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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Basically priming a generation against libraries. You have left off the abusive terms under which the ebooks are leased to the libraries.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> It sucks because it means users can't buy books from Kobo on the app unless they give Google their payment info. Google having my payment info is no worry at all to me. Google is on a very short list of companies whose defense a
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by fn-mote 1y ago
A fascinating tour of 19th C France through the the photographs of one man. Captivated me much more than reading about the AI-enhanced-startup du jour.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> This is just ADHD meds right? Not really. They're just stimulants. Anyway, I'm very skeptical of this use. I'd guess uni students are buying methamphetamines them because they have gotten themselves into a situation that
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Understood. But also “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Scare quotes because obviously there is, but I don’t think this example crosses the line.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I won't address the rest, but: > b) I see no evidence that upstream arranged to ship any notice in their binaries, so I don't see how it's reasonable to expect downstreams to do it Downstream is not in compliance. The fact
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by fn-mote 1y ago
You can probably find out where they live from knowing their name. This application is not a high level of stalking.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> I'd much rather delete the apps, unlink my devices from my account and use a TOTP authenticator app instead. I'm not clear how this changes the gun to your head scenario. I would want to see numbers before making policy chang
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> When calling my bank I have to enter my entire CC number AND my PIN code. YOU calling THEM is not an issue. That's the secure connection. There's not (afaik) a way to hijack the receiving phone number. The issue is when someb
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by fn-mote 1y ago
You need to know what FedRAMP is. Don't even bother clicking on the link until you do. Founded in 2011. > The FedRAMP PMO mission is to promote the adoption of secure cloud services across the federal government by providing a stand
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by fn-mote 1y ago
If you are comparing to going to college $3000 startup cost is a joke.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Almost every car on the road today has an unsecured bus going back to like the 1980s. However you need to actually access the car to do something malicious See [1] from 2023, where popping the headlight gives access to the bus. Lack of
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Someone needs to do some minor matrix math, so they install numpy I’m just not convinced that it’s worth the pain to avoid installing these packages. You want speedy matrix math. Why would you install some second rate package just beca
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Author doesn’t even compare it to a second solution. Interesting to know, but I just use a hot key to attempt reconfiguration if something goes wrong. Works for me even if it’s not a sign Linux is ready for non-technical users.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
This is kind of dismissive. As a real example, I needed to change my editor config last month. I do this about once every 5 years. I really didn’t want to become an expert in the config system again, so I tried LLM. Sad to report, it told m
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> only real solution is to tear them down and start from scratch The idea that tearing the political system down and starting from scratch will fix things is just as much of a fantasy as the idea that a greenfield rewrite of code will pr
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> with actual democratic feedback on the success of such provided services The Chicago political machine is calling. They want your jobs. All of your jobs. Wait until you’re doing a great job but have the wrong political take on a situat
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by fn-mote 2y ago
> But note-taking software's probably more difficult to get right than bookmarking. Joplin? I’m a happy user. There are several (mostly-free) competitors. You’re going to have to pay for your OwnCloud instance to host the info one
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by fn-mote 2y ago
I don't know enough physics to know whether the parent knows what they are talking about, but there is one piece of math that makes me think they do not. > at every point in that "Big Bang" region of the whole spacetime th
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by fn-mote 2y ago
There are no limitations on the transformations in lisp. That can make macros very hard to understand. And hard for later program transformers to deal with. The innovation in Zig is the restrictions that limit the power of macros.
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by fn-mote 2y ago
You would need a more specific goal than “make a tutorial”. Do you have anything in mind? Are you familiar enough with any of those codebases to suggest something useful? The task will be much more interesting if there is not a good existin
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by fn-mote 2y ago
I guess you already know what a “Functional API” is and feel patronized. Also possibly you dislike the “cute analogy” factor. I think this could be solved with an “assume the reader knows …” part of the prompt. Definitely looks like ELI5 wr
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by fn-mote 2y ago
What is the proposed cost of this exploration? Is this more big dollar physics? Will the device see anything if the conjecture is wrong? I have gotten skeptical of these “could be amazing” researches - I suspect success in academia is PR an
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by fn-mote 2y ago
I'm willing to believe there's an issue with Google's ad sales, but this comment doesn't have the specifics I'm interested in - in spite of all of the citations. > In limiting the number of bidders, Google inflat
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by fn-mote 2y ago
> If it's a bad idea, it's a bad faith argument I believe the GP is just cautioning rando HN readers that they should not rush out and make their down payment in the manner described, as opposed to liquidating some of their sto
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by fn-mote 2y ago
> every spot (5+ over the past decade) I’ve asked my dermatologist about has resulted in a biopsy Not to be too cynical but... is there a financial incentive for them to do a biopsy? Of course it might be best practice as well.
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by fn-mote 2y ago
> In the US, we'd just go straight to a dermatologist In the US, you would go straight to a dermatologist, because your health insurance plan (or high paying job) allows you to do that. People with an HMO would begin with the GP,
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by fn-mote 2y ago
> taking some kind of general solution from the distribution My instinct is that this should be the temperature 0K response (no randomness).
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by fn-mote 2y ago
There are already web sites that do this for products like insurance (example: [1]). What I need is something to troll through the garbage Amazon listings and offer me the product that actually has the specs that I searched for and is off
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by fn-mote 2y ago
This should be the headline link. It contains the details people are asking about, including (to me) what made this actionable fraud: the solicitation of $40MM from investors based on the completely false representation that his company use

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