JTbane

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by JTbane 6y ago
Because encryption exists, the internet can hopefully always stand as a transcendental entity. VPNs, TOR, steganography and obfuscation are some of the best tools against tyranny.
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by JTbane 6y ago
That's Chrome scanning your computer for malware like toolbars and such.
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by JTbane 6y ago
Maybe I'm being pedantic, but most of the stuff done to refined oils are physical processes, not chemical
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by JTbane 6y ago
luckily there are alternatives if you are vegan, such as agar and pectin
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by JTbane 6y ago
>On a kilojoule-for-kilojoule basis, excessive intake of HFCS is a lot more harmful to health than excessive intake of sugar is. Do you have a source for that? I don't see how sucrose from sugar cane is any healthier than HFCS, whic
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by JTbane 6y ago
Back in my day, we used a string and a can.
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by JTbane 6y ago
>This reads like a letter by someone who keeps all their money in CDs rather than stocks, because they might lose money. That's a good thing in medicine and science- it's called the "precautionary principle". We have
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by JTbane 6y ago
I find that hard to believe. You take away games and I'd watch TV. Take that away and I'd read a book or listen to music. All equally "unproductive".
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by JTbane 6y ago
Kind of sad there isn't much discussion on the positive effects of video games, which can boost reaction time and teach kids critical thinking skills.
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by JTbane 6y ago
What if a requirement was made for producers of products to handle the disposal of their packaging? I have no idea how much of a financial burden it would be but that could go far to help reduce waste.
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by JTbane 6y ago
Or just increase the gas and diesel taxes, which has a win-win of encouraging EV adoption and cutting down on CO2 emissions.
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by JTbane 6y ago
Am I alone in thinking that video conferencing (i.e. you can see people's faces) is totally useless? Screen sharing is fine, but seeing random people's faces is distracting at best and reduces my tolerance for meetings.
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by JTbane 6y ago
>Just don't connect it to the Internet. Wait until they start including a cellular modem that can't be turned off.
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by JTbane 6y ago
This is infuriating, and is basically an admission that the rich are allowed to evade taxes.
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by JTbane 6y ago
> In fact the scene despises P2P (or at least used to). I can't understand that, isn't peer to peer inherently more resistant to law enforcement than any centralized FTP server?
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by JTbane 6y ago
>You can't blame a company for wanted to protect itself against a disgruntled employee that wants to push the (example - not applicable to your company) ebanking software code out in the open. It's pretty dumb to block gitlab w
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by JTbane 6y ago
Parents have good reason to be worried, not so much that their kids will suffer permanent complications, but that they will spread it around the whole family, hitting the elderly hardest. Teachers have a right to be heard on this as well.
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ISPs.
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by JTbane 6y ago
>not stepping outside of your house for 5 months is way overboard. I'm not so sure. People are eating in restaurants with "outdoor" dining that consists of only one open wall out of four. They are going to pools, and gyms,
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by JTbane 6y ago
There have been numerous examples of apps in the App Store that have malicious behavior. So, with Apple, pick none I guess?
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by JTbane 6y ago
The problem I see is that if you're 30 and use that rule, you are basically forced to drain your 401k over the next 29.5 years.
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by JTbane 6y ago
That seems like a bit of a knee-jerk reaction, you could just ask them not to use Tor on the company network. Some legit browser come bundled with it (Brave).
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by JTbane 6y ago
The biggest issue for me as a frontline developer is the backroom decisions that get made by seniors and architecture, that are subsequently poorly documented or communicated. Every meeting should have a TLDR summary of what was accomplishe
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by JTbane 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law
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by JTbane 6y ago
>cellphones are not something I need to hack around on. Different strokes for different folks. I like having the ability to sideload apps and flash a different OS to my phone
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by JTbane 6y ago
You really shouldn't take antibiotics unless they are really needed... microbes get more resistant to them
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by JTbane 6y ago
IMO, people should be allowed to donate organs for payment. Would fix the long waiting list issue.
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by JTbane 6y ago
Mozilla doesn't have the conflict of interest google does with ads... That alone makes me use Firefox over Chrome.
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by JTbane 6y ago
I'd say yes. The quarantine has put it in perspective for me, I'm able to exercise more and enjoy life since I don't have a 1-hour commute each way to work.
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by JTbane 7y ago
It does one thing and does it well.

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