Kissaki
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- Comment on CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google 1 week ago:
The announcement blog post linked on the bottom of the linked Turnstile page has some info on that
For Turnstile, the actual act of checking a box isn’t important, it’s the background data we’re analyzing while the box is checked that matters. We find and stop bots by running a series of in-browser tests, checking browser characteristics, native browser APIs, and asking the browser to pass lightweight tests (ex: proof-of-work tests, proof-of-space tests) to prove that it’s an actual browser. The current deployment of Turnstile checks billions of visitors every day, and we are able to identify browser abnormalities that bots exhibit while attempting to pass those tests.
- Comment on CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google 1 week ago:
Since Cloudflare published Turnstile I’ve hated Captchas even more, because Turnstile does it so much better. Captchas are such a hassle. One website I occasionally visit does not keep me logged in and then presents one of the worst captcha puzzle systems. Shitty captchas are a huge barrier.
Turnstile is, in almost all cases, one checkbox to click (I’ve never been challenged beyond that). All captcha puzzles should be replaced with Turnstile or similar simple (for the user to solve) tech.
- Comment on CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google 1 week ago:
we do so via a large-scale (over 3, 600 distinct users) 13-month real-world user study and post-study survey
results indicate that the website context directly influences (with statistically significant differences) solving time between pass- word recovery and account creation.
We explore the cost and security of reCAPTCHAv2 and conclude that it has an immense cost and no security. Overall, we believe that this study’s results prompt a natural conclusion: reCAPTCHAv2 and similar reCAPTCHA technology should be deprecated.
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- Comment on ‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal Databases 2 weeks ago:
I wonder how many software devs and admins now weigh their morals. And how many reject to implement or not.
- Comment on 'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio 3 weeks ago:
“creating and bringing value requires secrecy”
I disagree
- Comment on China’s DeepSeek AI poses formidable cyber, data privacy threats 3 weeks ago:
Is it open source? Another article I read earlier said R1 is open weight, not open source. This article only says the org uses open source practices. No other mention of “open”.
- Comment on Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plans 5 weeks ago:
I’m surprised there’s not an evident fork yet.
- Comment on Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plans 5 weeks ago:
Real issues and contributions aside; creating one plugin is not contributing to Wordpress core/itself. And if they make good money over many years, I would agree it’s not a proportional or very significant contribution.
- Comment on 'Dark Patterns' became normalized: When asked to build web pages, LLMs use manipulative design practices they learned from web pages generated by humans, study says 2 months ago:
and then modify these using neutral prompts to meet a business goal (e.g., “increase the likelihood of us selling our product”).
That how deceptive design gets introduced by humans too…
- Comment on New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designed got leaked 2 months ago:
All I hope for is that the Controller fits well in my long thin hands - like the fat Steam Controller does.
With the right joystick in place, it’s certainly a product I may buy. The Steam Controller trackpad was not a sufficient alternative for joystick input when most games designed input with the right joystick in mind. Aiming and camera control with a variable and non-tactile deadzone and input default of trackpad camera controls has always been annoying to me.
- Comment on New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designed got leaked 2 months ago:
lol
- Comment on Hackers breach Andrew Tate's online university, leak data on 800,000 users 2 months ago:
I stumbled over this video going over what’s in the leaked data dump (14 GB of text) and potential consequences (it’s pretty good/concise) [timestamped]: youtu.be/j84gB2cbNps?si=msCVMyQzdCaf-VHs&t=47…
- Comment on Hackers breach Andrew Tate's online university, leak data on 800,000 users 2 months ago:
It’s bad publicity. A failure to protect their customer data and people may cancel due to it or evade them in the future. It’s also an opportunity to report on or discuss their other criticisms.
I can’t speak for them; but it still seems like viable and productive activism to me, whether they do direct or indirect [monetary or personal] damage or not.
- Comment on Hackers breach Andrew Tate's online university, leak data on 800,000 users 2 months ago:
It’s not even a blow to his pocket if monthly pay continues.
If it’s only email addresses and chat logs I wouldn’t call it doxxing either.
- Comment on Billionaire Waits Outside Supermarket To Fight Call Of Duty Fan 2 months ago:
Do they drop coins when you punch them?
- Comment on Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media, and we should not be fixated on simplistic explanations that reduce the issue to technical variables, researcher says 2 months ago:
Did it get worse with the internet or social media?
- Comment on Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media, and we should not be fixated on simplistic explanations that reduce the issue to technical variables, researcher says 2 months ago:
What do you mean by that? Isn’t science always searching for answers?
- Comment on Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media, and we should not be fixated on simplistic explanations that reduce the issue to technical variables, researcher says 2 months ago:
Links song Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet.
- Comment on Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media, and we should not be fixated on simplistic explanations that reduce the issue to technical variables, researcher says 2 months ago:
I don’t think that causation is evident or certainly or obviously factual. The negative interpretation is something you learn and internalize from your environment. You seem to already be in it, so I’m sure it may be hard to see an alternative. But I imagine education is neutral. And having zero power is an absolut defeatist mindset that is a conclusion of a lot of input and experience rather than a natural mindset from access to education.
I’m sure there is an alternative way of life, if the environment were different, if education were different, not less, but a different environment and approach, that people could become concerned but confident and active rather than scared and defeatist.
You said zero power. But looking back, every big social shift was in situations where individuals felt powerless. I can certainly see and feel powerless. But looking back into history, I feel like that individual conclusion should not be extrapolated to our society overall, and in consequence, ourselves as individuals within that society.
- Comment on Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media, and we should not be fixated on simplistic explanations that reduce the issue to technical variables, researcher says 2 months ago:
Very good.
With that many camera scenes and him walking towards or away, I repeatedly thought of how he must have went back and forth to place or get the camera. Factually walking the path three times. For so many cuts and places. That’s quite a commitment.
- Comment on US justice department plans to push Google to sell off Chrome browser 2 months ago:
Being the gateway, access point, and ad server of the internet certainly does not bode well for fairness or openness, or stability (in more ways than one).
I hope something comes out of it. I’ll be interested to read the courts assessment and reasoning.
- Comment on Who wants a stretchable screen? 2 months ago:
Finally, when something is hard to read because it’s small I can stretch it!
- Comment on Valve must address swastikas and other hate on Steam, writes US senator in a letter to Gabe Newell 2 months ago:
What’s your problem with ADL? I’m not very familiar with them.
- Comment on Freevee sent to Amazon graveyard 2 months ago:
but is US only
- Comment on There is an Easter egg on the Half-Life 2 Anniversary Documentation webpage 2 months ago:
I mentioned it in a comment in the last post.
Really cool gimmick. Especially that you can use the gravity gun not only on the can, but all the website elements.
- Comment on Four Dead In Fire As Tesla Doors Fail To Open After Crash 2 months ago:
The title made it sound like a full lock-in. But one survived.
Harper grabbed a bar from his truck and handed it to another bystander, who managed to break the back window and pull the young woman to safety.
Tesla has faced criticism in the past for the design of its manual release levers, which are considered poorly designed and unintuitively placed.
- Comment on Half-Life 2 Anniversary Update 2 months ago:
Huge update, with a lot of changes, and workshop support. Valve does it again. Quality update for a very “old” title.
- Comment on Half-Life 2 Anniversary Update 2 months ago:
Half-Life 2 is currently free on Steam
From now through the weekend (until November 18th at 10am Pacific) Half-Life 2 is free to own , so if you’ve never played before, grab it now and keep it forever.
- Comment on Half-Life 2 Anniversary Update 2 months ago:
Haha, go to the bottom an grab the gravity gun - really cool gimmick
