RISC Danger
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Reduced Instruction Set Computing Dangerous Emotions
Drinks water, eats comics, writes code, researches CPTSD.
Drinks water, eats comics, writes code, researches CPTSD.
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Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
![Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not
247 points by stillatit 10 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 200 comments
Just saw the CEO of Substack celebrating traffic from X/Twitter shooting up thinking they stopped suppressing tweets with links[0]. Actually, this traffic is because now any time you open a tweet with a link, the in-app webview loads in the background, and displays when you press the link.
I run an ecom store that gets a lot of its customers from Twitter. I was also shocked to see my traffic double or triple overnight and thought the algorithm had blessed me and my business. Soon realized what was actually happening. Thought other traffic-monitors might appreciate this explanation.
Meanwhile Nikita Bier is pretending they never suppressed tweets with links to begin with, offering the alternative explanation: "a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good"[1]. A bit of a rewriting of history since Elon and his mom both tweeted about how it wasn't fair to use his platform to promote other links/platforms, even banning people who shared profiles of other social networks (including Paul Graham for a period). They suppressed all links shortly after.
[0] https://x.com/cjgbest/status/1985464687350485092
[1] https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/bafkreia62cq7p2dn2o76cjuuzl5dpwaatnf5m5cl5bm7lmoprsavebgl4q@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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I Like Living In L.A. Because People Don’t Act Weird When They See Me On The Street theonion.com/i-like-...
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I Like Living In L.A. Because People Don’t Act Weird When They See Me On The Street theonion.com/i-like-...
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
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Yemen’s crime btw is being the only country on the planet actively trying to stop genocide
March 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Yemen’s crime btw is being the only country on the planet actively trying to stop genocide
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I’m not sure the rest of the country fully grasps the panic and anger building in DC, MD, and VA.
The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness.
The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness.
February 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I’m not sure the rest of the country fully grasps the panic and anger building in DC, MD, and VA.
The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness.
The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness.
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Not to worry folks, DOGE operatives are now asking for access to your individual tax returns ... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Not to worry folks, DOGE operatives are now asking for access to your individual tax returns ... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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We’ve now established a pattern where Go is the first non-browser stack to implement new TLS features, so we flush out all the bugs Chrome didn’t hit.
Today it’s tldr.fail. PQ shares were already default in Chrome, but Go 1.23 is surfacing new broken middleboxes.
Last time it was X.509 SANs.
Today it’s tldr.fail. PQ shares were already default in Chrome, but Go 1.23 is surfacing new broken middleboxes.
Last time it was X.509 SANs.
The migration to post-quantum cryptography is being held back by buggy servers that do not correctly implement TLS. Due to a bug, these servers reject connections that use post-quantum-secure cryptography, instead of negotiating classical cryptography if they do not support post-quantum cryptography.
tldr.fail
November 1, 2024 at 1:03 PM
We’ve now established a pattern where Go is the first non-browser stack to implement new TLS features, so we flush out all the bugs Chrome didn’t hit.
Today it’s tldr.fail. PQ shares were already default in Chrome, but Go 1.23 is surfacing new broken middleboxes.
Last time it was X.509 SANs.
Today it’s tldr.fail. PQ shares were already default in Chrome, but Go 1.23 is surfacing new broken middleboxes.
Last time it was X.509 SANs.
luke is a spectrum from luke warm to luke on Hoth
October 27, 2024 at 2:37 AM
luke is a spectrum from luke warm to luke on Hoth
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Musk this week lied and claimed that the Helene victims died because the Biden FCC refused to give his satellite broadband company Starlink a billion in taxpayer subsides
The problem: even if he had received that money (which he shouldn't have), the build wasn't scheduled to begin until 2025
The problem: even if he had received that money (which he shouldn't have), the build wasn't scheduled to begin until 2025
October 3, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Musk this week lied and claimed that the Helene victims died because the Biden FCC refused to give his satellite broadband company Starlink a billion in taxpayer subsides
The problem: even if he had received that money (which he shouldn't have), the build wasn't scheduled to begin until 2025
The problem: even if he had received that money (which he shouldn't have), the build wasn't scheduled to begin until 2025
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it's a great day to install Signal for all your little thoughts
July 13, 2024 at 11:23 PM
it's a great day to install Signal for all your little thoughts
Look! Instructions given as a 4 panel comic strip :)
May 14, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Look! Instructions given as a 4 panel comic strip :)
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Signal usernames are live! Update the Signal app, make a username, put it in your bio, and boom: you now have Bluesky encrypted DMs
My latest: Signal’s new usernames help keep the cops out of your messages theintercept.com/2024/03/04/s...
Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Messages
Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.
theintercept.com
March 5, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Signal usernames are live! Update the Signal app, make a username, put it in your bio, and boom: you now have Bluesky encrypted DMs