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by edoloughlin 6y ago
Bruce's take can be summarized like this: with a blockchain, you're choosing to trust code and cryptography instead of a person It can't be summarised like that. He explicitly says: "Any evaluation of the security of t
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by edoloughlin 6y ago
Tell that to the users that don't know what ^ stands for The users who have already figured out how to open a terminal, find their file, know what nano is and how to launch it?
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by edoloughlin 6y ago
My guess is that more people learned to use office after 2007 than before, so the majority of people have no problems using the ribbon. Or, perhaps they are just used to a lower level of productivity? I've had 13 years to adapt, and
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by edoloughlin 6y ago
The ribbon interface was adopted in 2007. That's 13 years ago. What is the jank? It's a tabbed interface of buttons instead of menus and sub menus I've been using Office since the early 90's and the ribbon interface fo
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by edoloughlin 6y ago
Presumably because the ads are already hyper targeted, because the site is written in Dutch! Presumably the site was also written in Dutch before they stopped tracking users?
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by edoloughlin 6y ago
wonder if Apple is playing 4D chess here though Why 4D? Isn't chess just a 2D game with wormholes?
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The End of Podcasting’s Innocence(500ish.com)
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by edoloughlin 6y ago
Or hands over to someone else. Not such a crazy idea.
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UK government using confidential patient data in coronavirus response
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DPC statement on Facebook dating feature(dataprotection.ie)
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
your service's representation in a reporting system At what point in time?
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That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It(rollingstone.com)
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
Put a breakpoint on the offending line, manually add the element when it breaks, hit resume and hope for the best?
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
Colour me dubious. If the phone is in airplane mode then the carrier doesn't know where it is. Are you suggesting they broadcast this information on all their cell towers? Or that they have a secret system to predict/guess where a
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
It seems no one is happy except me That sounds ok to me. You're only responsible for your own happiness.
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
They're comparing GCC vs LLVM here more than they are comparing C vs Rust That makes sense. Their table of CPU performance counters [1] shows way more instructions per cycle for Rust and way fewer L1 cache hits for C. https:/&#
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
SpaceX's stated goal is "occupy Mars". Being able to land and deploy solar panels at scale is essential to this goal. And Musk has learned the hard way not to trust third party suppliers that he doesn't control That
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
OMG dude, just let it go. You've dug your heels in so much that HN won't even let me reply to your latest comment because you've hit a depth limit. This is just a marketing page. It wasn't sent to you as an email. Nobody
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
I highly recommend the author's podcast: The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe [1]. [1] https://www.theskepticsguide.org/
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
Maybe I'm just dumb, but I have a problem taking anything meaningful from that article. There's an ontological problem in defining consciousness in terms of observations - this is circular because we don't have a meaningful s
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
Kind of a double-edged sword. It makes it easier to visit, but more difficult to live there if you do land a job: In New York, for instance, Airbnb directly accounted for a US$380 increase in median annual rent costs, according to a separa
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
I do it to, but I use Syncthing to copy to my home server. It works really well on Android. Pretty much just set it up and forget about it.
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Facebook Loses [Irish] Supreme Court Appeal in Max Schrems Data Case(irishtimes.com)
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
It's nice to know my Nexus 6p will continue to function, then. I dug it out of a drawer a month ago and it updated. It can no longer see my WiFi. It can see my neighbours' WiFi no problem, just not mine. Looking on the bright side
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by edoloughlin 7y ago
Before you continue... Yahoo is part of Oath. [...] Select 'OK' to continue and allow Oath and our partners to use your data, or select 'Manage options' to view your choices. More Oath BS, where Manage Options leads
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by edoloughlin 8y ago
I stopped reading and started skimming at the complaint that DePalma dresses like Indiana Jones That's a shame, it's actually a good article. However, how would you dress if you had to spend hours a day on your belly under the d
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by edoloughlin 8y ago
When [you use NVC on me], I feel [patronised] because I'm needing some [respect as a fellow human being]. Would you be able to [drop the insincere MBA bullshit and treat me like an adult]?
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by edoloughlin 8y ago
such airframes induce more drag and burn more fuel As a curious bystander, I assumed using fly by wire tech to achieve stability would involve using control surfaces, which increase drag by their nature. How would an airframe that's
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by edoloughlin 8y ago
it's gotten to the point where I'm considered "odd" because I use the command line Me too. I'm thinking of doing a presentation on the Dunning-Kruger effect to see if it sparks some introspection in my colleagues.
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by edoloughlin 8y ago
If we enforce some morals and not others in our app stores, who exactly do we choose as the arbiters of morality Just... wow. This app is literally designed to allow men to enforce morals on women.

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