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by gnaffle 13y ago
He's talking about tea _leaves_ though. With some kinds of tea you should actually throw away the first brew.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Anecdotal, but I've had an one RCD installed and have only seen it trip once in about 15 years, incidentally when my old kettle broke (I could reproduce it instantly by turning the kettle on). Newer installations will often have an the
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by gnaffle 13y ago
When did he say that?
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by gnaffle 13y ago
While I think the book was worth the read, I think Isaacson was wrong on so many small and big things and failed to go into others, and he really did a poor job with the book. I recommend the two Hypercritical podcasts about the book, which
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Then again, isn't the current Nest made with metal (and I would guess, CNC milled just like Apple computers)?
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Well, my feeling was the opposite. I was impressed with the execution, but not the content. My first thought when I read "it's about what we make you feel", was that someone at Sony saw this spot by Apple and decided they wan
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by gnaffle 13y ago
From what I understood, it wasn't the intelligence community that directly requested the changes, but rather the British part of the GSM working group (whatever that was called at the time).
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by gnaffle 13y ago
AFAIK LTE/3G security is way better, but as you say it's possible to intercept calls in other ways, either by tapping lines or by doing MITM. It would be interesting to know if LTE, being packed based, is is susceptible to attacks
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by gnaffle 13y ago
I don't think it's manipulative at all. He says that he wishes the pro-drone people would be know more or be more forthcoming about the realities of the drone programs, and that they should be more transparent. The point of view t
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by gnaffle 13y ago
I find amount of pro-drone comments here quite stunning, including the complete lack of appreciation of how the economies of scale of drones will radically alter the equation of whether these are a good idea or not. "Now, all right we
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Of course everything is _possible_. But with the added space of DIMM sockets, something has to give. Bulkier laptop, less battery space, or something else. That is why you don't see iPad or iPhone competitors with DIMM sockets either.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Didn't the Magic mouse add (touch sensitive) middle and right buttons? Didn't the iPhone 4+ add non-soldered batteries? Didn't the latest Macbook Pros include HDMI output? It's noteworthy exactly because most people, inc
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Yep, I would say that, as far as I remember there were also several other warnings at the same time. There were some recommendations in the accident report regarding UX improvements. I think there was a similar problems at Qantas Flight 32,
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by gnaffle 13y ago
That would not be practical or necessary. What is necessary (and is being worked on after AF447) is giving pilots more hands-on flying experience. This is a concern not only for Airbus pilots, but for Boeing pilots as well.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Yep, and this is backed up by all the other airplanes taking off and landing visually that same day without any issues.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
I think he might have noticed, but not fully realized the implications of it. His behaviour following at least did not indicate that he was concerned about a stall, and there were no further mentions of this warning.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
I think the main problem is the more automation still has to be accompanied with more training of the pilots, up until we have a situationally aware computer that can consistently make better decisions than their human counterparts. For saf
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Well, AFAIK a modern Boeing plane like the 777 / 787 will also prevent stalls just like the Airbus, the difference being that the pilot can override the airplane. So a 777 pilot would also assume that the airplane would normally preven
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Why would they threaten that? An encrypted laptop would be useless to them without the password. The worst they could threaten you with is denied entry or detainment, so I think it's far more likely that they would threaten with that t
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Actually, what you should do is to carry laptops and phones without much data on them, and during the travel store your real data encrypted somewhere online. The real risk here is losing your electronic equipment for an extended period of t
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by gnaffle 13y ago
That's a really bad idea, especially if you're not a US citizen. If they want to access your computer, they _will_ call your superior back home and might tell him that they will either get the password or deny you entry.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Great for you, but I think that you understand that not everyone would feel the same in such a situation?
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by gnaffle 13y ago
There are many, Eastern Germany is perhaps the worst example where 1 in 6 people were at least part time informants.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
So, instead of living a life in relative safety, you get to spend the rest of your life on alert and in fear. I really don't see how you can argue that this would be an acceptable solution.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Agreed. I think even arguing this point shows a lack of understanding of how these cases work. Believing that information equality is the same as power equality is a fallacy.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
I'd love for you to ask the person what she would think about you sharing her diary with everyone she knows (her family, her coworkers, her boss etc). Would it be equally meaningless and uninteresting to them?
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by gnaffle 13y ago
It's not even about the surveillance state. You never know what will happen in the future and who will use the information. Maybe you're happy with the code you write now, but in 5 years you may regret publishing it for everyone t
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by gnaffle 13y ago
But I think that's completely untrue. I'd rather argue that most people are too oblivious about what they should and shouldn't keep secret. What in general would you say people keep secret that adds to their stress? Maybe som
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by gnaffle 13y ago
Thanks for this post. This is exactly the issue. No dystopian future is needed to prove the value of privacy, one only has to look back at history to see that.
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by gnaffle 13y ago
My implication was that the problem with both communism and capitalism (at their extremes) can only work well under circumstances that aren't met in real life (because humans are what we are). As you say, there are no easy answers, esp

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