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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Thank you - yeah, that smells pretty bad. But, although it says "can't be changed", could it not be changed if SwiftUI were changed? An up-to-date compiler would no longer be able to compile projects using older versions of S
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
If the majority of a people consider a thing to not be theft, then there’s a strong argument that it’s more not theft than is, since theft is defined by and for humans. Theft is not simply taking something from someone, it is doing so unjus
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
IMO, getting comfortable with and tuning autocomplete makes this a non-issue, and the benefit of the verbose commands is that they are very discoverable.
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> Ridiculous, permanent, tech debt such as hardcoded compiler exceptions are permanently living in the compiler codebase. A little search-engining didn’t surface info about this, could you point me in the right direction?
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on," Ellison said He's not even trying to frame it as "the weight of crime will be lifted from
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Consumer costs would not go up 10x to put more care into ensuring the continuous operation of critical IT infrastructure. Things like "an update to the software or configuration of critical systems must first be performed on a test sys
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Many honest people confidently assert the truth of statements (including memories) which are false. They’re not lying, they’re just incorrect.
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> Honestly with all the hubbub about superintelligence you'd almost think o1 is secretly plotting the demise of humanity but is not yet smart enough to completely hide it I think the most likely scenario is the opposite: seeing the
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
One of the biggest benefits of a (good) TUI (or GUI) is that it guides someone who doesn't already know exactly what they want to do towards the most relevant information and the most common actions. Once you already know these things,
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Is there not a choice? What is stopping you from converting all your fiat into crypto? This is simply about what choice the majority of people have made, and likely will continue to make.
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
I think we may be passing as ships in the night a little bit - that is, I thought we were talking about cryptocurrency wallets, and the merits of a system with authentication relying entirely on cryptographic secrets. I wish you luck in you
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> We manage to explain people to not poke with scissors into electrical outlets (and make it hard to do so accidentally) - we can manage similar stuff with computers too. I don't think this is a good analogy, because the example is
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Are you referring to a physical lockbox? Because if so, that is certainly not as secure as your bank account, because criminals could not drain your bank account by breaking into a bank, nor could your account’s funds be lost if the physica
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> I believe nearly every single article about setting up a self-managed crypto wallet had stressed out the importance of having a backup. Serious ones had even explained the 3-2-1 rule. Yes, this is why it is incompatible with widespread
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Taking a look at their website, 2 things jump out to me: > A lean operation, leveraging Africa's strength in labour costs Which is of course a euphemism for "leveraging the low wages of African laborers". And: > We purc
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
That depends on the definition of "100% percent recycled plastic". What most people understandably think this means is "Made 100% from plastic that was used in some product and then thrown into a recycling bin". What the
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> employees simply doing what was best for them and bad for the company No surprise there. If you can’t align incentives, then you are going to have trouble getting people to do what you want. Blaming the employees for a company failing
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> It's about 33% in dense areas and 55% in suburban areas. Which actually doesn't improve the driving situation. Are the suburbs not one of the easier places for autonomous vehicles? I’d think the lower traffic, larger roads, a
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
I work exclusively on the display of a 15-inch laptop, and I frequently have 2, less frequently 3, tiled windows.
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> So, hiding true intentions and needs is better? No, it is illegal. Your proposed law would have the opposite effect of the law that passed: every company would include this in their employment contract and would have legal protections
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> The relevant decryption keys are split into parts and are never kept in the same place as the data they protect. As a result, several court orders from different jurisdictions are required to force us to give up any data. Or the CEO an
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> Direct involvement with scams? You got to be kidding me. This guy is worth 15 billion USD, he does need to do anything. I have no knowledge about this and make no assumptions about whether or not he is involved in any kind of financial
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
I disagree, as this implies that an interest of zero is the normal default. Why would it be? Why would someone lend someone else money, when they get nothing for it?
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
No one wants to perform customer support either. Generally, people who are smart and capable of offering good support will stop doing it because there are more fruitful and enjoyable things for them to do.
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Yep. All the time when I worked in IT: Me: Please try these 3 things and let me know how it goes: (list of 3 things with instructions) Them: I tried (thing #1) and it didn’t work. Me: Thank you, please try these 2 things and let me know how
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
I think calling it a panic response is appropriate. To me, that evokes a person doing irrational things to try and fix a sudden and distressing situation.
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
It's a good reminder that if things get bad, people will just start burning things to try and appease the gods.
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
I think your intuition was correct, it is generally (but not entirely) about modeling behaviors from the physical world with code (for art rather than science).
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
> And why else would you open source something? It's nice to know when you're building something on top of other tech that if you need to, you can dig in to the code and fix issues. If the company folds, and you rely on their t
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by Vegenoid 2y ago
Yes. I think what makes some people unhappy is the perceived inequality: you can do whatever you want with my contributions, but I can't do whatever I want with the software. But there simply has to be control and restrictions over the

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