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by buran77 6y ago
I meant it the other way around. The non-reversible type A does not have this extra pair regardless of standard. But the type C is reversible and short of having pins automatically reconfigure based on the detected position, the only straig
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by buran77 6y ago
Isn't that a direct outcome of the reversibility aspect? [0] Technically it has 2 of everything. [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/US...
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by buran77 6y ago
A standard USB 3.1 type A connector has 9 pins. The reversible type C has 3 extra pins (SBU, CC, VBUS), not counting the doubling caused by making it reversible. So while the reversibility doubled the number of pins, the increased complexit
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by buran77 6y ago
> the statute describes two ways in which an OSP can be put on notice of infringing material on its system: 1) notice from the copyright owner, known as notice and take down, and 2) the existence of "red flags." > The "
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by buran77 6y ago
> governments created an impression that corruption is a marginal problem, that it does not exist. Governments create the impression that small, widespread corruption is the one that counts. The one where you pay a cop to get out of a sp
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by buran77 6y ago
Between all the people looking at a problem you'll probably get every possible solution and one (or more) of them could be correct. Hindsight reinforces that opinion and makes it look more certain than it was at the time. But would you
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by buran77 6y ago
> how it could be legal to automatically send DMCA takedown requests Because the ones benefiting from this lobbied their way into getting it. And to extract the most value they implemented automated means of doing it. Not only does this
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by buran77 6y ago
I'm sure all that is true. That's exactly why competition is so strong in the low end and why it's a race to the bottom for quality and price. The most accessible ways of making a product cheaper are mass production, and repl
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by buran77 6y ago
This is true but in many companies they won't give you the 4 10s option. The reason is that the company can cut 20% pay but realistically set the same targets (where possible). So the expectations don't realistically drop by 20%,
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by buran77 6y ago
The difference between cheap and expensive (luxury) products is the margin. Manufacturers of cheap wine have to sell a lot to make a profit because they can't afford to charge any premium. This means going as fast, cheap, and low qua
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by buran77 6y ago
I never found much sense in this line of reasoning. MS as a corporation is an abstract legal concept with a name. Every action taken under this "umbrella" is an executive's decision (or a group's), not the actual abstrac
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by buran77 6y ago
It doesn't make it ok at all. But this is a double edged sword. Just keeping this in the public eye but without hard action against it simply normalizes the situation as "problem that's only big enough to complain about"
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by buran77 6y ago
> That's completely missing the point of the exercise No it's not, you're just too invested in your example to realize there is no point to the exercise you proposed. A model where up to 90% of data (the "unexperien
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by buran77 6y ago
Imagining things is never the same as facing a finality that has been ingrained throughout your life in your psyche. You can't accurately imagine being old until you're old. You can't accurately imagine being right at the edg
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by buran77 6y ago
Reliability is there to keep your things running smoothly during normal operations. Backups are there for when you reach the end of your reliability rope. Neither is really a good replacement for the other. The most reliable systems will st
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by buran77 6y ago
It's not paranoia if you're right. All of the risks GP is protecting against are things that happen to someone every day, and they should be seen like wearing the seat belt in a car.
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by buran77 6y ago
It's the typical "think of the children" or "but the terrorists" approach. Everyone is treated like a criminal because some of them could be. Calling the users "criminals" makes it harder to defend them at
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by buran77 6y ago
Well you're technically correct but I was hoping my point was clear beyond the vocabulary nit-picking. This being said I also suggested "the right amount" of value such companies should put on those skills is none, because it
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by buran77 6y ago
> You've described a situation where technologies are being deployed inappropriately by an organization ill-equipped to handle the ongoing effort required. I took the archetypal "non-technical companies" you gave as an exa
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by buran77 6y ago
> non-technical companies sometimes strongly undervalue IT or programming expertise Half of this is actually the right way to do it. On one hand undervaluing IT in almost any company these days is a major problem waiting to blow up. IT i
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by buran77 6y ago
> full self driving tech Full self driving tech is presumably (and by definition) fully able to handle things by itself. We're talking about "partial self driving tech" (SAE L3) which relies on the driver taking over when
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by buran77 6y ago
The challenge self driving cars face is that being "overall better" is probably not enough. Regressions in certain segments would hardly be acceptable for anyone. You can't tell people "FSD cars lowered overall deaths by
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by buran77 6y ago
I objected just to the framing of the example. The question "why would minority change anything in the case of books?" is a good one. And I believe it makes a hell of a difference in this particular case (while it did not in the b
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by buran77 6y ago
There's a bit of a discussion here, you can promote either option depending on how you frame your hypothetical which means this particular framing doesn't add to the conversation. Take "medicine" and "side effects o
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by buran77 6y ago
Sure it's a funny checklist but not very useful since it can be used to dismiss anything. Coal can generate a lot of electricity even in the dark or in the gentlest of breezes yet we still develop tech for solar or wind power.
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by buran77 6y ago
That's the problem, no such system can guarantee it gives you a minimum amount of time. Some situations appear and develop in less than 3 seconds (think small child jumping in front of your car from between parked cars). You might only
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Apple clarifies iOS default music app feature, and it’s not what people thought(arstechnica.com)
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by buran77 6y ago
> people do jump to conclusion Just about as much as titles like to feed this habit. They're designed to leave the wrong impression in order to trigger a reaction. " Jeff Bezos becomes a trillionaire thanks to lettuce ". I
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by buran77 6y ago
Exactly. People have to wrap their heads around the fact that "fueling" a BEV will not follow the same philosophy as fueling an ICE. And it shouldn't, it should play to the strengths of BEVs. They can be charged anywhere, at
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by buran77 6y ago
Almost every problem is solvable if you throw enough money at it. My point isn't that we're stuck with an unsolvable situation but that EV manufacturers are driving up sales faster than they, governments, or other companies are bu

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