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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there more mice with 360° scrolling?⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure if that is an universal thing or just a Linux / X11 kinda thing but I can scroll horizontally with my mouse wheel. Just hold shift and then scroll the wheel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are locks and keys mass produced?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are actually “rules” about which pins may go into which positions. For example, you don’t want a very short pin (resulting in a “thick part” on the key’s blade) in the first position (closest to the bow, the part you are gripping on a key) and then only longer pins the further you move towards the tip. If you had such key, you could remove it from the lock while the plug is turned as only deeper cuts (for longer pins) are encountered by the first pin. And a deeper cut can take a shorter pin without issues. That’s why you don’t see keys with a “staircase pattern”.

  Another limitation is MACS (maximum adjacent cut specification), which governs which cut depths may be adjacent. When you insert a key, the pins ride up and down the cuts on the key. If you were to put a super deep cut next to a super shallow cut, the “slope” gets too steep and the key is hard to insert or remove. This means if you know the depth of one cut and the MACS for this model of lock, you can rule out certain cut depths for its direct neighbors. For example, you know that the key you want to forge has a very deep cut, let’s say depth 8, on a particular position. Since we know the model of the lock (the professionals recognize a lock just by looking at the keyhole), we know that MACS is 5 and the deepest possible cut is a 9. The direct neighbors of our 8 can be either a 9 or anything from 7 to 3. They cannot be 1 or 2 since that would violate the MACS and repeating the same depth is also very unusual, so we can rule out 8.

  Now add manufacturing tolerances into the equation and the potential key space is getting even smaller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do most people really like the taste and smell of eggs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Understandable :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why is the beginning on the left and the end on the right?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for this wonderfully odd fun fact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do most people really like the taste and smell of eggs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasted opportunity for a lemon speech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So my great gold plated toslink cables are snake oil? :O /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Spin it further and get rid of “great” and “outstanding”. I suggest using plus good and double plus good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Posting the same text in the headline, body and text-on-picture, that is spam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That spam doesn’t pay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We always hear/read about Goverments cencoring the internet. What is something that the US is not knowing is being censored?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like some folks from the SCP foundation got loose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Accompanied by “I can stop any time I want” when buying another domain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Adding a shameless plug here: Aegis is available on f-droid and allows you to backup your 2FA secrets on your own server (e.g. own nextcloud) in case you don’t trust the default Google authenticator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Time based one time passwords. Those (usually) six digit codes which get replaced every 30 seconds or so. During setup you copied the secret to your device (usually smartphone) and now your device and the server you authenticate at can calculate the same secret code every thirty seconds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are some many people role playing as animals?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s true, humans fighting humans just to reclaim borders from some point in the history. A country cheers on autocratic behavior of their leader. The planet itself is dying because humanity consumes more resources to than it can restore. The universe would do us a favor if the heat death happens sooner than prognosed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are eugenics bad seen?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume OP would want to send them upstate to live on a farm or terminate the pregnancy before they are born.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three questions about superpowers, which is the best, and which is the worst?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And suddenly we have a new super villain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could one legally get a hold of those bank bill dye security dye packs, dye your own legally obtained cash with it, and spend it places? Just to make people suspect you're secretly a bank robber.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So you should obtain prop money for that to avoid charges for defacing. But trying to pay with prop money is probably attempted fraud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to get access to files in an old/inactive S3 bucket?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. If none pays for it, AWS is not holding it any longer than it absolutely needs to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can it take months to get over being laid off?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Really strong +1 on the depression check, tell these feelings you mentioned in the second paragraph to a medical professional. Stay strong internet stranger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Might be the case, my experience is with the Shine 3. Giving them an hands on in the store is imho always better than reviews on the net.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see you’re coming from a .de domain so chances are you might have a Thalia (store) in your area. I’ve bought a Tolino Shine about 6 years back and I really like it. Sure, you can buy them online too, but I liked the option to try it out before I buy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would I pop a bag of popcorn on the microwave?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That explains why you thought I’d be a good idea to put the paper bag onto the stove top xD

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are American cops allowed to be morbidly obese?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why they are armed like they go to a war zone. Don’t need to be fast off you have weaponry which has more reach than even the fittest guy can run before they pull the trigger. Survival of the suspect is optional.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one use an electric toothbrush?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mine just stops if I press too hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Crap, well now I keep it that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do I see a repo the generic opera reference here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For domains, you actually own them. If you define ownership as being able to trade them compared to leasing something where you are not allowed to sell the item for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hypothetically, if you are in prison and want to communicate with the outside world without being detected, what are some ways to hide a message within an innocuous letter?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You usually get the book corresponding to your faith, so that would be an option. Given that the Bible (can’t speak mich about it but way less about the others) has chapters and verses and what not, addressing single words is simple.

  For the “name of relative is the code”, yeah that needs a good memory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hypothetically, if you are in prison and want to communicate with the outside world without being detected, what are some ways to hide a message within an innocuous letter?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your options depend on how much code you can agree on. Ask about imaginary relatives map each name to a meaning, so asking about the health of Aunt Judy could mean that the prison refuses your access to a lawyer and telling you thought about Uncle Sam could mean they keep you in solitary. Or whatever facts you want to communicate. Your revolutionary friends could respond in the same manner. The flaw is in being limited to previously agreed upon code words.

  If you have access to a common book, you can refer to words by page, line and word number. You could embed the numbers as words in a story you are writing to your (imaginary) child. “Behind the seven hills, there were five houses with nine rooms each” can translate to “take the 9th word on page seven, line five”. Obviously you need the exact same copy of the book for this to work, the Bible is quite common for this cipher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing against disabled people but how come I can't replace my arm with something augmented that can carry more weight? Also other parts? My disabled bro asked me this and got me thinking⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If he continues to play deus ex human revolution, he will eventually learn why it didn’t work out that easily even in the future Detroit.