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Neat! Sorry about your ban on ml. That comic was like... Super tame and wholesome, lol.

For anyone who wants to take this seriously but doesn't know what to do:

TL;DR: Chop off everything after the question mark.

Usually these trackers are at the end of the URL, after a ?. That's called the "query string parameters" of the URL, and it's where developers will attach extra information for the server or page. Often, those are benign and useful: It's a token that identifies you to the server, or it's context about what you're trying to do. Sometimes you can eyeball the query string params and guess what they do, e.g.:

coolvideos.com/videos/5432?fullscreen=true&autoplay=true&time=12021

or

cheapshoes.com/search?query=adidas+tennis&category=womens&filter=discounted

or

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

If you chopped off everything after the question mark, the URL should still work, it'd just give you a default version of that page. In these examples, there would be no privacy risk to sharing the URLs somewhere.

But query string params are also where alot of marketing/tracking bullshit goes. When you see URLs with UTM params like "utm_medium" and "utm_campaign", that's marketing bullshit. They can also contain info about who you are, like what OP is describing: If it's some kind of referral link for example, then it might look like pyramidscheme.com/special-offer?associate_id=455&source=facebook. It might be esoteric too, like the "igsh" param in OP's post (which I assume is short for "Instagram share" or something?). That WOULD be a privacy concern.

So yeah... Often you can eyeball it and figure out what (if anything) to remove... And if in doubt, try chopping off the question mark and everything following it, and see if the URL still works.

Security implications?

Or in favor of remote work.

People working with these technologies have known this for quite awhile. It's nice of Apple's researchers to formalize it, but nobody is really surprised-- Least of all the companies funnelling traincars of money into the LLM furnace.

Oh wow you're right, lol... 3 links to a story about the same person, Ellen Tara James-Penny.

Everywhere indeed.

How do you know all of this?

<notices username>

Ah, checks out.

Careful about where the posts come from-- Tinder et. al. have a vested interest in spreading the notion that the normal thing to do is to meet online, and so they publish surveys and press releases that reinforce that idea. Editorialists want a scoop about how the Digital Age is changing everything and the Youths Today are completely subverting existing norms.

Some people meet online, yeah, and good for them. But still, going outside and having interactions with real people is still the primary way to form relationships, and that's helpful in dating, career, hobbies, and wellbeing in general.

You don't just suck. Online dating is still hard, and everything is even harder when you don't have a solid foundation of other relationships in your life.

Being a factory supervisor isn't a worthless shitbag job.

I think you mean "Sacrilege" or maybe "Sacrilegious." That means "The violation of something sacred."

Sacrosanct means "sacred and beyond question," which is related, but kind of the opposite of what you mean.

Okay but how does starting a secure shell help?

Most kegs just pressurize the beer, and use that for the extraction... But some use a hand pump mechanism, or an external CO2 tank.

What if I'm already pretty good at Python and C? :)

Why lol

How do you learn? I have some ESP32s that I've messed around a little bit with, and done some neat stuff...But I don't have an electronics background at all and I often have trouble even figuring out how to power the damn things safely.

Because he dodges bullets, Avi.

If beer can artwork, then so can you!

It's nice for him to be inclusive of 18! year olds. Dating can be difficult for ladies in their mid-quadrillions.

At a specific time of year, in a specific part of the country.

Boris the Blade? As in... Boris the bullet dodger?