Y
HN Search
Hacker News Search
new
|
comments
|
top
|
jobs
DocTomoe
searching PlanetScale…
1.
▲
2.
▲
3.
▲
4.
▲
5.
▲
6.
▲
61 ms
·
781.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
Put them under psychiatric evaluation, e.g. in a ward. Someone who is in a hospital is not able to harass people on the streets. But for that, you'd need a functioning healthcare system.
782.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
This was the same guy, by the way, who managed to have a surgery with a 300% mortality rate[1]. Sometimes speed is not everything. [1] https://history101.com/the-surgery-300-death-rate
783.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
I fail to see the problem here. Their QWAC are root certificates that do not adhere to their idea of a "strict vetting approach". That sounds scary, until you realise all major browsers have happily accepted the LetsEncrypt-CA, wh
784.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
One of the side effects of Meth use: Psychotic episodes [1] [1] https://www.drugs.com/sfx/methamphetamine-side-effects.html
785.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
I wonder if it is more dehumanizing to the affected woman to show an attractive woman, or to not show women at all. I think to be consistent with the 'don't use women for ads' approach, you need to be opposed to use human-bas
786.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
It is almost as if forcing people who need professional psychiatric help out of the psychiatric clinics and putting them to their 'freedom' somehow has diametral effects on societal health. Maybe you shouldn't put these peopl
787.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
> if modern email transports don’t count, then isn’t it true that _any_ messaging system could be considered as postcards in that whoever stumbles across the message contents can read it? You are mistaking transport layer "security&
788.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
One of the first things I learned when I got onto the internet was that "consider (RFC822) emails to be postcards analogs, readable by anyone who stumbles over them, they are not like mail which hides its content in an envelope."
789.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
> but there is absolutely a cost to the developer and I'm not talking about the cost of storing a hashed/salted password in the DB itself. There is a cost to build and maintain a password-based system. Seriously ... if today&#
790.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
> you should definitely ban him. "If you rip out a man's tongue, you did not proof him wrong. You just demonstrated to the world that you are afraid of what he might have said." Twitter knew this with Trump - which is why
791.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
> Why not? Most browsers are slowing pushing password managers on users and the experience is lovely. Most browsers in 1996 had "save this password" functionality... it's not a new thing.
792.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
I quit using services that have magic links as their only authorisation method - and so does my 65 year old, very non-nerdy mother (she complains about 'having to wait for a damn email' all the time) > Anyone have any better id
793.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
It's neither a minimum or a maximum, it's the rate. X amount of Euros for Y amount of kilometers (as calculated by the meter while actually driving, which leads to taxi drivers often chosing the 'scenic route'). Maybe ex
794.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
In my book, a party that set up the Atomausstieg, after campaigning on the topic for a decade, after grossly overstating the potential dangers of nuclear, while supporting grassroots anti-nuclear groups and engaging in borderline criminal p
795.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
One of the effects of getting older: The sense of time warps, "some 16 years ago" loses meaning. You were right: The decision was made in 2000.
796.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
"If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged." (A certain Cardinal Richelieu). The truth is that we already are all violating laws, every day we live
797.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
In fact, electric heating was actively discouraged and built back around 1995. It was often being replaced with gas and wood pellets (which also come from Ukraine/Russia).
798.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
Just like their brown predecessors promised to do...
799.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent
800.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
There are plausible reports that money flew from Big Oil to anti-nuclear groups, so ... the Russians would have been in good company.
801.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
Yes they were. The decision was made under Schröder/Fischer around 2006. It was reverted as soon as the CDU took over, and reverted back after Fukushima. But it is originally a "Green" idea and ideology, and it remains to be
802.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
> I've never seen anyone say anything positive about Samsung, their service, or the serviceability of their appliances. I've never had problems with Samsung appliances. Can't say the same for (supposedly high-quality) Bauk
803.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
It is always interesting to read how different such brands are perceived in different countries. Over here in Germany, Lidl is considered "the better discount store" as compared to Aldi (especially Aldi Nord), and has made a push
804.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
If you want to read an example of people failing at that task, read up on Walmart trying to conquer Germany. [1] [1] many, many articles, but https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/jul/28/retail.mone..
805.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
People without social connections die earlier statistically, but that can be explained by outside effects (e.g. if you do not live in a family structure, chances are you'll be found too late after suffering from a heart attack or strok
806.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
For Windows, Google used to have something like that. Because it's Google, it has since been discontinued [1]. Mac's finder is close to what you have described, and works reasonably well for me. On Unix, this sounds like something
807.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
Given that many managers/executives are horrid when it comes to people, I think the Peter Principle explains that a lot better: People who can do (and won't get promoted because their productivity is needed where they are). People
808.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
You don't create outrage, and thus clicks, with honest reporting of facts or by applying elementary-school-level math.
809.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
Because it's Tesla and new, scary tech, this gets a lot of media attention. What I would be interested is a 'deaths by million person kilometers' grouped by manufacturer. I'd wager less automation means more deaths.
810.
▲
by
DocTomoe
4y ago
> * Moving your head more than 15deg away from the camera was enough to slip through. Which can be solved by adding more cameras so there's no angle in which your face is not in full view.
More ›