Dalewyn

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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Seeing as Hacker News is ostensibly composed largely of people in-the-know, we could certainly use appropriate terminology unlike the commons.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>does a proxy also tend to encrypt the data streamed between it and the end user like a VPN service would? It could, but it's not a hard requirement. A proxy server is just like any other server, encrypting the data en route is as d
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Pedantic, but the word you're looking for is proxy , not VPN. A Virtual Private Network is a private network such as a Local Area Network created virtually on a Wide Area Network such as the internet. Tailscale, SoftEther, or Hama
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
The sheer amount of regression against social liberalism over the last few decades truly is astonishing; you're literally trying to tell me that racism is equality and okay. I hope we're on the cusp of reversing course on all that
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>qualified applicants. The problem is what "qualified" means under Affirmative Action, DEI, et al.. As a Japanese-American, I've both first- and second-hand witnessed racism against Asians (and Whites) in favor of Blacks a
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>these do not seem to be the same kinds of "wins" America to this very day gets to dictate how computing and aviation work. Knots, feet, ASCII and so on are just the obvious signs of that. >utf8 Case in point, UTF-8 (aka Uni
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Trump just mandated a legally binding and fundamental shift from equity-based hiring (eg: affirmative action, DEI, et al.) back to merit-based. This by its very nature necessitates a temporary freeze on all human resources activites pending
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>* Select your color temperature based on needs and feeling. A lot of people prefer warmer color temperature lights and cool temperature lights are known to be more stressful for folks with anxiety-related conditions, but if your work re
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
In this case the race is to win and secure the supply chains. The microprocessors concerned are very high value goods, manufacturing and R&D for them can't be easily and quickly spun up on a whim. The country and companies first to
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>I'm sort of surprised there's no straight-forward "block windows updates" firewall for the raspberry pi or so, At least for Windows 11 Pro and above, this is as simple as disabling automatic updates in Group Policy.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>what advantages do these rules bring to the winner? An almost absolute incumbency advantage. >what was the practical advantage of ascii or feet and knots Familiarity. Americans and Britons speak English, and they wrote the rules in E
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>economies of scale will come in and drive costs down. Will it, though? From the sound of it this is a singular system with no competitors and required for any commercial activity, so there's no downward pressure there. As for the
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
My personal taxes? I just fill out the federal and state forms and mail them in, though I'm thinking of hiring a CPA to do it for me starting this year since some things might get more complicated than I care for. We'll see, I gue
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>All business-to-business invoices in Belgium will have to be sent over PEPPOL as of next year [1]. Gone will be the days of emailing PDFs. >Access to the PEPPOL network is not free. Direct access is nearly impossible (it is expensive
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>What is the goal? Be the definitive first past the post in the budding "AI" industry. Why? He who wins first writes the rules. For an obvious example: The aviation industry uses feets and knots instead of metres because the US
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
1 feet long cable. 10 foot long pole.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>How have they already selected who gets this money? As I understand it there wasn't anything to select, this is their own private money to be spent as they please. In this case Stargate.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>Trump seems to be a man of his word. One of the big reasons I voted for him. He actually keeps the promises he made as far reality will allow. What's really stupid is that keeping promises made isn't the norm for politicians,
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>why do people care so much about that? Because governments are usually accountable to someone or something. For example, in most monarchies it's royal blood or even a god. In democracies like the US it's the voters. Deep State
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Rather than accuse you, I'll just refute you thusly: In order to achieve perfection, you must understand what should be removed. To understand what should be removed, you must respect the complexity. Respect is not acceptance, even tho
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
It's separate in the sense that the individuals involved are mostly employed clerks, scribes, middle management, and other such "common" public servants who serve for practically life careers without input from anyone, as far
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
A democratic form of governance isn't required for a Deep State. Let's rename Deep State as "Under State" for the purposes of this conversation to make it easier to understand. Whatever is the government (the "State
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>We are constantly asking our brains to grasp at complex topics and distill down at least our own perception of them to something manageable. Considering "DON'T TREAD ON ME"[1] is a meme that goes back all the way to 1776,
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>What are you even trying to argue or prove? That the term as-used by most people is misleading.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Disclaimer: IANAL. I reiterate that "impeached" means to be convicted of charges levied in (an) article(s) of impeachment. Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1[1] of the Constitution (also cited in your links) states (emphasis mine): &g
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
That doesn't refute my point, though; probably supports it, even. Private server owners went scorched earth in ye olde days because cheating was (and still is) a huge problem.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
I disagree that cheating "has become" a huge problem, it was always a huge problem. I can't remember a single multiplayer game that didn't have cheaters of some form or another. None. Zilch. Zero. It's kind of why
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
And yet the paragraphs I cited from the very article you keep linking dispute that statement. Again, I cite: >To be impeached, a President or other federal official must have committed one of the violations described by the Constitution
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>To be impeached, a President or other federal official must have committed one of the violations described by the Constitution as “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” But history shows that if a President is to be
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
It's essentially the willingness of a society to fund what looks like and could actually be a complete waste of time and money. In the US there's plenty of money to throw on seemingly frivolous pursuits, because stagnant money is

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