Klathmon

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by Klathmon 8y ago
But it's the user using a tool to do one thing (block ads) which someone has taken to an extreme (block all requests which could potentially be used for tracking, and treats different players differently depending on sentiment in a lot
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by Klathmon 8y ago
It's less that it's BSD based, and more that they are on super old versions of all the GNU tools due to license issues. Needing to update bash and coreutils on MacOS sucks, and even then I can't rely on all other developers I
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Microsoft really needs to solve or at least mitigate these issues. I've been using Windows as my main development environment for mainly JavaScript and Python for like 5 years now, and I've felt every single one of these pain poin
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by Klathmon 8y ago
>It's more like you've erected a billboard, and the Campaign Against Ugly Billboards have given some people AR glasses which edit out the billboard .. and a bit more of your storefront. It's not really in the same category
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by Klathmon 8y ago
And this again is the core of the issue. In the instance I'm talking about, the app was about reminders for taking medications. Having those go off at 3am local time because you flew to Hawaii for a week doesn't do you any good. N
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by Klathmon 8y ago
>But don't forget the good old HTTP access logs, which give you all this information anyway without having to load extra scripts. But that's my point, whole domains have been added to EasyList under these rules that break the e
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by Klathmon 8y ago
> There is no guarantee that your first party tracker does not relay information to a third party via your web server. You have no guarantees at all, but that information is always sent across, and in many cases must be sent to even make
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by Klathmon 8y ago
At some point that code has to be removed. They can't keep every old option and code path around forever, it's just not sustainable. There's a cost to using outdated systems, and this is it. If you need it, you can proxy requ
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by Klathmon 8y ago
I'm always surprised people are willing to give random developers that much control over their browser when installing extensions like that. I've had so many things break because someone somewhere didn't think a request was v
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Im open to discussion, but I fail to see how any of this would benefit the user in any way. The first 2 are basically unenforceable, and depending on the definition would happen so often as to make it easier to hide real issues, or would on
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by Klathmon 8y ago
We need to stop using analogies with hardware. Software is fundamentally different and they don't apply in a lot of cases. And in my opinion this is one of them. While I agree that not all bugs are the same level of severity, if there
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by Klathmon 8y ago
What are they? Because making a forced bugfix reporting system seems like pointless busywork if the public can't have access to it (and to be honest, it sounds pointless even if they do).
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by Klathmon 8y ago
IIRC Google also uses (or used) a similar system for deprecating old APIs. Start with failing 1% of requests randomly and slowly ramp up from there.
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by Klathmon 8y ago
I don't think automatic updates would be as disruptive as you think. And having the ability to disable them and apply updates manually, combined with some forewarning like you are talking about (an email that says your router will rest
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Thats fair! I just keep seeing a lot of comments whenever something happens about how "SpaceX might get to launch sooner", and it kinda annoys me because there's a pretty well set schedule and they aren't going to cut co
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by Klathmon 8y ago
NASA doesn't normally push timelines up like that. They aren't "holding back" SpaceX, the validation, testing, and scheduling mostly has little to do with others, and more to do with validating SpaceX alone.
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Why though? Why get rid of screen space that could be used for something? If you really hate that space being used, there are several apps out there that "disable" it by pushing the whole screen to treat that space as if it were b
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by Klathmon 8y ago
>Fairly sure if you could remove the fingerprint sensor entirely you would. I personally would absolutely not unless face-id style things became MUCH more powerful. The only reason I have face-unlock enabled on my android device is for t
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Until one of us shows some kind of proof, we are both just guessing. Now companies might do dumb stuff, but they don't just continue to grow and dominate by making exclusively bad decisions. Google is built on targeted advertising, and
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by Klathmon 8y ago
I find that extremely unlikely, only because companies aren't entirely stupid, and if MANY companies have started doing that in this space, and since they started it their profits have gone up significantly, it points to this kind of t
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by Klathmon 8y ago
My thought was it would be something that would get more secure the more knew about it, similar to math proofs or cryptography code. A way to verify a chip is working as expected in a way that it can't be gamed without breaking multipl
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by Klathmon 8y ago
>Using ML, tracking and profiling to give me ads for the fridge I did buy last week is not relevant Come on, that's not what they are trying to do and you know it. There's so many valid arguments you could make, why use a straw
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by Klathmon 8y ago
>Bitcoin transaction fees can be as high as $50! 1. This isn't bitcoin 2. They were that high once, and have not been again 3. Point 2 really doesn't hold since they will be that high again if it ever gains mass appeal, however
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Yes, but it's not as bad as you think (i can't fool my pixel with a picture for instance), and it's never unlocked for anyone else. It also disables it if there are any failed login attempts, and requires a "something yo
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Well Android does have a "face-id" kind of system built in that works with the camera alone. It's not as advanced, but Google's thing is using software to really make it a nice product, and the face unlock works really w
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by Klathmon 8y ago
I came in a little hot in that comment, and pushed some of the arguments to their extreme, so I want to apologise for that. But I really appreciate the response! It's a nice breath of fresh air when someone responds like you did, espec
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by Klathmon 8y ago
As someone that flipped the power switch on a rack mounted machine by accident before, I could see how a power button or switch would be consitered a liability more than a benefit, especially when the solution (pull the power cable) is simp
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by Klathmon 8y ago
Is there any way to solve this problem without needing a "trusted manufacturer"? I know it won't probably won't apply to general purpose motherboards or devices, but is there a way to design or build some components or d
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by Klathmon 8y ago
The first one seems to change it how I want, but the second doesn't. And it doesn't stick around after closing the powershell prompt. And while I'm sure there's a way to make it persist, a shell's power is in it&#x2
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by Klathmon 8y ago
I didn't mean to imply that it was a PS creation, or that it was impossible to change, only that it's how PS handles tab completion, and that I dislike it. Being able to change defaults is nice, but the power of PS or bash is that

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