Unman

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by Unman 10y ago
While applauding the stated mission of Open Whisper Systems to make cryptography usable by large numbers of people I think it is fair to hold Moxie & Co. to the same high standards to which they held PGP: https://moxie.org&#
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by Unman 10y ago
For anyone interested, specialist tandem outfitters used to shave off the heat dissipation fins on old-style Arai drum brakes. The point of said brakes was not to dissipate heat, but to stop the tandem. It is true that very old tandems wi
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by Unman 10y ago
None of those quotes demonstrate anything other than the simple point that someone who has experience in riding a bicycle knows to get their weight back and low so that (per your own quote) it is _nearly impossible_ even on steep hills to e
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by Unman 10y ago
It's not an assumption. You have now repeatedly asserted that you do not know how to.
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by Unman 10y ago
The redundancy point is true. The tandem drum brakes are less to do about heat dissipation than stopping your hands cramp up on a long descent. Often you just actuate the rear drum to provide constant drag on a descent.
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by Unman 10y ago
> Front brake will flip you over in an instant, I know because I've done it, even at slow speeds That's because you simply do not know how to ride a bicycle. In such a situation you need to get your weight back behind the sadd
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by Unman 10y ago
Depends on the specific parts mixed. There's no question that it can be fine...e.g. see http://www.velonews.com/2013/09/bikes-and-tech/drivetrain-co...
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by Unman 10y ago
I guess I do not understand the manner in which you use "ad hoc" to refer to package management. It seems as though you are now talking about cross-distribution package management. It is further confusing that you are contrasting
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by Unman 10y ago
I am interested. How does ad-hoc package management on macOS improve over "Linux" ad-hoc package management?
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by Unman 10y ago
Are you claiming that macOS has better vetting of its packages than Linux? And what do you mean by "Linux" anyway? -- lumping RHEL in with ADistroIMadeInMyGarage is a bit odd.
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by Unman 10y ago
Yes. Doesn't seem like a reliable witness at all.
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by Unman 10y ago
That is superb. Thank you for referencing it.
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by Unman 10y ago
That's another good example. The original post is actually nearly an example of "How to start a flamewar." You can even see the discussion of CETA spawning a long, subsidiary thread which distracts from the central thesis wh
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by Unman 10y ago
Hmmm... while agreeing with the sentiment I am unimpressed by the lack of evidence for one of his supporting examples. What stood out for me was this bald assertion with no reference to falsifiable specifics: "_Not_only_was_it_already
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by Unman 10y ago
The problem is not with the voting system: it's with the fact that most people are vastly under-educated and propagandised -- and that's just the Hacker News population.
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by Unman 10y ago
Ooooh... I like that! There's bound to be a large body of case law on it. This argument (a) suggests that the person(s) constructing and/or maintaining a machine are culpable a. https://books.google.ca/books?id=p
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by Unman 10y ago
Because the occupants of the cars want to get to any and all places where there are non-occupants of cars. The conflicts are inherent. Car use is fundamentally an irrational application of technology that appeals to the lazy.
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by Unman 10y ago
I disagree on that distinction. Pedestrians have not introduced the primed-handgrenade of the automobile into the situation. All dangerous consequences that flow from that introduction are the responsibility of the introducer. Many highwa
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by Unman 10y ago
I simplified it.... always kill those in the car as they are the ones introducing the danger into the situation for their own perceived convenience.
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by Unman 10y ago
The way your (brief) sentence is written it sounds as though the government is given a good deal of credit for imposing the moratorium, whereas there's a good deal of evidence to suggest that they consistenly mis-managed it. It looks a