of parenthood in almost every country. The more hostile our culture becomes to parenting the more it will decline. While it’s a personal choice to have children, there is a societal threat to declining birth rates. We would do much better to be supporting parents and encouraging family formation.

codegrappler | 1 year ago | on: Why won't some people pay for news? (2022)

I think that also depends on the story. You saw far different reporting on Covid from the two sources. Some of the stuff coming out of the right was crazy but some ended up being the truth and the left leaning sources clearly had their marching orders dialed in and even cast things that were eventually proven true to be “lies” at the time.

codegrappler | 1 year ago | on: Aristotle – How to live a good life

Mechanics in Ancient Greece meant the study of mechanical physics. So essentially scientists. If your focus is on the material world (material here being ‘matter’ not consumer goods) then you necessarily see science as a higher aim than virtue.

codegrappler | 1 year ago | on: A skeptic's take on beaming power to Earth from space

But you do need to factor in geography. Solar cells in space can be “always on and operating at peak efficiency” directly over the places that need the power, significantly reducing the need to build long distance transmission lines.

codegrappler | 1 year ago | on: The business of takehome assessments

So if you do a take home, I believe you MUST follow it up with a live review. It becomes painfully obvious who cheated based on their ability to reason about their decisions.

codegrappler | 1 year ago | on: 'Expensive' Streaming Services Are a Key Reason for Americans to 'Pirate'

I think it’s also helpful to point out that the pirating interfaces have gotten _really_ good. Using Overseer, Radaar, and Sonaar together with Plex created such a seamless experience I was blown away the first time I saw it. Any movie or show across any service at the push of a button. It doesn’t even feel like pirating. It feels like any other service.

codegrappler | 2 years ago | on: Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smooth Scrolling

I find that changing the right click to the bottom right corner works well for me. I constantly have two fingers resting on the trackpad. Other replies have commented about using the thumb to click while you drag with another finger. I do that constantly so I just gave up on the two finger right click. It would trigger all the time when I didn’t want it to.

codegrappler | 2 years ago | on: Five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer

What exactly do you think wealthy people do with their money? Buy a big vault and swim around in it like Scrooge McDuck? They invest in new businesses, donate to charities. Heck, Bill Gates’ foundation is curing malaria in Africa. What makes you think the government getting the money is going to be more effective? I think it will largely just swell the bureaucracy and lead to more waste, not less.

codegrappler | 2 years ago | on: Fewer people are buying electric cars in the US

One thing I have not heard discussed is the all-too-common family visit. If I drive 200 miles to visit some family and stay at their house what’s the etiquette for using their power to charge my car? I wouldn’t feel comfortable asking and saying “I’ve got to leave for two hours to find a charging station” also feels awkward. I want to maximize our time together and not burden folks with needing to pay to charge my car.
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