IanSanders

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by IanSanders 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23996125
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by IanSanders 6y ago
That can't be right, nostrils "merge" at the back of our throat?
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by IanSanders 6y ago
I personally don't have a strong opinion here but do feel like most people lose track of the global picture yet get fixated on individual problems. I think this happens because we don't have a measure of the impact of our activity
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by IanSanders 6y ago
Not for just flying, for "thinking that the existence of life on Earth is the paramount moral good" and flying.
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by IanSanders 6y ago
Probably (unnecessary?) ecological impact and using fossil fuels
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by IanSanders 6y ago
Web has been well broken already, at least EU tried something. I think it should be "Oops, this hasn't worked as planned and has been abused, let's try Y instead now"
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by IanSanders 6y ago
Government, people and the country, three completely different non-intersecting concepts. There's nothing to begin though unfortunately.
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by IanSanders 6y ago
I've seen this many times, the fresh team who have not worked with the old system but has a lot to say about it, starts redesign "properly this time", finds out bringing the new system to the level of the old one is surprisin
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by IanSanders 6y ago
>the two different settings interfaces (Control Panel and Settings) that have some overlap, but other features that are only in one. All that's going to happen is we'll lose the control panel eventually, and get an inferior set
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by IanSanders 6y ago
Turning the ship around was just the only rational move from the business perspective. They thought they can pull it off, doubled down, found out they cannot. Too late now.
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by IanSanders 6y ago
Users are obviously not the customer, and recruitment business is shady in itself, sadly. No wonder.
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by IanSanders 6y ago
While you're at it, ask your friends and family to also stop eating meat
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by IanSanders 6y ago
All this will achieve is making average Developer Joe look like a crazy conspiracist to his friends and family, isolating him and reducing his impact on society.
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by IanSanders 6y ago
If a guilty party has to be identified, it will be, not necessarily the correct one. Malicious agents will just be more careful next time as they have more resources than anyone willing to look into this. The problem is systemic.
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by IanSanders 6y ago
Important clarification The core thermal management of macOS seems to be better than Windows on the same mac device
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by IanSanders 7y ago
It's easier with some manufacturers than others. Sony's android devices pioneered being extremely developer friendly, shame that department was closed. It's hopefully unrelated, but someone will interpret this as impact of be
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by IanSanders 7y ago
>I can't imagine anyone was actually worried about being too effective in containment. It could have been when we had just a few cases, but you're right. The more effective the quarantine is, the longer it will take, creating m
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by IanSanders 7y ago
It's fairly easy to forbid, but very challenging to regulate. Yes, it would be better to do it properly, rather than ban altogether, however chances of that succeeding are not great. For the end user it's not worth the effort and
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by IanSanders 7y ago
My take was that one needs to be "at least aware" of all mentioned documents, which, while not as bad, still isn't ideal.
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by IanSanders 7y ago
Some will have better predictions than others. I'm not an economist so at least a few answers in this thread will be more accurate than my expectations.
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by IanSanders 7y ago
> 1) I'm just a rando from the internet but my suspicion is that governments could be intentionally trying to slow the infection rate down rather than stop it completely. If you perform a perfect shutdown with 200 cases, lets say an
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by IanSanders 7y ago
Apologies, I misinterpreted. Redacted
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by IanSanders 7y ago
It's not about C++, it's about selecting a more appropriate tool that JS. JS is often used only because the developer knows nothing else. What's even more ridiculous, often JS is not even the easiest route. Serious question,
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by IanSanders 7y ago
Firefox has (unfortunately) such an insignificant share that it doesn't make any difference. Also many companies don't even bother officially supporting it any more.
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by IanSanders 7y ago
I wish every domain could automatically be opened in an individual container. I don't even need to know about them.
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by IanSanders 7y ago
Breaches are just part of the problem. You can have no breaches and no privacy at the same time
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by IanSanders 7y ago
>Maybe Intel should take the hint. Users want to own their hardware! This reminds me of that change.org petition from years ago addressed to intel to remove management engine et al. Which was ridiculously naive and disconnected from real
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by IanSanders 7y ago
It's as much of an article as one advocating a tool (or workflow) without exploring its weaknesses. In a way, both complement one another.
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by IanSanders 7y ago
>An what exactly are they targeting? journalists, I heard
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by IanSanders 7y ago
I think the main point here is that it doesn't work for everyone, and is not a silver bullet. (Which is evident from comments)

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