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Comment Re:2TB SSD (Score 1) 66

What in the actual fuck are those tabs doing eating gigabytes of RAM? And why in the fuck are most Chromium based browser installs now almost a gig of storage?

Never going to say that we can't optimize something better.

But let's get real - the engines have got insanely more capable. We can do things with just CSS now that it took reams of JS to do before, if you could even do them.

But -- we can do that because the browser engine is now capable of it.

Comment Re:Rethinking our approach (Score 2) 104

No, if you base it on IP address, then it's pointless to lock out attackers because they have more IP addresses than you can ever hope to lock out. And consider your authentication system design, potentially having to keep track of tens of millions of locked IP addresses per user account...

I have never encountered a system that took IP addresses or even networks into account when deciding whether or not to lock an account. If an organization is aware that someone is trying to crack your account and they do use lockouts, but don't lock it out globally, then IMO they are at risk of a lawsuit.

lol okay. I work with a bunch of website clients and multiple hosting companies. We use systems that lock out by individual IP address all the time. E.g. 5 failed login attempts from the same IP address; that address gets blocked (for X hours).

It's not pointless at all; it works well. It's not a panacea - nothing is - but it's a nice layer.

Comment Re:What I don't like about Dawkins (Score 1, Troll) 378

I find it interesting that so much transphobia seems to focus on a particular type of transgendered individual.

I find it interesting that a silly, middle-school level taunt word had to be invented to support a position that can't be supported otherwise.

There is no "phobia". People aren't "afraid" of something that's ridiculous and insane*. There's a reason that so much British comedy used to revolve around cross dressing, lol. Because it's absurd and laughable.

* With logical exceptions. One can be "afraid" of a rabid dog, or of the consequences of a boy in the girl's locker room. But that's a logical form of "fear", not a phobia.

Comment Re: What I don't like about Dawkins (Score 1) 378

Our current best understanding of consciousness is that it's an after-the-fact rationalisation of the multiple low-level brain processes that converge into a subconscious decision.

Rationalization?

Why would "multiple low-level brain processes" need to "rationalize" (whatever that would mean, if this theory were true)?

Who is rationalizing? Why? And for the benefit of who/what?

Comment lol (Score 0) 92

Nobody was against the feds spending the money.

It's already spent, so any "refunds" are going to come from the taxpayers. (Or from everybody, via "printing" money and the resultant inflation.)

But okay, Dems will cheerlead transferring money from taxpayers to CEO's. Sounds good ...

Comment Re:Rethinking our approach (Score 2) 104

And if you lock an account after a certain number of incorrect guesses... we're back to the DoS situation, where anyone who knows or can guess your login name (often your email address) can lock you out of your account.

No, because (in good setups) you lock out per IP address. The botnet machines locked themselves out, but they didn't lock me out.

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