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by BluSyn 6y ago
If you pay attention it's been created by a carefully constructed narrative by certain media outlets. The switch to anti-tech and anti-billionaire biases was surprisingly swift, and few seemed to even notice. Add to that the complete r
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Never going to happen. Some of us are the opposite, I can't stand cars with a thousand nobs and dials that take a 100 page manual to understand. I find the clutter 100x more distracting.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
I hate to say it; this entire thread is perfect case study of why engineers should never be put in charge of UI design. This is how you end up with a UX like AWS.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
There's a difference between cryptography broken in "theory" and broken in "practice". Couldn't find anything relevant to that point in the paper. Who here is qualified to make that assessment?
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by BluSyn 6y ago
My problem with TypeScript is the lack of runtime benefits. Yes, you get some benefits of static checks during compile time, but at the cost of huge additional effort. This effort maybe makes sense for a large project with many team membe
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by BluSyn 6y ago
I disagree. I get into modern cars and there are so many single-use buttons and dials that I need a 30-page manual to figure out what they do. Only to find out it's something I would use at most once-per-decade. Touchscreens make this
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by BluSyn 6y ago
This is all FUD. Miners largely use renewable power that is excess, not expensive dirty power plants. Here's a good breakdown of the counter argument: https://twitter.com/yassineARK/status/1360343382556483587
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by BluSyn 6y ago
PoW isn't going anywhere. CO2 tax would just push more mining to renewable, which 80% of it already is. This is all FUD.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Fundamentally Proof-of-Work relies on the laws of thermodynamics and mathematics to secure the network. Fundamentally Proof-of-Stake relies on a high-level abstract game theory of social interactions between selfish players. One of these is
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Regarding ZeroTier, these days I recommend using tailscale [1] instead. Much simpler setup, easier to understand, and likely more secure since it's just built on top of Wireguard (vs. layers of custom protocols). You do trade-off some
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Agreed. It's a logical fallacy. The article seems to cynically assume anyone who achieves great wealth must de-facto be in favor of the system that got them there, and couldn't possibly wish to build a more ideal world without bei
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by BluSyn 6y ago
There-in lies my disagreement with this article. There is no contradiction. I don't think Musk/Bezos are as ultra-capitalist as many claim them to be; nor do I think The Culture is as much of a communist utopia as the article clai
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by BluSyn 6y ago
I'm a huge fan on The Culture series; probably the most thought-provoking, eye-opening, mind-warping sci-fi ever written. I love the moral shades a gray that the books cover in intense detail. That said, I think the article's auth
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Yes. Unfortunately Waymo continues to act more like an R&D company not a product company. Ultimately I don't think Waymo will be a major player when it all shakes out.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Apple's "Car" will not be a traditional "Car". I don't know why so many keep thinking this will be the case. Completely remove all those assumptions you have about what a car is today, and think what it will be
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by BluSyn 6y ago
My controversial hot take-- I have never needed an SD card, and have gone all-in on USB-C. I will be very disappointed if they add back in USB-A/HDMI/SD ports, or remove USB-C charging in favor of proprietary charge port. Sounds l
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Apple's hardware and build quality in superior then virtually anything else on the market, even at the same price point. You're talking about remote stationary machines, not single portable devices that can do everything you need.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Slightly mis-leading headline. The DTK w/ A12Z chip didn't support virtualization, but it appears the new M1 will. Since docker devs haven't gotten their hands on M1 hardware yet, it remains to be seen how much work is needed
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Here's where I'm confused. As I understand if you repeal Section 230, and these companies become regulated as publishers, they will be required to censor ALL content. So how would repealing Section 230 protect free speech? It seem
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by BluSyn 6y ago
> Most scientists take a full stop at "my unproven theory of physics" Not convinced that's true. Considering how many physicists still keep talking about String Theory, even though it hasn't produced a single testable
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by BluSyn 6y ago
I think this is a very bad and short-sided deal. ARM is in such a great position currently. There's no reason to sell except that SoftBank is in desperate need of capital. On top of that, Nvidia is likely to be a terrible steward of th
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by BluSyn 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_sorting There is an opportunity to improve this tech with better vision recognition systems. Already being worked on, but hasn't been implemented at large enough scale yet.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Seems like a direct response to shopify. I like the competition. Interesting how the design language is so similar, too. Seems there's been a solid convergence in the payment space around simplified payment flows. As a developer and a
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Imagine Facebook forcing users to install their own App Store to install Messenger. I think such outcomes are quite apocalyptic if you see what road that leads down.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Could not possible disagree more. "Contractualism" is far easier to remember for most people than remembering the name "Scanlon". Proper names do NOT easily translate to concepts for majority of people. If you can't
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Can someone enlighten me as to the advantage of sticking with Mercurial? I've tried hg many times and personally found nothing compelling about it compared to git workflows. Git is ubiquitous, there's no really important feature
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Off-the-shelf rack servers are the worst with noise level, so I personally don't recommend that for a homelab. With my latest upgrade I went custom for this reason. You can build a quiet ATX-based NAS with fairly cheap consumer/ga
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by BluSyn 6y ago
Seems there are many variations on this joke. The one I know: An astronomer, a physicist and a mathematician go for a walk in the countryside. They spy a black sheep in the distance. The astronomer immediately proclaims, "All sheep are
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by BluSyn 6y ago
This please! Submodules are the only time I ever have real issues with git. I manually edit .gitmodules more than I care to admit, naturally this causes its own set of issues.
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by BluSyn 6y ago
> I mean, in this case, the consumer is literally saving 20% for the same purchase. Seems good to me. I find it hard to believe a company like Epic would lower prices in response. They want that 30% for themselves. Their claims of corpor

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