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by drclau 5y ago
> We could be billions more if we chose to live this way. Can you explain this? Why should we be billions more?
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by drclau 5y ago
Similarly, for iOS you can use the new "Record App Activity" functionality. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28804174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28838394
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by drclau 5y ago
You can't believe it, because you think there's a rational process involved in investment decisions. After watching how things go for some time, I came to believe that who you are and what connections you have is far more importan
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App Privacy Insights for iOS 15(apps.apple.com)
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Apple iOS 15 Privacy: Inspecting App Activity Data(developer.apple.com)
19 points by drclau 5y ago|10 comments
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by drclau 5y ago
> you are your job I hope you don’t take it personally, because it’s not intended as such, but this is sad.
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by drclau 5y ago
In some countries (at the least the countries that are European Union members, but probably most countries on the continent) the minimum vacation days is set by law (labor code). In the countries I have experience with it’s 20 working days
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by drclau 5y ago
Write a knowledge base, or Wiki, or FAQ, or whatever. A place where they can re-read the same thing 10000 times. Maybe add some examples too, in cases where it makes sense (i.e. code). Even better, make them write it, and you just review it
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by drclau 5y ago
It took me a moment there to understand exactly what you mean (not sure why, since your comment is clear). I think I was always part of this category of people without even realizing, until I read Peter Watts’ books, and in particular Blind
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by drclau 5y ago
(just a wild theory) Is the downtime (at the time of writing) their way of blocking a known ongoing attack that can't be stopped fast and safely enough by other means? Something like: 1) take everything down, 2) fix the bug, 3) deploy
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by drclau 5y ago
My personal favorite is Blindsight [0][1]. I read it multiple times (3 or 4, I think) over the years. If you like Blindsight, you’ll probably want to continue with the sidequel, Echopraxia. You can also find them bundled together under the
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by drclau 5y ago
If you like this, you should really pick up Peter Watts' books. He is the author of the post, the owner of rifters.com and one of the best hard SF authors out there. I can't recommend him enough. Also, importantly, he published pa
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by drclau 5y ago
They do last longer than a couple of years, and _are_ supported too: I have an iPhone 6s around the house that I use to play music over Bluetooth, and it just got the iOS 15 update. iPhone 6s was released in 2015. The only problem with it i
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by drclau 5y ago
The problem to be solved was found some time ago: shifting money from the poor to the rich.
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by drclau 5y ago
While I have nothing against an exemption for brands like Ferrari, I have to say that one of my favorite car makers, Koenigsegg, which seems to go to extremes when it comes to in-house manufacturing, has already one hybrid, the Regera [0][1
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by drclau 5y ago
> Smartphones have stagnated as innovation, so manufacturers are seeking differentiation and buyers motivation trough "better pictures". And I dare say, some are succeeding in delivering "better pictures" (quotes your
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by drclau 5y ago
... Why not own the best then? iPhone 13 Pro! Just kidding, but your comment did sound a bit like an ad. Could hear this in my head in Tim Cook's voice :D
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by drclau 5y ago
If you develop for iOS|macOS professionally, you may be interested in Jetbrains' AppCode [0]. Note: I'm not connected in any way to Jetbrains, and I have not used AppCode myself, but I used other tools from them, and they're
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by drclau 5y ago
I have fiber optics internet connection at home, and my 4 year old MacBook Pro does consistently over 500Mbps (peaks close to 700Mbps) over WiFi. Granted, it’s still not 1Gbps, but I can’t think of any regular scenario where it would make a
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by drclau 5y ago
> Of course we shouldn't attempt to anthropomorphise animal behaviour I'm not holding this against you in any way :), but I wanted to say I'm getting tired of this "don't anthropomorphise animals" trend. Som
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by drclau 5y ago
Ravens are among the smartest birds out there. The fact that it was not injured is probably not a matter of luck. It most likely understood to some degree the danger of spinning blades. They're also pretty skilled at flight. A wildlife
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by drclau 5y ago
> if you want to observe neutrinos after they have travelled only a few dozen meters Genuinely curious here, why is the travelled distance important?
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by drclau 5y ago
They were when they appeared. That is, in comparison to the phones that existed at that time, which are now known as "dumb phones". Now, smartphones are the normal.
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by drclau 5y ago
> I don't think most people in public will even notice that these aren't normal Ray Bans Most people will not even be aware such devices exist. Here, on HN, there's an assumption that everyone is or will soon be up-to-date
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by drclau 5y ago
> you can only say, statistically, we should be seeing one hurricane instead of two I was actually curious if climate change results in more hurricanes. Apparently, not so: "Because of climate change, tropical cyclones are likely in
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by drclau 5y ago
Tesla's approach is safer for everyone. Now, if you want to discuss ethics, that's a totally different thing.
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by drclau 5y ago
This brings back fond memories. It's been a _long_ time since then, and I was about 14yo. This was pre-internet, the BBS era. My computer, an old PC XT, 8086 based. I was getting new software via mail order from various specialized mag
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by drclau 5y ago
Just use blacklistd [0], on FreeBSD, instead of changing the port. It works with sshd, and it temporarily blocks IPs that are abusive. [0]: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/firewalls/#firewa...
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by drclau 5y ago
Also, configure sshd to use blacklistd: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/firewalls/#firewa...
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by drclau 5y ago
Eleven days ago I said this in another HN thread: “At some point in the future, AI will make better humans than naturally occurring humans.” [0] I did not realize how close that future I was thinking of was. [0]: https://news.yco

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