Longlius

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by Longlius 11mo ago
How is it an issue for Archive.today? They immediately removed the content upon being notified about it. That's the "standard" level of responsibility for any site that hosts user-uploaded content.
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by Longlius 11mo ago
>Most, if not all VPNs require a proof of identity I've never been asked for proof of identity by a VPN.
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by Longlius 11mo ago
Excuse my somewhat peeved tone, but if parents aren't capable of pressing one (1) button on a iPhone/Android setup screen to turn on the parental controls and content blocking, then perhaps we should be rethinking their capacity t
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by Longlius 1y ago
And which firms in China are controlled by European entities?
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by Longlius 1y ago
As opposed to Google, Meta, and Microsoft?
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by Longlius 1y ago
Anonymity has no real impact on this. People post heinous things under their full legal names just as readily. I'd argue if all it took was people saying some mean things anonymously to change your opinion, then your convictions weren&
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by Longlius 1y ago
Because it's politically expedient. They know the political climate is currently hostile to them requesting H1Bs while doing layoffs. RTO lets them get another round of layoffs without calling them layoffs and avoid the bad PR.
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by Longlius 1y ago
That's because this isn't actually a thing that's happened. I've seen plenty of remote employees fired for not being available during business hours. The idea that we need mass RTO to handle a few problem employees is si
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by Longlius 2y ago
Amazon's ecosystem. Every major publisher is on the kindle store and it's pretty much the first place any indie author self-publishes to. Kindle Unlimited has a pretty good selection of stuff for a flat subscription and (at least
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by Longlius 2y ago
>But then I would also argue that work restrictions are illegal as well. We have a whole host of work restrictions that we have decided are very beneficial for society as a whole. Things like minimum wage, maximum working hours, overtime
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by Longlius 2y ago
Why would you openly admit to committing a crime (visa fraud) on Hacker News?
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by Longlius 2y ago
>The term "security theater" itself is often thrown around to criticize when it's completely undeserved. Lots of people use it to poke fun at the TSA, but the term totally dismisses the fact that hijackings have plummeted
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by Longlius 2y ago
TikTok is popular primarily because it's easy to get to. You're expecting normal people to learn how to sideload applications and that's simply not going to happen at a scale large enough to keep TikTok at critical mass in th
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by Longlius 2y ago
Why would you trust that Lina made the right decisions? Is it simply because of her past work? Even experienced engineers regularly make mistakes. It seems like you show up in these threads to give Lina all the benefit of the doubt and her
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by Longlius 2y ago
Thunderbolt is significantly slower than gen 4 NVME. In the PC world, gen 3 speeds are considered an extreme budget-tier option these days.
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by Longlius 2y ago
They had a lot of problems but power was still highly decentralized (a lot of decisions were left to local and regional party bosses). Human rights were never especially high on the list of priorities but you tended to see the government al
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by Longlius 2y ago
For the same reason we disallow severe product dumping - it's a ploy to build marketshare in an attempt to become hostile to consumers down the road. We don't let companies dump products for a reason.
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by Longlius 2y ago
>thunderbolt (usb c) is owned by Intel. USB-C is distinct from Thunderbolt. And Thunderbolt itself got rolled into USB4 which is now an industry standard rather than one controlled by Intel. Even so, Intel and AMD aren't so hostile
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by Longlius 2y ago
This. By definition, you can't outgrow your customers and yet we continue to see exporting countries try to outgrow their consumer counterparts simply by doubling down on exports rather than transitioning to consumer economies (or wors
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by Longlius 2y ago
This isn't talking about 'unlimited growth.' It's talking about sustaining our current population structure or even tapering it off gracefully rather than facing the steep decline we're dealing with now.
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by Longlius 2y ago
Or dangerous agricultural work like picking and processing tobacco.
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by Longlius 2y ago
A basic coding interview doesn't really cover what companies are looking for. There's a lot of talk about devops and cloud development, which means they're looking for people who are already familiar with developing software
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by Longlius 2y ago
Only ~70% of Americans read at least one book a year.
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by Longlius 2y ago
It's functionally the same - code signing is mandated unless you want your users to get a scary pop-up.
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by Longlius 2y ago
Most blue checks I've encountered are just intentionally engaging in bad faith discourse to farm engagement for the payout, so being able to identify the accounts that can do this is a positive in my book. I tend to block most of blue
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by Longlius 3y ago
I don't even think it's necessarily moderation so much as maintaining these high-traffic projects is now akin to a full-time job minus the pay. At a certain point, companies need to step up and provide funding or engineering work
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by Longlius 3y ago
>irregular interactions You mean like, randomly messaging me on Teams?
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by Longlius 3y ago
I have zero trouble mentoring juniors remotely. These are kids who grew up playing videogames online and it's extremely easy to mentor them via regular teams call. Being unable to do so is a skill issue the part of senior devs to prope
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by Longlius 3y ago
>reality - most people in the US disagree with genocide I'd like to see some sources for a majority of Americans even agreeing that it's a genocide in the first place.
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by Longlius 3y ago
I'm assuming Intel took the contract because they already have the capacity to fulfill it.

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