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541.
by aftbit 2y ago
It seems intuitively wrong that you can say "All X are Y" and yet that doesn't imply "At least one X exists".
542.
by aftbit 2y ago
This is called out in the article: >Note: this question was originally set in a maths exam, so the answer assumes some basic assumptions about formal logic. A liar is someone who only says false statements.
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by aftbit 2y ago
Personally, I would suggest trying out GrapheneOS on a modern Pixel before going to iPhone. They remove 80% of the Google annoyances and have a very good security profile compared to anything rooted and most custom ROMs that don't both
544.
by aftbit 2y ago
>Maybe this is silly to you. But framing the problem as “come up with a function that looks like it adds entropy but is reversible” was a lot easier for me to think about than “preserve bijectivity between these two sets. IMO that's
545.
by aftbit 2y ago
Along the same vein, the armor from The Golden Transcendence series is incredibly cool, but basically magic. I remember there being a pretty cool mech suit in The Expanse too.
546.
by aftbit 2y ago
I'll second that recommendation. It's relatively short and enjoyable, at least when compared to a lot of Peter Watts.[1] I'd really like to read the obvious sequel that the ending sets up. 1: Don't get me wrong, I loved
547.
by aftbit 2y ago
Anywhere in the world, you might be "one <what if> away from <unsolvable problems>." That's not a US-specific thing. The US is better at some things and worse at others. Obviously we all make these choices on diff
548.
by aftbit 2y ago
>Once all the software has been fixed (except for SMTP, which is unfixable, in a multitude of ways even beyond its choice of line endings), we can all stop worrying over "\r\n" and just send simple "\n" line terminato
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by aftbit 2y ago
See then it's not hardwired at all. It is equally vulnerable to a reflash. Apple just did hardware security (i.e. signed firmware) better and also are relying on security through obscurity (its not a publicly available part).
550.
by aftbit 2y ago
>The actual firmware is indeed flashable, but the part is not a generic part and there are mechanisms in place to verify the image being flashed. That might make it harder to develop a hack, but one would hope that if the hardware team t
551.
by aftbit 2y ago
Have you ever seen the corners of a car that has been parked in a big East-coast city? They will sustain damage during the course of normal operation and storage, and many people will not stop and leave their insurance information, especial
552.
by aftbit 2y ago
Are there any self-hosted options that are even remotely competitive? I have tried Whisper2 a fair bit, and it seems to work okay in very clean situations, like adding subtitles to movie dialog, but not so well when dealing with multiple sp
553.
by aftbit 2y ago
My mom once worked as a gas station attendant and general gopher, back when gas stations had car repair shops attached (late 70s). She used to chain smoke as well. Whenever a customer would complain, she would intentionally spill a tiny bit
554.
by aftbit 2y ago
>Biden’s decision to allow the use of long-range weapons seems like a tactical political move designed to make Trump’s life significantly harder from day one. I have a different take on this, basically parroting Perun on YouTube. The lam
555.
by aftbit 2y ago
It seems fundamentally unreasonable for the flight processing system to entirely shut itself down just because it detected that one flight plan had corrupt data. Some degree of robustness should be expected from this system IMO.
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by aftbit 2y ago
>Excessive flashing Pinebuds can potentially brick the device. Jeez that's not great. Hard to develop on these devices when too many flashes kills them.
557.
by aftbit 2y ago
Sure but that argument could be equally extended to extremes like "why bother even trying people, we can just put all suspects in jail, 99% of them are guilty anyway."
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by aftbit 2y ago
IMO if it is legal for police to lie to me, it should be legal for me to lie to the police too. Under oath in a courtroom is a totally different thing.
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by aftbit 2y ago
SELinux could prevent this, if that is what you wanted.
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by aftbit 2y ago
You're intended to run gofmt on every save. golang is designed to be a sort of straight-jacket that forces everyone to write code in the same way (style etc) so that the junior devs can understand it clearly.
561.
by aftbit 2y ago
My mistake - I reread your post, and I understand you to be saying that a nuclear plant generates a 10^6 (USA million) times as much long-lived radioactive waste as a coal plant for each unit of energy. As everyone acknowledges, coal plants
562.
by aftbit 2y ago
Sure, the spent fuel is considerably more radioactive per kilogram, but how many kilograms of coal does a typical plant burn in a decade, versus how many kilograms of nuclear fuel are spent?
563.
by aftbit 2y ago
>Nuclear power plants are largely considered as one of the most reliable sources of energy. Inside the plants, reactors use fission to heat water into steam, which is then used to spin turbines and produce carbon-free electricity. Howeve
564.
by aftbit 2y ago
I like the strategy used by multi-function displays in plane cockpits. They have physical buttons along the side that can trigger different actions, labelled by text and icons on the screen alongside the button. This allows you to find and
565.
by aftbit 2y ago
Yes, 100%! We do not have a real "public square" on the internet. The whole thing is a private mall, owned and operated by a dozen or so large public companies. If I want to host something large-scale which is legal but unpalatabl
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by aftbit 2y ago
I hate the narratives around voting security in the US. One side says that it is totally secure, basically 0 fraud, most secure election in history, etc etc. The other side claims that the election was completely stolen from them by voting
567.
by aftbit 2y ago
Bees gather pollen. In the fall, as temperatures get lower, they still want to keep gathering pollen, but sometimes they run out of warmth and energy to fly all the way back to the nest. Thus you will find bees sleeping on flowers through t
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by aftbit 2y ago
Dropbox has been using Zookeeper since the beginning. I assume they are just familiar with running it and understand its guarantees better.
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by aftbit 2y ago
>In response to another question about ongoing layoffs and reorganizations and what might be coming in the future, Pichai said, "If we are making companywide decisions, we'll definitely let you know." Yeah right, they&#x27
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by aftbit 2y ago
I'm in this dystopia: WFH, delivery groceries, delivery meals when I'm feeling lazy. If I didn't have a dog, I'd probably only leave my house on the weekend. IMO it's not so bad. I don't miss grocery shopping.

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