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Putty maintainer on his attitude towards security and open source
The Matrix Is Unreal
The Matrix Is Unreal
Ask HN: Why have we accepted the cookie pop-up situation across the web?
You know what I'm talking about. Even at their best, the pop-ups for every single website to accept or choose cookies is ridicuous.<p>Can you imagine how much time in total we all lose to this?<p>And yet, these "solutions" to the data privacy questions have become widespread.<p>It's bad enough at normal times, let alone those who double triple quadruple bluff you into choosing the wrong setting.<p>This is a tech board.<p>Why have we all accepted this ridiculous situation?<p>Isn't there a better solution?
Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging
Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated?
So I decide to build a windows 11 app. I already know some .NET and C/family from school and look through the source of C# and it doesn't seem too complicated.<p>However, building Windows apps is very complicated even when you know C++ or C#.<p>1. I wanted to build Windows 11 apps and I had to choose between Windows Forms, WinUI3, Win32 and WPF I think. I don't really know the difference between the 3 and no one really explains that (unless Win32 which is obvious).<p>2. Apparently, WUP is no longer recommended. A few years they were pushing it to the max. Bummer.<p>3. I installed Visual Studio overnight (it comes with all the tools that building apps need). It downloaded 6GB of data and used 20GB of storage. All i want to build is a hello world app.<p>4. I create a project following a guide from Microsoft.<p>5. The app is extremely resource heavy and way too over-featured. I build the boilerplate app and Run it and it takes minutes to build (most of the time is downloading dependencies so not such a big deal).<p>6. I open the newly created app in Sublime Text (my editor) and I can't find a way to build the app anymore.<p>7. Because Visual Studio is so bloated, I download Visual Studio Code, which is far more simple but I can still not figure out how to build my app even with the various extensions VS code boasts.<p>8. After hours of googling, I formulate a script that can build the app from the command-line.<p>9. But I stil don't know how to build the app as the .exe file created does not execute.<p>10. I'm very disappointed.<p>The worst of all is that there is not even one good guide on the whole clearnet on how to do develop a Hello World windows app from scratch.
This website has 81% battery power remaining
This website has 81% battery power remaining
Mercedes-Benz wins approval for Level 3 autonomous driving on the Autobahn
Ten years of experience, still failing phone screens
“Open source” is broken
Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked my name registered .NET
I have owned a .com for 7+ years, a new company who has only been around for <2 years registered the .net 2 years ago and now threaten for me to handover my .com or they will sue<p>I have received a cease and desist letter from a law firm via email.<p>They claim as they client registered a trademark two years ago for the name, I must handover my .com domain to them for free, otherwise they will sue me.<p>For them not to sue me, because they have now registered trademark (even though I had the .com domain and was using it 7+ years before them)<p>They state from their solicitor that I must do all the following (long letter they sent me but here is the title/headings):<p><pre><code> 1. Cessation of Use of the Mark.
2. Abandonment of Rights
3. Future Trademark Applications
4. Transfer of Domain Names
5. Acknowledgement of Ownership and No Challenge
6. Mutual Release
7. Covenant Not to Sue
8. No Outstanding or Known Future Claims/Causes of Action
9. Acknowledgment of Settlement
10. Confidentiality of Agreement
11. Non-Disparagement
12. Agreement is Legally Binding
13. Entire Agreement
14. New or Different Facts: No Effect
15. Interpretation
16. Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction
17. Equitable Relief
18. Reliance on Own Counsel
19. Counterparts
20. Authority to Execute Agreement
</code></pre>
They sent this just email today, but state that I must do all of this within 3 days.<p><pre><code> "[Company Name] further demands that you provide, by no later than the close of business Pacific Standard Time on December 15, 2021, written confirmation that you will comply with these demands. You are specifically advised that any failure or delay in complying with these demands will likely compound the damages for which you may be liable. If [Company Name] does not receive a satisfactory and timely response, [Company Name] is prepared to take all steps necessary to protect [Company Name]'s valuable intellectual property rights, without further notice to you.
The above is not an exhaustive statement of all the relevant facts and law.
[Company Name] expressly reserves all of its legal and equitable rights and remedies, including the right to seek injunctive relief and recover monetary damages."
</code></pre>
Is this correct? Sounds ridiculous to me.<p>If anything I would have thought they should be the ones changing their name, as I was using the name 7+ years before them with a similar product
Log4j: Between a rock and a hard place
Log4j: Between a rock and a hard place
PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3
Professional maintainers: a wake-up call
Professional maintainers: a wake-up call
Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites
Is Web3 anything?
How do you fix a stroad?