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by creato 3y ago
> Basically: Climate doomerism is a problem, yes. But climate change is also a problem, one that our power structures seem completely unwilling to address. And in such an environment, Climate doomerism is kind of a logical outcome: we kn
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by creato 3y ago
For security critical projects, it seems like it would make sense to try to set up the build infrastructure to error (or at least warn!) when binary files are being included in the build. This should be done transitively, so when linux dist
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by creato 3y ago
That’s of course a fine approach for you. I think a big part of the problem in this case is not with the maintainer, but with the critical software that took a dependency on this hobby project (in the maintainer’s own words).
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by creato 3y ago
I think there are huge factors that push things both for and against open source here. Yes, you get more eyes and people like Andres Freund. However, if this had been a mole in a company, he wouldn't be able to hide behind a possibly a
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by creato 3y ago
> Honestly this attempt makes me think that the entire c/c++ language stack and ecosystem is the problem. All these software shenanigans should not be needed in a piece of software like openssh but it's possible because it&#x27
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by creato 3y ago
One of the takeaways from this to me is that there is way too much sketchy bullshit happening in critical system software. Prebuilt binary blobs [1]? Rewriting calls to SIMD enhanced versions at runtime [2]? Disabling sanitizers [3]? In
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by creato 3y ago
I guess it depends on what you look for. I haven't bought a flight in a while, but I just looked at kayak and google flights for comparison. Google flights is a much simpler, more direct UI, and it feels a lot more responsive. In parti
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by creato 3y ago
This isn't solely about data collection, that is a distraction. A very effective distraction given that privacy issues are like catnip to HN.
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by creato 3y ago
All of the "low-nm" process fabs on that wiki page are in the US (with one in Ireland).
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by creato 3y ago
It's amazing to me the number of people ranting at each other about this, when it seems like straight up BS. Intel's current and past manufacturing sites are not in low cost of living locations: https://en.wikipedia.o
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by creato 3y ago
> They closed because it was cheaper to build in other countries, or to outsource from contractors who build in other countries (where organized labor doesn't exist). The U.S. lost thousands of high-paying (and tax-paying) labor pos
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by creato 3y ago
> but an eye for an eye doesn't end well This is the only thing that governs international relations. Look at visa reciprocity, trade agreements, etc. for examples.
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by creato 3y ago
Visual Studio (not VSCode) has this for C++, though it can be a bit finicky. It’s infinitely better than AI autocomplete, which just makes shit up half the time.
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by creato 3y ago
I think you need to think about society as something that can only "buffer" a few months of productivity, or a few years at most. It doesn't matter what monetary system you use to value things. Prices will adjust to reflect s
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by creato 3y ago
> I don't recognize anyone's right to devalue the product of my labor If you were operating in a barter economy, as you seem to wish for, the value of your labor would not be guaranteed to have stable value either, and would li
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by creato 3y ago
How do you distinguish "retribution" from eliminating the threat posed by (in your words) a terrorist government? What do you propose as an alternative? Simply allow the terrorist government to continue to operate unimpeded, which
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by creato 3y ago
Such cars also have rotating the tires as part of the maintenance schedule. If you rotate the tires, I don't think the difference in size will be significant. > Think of this scenario. What happens when someone sits in the back seat
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by creato 3y ago
> Chronic litterbugs don't care, they're often low enough on the hierarchy of needs that this kind of morality isn't on their radar at all. I used to think trash around my neighborhood was from just a general mass of peopl
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by creato 3y ago
> And maybe you can clarify how you surveyed the "large minority" who for some reason want racist, unfair behaviours. You've really betrayed your post here if you think that objecting to the current behavior of Gemini is &
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by creato 3y ago
> I co-founded a pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful consumer-facing video company around 2006 called Revver that had to deal with moderation issues quite early on. The idea that we would use this power in a politically biased way nev
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by creato 3y ago
Characterizing influence as "bad" no matter what is also questionable. Yes, the US attempted influenced other countries especially during the cold war. So did Russia. Would you rather live in a country influenced by the US, or Rus
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by creato 3y ago
I don’t know, in the world you want, gamers don’t have GPUs, and NVIDIA has less money. The only winners are people buying hardware for data centers.
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by creato 3y ago
They'd run into the exact same problems getting rights of way. There may be incompetence in administration, but it's not the only problem.
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by creato 3y ago
HSBC probably got a few percent of that $880M in fees/interest/whatever. So unless they were laundering ~100x more than that, the fines absolutely did make all of that crime (even if it wasn't the full extent of it) net negat
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by creato 3y ago
This has to be a troll post, right? Europe just spent two decades funding the military force invading it right now by importing fossil fuels from its invader in great quantities. Simultaneously, Europe let its ability to defend itself atrop
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by creato 3y ago
The government only claimed to identify you with that number for one purpose. The motivation for fraud would be a lot lower if that was the way it was still. The problem is third parties abused that number for their own purposes. Imagine if
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by creato 3y ago
But they are the only ones with physical access to the container. Obviously it requires some cooperation between the two agencies, and the lack of cooperation is what is being criticized.
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by creato 3y ago
It’s solely a way for insurance companies to get out of paying claims. If drug testing was motivated by productivity, amphetamines wouldn’t be tested for.
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by creato 3y ago
The only reason the US or any other country gave up chemical weapons is because they are nearly useless anyways. There are plenty of other weapons (such as mines) that the “international community” has “banned”, but are very useful in a war
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by creato 3y ago
You think the PR problems come from not trying to route around war zones? “Google told me it would plan a route around this war zone, now I’m a prisoner in Russia. 0/5 stars”

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