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by fn-mote 1y ago
Surely the reason is that neither Apple Maps nor Google Maps is willing to add the code to interface with the special Flemish Traffic Signal API. The market is too small, and there’s no profit to be made. Unlike the “you could take an Uber”
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Most of this stuff happens by accident not by intent. Consider the intent of not hiring enough security staff and supporting them appropriately. It looks a lot like an accident. You could even say it causes accidents.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Hawaii is also interesting. It has twice the population of Alaska, but only slightly more vacation homes (31.6k vs 29.2k). Common sense reasoning: people cannot afford to have their vacation home in Hawaii. High prices, long and expens
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by fn-mote 1y ago
My point would be: the second map belongs in the article because it is informative. The first one does not.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Knowledge is proliferating faster than ever, becoming more accessible than ever […] Thanks to Anna’s Archive and similar sources, but that doesn’t contradict the general trend toward “feudalism” (not generally having permanent unrestri
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The difference _for you_ is in the public or private nature. It seems like your argument is based on (1) the discussion being slander (assumption); and (2) the idea that you could refute it if it were public (good luck, low credibility, als
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The idea that deer need to be protected is hilarious. All around the Midwest (USA) you can see obvious signs of deer overpopulation. Every doe gives birth to twins. The understory in the forest is bare. This guy is selling 60 deer decoys a
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The only point I really have an issue with is #2, where the focus seems to be on “weeding out” students as a sign of rigor. I would much prefer that some kind of pedagogical motivation replace this point. Edit: I take that back. > Once y
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> * Mandate 3rd party auditing once an app exceeds 10k users You have a lot of interesting suggestions. I would love to see some kind of forced transparency. Too bad back-end code doesn’t run under any App/Play Store control, so it
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> how could the US possibly dislodge them without destroying the thing they want to protect? I would instead assert that it is very likely that the US would destroy the fabs rather than allow China to gain control of them through an act
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by fn-mote 1y ago
While I am not a fan of privacy-invading work, the ship sailed with Facebook/Meta a long time ago. At least this is a little company, and the work they are doing is being directly sold to others. I’m confident Meta (and other large AdT
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The questions here are very good. I disagree with some of the implied answers, especially paragraph three, but: > Where is the line on tyranny? > Who decides? > when does this go from "we're prepared" to "time t
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Really enjoyed the write up. I have to point out that the surprise risk of the $300 bill from Wasabi dwarfs the cost of the 8TB extra disk. In retrospect, I would have paid the money for the lowered risk, but everybody has a different toler
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The page listing topics (just like the playlist): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-1200j-mathematics-for-computer... Lecture notes: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-1200j-mathematics-for-computer... The
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by fn-mote 1y ago
To be clear, sadly, “lately” covers a longer time than the current administration.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Any tips for a magit fan who wants a positive second experience with jj? I’m used to sorting through the changes I have made and making separate commits for each unrelated one (eg bug fix for several files, some WIP work, other parts actual
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> The wealthy and upper middle class can afford real plants. I don’t understand this take on what (is / should be) a premium brand. The whole dismissal doesn’t make sense to me. It’s marketed at well-off former meat eaters. The poor
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by fn-mote 1y ago
There is such a difference between listening in from within radio range vs across the entire internet. I have basically 0 worries about the neighbors; they have their own lives. My consumer-grade “walkie talkie” had a very short range in a
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I think in the US it’s more like “everything you can see through the window is public”, which is also an extreme.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
1. Thank you for the first hand experience post. 2. I think the argument being made is that the credit card companies are not actually experiencing higher risk (from Steam). Not that they have any qualms about putting a business into a “hig
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I’m willing to listen if you’re willing to provide sources. Otherwise, your claims run counter to more credible sources I have read. (Which I am not willing to search up for this post.)
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> 2FA is 99% security theater anyway Never thought I would see anti-2FA posts on HN. Even texted codes are not 99% theater, imo...
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Once the meds are gone, things don't get done. Like solving the problem and doing the intended work.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
My impression was the opposite. I wondered how well the author knew Haskell. They mention: (1) The "intimidating syntax". Hey, you do not even need to be using <$> never mind the rest of those operators. Perl and Haskell can
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> is it supposed to be hard somehow for native speakers? For mature readers, it is a big contrast because it requires "sounding out" the words instead of being able to decode them in chunks / a whole word at a glance. I wo
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by fn-mote 1y ago
It helps, but it’s important to have a name and a green check mark for each result so people understand WHY the magic doesn’t permit them to use the machine.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
It’s funny but economically wrong to ban deficits. I agree we are spending too much now, but the solution should not be to stop all spending. The problem is deeper than just a deficit.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I’m not happy with this argument because the Orion comes in two modules. It’s designed to go in SLS but each module separately can be launched by Falcon Heavy. In view of the launch economics, this argument still doesn’t make sense of SLS.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
At this point it sounds like you have given up believing in checks and balances in politics. ETA: It’s complicated, but having you give up actually weakens the rule of law even more.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
USA: That’s the case if your company is “self-insured”. Some are, some aren’t. I imagine there are financial requirements to self-insure but I’ve never looked.

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