Cyph0n

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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Not sure where you grew up, but PS2 piracy was rampant and easily accessible. It probably had more to do with local copyright laws than anything technical. As far as anti-piracy measures go, the PS3 is where Sony upped their game AFAIK.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
If you are asking, you are probably in the first category, along with myself and the vast majority of people.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
More like "blindly believe SMEs to be wrong because I watched a few YouTube videos".
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Yep, that’s a whole other can of worms! As if having a PhD in field X makes one an expert in all other fields..
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
> In reality what our society now does is says "_you must accept conclusion X, and if you don't you're an idiot_" with absolutely no real justification. I don’t agree with the “no real justification” part. But even if
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
No, it’s that the average person cannot make decisions about complex subjects . This is not a new development: the boundaries of scientific knowledge - across all fields - have required a large amount of specialization for a while now. The
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
I suppose you’d be sad to learn that virtually all of the top paying tech companies have generous parental leave policies. If you want a more extreme case, I hear Netflix gives up to 12 months of leave - and employees commonly take the full
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Disclaimer: I work at Google. My current impression is that - on average - Google is known for having the best WLB across the big tech companies.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
If this is indeed the case, wouldn't it make sense to force companies to indicate that that there is no quality standard on the label?
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Ubisoft?
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
It is definitely a fun learning exercise, but also quite addictive and grueling (yes, a contradiction)! I wrote a Gameboy Color emulator[1] earlier this year, but stopped as soon as I realized that I wasn't learning anything new. As a
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Small typo in the list of countries: “United Emirates” -> “United Arab Emirates”.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Fair enough. I definitely simplified things a bit, but you can educate people on how to conduct themselves over the long term through various mechanisms. Many countries used this approach effectively to solve actual societal issues; however
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Sorry about that - sarcasm is tough to detect sometimes haha! I agree about the niqab as it can be a bit of a hurdle to deal with in some situations.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Okay, let’s work with that. Do you also apply that logic to Sikh turbans ( dastar )? In other words, do you believe that forbidding Sikhs from covering their hair is not religious persecution? How do you think Sikhs would react to that? Ed
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Wow, you’re completely off the mark, buddy! But nice try with the amateur OSINT haha.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Why did you use the word “propaganda”? Why not “education”? Regardless of the time period, I would simply propose focusing on educating current and future generations that men and women have equal rights. If you dig into history a bit, yo
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Yep. A lot of people seem to - willingly or unwillingly - ignore the dark side of Ataturk’s revolution. The fact of the matter is that nothing in the real world is ever as rosy as you would like it to be.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
And the solution to that imaginary problem is.. to ban all women from wearing hijab? Excellent logic.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Some interesting picks (all on Twitch): * Kitboga: mostly messes with tech support scammers, but sometimes works on helpful projects on stream * strager: variety tech streamer. Mainly works on his project, quick-lint-js, but also spends a l
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
+1 for Tsoding. Very smart fellow. Unlike most streamers, he always mixes up programming languages instead of focusing on a specific one. I find that interesting, but I also understand some people wouldn’t.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
I thoroughly enjoyed the recent Hulu show about the Oxycontin crisis, Dopesick.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
To me, the fact that it seems simple to roll your own HTTP 1.1 implementation is more of a downside than an advantage.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
An inadvertent bug in the compiler can be modeled as a compromise. So, as before, it depends on how you define “safe” in your model. In the case of Rust, the compiler is safe and is considered to be within the safety boundary. Will the Rust
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Affordable: Mazda, Hyundai, and Kia Luxury: Porsche and Mercedes
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
It ultimately depends on how you define your TCB (trusted computing base). I am not aware of any formally verified compilers for any language, but assuming one exists, wouldn't you also require said compiler to run on a formally verifi
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Firstly, the difference I was trying to emphasize is "guaranteed to be visible due to the unsafe keyword" vs. "potentially not visible". Secondly, quality standards rely on the human element, which we know is fallible an
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
1. The corollary is that code that does not contain unsafe code is guaranteed to not contain memory safety bugs, assuming that you trust and/or have audited unsafe usage in your dependencies. 2. unsafe blocks are explicit and therefo
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
VLC is an excellent media player. It is actively developed and runs on many platforms.
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by Cyph0n 5y ago
Manama is the capital of Bahrain :) I prefer MANAAM, which is derived from the word “sleep” in Arabic.

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