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by dleslie 4y ago
The USA has so many mass shootings that I'm not sure which shootings you're referring to. The most important question Americans should be asking is why the USA is the only country in the G8 where this is normal.
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by dleslie 4y ago
Someone who cares about how our existing knowledge shapes or understanding of new knowledge. Knowing how a computer works helps to understand the why and how of higher level concerns.
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by dleslie 4y ago
It's not harder, it's more fundamental. Logic gates express forms of the basic foundations of computation, and building from there conveys their power and expressiveness. In my degree, object oriented programming came in later sem
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by dleslie 4y ago
That's what is wrong! It's like starting an English degree as an illiterate person and expecting the intro courses to make you literate; worse, the programs are designed with this expectation in mind.
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by dleslie 4y ago
My intro courses had me building an HC11 out of logic gates. The next semester we wrote code to run on it.
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by dleslie 4y ago
> making class Dog extend class Animal for the whole semester I expect this is hyperbole, but the sense that degrees have softened their content density is palpable. Even when I was attending, decades ago, the administration at my univer
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by dleslie 4y ago
I had a few classes like that, decades ago; and I agree that they were the best in terms of curbing cheating. Stressful as all hell for those with anxiety issues, but the format also made some honors students become exposed for the frauds t
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by dleslie 4y ago
This is part of why academic credentials have both lost their intrinsic value and become mandatory for all candidates. While it may seem contradictory at first, the appearance of low ability amongst credentialed candidates also lowers the p
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by dleslie 4y ago
Many of the discussion on those forums are about plain sight conspiracies. Where it goes off the rails is when discussion turns into baseless speculation.
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by dleslie 4y ago
I'm paying 120/mo for symmetric gigabit fiber from Telus. Compared to my European colleagues this is in no way reasonable.
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by dleslie 4y ago
The crtc ruled that wholesale rules shouldn't apply to fiber, so prices are even worse. Apparently Canadians don't need fast internet.
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by dleslie 4y ago
You cancelled a service and were surprised that you no longer received that service?
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by dleslie 4y ago
> You use the same system to handle RTBF, and if you can't, then maybe a platform where it's literally impossible to delete something isn't a good idea (partly because undesirable content will ultimately outnumber legitima
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by dleslie 4y ago
Sure there is. If it needs hardware access for a function then without it that function breaks.
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by dleslie 4y ago
It's no more confusing than the warning provided for self signed certificates.
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by dleslie 4y ago
So make the default negative and appealing, and the positive option scary and diminished. As Firefox does with self signed certificates and similar.
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by dleslie 4y ago
It's implied it will break or limit the page; just as denying access to microphone and video has that implication.
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by dleslie 4y ago
That makes sense. Google wants users to be easily identified and tracked; elsewise their primary revenue model, surveillance capitalism, would be under threat.
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by dleslie 4y ago
"Allow this Website unrestricted access to the internet?" Seems no more or less confusing or understandable than allowing access to microphone or camera.
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by dleslie 4y ago
So treat sockets as one currently treats web cameras and microphones.
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by dleslie 4y ago
So treat socket access as one does Microphone and Web Cam access.
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by dleslie 4y ago
They could ship with IPFS/DAP/I2P/Tor native in Firefox right now, without any requirement of running external software, but choose not to. Instead, we get limited support for IPFS from a desktop-only addon that simply interf
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by dleslie 4y ago
This still requires external software to operate, and isn't available on mobile. It's effectively dead in the water by not being available to use without additional configuration, by default. I'd argue this is worse than doin
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by dleslie 4y ago
> The amount of bullshit being produced and regurgitated in academia needs to be called out. Your definition of "unprofessional" is just "this makes us look bad" This can be generalized, I think. Professional social s
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by dleslie 4y ago
> And just getting a concussion can result in measurably decreased mental capabilities for months. Permanently, not months. All concussions result in some permanent damage, some moreso than others.
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by dleslie 4y ago
Far, far too alluring is the draw to solve broader and deeper problems under the presumption that there will be a future requirement to match changes in customer demand. I take a hardline mantra that the best code is code that ships, ships
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by dleslie 4y ago
Those look lovely. Now can I have one with Android 11 and a halfway decent camera?
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by dleslie 4y ago
I know for certain that SAP, Amazon and Microsoft will pay that much for a senior developer.
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by dleslie 4y ago
Last I checked, here in BC the wage for a senior programmer typically ranged between 80 and 150, Canadian. Taking a 20% discount on a SV senior salary, in American dollars, would likely be a significant raise.
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by dleslie 4y ago
You've just described how you haven't avoided it, but instead have actively engaged with it by availing yourself of moderation tools. It leads me to suppose that you're underestimating how much you're exposed to that you

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