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by Iv 6y ago
Add it to the list: https://xkcd.com/1227/ And I think Aristotle was complaining about that as well.
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by Iv 6y ago
This is not a problem with S 230 in my opinion. All these calls to order tech giants to promote specific views (even though I tend to agree with most) are extremely dangerous. I don't remember who was pointing that this all basically f
363.
by Iv 6y ago
Do you want your comments to be inaccessible when your own computer is down? Do you want to be the only repository of all pieces of information posted online, forever? If not, then you want other people to be able to host these content for
364.
by Iv 6y ago
And will for 80 more years?
365.
by Iv 6y ago
You are taking a loan assuming: - You will graduate - Your diploma will get you a high paying job If either of these assumptions fail, you are back to square one, poorer than someone who own nothing.
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by Iv 6y ago
I am not even sure of that. Booting DOS requires a legacy BIOS mode and some legacy video modes that I am not sure manufacturers support anymore.
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by Iv 6y ago
The year is 2020 and transferring files between devices is still hard. I think a decade ago I started paying ~5$ a month for a server at OVH with a lot of storage. SSH/Filezilla, Nginx on an obfuscated URL, has solved a lot of my probl
368.
by Iv 6y ago
I don't think any hardware running MS-DOS will survive that long.
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by Iv 6y ago
> She tried to insist that my offer to point her in the direction of gig work was unhelpful as she had some minimum income requirements to pay her student loans etc. Someone who is homeless and has no possession is poor. Someone who has
370.
by Iv 6y ago
What's controversial there?
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by Iv 6y ago
Well, IIRC production is illegal, so there you go, it has to be done by criminals by definition. Legalization has been done stupidly: they created a legal market that needs to be fed by a criminal one. Not sure what they thought they were d
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by Iv 6y ago
The general trend means more charging stations, more acceptance, a soon to come second hand market for EVs, more investment in batteries, etc... Overall good, even if hybrids are terrible.
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by Iv 6y ago
It feels like the universe always needs a Terry Davis
374.
by Iv 6y ago
Shhhh, you are supposed to be libertarian or ancap if you are posting on Ycombinator...
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by Iv 6y ago
There only so much you can do against ballistic threats.
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by Iv 6y ago
I remember the first interception tests of missiles had terrible success rate, but it got better. That's why you test them. Now Iron Dome has around 90% success rate at interceptions in real conditions. And it is hard to get the precis
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by Iv 6y ago
The one trillion dollar question (actually possibly even more than that) is the cost of sinking an aircraft carrier in a symmetrical conflict. Aircraft carriers are great if you need to project force into a territory occupied by groups over
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by Iv 6y ago
Get addicted to the feeling of clients using your stuff/loving it. It will then feel natural to want to satisfy them. Can be handy to have a salesperson slap you back into favoring paying customers/profitable niches though.
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by Iv 6y ago
Microsoft can't even let go of x86 and make x86_64 mandatory. It could them years to recognize ARM as a valid target.
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by Iv 6y ago
Expected event expectedly happens.
381.
by Iv 6y ago
"So, tell me about how you would develop a threaded application" (Runs for cover)
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by Iv 6y ago
If nukes are used for extermination, yes, we don't stand much of a chance. If it is used for warfare, then the story is different. Normally, one does not really care about wiping the enemy's cities but would focus on military inst
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by Iv 6y ago
In my case, I call myself a specialist in one of the relevant fields I have worked in the last 3 years. Then I mention all the other things I have done when I have a chance. Don't call yourself a jack of all trades, make them call you
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by Iv 6y ago
Reform copyright. It was based on the assumption that taxing copy production is a reasonnable way to fund creation. It was an incredibly good system in the days of the press where making copies requires heavy capital investment. It is hilar
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by Iv 6y ago
Note that a hack is not a fix. All of you, write to your representatives about that if you care. In EU when they were going to put some similar laws we all organized and wrote massively to the parliament and they backed down. It is a lot of
386.
by Iv 6y ago
Delenda RIAA The whole copyright industry is based on toxic premises that do not hold true anymore in the internet age. By now, different models have been proven to work. Make them the norm. Abolish copyright. Or turn them back into what th
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by Iv 6y ago
Snowden just told us to re-read EU's report on ECHELON or to just check what the Patriot act authorized.
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by Iv 6y ago
Do I want the GAFA to have foreign policies? I am not sure about that. I want social networks and IT infrastructure to be just that: infrastructures, belonging to the various countries they operate in. If Apple is going to enforce moral vie
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by Iv 6y ago
I would be surprised if this were not a demand from the Belarus government, threatening sanctions on Apple, possibly with Russian support. The Belarus government can just block the App store entirely and may, if Apple does not comply.
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by Iv 6y ago
These are not equivalent propositions. There is an incredible amount of value in working outside of a big corporation and its management hierarchy. It is a Dog and the Wolf situation. The food is always better under the collar.

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