Gaelan

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by Gaelan 8y ago
Amazon is still facilitating it. If you’re selling guns to someone you know is a a serial killer, “someone else would have sold them a gun” is not a defense. Edit: especially if you run ads about how effective your guns are for serial killi
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by Gaelan 8y ago
Can't edit, but should add that this is speculation
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by Gaelan 8y ago
Encrypted data is uploaded to some Mozilla server. From there, the the encrypted data is copied onto some sort of storage device (USB stick or DVD), which is then inserted into the non-connected machine where it is decrypted.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
How does this compare with data URLs?
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by Gaelan 8y ago
iPhones also let you use the volume buttons to take a picture
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by Gaelan 8y ago
AFAICT, the opt-out stuff only applies to selling data, and not using it internally for ads or whatever. Seems like this won’t hit Google or FB very hard.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
Are they redirecting EU users there?
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by Gaelan 8y ago
I thought this existed, but nope, it's Mac only. Darn.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
So I guess C++'s optional type is for a completely different purpose from other languages, which is why I think I was confused.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
I guess I don't know why you'd even want an optional if it wasn't for the safety. Without compiler-enforced null checking, I don't see why you'd want one.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
(Disclaimer: not a C++ programmer) I think the difference is that * and -> are normal things to do on a value. Other smart pointers also overload those operators, so it isn't an obvious red flag. For example, look at this code:
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by Gaelan 8y ago
I mean, I think there's room for interesting, but not important, articles as long as they don't take away from the important stuff.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
Apple already has screen sharing via iMessage. This looks really cool, but probably unnecessary.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
I mean, Metal + MoltenVK is pretty close
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by Gaelan 8y ago
Sounds like they were referring to GPL (and similar), not OSS in general.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
Is this a done deal, or could GitHub (maybe after seeing the backlash) still back out?
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by Gaelan 8y ago
I mean, by that argument Windows uses Unix because C was written for Unix.
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Show HN: Git diff and merge on Word docs, using Word's native support(github.com)
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by Gaelan 8y ago
While it may make sense as a simpler option for less security-critical stuff, I don't think it will ever be as secure. The virtualization helps, but you are still decrypting documents on an internet-connected machine.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
> where they wouldn't have to know unless you make a call Presumably this is actually "unless you make a call or use data"?
531.
by Gaelan 8y ago
I don't think I've noticed a difference, but it's not something I've been paying attention to.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
When it works, the butterfly is great. Feels a lot better than older MBP keyboards. However, it does have frequent issues. If Apple can fix that while keeping the feeling of typing, it would be great.
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by Gaelan 8y ago
If Unroll was willing to explain their business model to users and let the users make an informed decision, then yes, the users could decide for themselves. Unroll decided that not enough people would willingly sign up knowing the consequen
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by Gaelan 8y ago
The problem here is social engineering. If someone says "click these buttons in your phone's settings, sideload our app, and you'll be able to do X" (where X is "pirate movies," "mine bitcoin," etc),
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by Gaelan 8y ago
Cynicism aside, YouTube is a typical example of a good use for autoplay. A user clicking a link to YT almost always wants to watch the video. "Predictable" probably wasn't the right word for them to use, but I think this is a
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by Gaelan 9y ago
I wonder whether it would (would have been?) possible to trademark the USB-C shape to enforce compatibility.
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by Gaelan 9y ago
Occasionally this outputs F'DK'M instead of GAELAN for me. Maybe an issue with some of the fonts?
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by Gaelan 9y ago
Maintainers were always able to delete comments. Minimization doesn’t do anything worse that what was already possible.
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by Gaelan 9y ago
If you turn off Beacon, sites will just fall back to XHR/Fetch/redirect and performance will suffer.
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by Gaelan 9y ago
Between GraphQL and React, I'm not sure how much Meteor is left in a modern "Meteor" app.

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