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by ergl 6y ago
David Foster Wallace 1990's E Unibus Pluram also digs into this a bit, and also talks about the influence of a possible future smartphone (taken from a proposal by George Gilder): The downside of TV's big fantasy is that it's
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by ergl 6y ago
Not that I'm aware, although I spotted this one on github: https://github.com/mikea/cpp-stream-fusion , based on a paper discussed at the time on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5507204 St
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by ergl 6y ago
The same that prevents Whatsapp from doing the same: trust.
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Authority rests on information control. High status roles generally depend on access to and control over the dominant communication channels of the time. [...] Of all social roles, those of hierarchy are affected most by new patterns of inf
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We're all deepfakes now, it seems.
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It's supposedly regulated by light and by magnetic fields: https://www.nature.com/articles/458948f
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by ergl 6y ago
You don't need to ban math to ban e2e encryption in the same way you don't need to ban physics in order to ban murder. You pass a law making it a crime to develop or use e2e encryption algorithms, and punish those who don't f
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by ergl 6y ago
That's basically how lobste.rs works. The invite graph is also public (see https://lobste.rs/u ). It works fine, but I wouldn't derive too much data from it, since it is a small community, and spammers / vote
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by ergl 6y ago
Here's a good reading list: https://medium.com/tow-center/constructive-technology-critic...
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FYI, your email is not visible. You should put it in the "about" section of your profile.
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I also had problems making it work in Safari. Firefox worked for me.
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Like other commenters pointed out, I think it's important to look at the economy of each country. Spain's GDP, for example, heavily relies on tourism (12%, according to official sources [1]), with most of that happening during the
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by ergl 6y ago
Ah, my bad, I totally misread your comment then. I agree with you, that comment is next-level denial.
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The linked document has nothing to do with climate change denial, but with climate justice, which was one of the main talking points of the school strikes last year, and also concerns the UN: https://www.un.org/sustainablede
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Seems like IETF's mission statement disagrees with you: > The Internet isn't value-neutral, and neither is the IETF. We want the Internet to be useful for communities that share our commitment to openness and fairness. We embra
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by ergl 6y ago
The article lists that as an example of what _not_ to do
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by ergl 6y ago
WhatsApp used Erlang, not Elixir. There was an uptick in popularity (at least here on HN) after the acquisition. Elixir wasn't as popular in 2014 as it is today, but it was starting to grow.
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by ergl 6y ago
There's a section about pattern matching and binaries at https://erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/binaryhandling.html Compiling with the bin_opt_info flag (erlc +bin_opt_info Mod.erl) will list the points in y
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by ergl 6y ago
Original blog: https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip... and HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24188791
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by ergl 6y ago
From the London Review of Books?
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The Limits and Lies of Incentive Alignment(lord.io)
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>is being used as primary source for current events Is it though? According to Pew, only 20% of US adults use Twitter: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-... In comparison, Fo
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by ergl 6y ago
A large quantitative change is indistinguishable from a qualitative change: what's the difference between light rain and a flood, between some small waves and a tsunami?
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Independently of the effect on online mobs, I think ending at-will employment is a no-brainer, especially when healthcare is tied to your employer. In any case, in many european countries we have something similar to Montana: at-will for a
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by ergl 6y ago
With CS conference papers, it's quite easy to see the date on the bottom-left of the first page. You see the copyright year, conference name, etc
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You might have missed the story of the 20 year old that killed himself as a result of Robinhood: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/06/17/20-y...
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by ergl 6y ago
I think history and democracy has successfully showed us that it's impossible. The solution is to forbid growth.
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"A free library of psychological principles and examples for inspiration to enhance the customer experience and connect with your users." Translation: use pop psychology to manipulate your customers into spending money and giving
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On iOS the browser (Safari) is tied to the operating system version. Alternative browsers still use the same rendering engine as Safari, which means they can't patch bugs in the engine, they need to wait for Apple to do it in a new ope
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by ergl 6y ago
Sounds just like today

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