PureParadigm

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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Maybe something to do with the uncanny valley [1]? It's mostly real, but just fake enough to feel... off. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Right. I'm not arguing for or against voting by mail or absentee ballots. I'm only pointing out that these voting methods come with risks, and it's better to be aware of the risks when deciding whether we want mail/absen
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
> First, all these alleged problems exist for absentee ballots, and yet no one complains about that. Fair enough. > Second, voting fraud is exceptionally rare in the United States This doesn't make sense as a justification for r
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
> If your vote was coerced you can always request another ballot, which invalidates the first. And whoever is coercing you could also ask for the info for the My Voter Status website [1] and verify that the ballot that the person coerci
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
One criticism I see often of many electronic voting systems also applies to vote by mail: it does not protect against external pressure or buying votes. Someone could easily offer to buy blank ballots (especially from poor voters who may ne
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Sure, you may think all these people are racist. Does calling them racist change anyone's mind? No, it just makes them and their supporters mad at you and just poisons the well. Instead, debate the policies. Explain why they're wr
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
> Online misinformation can kill people [...] Such content should be forced off mainstream platforms. Censorship can kill people. Look at China's initial reaction to COVID19, to name a timely example. Admittedly, YouTube doesn'
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
You're absolutely right with the advertising aspect. YouTube is not simply a video hosting platform. It is also an advertising platform. YouTube's dominance is not because video is impossible to host but because YouTube takes care
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
I agree with what you say here. Freedom of speech does not obligate YouTube to give anyone a platform, as they are a private entity. It does not obligate anyone to listen to you. What the top level comment is saying though, is that just bec
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
It's incredibly unlikely you'll agree with the powers that be on every issue, so you'll find yourself deplatformed, and unable to speak out against injustice. As you mentioned, you feel that the powers that be are suppressing
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Yes, as the parent mentions, YouTube can do the same kind of content curation from a legal point of view. The question is whether YouTube is a platform where we should advocate for less censorship/more freedom. I think that since YouTu
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
I use Syncthing [1] and restic [2]. I use restic to backup the important things to several backends, including a home server (Raspberry Pi equivalent) and cloud storage. If you worry about getting your software/operating system up and
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
I just keep Wireguard on even when on my home network. With NAT Loopback on the router this works fine. Is there a reason to have it off?
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Right, that's why I said robust. But I'd push back against the idea that a normal user shouldn't be expected to have backups that are safe in such an event. If you want to guard against rogue software (or clumsy fingers in th
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
RAID is not a replacement for backups. In the case with Steam the top level comment mentioned, all files writable by the user were deleted (including mounted drives in /media). RAID might protect you against hardware failure, but you a
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
You might be interested in Syncthing [1] with the option to keep previous file versions enabled. I use it as one layer in my backup policy by having it on my computers+phone. If I take a picture on my phone, it is synced within minutes to m
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
You can have his fortitude in the face of all your files being deleted if you have a robust, automated backup policy. One of my professors used to say that he should be able to destroy your laptop, buy you an equivalent new one, and you sho
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Yes, they're temporary. The concern is that if the shut down ends soon (seems unlikely but who knows) then it will delay an economic recovery until the temporary benefits expire. For a faster economic recovery we would want as many peo
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
As current college student who went to a competitive (but not the most competitive) Silicon Valley high school a few years ahead of you, your story rings true. I thought I'd share my story to show my post-graduation perspective. In my
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
I've been typing Dvorak on my computer since middle school and so I thought it'd naturally be a good idea to switch my phone... turns out not so much. While having all the common letters on the home row is good for regular typing,
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Thanks! I like that you can delete on mouse movement -- I think it's actually better and more intuitive than my original suggestion.
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
Awesome! Another option if you don't want to take over right-click behavior could be shift-click (holding shift and clicking), or similar.
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
I realize the point of this is to be simple, but I can't see myself using it unless there is some way to delete elements after they have been created (maybe dragging a diagonal line with right click should delete anything in the box de
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
It does not name specific sources, but it is not hard to find some. For example, in my programs I check passwords against the API provided by haveibeenpwned.com. More context from the guidance below from https://pages.nist.gov&#x
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
For code signing to work you need to trust whoever is signing the code. As you mentioned, with HTTPS, all the contents are already signed by the web server. If Jitsi published a native app and signed it, would that even help you? You still
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
According to NIST's memorized secret (aka password) guidelines [1]: > When processing requests to establish and change memorized secrets, verifiers SHALL compare the prospective secrets against a list that contains values known to b
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
There's a lot of discussion here about key exchange, and how you need to trust whatever service is managing the keys. From the demo, it looks like the key is basically a password. If you can share the password out-of-band through anoth
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
> It seems clear that there has to be a single key, rather than separate keys for each pair of participants, since in a large meeting we need all video streams running through a server and everyone receiving the same streams, for managea
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
I don't think there's an easy answer. It will very much depend on your hardware and what kind of software you run. I'd say the best way to tell is just to try it, measure performance, and compare results.
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by PureParadigm 6y ago
On Signal you're encouraged to verify out-of-band (such as in person) with the "safety number" which allows users to verify each other's keys to prevent a man-in-the-middle attack. This way you'll notice if the init

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