Jalad

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by Jalad 4y ago
"by default" is a bit of a stretch because from the link it says "BitLocker encryption is available on supported devices running Windows 10 or 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education." So it's only on by default if you she
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by Jalad 4y ago
Nah I'm pretty sure it's just broken. I took a look at it a week ish ago and it was down too
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by Jalad 4y ago
> As Auguste Gusteau (the fictional chef in Ratatouille) puts it, "anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great." Is this referencing the movie Ratatouille? I was curious because the movie was released a lot later than t
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by Jalad 4y ago
This seems like a luddite's argument. Automation tends to make things less expensive, and automation hasn't lead to economic crisis' in the past That's like saying computers are going to destroy a lot of jobs and cause a
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Latest Updates: Elon Musk, Twitter in Talks About Closing Deal(wsj.com)
6 points by Jalad 4y ago|1 comments
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by Jalad 4y ago
Related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33020078 (Cloudflare Yubikey Offer)
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by Jalad 4y ago
For anyone that isn't convinced, here is a talk by a lawyer and a police officer discussing the idea of never talking to the police [0]. It's interesting that they largely agree that talking to the police is not a good idea. [0]
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by Jalad 4y ago
> On the one hand, it’s depressing that Cargo is forced to “go it’s own way” in order to achieve some sanity because it can’t can’t trust the platforms I've used Rust and Cargo a bit but I don't have a lot of insight into it, w
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by Jalad 4y ago
Which was inspired by this HN thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070797
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by Jalad 4y ago
I think it would make a lot of sense if "any patents arising from research done with monies given by <x> will confer on <x> a lifetime perpetual non-exclusive right to use and re-license said patent on what ever terms they
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by Jalad 4y ago
Yeah this might be a good idea. Haven't looked into it yet but I might end up doing something like this. A sibling comment mentions a trailer and I like that idea as well
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by Jalad 4y ago
I'm planning on getting a bike to commute to work. I don't have a car right now and also don't really want to buy one because it's a huge expense. My only regret is that it's much harder to get groceries with a bike
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by Jalad 4y ago
Not quite as old as some of the jokes in the article but I really like this one from a previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13587528 For context, the joke is set in the Soviet Union > Russian engineer go
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Writing open source software for the last time(bugzilla.gnome.org)
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by Jalad 4y ago
To be fair, if you want to play Alyx you can also use the Valve Index. So no Meta involved
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by Jalad 4y ago
> Ben Franklin's quote about liberty and security Although the rest of your point stands, this part is a common misconception. The exact context of the quote was about a taxation dispute between the Pennsylvania General Assembly and
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by Jalad 4y ago
I actually haven't seen Monty Python's parody of it! Will be sure to give it a watch after reading it
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by Jalad 4y ago
I'll expand on this since I found it interesting. Essentially it's a reference to a French epic called "In Search of Lost Time" by Marcel Proust. It was his life's work and is around 4.2k pages or 1.3 million words!
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by Jalad 4y ago
Well as long as we're writing scifi... The way I think about time (also probably wrong and not nuanced enough) is through the energy of a system (entropy?). Essentially if the whole universe operates on a tick based update system, then
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by Jalad 4y ago
On the flip side, I thought that the little red riding hood bit was really funny!
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by Jalad 4y ago
> "Speedier website browsing" I use Firefox on desktop and mobile, and I'd tend to agree with you. Sometimes I need to open up Chrome to test something and all of the pages load noticeably faster (things like FB messenger,
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Rust Library Team Aspirations(blog.rust-lang.org)
2 points by Jalad 4y ago|0 comments
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Changes at the Cargo Team(blog.rust-lang.org)
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by Jalad 5y ago
Based on a cursory glance, this looks to be true through the XKeyscore program [0] (CTRL-F Tor) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XKeyscore
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Bitcoin Strengthens the State(palladiummag.com)
2 points by Jalad 5y ago|0 comments
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by Jalad 5y ago
> strcpy in C is Turing complete Maybe GP meant printf [0]? [0] https://www.ioccc.org/2020/carlini/index.html
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by Jalad 5y ago
Link for the curious: https://youtu.be/G0ZZJXw4MTA?t=60 Starts at about 1:00. One of my favorite shows Edit: updated link, thanks @dvngnt_
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by Jalad 5y ago
There's good precedent for adblock remaining legal through a few lawsuits[0]. Granted that is in Germany but I'm hopeful legal action in the US would have a similar outcome. [0] https://torrentfreak.com/adblocking-
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by Jalad 5y ago
CGP Grey actually covers both of these misconceptions in some video: - https://youtu.be/F9-iSl_eg5U?t=163 - https://youtu.be/F9-iSl_eg5U?t=50 Which is neat, because I'm now also frustrated by both of t
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by Jalad 5y ago
I didn't know what this was referring to, but after a little bit of digging: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

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