BjoernKW

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by BjoernKW 4y ago
> I read articles that the Russians were banning computers altogether in some circumstances and using typewriters instead. Then, there was this - rather successful - effort by the KGB itself, later named "Project Gunman" by NSA
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As outlined above, simply having a US-based supplier or customer might be enough for a business to be in violation of GDPR. Even if your entire business is offline and all your processes are still paper-based (which today would be highly un
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The EU's relevance and clout is notoriously overestimated, particularly when it comes to the digital economy. There's this pipe dream that GDPR would somehow jumpstart a privacy-focused digital economy with viable alternatives to
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
At this point, virtually no digital service - or in fact in business - can be considered to be compliant with GDPR. The reason for this is an ECJ case ruling informally known as Schrems II ( https://www.gdprsummary.com/schrem
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Spring Boot 3.0 Goes GA(spring.io)
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
That's a clever hack. Thanks for finding that out and for sharing this approach. It's not an optimal solution, but until Apple themselves come up with something better it's at least sufficient to ward off potentially severe c
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
> some in-person collaboration is needed on a regular basis I keep hearing such arguments but those typically aren't backed up by any data or reason as to why that's the case. That said, poster child remote-first companies such
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
Well, there are entirely distributed, remote-first companies like Automattic, Zapier, GitLab, or Basecamp. I'm certain each of those also employs junior engineers. Therefore, someone claiming it doesn't work, is effectively saying
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
Yes. I've never been an avid football fan but I used to occasionally watch World Cup and European Championship matches together with friends. I've stopped doing so since the 2018 World Cup in Russia and I will continue to boycott
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Apart from the rampant whataboutism and cultural relativism in this comment, the question of human rights isn't a political but a universal one. Human rights are non-negotiable. If a country or organization can't accept (or can&#x
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
This question seems to imply that junior engineers require lots of synchronous, in-person meetings and handholding. Is there any proof that's truly the case? Or isn't that yet another one of those commonly accepted, yet rarely que
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
You can be human in a distributed setting, too. There are all sorts of tools that allow for an asynchronous human connection, e.g., asynchronous video recordings. Working mostly asynchronously also doesn’t mean you can’t have the occasional
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
George Bernard Shaw comes to mind here: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” Reality being as it is,
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While in most organizations pair programming probably is far less common than pointless meetings, even then it's preferable to document the outcomes of pair programming sessions, so others can benefit from those results without having
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Still, it's the environment that is broken. Hence, it's the environment that needs to be fixed. Having people relocate to another country, because your organization isn't able to fix its own internal problems, means you'
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
The particular attack vector mentioned in the original post could be mitigated by not allowing users to change their iCloud password from their unlocked mobile devices without either additional Face ID verification or entering their current
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That's only true if you're working entirely or mostly synchronously, which might be an indicator of inherent anti-patterns in your work culture and processes, e.g., lots of meetings instead of written documentation.
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> I do agree, but I guess I'm not sure what the solution is here? The solution is obvious: Stop clinging to this backward butts-in-seats culture that has people move to a new location even if the job they're going to do can eas
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
It's both and it has been that way since roughly the era of mass production of consumer goods and certainly after WWII, not just in Australia but pretty much worldwide. Many countries try to export their culture as a means of projectin
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
> My doctor almost warned me about getting vaccinated - said it was untested, long term side effects wholly unknown and said it could have complications regarding the autoimmune system. > > But now doctors can't even tell you
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The question of whether to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has indeed been highly politicised and in some circles is even used as means of identitarian virtue signalling. There might also be ulterior motives at play, such as continued non-p
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
Now is as good a time as any. In fact, starting a business - and that's what freelancing is - during an economic downturn isn't a bad idea at all: Less competition, more opportunity to niche down, potential clients who will actual
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
It is. You still get the occasional "We'd like you to work on-site full-time because communication (or whatever other contrived, but never quite justified reason).", though. It required a pandemic to "convince" peop
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Multitasking was very much a feature the Amiga was both praised for and promoted with. In those where niches the Amiga indeed was successful as a business machine, i.e. video editing and - to some extent - 3D rendering, multitasking probabl
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
The same applies to building new LNG terminals, drastically increasing the storage capabilities for renewable energy, and making the power grid sufficiently resilient to be able to entirely rely on renewable energy. Those measures take year
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How deciding against using an available energy source that might might help with alleviating short-term problems (nuclear power being an even more obvious and readily available option) could be considered even remotely similar to nuking a m
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It's unethical, without a doubt. As described, it's not even about segregating different audiences, but about sequestering and silencing specific people, yet keeping them engaged at the same time, perhaps to be able to continue to
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
Nuclear power also is the best option we have until we have enough renewables to meet our energy needs and the batteries and grid resilience required to complement those. The short-term alternatives to nuclear power amount to either further
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NeXT, for one. They didn't exactly die miserably, given their technology is what ultimately still runs Apple's OS software and APIs. NeXT's business model was based on objects to some extent at least and they were enthusiasti
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by BjoernKW 4y ago
Ultimately, no method of energy generation is truly renewable, including solar. The Sun will run out of fuel in five billion years, after all, give or take. However, for all practical intents and purposes, solar energy is renewable. The sam

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