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  1. Comment on New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy in ~comp

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    here's the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.01074.pdf

    here's the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.01074.pdf

    while multiple methods succeeded in recognising a press of the
    shift key, no paper in the surveyed literature succeeded in recognising the ‘release
    peak’ of the shift key amidst the sounds of other keys, doubling the search
    space of potential characters following a press of the shift key.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on What are the best cover songs that reinterpret the original into a different genre, style, or mood? in ~music

  3. Comment on Wonka | Official trailer in ~movies

  4. Comment on Weirdest films ever? in ~movies

  5. Comment on Any RSS feed recommendations that aren't news? in ~tech

  6. Comment on What is the oldest TV show you actually enjoy? in ~tv

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    1966 Adam West Batman is one of my favorite shows. Also love Fleischer Studios cartoons from the 30's.

    1966 Adam West Batman is one of my favorite shows.
    Also love Fleischer Studios cartoons from the 30's.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    Swarm was a wild ride, hilarious and disturbing. Great writing and acting. Finished Extraordinary recently, great superhero comedy with interesting worldbuildling. Reminded me of Misfits. Watched...

    Swarm was a wild ride, hilarious and disturbing. Great writing and acting.
    Finished Extraordinary recently, great superhero comedy with interesting worldbuildling. Reminded me of Misfits.
    Watched the first episode of Poker Face. Cute concept and decent humor, but the plot was kind of dumb and the writings not great. Probably won't continue with the rest of the season.
    Been watching Animal Control as well. It's alright for a workplace sitcom, has room to improve though. Joel McHale's character is too similar to Jeff from Community I think, the loner who thinks he's too cool to have friends initially.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life.pets

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    Mystery snails lay their eggs in a pink clump above the water line, and they take 2 to 4 weeks to hatch. They're pretty hard to miss unless you're going several weeks without checking on your tank...

    Oh yea, we intend to get more mysteries and an assassin when we can source an assassin. We know we can't rely on getting the eggs out in time as @psuedochron mentioned.

    Mystery snails lay their eggs in a pink clump above the water line, and they take 2 to 4 weeks to hatch. They're pretty hard to miss unless you're going several weeks without checking on your tank at all.

    Are you saying that you're planning on keeping mystery snails and an assassin snail in the same tank, and relying on the assassin to keep the mystery snail population in check? I don't think that would work too well; the assassin will likely kill all of the mystery snails, not just the babies.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life.pets

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    I'm wondering why you think this is? I started my aquarium last year with a betta and it hasn't been overly high maintenance or difficult. I follow /r/bettafish and it seems like many beginners...

    Whatever you do, don't get a betta. Betta fish are some of the hardest to keep alive for beginners, even if they had a healthy start.

    I'm wondering why you think this is? I started my aquarium last year with a betta and it hasn't been overly high maintenance or difficult. I follow /r/bettafish and it seems like many beginners have success with it. Most websites that list the best fish for beginners have bettas in the top ten.

    I do agree that it is cruel that most pet stores keep betta fish in small cups. I've seen that there are some stores that do better and keep them in individual tanks though.

    And the law of snails is: You either have one snail, or infinite snails. If you want more than one you need a predator.

    This is very true for some snail species but not all. With mystery snails it is easy to spot and remove the eggs before they hatch. And nerite snails will lay eggs in a freshwater tank but they won't hatch unless they're moved to brackish water.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 4 in ~news

  11. Comment on Bangle.js 2 is a hackable, open source smartwatch that runs JavaScript in ~tech

  13. Comment on List of Rock and Roll movies? in ~movies

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    "Ex Drummer" and "Frank" are two weird indie black comedy movies about rock bands.

    "Ex Drummer" and "Frank" are two weird indie black comedy movies about rock bands.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Recommend a piece of fiction that gives a specific feeling, regardless of genre or medium in ~talk

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    John Dies at the End book series by David Wong Captain Estar Goes To Heaven online graphic novel by Winston Rowntree The film Stranger than Fiction The TV series Legion and Mr Robot Some of Nine...

    John Dies at the End book series by David Wong
    Captain Estar Goes To Heaven online graphic novel by Winston Rowntree
    The film Stranger than Fiction
    The TV series Legion and Mr Robot
    Some of Nine Inch Nail's music deals with those themes.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Song suggestions about: Cars, driving, trucking, racing, police chases, etc in ~music

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    Cake - The Distance Clutch - Spacegrass Sheep on Drugs - Track X

    Cake - The Distance
    Clutch - Spacegrass
    Sheep on Drugs - Track X

    1 vote

  17. Comment on What features do you want to see in a userscript manager? in ~comp

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    Which browsers are you planning on supporting? The most important feature for me would be whether it works with Pale Moon, a fork of Firefox that I prefer. But since that browser has a 0.02% usage...

    Which browsers are you planning on supporting? The most important feature for me would be whether it works with Pale Moon, a fork of Firefox that I prefer. But since that browser has a 0.02% usage share and doesn't use the same plugin format as modern Firefox, I'm used to not being supported.

    Will you be implementing all of the GM_ functions from the Greasemonkey API?

    3 votes

  18. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    I've recently written three pages of worldbuilding and plot outline for this science fiction idea: A nuclear powered AI controlled cryptocurrency mining computer the size of a skyscraper from the...

    I've recently written three pages of worldbuilding and plot outline for this science fiction idea:

    A nuclear powered AI controlled cryptocurrency mining computer the size of a skyscraper from the year 2054 improves itself with quantum computing, which leads to it becoming self aware and inventing time travel. Information can travel back in time, but not matter. This computer is responsible for the 1987 Max Headroom signal hijacking, graffiti artist Banksy, conspiracy theory Q Anon, and bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on How corporate tyranny works - Chevron poisoned the Amazon, and then punished environmental lawyer Steven Donziger when he tried to get justice in ~enviro

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Donziger In the 1970's Texaco (now owned by Chevron) started dumping heavy metals and toxins into the drinking water in Ecuador. In 1993, Steven Donziger...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Donziger

    In the 1970's Texaco (now owned by Chevron) started dumping heavy metals and toxins into the drinking water in Ecuador. In 1993, Steven Donziger brought a class-action lawsuit against them on behalf of the farmers and Indigenous people. After losing that case, Chevron bribed a former Ecuadorean judge to present false testimony in US courts, and now Donziger is under house arrest. Chevron has pressured media outlets to drop stories about the Chevron and Donziger litigation.

    Here's a more recent article, he just won an appeal: http://redgreenandblue.org/2021/03/05/steven-donziger-beat-chevron-court-crucified-just-won-appeal/

    2 votes