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  1. StvnW

    Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

    Close. The right hand side of a CNAME record is a target name, and it's that target name which resolves to the IP (or yet another CNAME and so on). The attacker could squat on either target name or IP with similar effect. Your example would look like: foo.columbia.edu. CNAME bar.anything.net...
  2. StvnW

    Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

    Perhaps the more suitable term would be "squat" rather than "hijack". Nothing is being taken over by force or exploit here; the perps are merely moving into the abandoned targets of CNAME records.
  3. StvnW

    I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret

    How do you know that? Did you compute their SHA1 sums when they were new to compare with now? It's possible for video media to remain playable with some bit rot but the same doesn't hold for all data formats.
  4. StvnW

    I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret

    Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and some government agencies are phasing out SMS 2FA. My bank axed it a few years ago. (Though the Verified by Visa service sill uses it, frustratingly.) There will always be lazy / irresponsible admins out there but most will catch up as major tech companies...
  5. StvnW

    I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret

    SMS auth is being replaced by more secure methods. The eSIM user experience will improve. Ultimately this will be a non-issue.
  6. StvnW

    Seagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy

    I think he meant best cost-per-gigabyte.
  7. StvnW

    2025 Audi A5 and S5 drive: The fastback needs the S treatment to sizzle

    They gave me a screen for the volume knob, A swipe to defrost and a lagging fob. No button in sight for the heated seat— Just menus deep in a pixel sheet. I tap and slide while changing lanes, A UX hell that fries my brain. At eighty clicks, I hunt for lights, Touchscreens do make for thrilling...
  8. StvnW

    iFixit’s iPhone 16 teardown finds a greatly improved battery removal process

    From the official repair manual: Adhesive removal time may increase during the product’s life. Adhesive removal can be accomplished by applying up to 30 volts, using alternate power sources such as DC power supplies. Higher voltage application will result in faster removal times.
  9. StvnW

    Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison

    Yeah, presumably he would have already had to commit tax fraud in order to perpetrate the ruse.
  10. StvnW

    Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison

    I'd argue it's even easier to avoid getting someone else pregnant if you're female.
  11. StvnW

    The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users

    The Netflix of anime? More like the NinjaVideo of anime.
  12. StvnW

    The world’s toughest race starts Saturday, and it’s delightfully hard to call this year

    It feels blasphemous to me that the Tour is not finishing on the Champs-Élysées. How is this not codified into the Constitution of France right after the recipe for baguette?
  13. StvnW

    The ultimate Windows 3.1 laptop? Sellers behind Book 8088 are back with Pocket 386

    For the most authentic experience I'd suggest installing Slackware 0.99 or Debian 0.90 from dozens of floppy disks and if you want X Windows, manually compiling your display drivers with the correct timings for your display adapter. Don't get them wrong!
  14. StvnW

    Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code

    Jim Storer's own Lunar Lander page has a stack of related links including (unpatched) translations in C, Fortran, Cobol, and Rust. Eric Echeverri has published a patched version of the C translation.
  15. StvnW

    NYT targets Street View Worldle game in fight to wipe out Wordle clones

    I guarantee they would sue you into the ground if you called your company Applle Computer. That said I don't really see that Worldle all that confusing with Wordle nor is it harming them. Probably the opposite.
  16. StvnW

    Sound familiar? Song lyrics have gotten more repetitive since the 1970s.

    No list of repetitive dittys would be complete without this chart topper from the 40s: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah...
  17. StvnW

    SD cards finally expected to hit 4TB in 2025

    Sneakernet bandwidth is hurtling towards insane levels.
  18. StvnW

    Moments of totality: How Ars experienced the eclipse

    Not to mention all the burnt retinas that must have resulted.
  19. StvnW

    Carmakers must bring back buttons to get good safety scores in Europe

    Forget about EuroNCAP scores, it shouldn't even be legal for hazard warning lights not to be physical controls. These sometimes need to get used in situations when a driver already has a high cognitive load. Ideally they are somewhere within your peripheral vision so you can hit them without...