Kenji

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by Kenji 10y ago
Stupid question, but would such a storm wipe my HDDs that hold all my private data? If so, what would be a safe storage with similar capacities?
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by Kenji 10y ago
>What does that even mean? I know nothing about Ada but there is a feature called called 'executable bit' in pretty much all desktop processors since 1-2 decades. What this bit does is it marks certain regions of memory as not
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by Kenji 10y ago
I disagree. There are plenty of consequences in a child's life. Probably more than there used to be. The problem is that they're stupid consequences that bear no resemblance with real life decision making and consequences. E.g.
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by Kenji 10y ago
This title is extremely clickbaity. Think like a 94-Year-Old? Any 94-Year-Old? Couldn't they pick something that is relevant to the article about Goodenough's new battery research? He is the exception, not the rule. Mainstream med
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by Kenji 10y ago
>In CS you almost never have a single person who is overly-trained relative to peers. You have no idea. Skill and knowledge differentials are VAST. I cannot find capital letters large enough to emphasise this enough. You get everything f
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by Kenji 10y ago
I agree, but at this point, I had given up hope. It's better to realise one's mistake late than to never realise it at all. So I'm excited they correct it after all.
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by Kenji 10y ago
I think the stupid decision was to assume that I do something that I do not do and then respond to me based on that assumption. First of all, I am a Windows user 95% of the time. But when I wanna spin up a VM or Linux distro real quick, Ubu
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by Kenji 10y ago
"Six years after making Unity the default user interface on Ubuntu desktops, Canonical is giving up on the project and will switch the default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME next year." Yes, yes yes! That's fantastic! I hate Un
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by Kenji 10y ago
Compare this with taxing people less so they spend money that they themselves need in their immediate vicinity. Your argument is a classic case of the broken window fallacy. The state taketh, the state giveth. Nothing is gained.
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by Kenji 10y ago
Yeah. I wish we had something more decentralised, like e-mail, but for social networks. Like, a standardized social network protocol that most people use (popularity is important here). There is nothing special about what social networks li
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by Kenji 10y ago
>Most financial advisors know nothing I worked at a bank and can confirm. Most financial advisors even lack the basic math skills, they can do linear functions if they are above average. Needless to say, I'm outta there and in tech
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by Kenji 10y ago
I love audio books, but it's not fast enough and it's harder to revisit parts that you didn't quite understand or really liked. Also, it depends a lot on the speaker and whether they themselves understand what they are readin
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by Kenji 10y ago
When I look at this list, I see many books that look very interesting. This seems like exactly the way to look at life which I like. However, I can't read books anymore. I just find it impossible to sit down and keep my nose in front o
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by Kenji 10y ago
You misrepresent me. I did not say "Go live in North Korea". I said "Go live in North Korea if you want there to be no dissenting opinions.", which is a perfectly valid statement. Or are we pretending there's free s
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by Kenji 10y ago
It's so funny to watch how the Americans blame literally every problem they face on their current president. Before, it was 'Thanks, Obama' and before that 'George Bush is such an idiot!'.
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by Kenji 10y ago
Note that China has a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council, along with Saudi Arabia and others like that. It is the ultimate irony. They just don't give a fuck and we western nations place our greed and capitalism over our m
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by Kenji 10y ago
I don't care about what google or facebook do. I worry about this going into legislation. You have no idea how dangerous this is.
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by Kenji 10y ago
I don't know why this got flagged. I vouched. I think it's valuable advice. The only thing I disagree with is rule number 7. Don't say 'thank you' all the time. Be grateful, but show your gratitude with actions. Alw
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by Kenji 10y ago
>All money is fiat money. That's where you started being wrong in your post.
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by Kenji 10y ago
Wow, real dissent right here. Central banker votes a bit different on interest rates. It has zero consequences for him. Do you know what would be real dissent? Scrapping fiat money and going back to money that cannot be created out of thin
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by Kenji 10y ago
I think you handled the situation correctly. You can't do much. Just like you can't do much if a loved one is injured or sick and dying but they do not want to go to a doctor (this actually happened to a friend). It's very ha
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by Kenji 10y ago
"9. Trying to understand everything is a lost cause. In the beginning, I tried to chase down the “why” to every problem I encountered. This isn’t necessary." Nonsense. That is literally the worst advice you could give to an aspiri
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by Kenji 10y ago
I turned my back on academia because in my eyes, it seems to be very toxic towards playful exploration of mathematical or other scientific topics. Often, you are forced into working on one particular issue, whereas exploring maths is more l
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by Kenji 10y ago
I greatly appreciate your comment. I often feel alone with my opinions on hackernews. You are completely right, what you are describing is a case of emotional manipulation (using anger as a tool to increase compliance) and bad parenting can
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by Kenji 10y ago
Yes. And it, too, is psychological torture. I know, people call it educating and raising a kid. Hackernews users don't understand my point because it is too progressive and subtle to understand. I stand firmly for children's right
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by Kenji 10y ago
You don't understand. Imagine that some of your best friends are in another country and your contact to them is cut by means of removing your digital devices. Since children also cannot be allowed outside alone anymore, because the wor
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by Kenji 10y ago
Kids used to get a slap when they misbehaved. Now they face surveillance and psychological torture e.g. by taking away the devices with which they are in contact with their friends and play games. If I was a kid, I'd take the slap over
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by Kenji 10y ago
Why would anyone ever believe what an intelligence agency says? This would be akin to listening to a snake oil salesman about the qualities of snake oil. EDIT: My point is much larger than whether or not they wiretapped Donald Trump. My poi
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by Kenji 10y ago
I tested some more. It closes/crashes the tab when I do not allow requests from facebook.com in frames in uMatrix. I didn't investigate further though, I'm tired from a long and busy day.
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by Kenji 10y ago
Posthaven.com works without problems.

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