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by barbs 6y ago
Are you suggesting there's some sort of security issue currently? Only asking because I noticed I was logged out of HN recently and don't remember logging out myself.
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by barbs 6y ago
Why was it so bad?
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by barbs 6y ago
I've not had an issue with openshot personally, though I haven't had to much more than trimming. I use arch linux, so whatever the latest version released on that.
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by barbs 6y ago
A good open-source PDF reader I've used in the past on Windows is Sumatra. Very lightweight and functional. https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html
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by barbs 6y ago
I feel like there are lots of mathematical / programming concepts that could be explained through animation. Anyone got any good examples?
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by barbs 6y ago
Awesome. Maybe now I can finally understand the fast inverse square root hack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
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by barbs 6y ago
Australian here, too. That's a pretty uncharitable and baseless generalisation. His accent is pretty consistent over his videos and in radio interviews [0], and he strikes me as being a pretty genuine, funny person. Of course, he'
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by barbs 6y ago
I think it would go a long way in establishing trust if they release the source code, even if you can't perfectly prove that the binaries are built from it. They would have to be outright lying if that wasn't the case.
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by barbs 6y ago
Is there a way to implement reproducible builds for apps released on Google Play? Because that's where the vast majority of people will be downloading the app from. Also, I don't think there's any such solution for iOS.
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by barbs 6y ago
I think it's less about whether or not they can get sued for breaching the license than it is about being transparent and trustworthy.
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by barbs 6y ago
Especially since the upstream project appears to be GPL-licensed. Sure, they could have contacted the original developer and obtained a different license, but why would they do that? As far as we can tell, it looks like a breach of the lice
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by barbs 6y ago
Yeah it's true https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/blue...
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by barbs 6y ago
Awkward name, and it would be nice to have a web-interface, but cool!
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by barbs 6y ago
Legit was what I was thinking. I want to make this.
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by barbs 6y ago
True, though I like to think the characters are so well-defined in the community's consciousness that it wouldn't be hard to come up with good jokes (e.g. https://mobile.twitter.com/SeinfeldToday ) Besides, it&#x27
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by barbs 7y ago
Relevant Vice article: Why Do We Play Video Games That Feel Like Work? (2015) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4x38aq/why-do-we-play-vid...
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by barbs 7y ago
I've only discovered Proton recently and I'm very impressed. I'm no stranger to using Wine to get games running in Linux, but Proton makes the whole process so easy. And Wine itself has come a long way even in the past few ye
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by barbs 7y ago
I would refuse to work for an employer if they wanted me to use that.
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by barbs 7y ago
In my experience, context switching is more a problem in the short-term, where you're working on two problems at once and switching between them constantly. Or, when you're working on one thing and you're interrupted by a que
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by barbs 7y ago
Yeah sort of - although I kind of meant less about being available to drop everything and work on something immediately vs. just being around to answer questions perhaps that may or may not be urgent.
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by barbs 7y ago
1. Perhaps employees would be more likely to stick around if they were happier in general with part-time hours, so less hiring would happen in the long run? 2. I think working full-time hours is not actually the same as max efficiency. 3. U
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by barbs 7y ago
I feel like there's a difference between being available 5 days a week 9-5 and actually working those hours, and it seems like you would value the former. It feels like there could be some sort of compromise between the two, where empl
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by barbs 7y ago
True. I think it's important to remember that it's ultimately not your obligation or responsibility to help others, it is a gift. I've found this mental distinction allowed me to create healthy boundaries around my time and r
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by barbs 7y ago
I think PGP has played an important part in propagating encrypted communication, and I think it's still quite useful as a tool for teaching/learning about asymmetric encryption, but there's just way too much friction for prac
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by barbs 7y ago
That sounds horrific, I'm so sorry
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by barbs 7y ago
Can recommend the older iPhone SE. Same size and shape, upgraded specs, latest OS.
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by barbs 7y ago
Is there a screensaver version of this? Or a way to turn this into a screensaver?
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by barbs 7y ago
I'm hoping this recent announcement will highlight the gap left in the market for 4-inch phones.
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by barbs 7y ago
How often do you have to charge it?
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by barbs 7y ago
How does this differ from the project it forked from (MenuetOS)?

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