ChicagoTransplant
@ChicagoTransplant@midwest.social
- Comment on Purposely leaving small amounts of crypto on your device is like leaving a few dollars in the console of your car. It lets you know if your property has had it's security breached. 3 weeks ago:
I think they mean you can see if you’ve got malware or something. Basically if you download something you shouldn’t, I think their theory is it’ll go for the low hanging fruit of a crypto wallet.
- Comment on Look at this Kinder toy I got. What? How? Who?! 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s Quimbo what are you new to collecting Quimbos?
- Comment on Are captchas enough to stop bots? 1 month ago:
I’ve spent, collectively, probably days of my life clicking squares with just the tip of a handlebar or the faintest shade of the edge of a stoplight, only for bots to still be able to get past it.
- Comment on Justice Department accuses Visa of debit network monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’ 1 month ago:
While I generally agree, I do think the Justice Department is beginning to press these cases more often. They just got Google legally recognized as a monopolist, so it seems to be working so far, probably because they took their time building up a strong case.
- Comment on historical materialism moment 1 year ago:
Mao is pretty much the opposite of what the federation stands for in almost every respect.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Its the current value they believe the investment has now. So if they sold today they would expect it to be 65% less than what they paid.
- Comment on Circle of life 1 year ago:
Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is not a suggestion about how to improve things.
- Comment on [HN] Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter 1 year ago:
Maybe the owner of an electric car company that largely appeals to people who care about the climate shouldn’t have shown his true edgy 13 year old reactionary personality to the world.