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by codesforhugs 2y ago
I think it's part ignorance, part exceptionalism. Backdoors sound simple, and if you're thinking about physical backdoors people are generally pretty good at protecting them. That this is largely because they have a lot of charact
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by codesforhugs 5y ago
For me personally the difference is that with social networking I'm reacting to something someone else posted or vice versa, which makes it organic. Being cold contacted on the other hand generally results in exchanges that feel stilte
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by codesforhugs 6y ago
One big factor is simply that a customs authority can dictate whatever process it wishes for ships who want to load/unload cargo there. It's also not just customs, there are a ton of ancillary processes related to berthing - thing
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
The one thing I miss about old docking stations is that they were basically a bunch of dumb wires. I've had to power cycle my Thunderbolt dock a couple of times because its software managed to hang itself.
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
I've wondered if someone in Airbus is currently investigating how they would fare under similar scrutiny, but I suspect the answer is no.
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
Gridlock problems are particular to two party systems. A modern constitution would also include voting methods that don't result in a two party system. You could also reduce the risk by the constitution itself being exempt from sunsett
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
What floors me about this article is that the data comes from phone users who have installed TruMotion based software. In other words they know their driving behavior is being actively tracked, and they STILL use their phones while driving.
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
The fundamental problem with incentives is that they're asymmetric in nature: The incentivee has a lot more time (and direct motivation) to come up with a way to game the incentive than the incentivizer can spend when setting it. The o
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
If I were writing the constitution for a representative democracy today, I think it would include mandatory sunsets for all legislation. Yes, this would lead to the legislature spending a lot of time just reauthorizing existing legislation,
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
While originally created for a very different purpose, I think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loglan and other logical languages would be a great basis for computer code.
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
The difference between your cake and real life programs is that business processes tend to be rife with exceptions and details — frequently exceptions that are unknown at initial design time. The whole reason for the existence of iterative
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
Yes, that's usually what enterprises end up doing for their second SAP implementation after the first one crashes and burns.
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
They do a serious amount of pure research. If you haven't before, it's interesting to browse https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research and see just how broad it is.
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by codesforhugs 7y ago
It's honestly trivial for me. I use a budgeting app (YNAB) that downloads transactions daily, and spend maybe 15 minutes a week total on it. I don't even record most transactions on the fly, but I know where we've used our ca
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by codesforhugs 8y ago
You can see it in most search engines, and after the Ethiopian crash Kayak announced they'll add an aircraft type filter. Other flight search engines will probably follow suit.
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by codesforhugs 8y ago
It doesn't take a huge amount of research to learn of altenatives like uncensoreddns.org so I think it is a little lazy to just go with Cloudflare.
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by codesforhugs 8y ago
A missing piece of information here may be that bicycle lanes on major streets in Copenhagen are physically separated from the roadway by a curb, so the only vehicle/bicycle interactions are at intersections.
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by codesforhugs 8y ago
SciAm recently had a good article about these policies and the challenges they face: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surrendering-to-r...
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by codesforhugs 8y ago
I consider that too, but that's really just because the risk is acceptable to me compared to the hassle of airports, TSA and car rental.
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by codesforhugs 9y ago
Cars with push buttons have ways to access ACC mode too, but they differ so you will usually need a manual to find out how.
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by codesforhugs 10y ago
Aurora 4X is almost literally that, but a very interesting take on the epic space 4X nonetheless.
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by codesforhugs 12y ago
Generally agree, but it depends a lot on the query. I find that join syntax especially is more readable in the query style.