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by frumplestlatz 1mo ago
Which is why everything should be open for robust questioning and debate, and individual cases made on their own merit — not based on whatever favored group characteristic happens to put someone or something beyond debate.
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by frumplestlatz 1mo ago
Dishonest people use social causes as camouflage, and the more unassailable the cause, the more effective it is.
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by frumplestlatz 1mo ago
> it’s everyone watched the More Perfect Union video Sure sounds like foolish moral panic. Many of the responses here so far would be perfectly at home on bluesky.
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
> that’s not an affirmative defense against being a white supremacist. He doesn't need one. This is ridiculous, and you're being ridiculous.
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
That's a deeply flawed reading of what I've written. For example, you've disagreed with me in a way that leads me to believe you're more than a little bit dense, but not a terrorist.
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
Controversial -- particularly amongst those of a particular political persuasion that supports a terrorist state -- doesn’t mean preposterous.
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
That's not the lesson I'm taking away from this. Imagine how much faster the code would be if you didn't use Python.
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
If you need to make exemptions for critical code because you must admit that AI is undeniably of significant utility, it's pretty foolish to still apply a blanket "hard stand" against it elsewhere. AI is here, and it's n
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
What is the connection to “anti-trans bills”?
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
What specifically makes these issues, much less glaring issues?
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by frumplestlatz 2mo ago
Historically, I’d say that the chances of this being successful are exceptionally low given how large the ABI surface is — and it will wildly change out from underneath you on a near yearly cadence. Perhaps LLMs change that calculation. I r
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by frumplestlatz 3mo ago
Well, sure — and the issue with tests is we might end up with well-tested code that does the wrong thing.
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by frumplestlatz 3mo ago
That's literally the opposite of reality; the research and adoption have consistently produced code of extremely high quality, at great cost. The problem has always been: - It's extremely labour-intensive, and even small changes t
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by frumplestlatz 3mo ago
Who or what is preventing you from exposing your children to whatever you’d prefer? The books aren’t banned.
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by frumplestlatz 3mo ago
Removing a book from the library is not a ban any more than a publisher rejecting a manuscript is a ban. Declining to provide a book is not the same as prohibiting the possession, use, or distribution of a book. As for “external parties”, s
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by frumplestlatz 3mo ago
Declining to buy and stock a book in a school library is not a ban at all. The book can still be printed, bought, and read. It can be brought into that same school, and read there. It’s not banned.
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by frumplestlatz 4mo ago
No, Apple employees originally authored the project on Apple’s time . And it was first hosted at OpenDarwin — which was Apple-run and not available for arbitrary public hosting. It was then hosted at OpenDarwin’s successor — Mac OS Forge.
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by frumplestlatz 4mo ago
MacPorts supports everything all the way back to 10.5/powerpc.
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by frumplestlatz 4mo ago
Apple developed — and for many years afterwards, hosted —- MacPorts.
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by frumplestlatz 4mo ago
What is “monster-in-the-middle” and why is it being used in place of (presumably) “man-in-the-middle”?
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
I ran a company in NYC for six years before the taxes and onerous regulatory environment convinced me to bail. The final straw was when we had to hire a fixer to clear up a state regulatory error that would’ve destroyed our business. No amo
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
You’re about to tie your names and reputations to this. I would strongly reconsider pivoting unless you actually want to work for no-name companies and on the shady side of technology for at least the next decade.
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
I genuinely can’t tell if this is naivety or willful ignorance, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter. This is in direct violation of the terms of service, and Apple invests a lot of money in keeping iMessage clean of this kind of mi
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
> iMessage is intended for communicating with family and friends, and is not for conducting commercial activities or disseminating unwanted messages. iMessage misuse may result in service limitations. https://www.apple.com&#x2
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
They developed AppleScript for people to do this individually, at limited scale. Push notifications, attached to an application or website, and controllable by a user on that basis, are the solution for corporate messaging at scale. This wi
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
My existence couldn’t possibly be any more digital, and I can’t remember a single time I’ve had a SMS/RCS conversation with customer service or a scheduling agent. I don’t want to have one either. My message inbox is already full enoug
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
This is definitely going to get banned, and as a customer of Apple’s, I will be glad for it. I don’t need more iMessage spam.
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
What’s sad about that is we could have had a clean, native, desktop Figma application.
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
Step 1: Vibe-code a buggy, poorly-performing, 500k+ LoC desktop-installed monstrosity in TypeScript to implement a trivial TUI. Proudly note that you’re meeting a 16ms frame budget … for a trivial chat UI. Step 2: Purchase an entire company
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by frumplestlatz 5mo ago
Your point is aptly demonstrated by the article — the car may still use tethering via Bluetooth to exfiltrate your data[1]. The workaround of always using a wired connection is both inconvenient and unreliable — the same facility could be

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