Novukus

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by Novukus 6y ago
Why would you trust Google with that though?
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by Novukus 6y ago
Forget software, think about every other industry where IP is important to protect R&D. Car manufacturers, machinery, trains, planes, etc. And it's not just the US being hit, it's the EU too. Anywhere where significant and imp
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by Novukus 6y ago
Considering how rampant racism is in law enforcement (not even just in the US) as well as recent events in the US, I would actually say yes. It's "righteous punishment" for not submitting to the law (where law generally means
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by Novukus 6y ago
> Now, I still think police should carry tasers because they're effective on a large spectrum of intermediate / gray area in the use of force continuum and it's much safer for police than many alternatives. But my point is
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by Novukus 6y ago
After seeing plenty of discussions on HN where people expressed how they'd rather keep using Zoom despite 1) clear security issues and 2) the development teams living in China, I didn't feel there was any other way to express the
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by Novukus 6y ago
China stealing IP was a concerning issue in the past 2 decades and it's still an ongoing issue. Yet now we have companies willingly handing over data to a CCP-controlled entity. I'm not sure whether to cry or to laugh.
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by Novukus 6y ago
Guys, guys, it's fine. According to everybody on HN who's so eagerly embraced Zoom and continued to use it even after the security issues, the only thing that matters is that Zoom is the best UX experience for video conferencing.
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by Novukus 6y ago
Hah, it's probably possible, but awesomewm's documentation for this kind of thing isn't great. I've looked into it but was put off by the complexity since I don't have that much time to spend on that kind of thing.
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by Novukus 6y ago
His book is from 2016, which I assume was referencing the 2014 high. https://whyy.org/articles/complaints-excessive-police-force-... > With about a month left in 2017, 15 complaints are on the books, roughly half of
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by Novukus 6y ago
I moved to awesomewm a few years back and I absolutely love it. I can open half a dozen terminals at once and they'll all automatically be ordered in a way that's immediately useful to me, where all the terminals are visible and (
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by Novukus 6y ago
I'm not sure why people always jump to such extremes. When I see "defunding", I see something more like Camden, where they fired all the police officers and hired non-union to form a new police department. https://
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by Novukus 6y ago
Btw, found this while I was looking at research https://www.apa.org/images/2016-06-psa-karpicke-fig2_tcm7-20... (Source: https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2016/06/learning-m
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by Novukus 6y ago
> It never shipped. A lot of beautiful code and proven concepts, and it just got tossed in the dustbin. It doesn't sound it was ever planned to be shipped? It was for experimentation, research and development. And some of that work
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by Novukus 6y ago
It's not necessarily a question of "will this work at all?" but rather a question of effectiveness. Numerous studies have shown that retrieval practice is generally more effective. I'm not sure I've seen a study yet
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by Novukus 6y ago
I'm not sure you read the article with good faith. After the penny example, he goes on to talk about how important retrieval and exertion is to solidifying memories. > Quizzing/testing/assessing one’s knowledge via answeri
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by Novukus 6y ago
> Repetition can be incredibly useful. I can't imagine memorizing vocabulary or simple facts (when was FOO born?) without repetition. Of course, actually using the facts (or vocab) makes them stick better. But use is also repetition
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by Novukus 6y ago
I don't know exactly what US anti-trust law says, but German anti-trust law also considers what kind of power you have over competitors and suppliers to decide whether you're behaving anti-competitively. We call it (roughly transl
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by Novukus 6y ago
The comments here are weirdly anti-science. There've been plenty of discussions about coronaviruses being a potential threat over the years. Given the proximity of bats to major population centres in China, I don't see how anybody
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by Novukus 6y ago
And I look at all the games that are massively improved because there are mods and fixes and I say, it's not worth the cost. I'm not willing to sacrifice the ability for us to improve games just because of cheaters.
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by Novukus 6y ago
I seriously hope these cloud gaming services don't become successful. It's basically giving up all control to publishers and the platform. Say goodbye to mods, fixes, save game editing or other forms of legit single-player cheatin
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by Novukus 6y ago
This is a pretty damn cool idea. Do you only use this at home? I'm thinking about how I would use this when I'm not home, I guess the wifi hotspot on my tablet would suffice?