hathawsh

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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   I agree, the lowest brightness on Pixels is still too bright. I used to use the "Lux" app to reduce the brightness even more, but IMHO Lux has so many buggy features that it's not worth the trouble. I just want a manual slide
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   I have a shortcut on my KDE desktop that runs this command: /usr/bin/redshift -O 3500 -b 0.7 It instantly makes the screen easier to look at, no matter the lighting conditions. I also have a command to revert to norm
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   I'll label your sequence of 2, 3, 4, 2, 2 as 2a, 3b, 4c, 2d, and 2e, respectively. Although the exact configuration around 4c was not decided, 4c necessarily provided all of the mines for 2d, leaving 2e open along with the squares abov
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   Is communication with the ECU encrypted in some cars? Will it be in the future? If that happens, it will become much harder to replace components with aftermarket devices.
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   See the RHEL release schedule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux#Versi... RHEL 6/7 and Centos 6/7 will support Python 2 until at least mid-2024.
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   Are the examples in the advisory statement slightly incorrect? The first example seems to have the user name and host reversed: myhost alice = (ALL) /usr/bin/id All the examples I've seen of sudoers files do it
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   Ok, well, "cargo build --release" took 3 minutes and 55 seconds, which I would consider reasonably fast for compiling and optimizing 300+ libraries. I guess your laptop has only 2 cores in an older processor, which would explain t
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   Oh right, I forgot about the interaction with generics in this case. Semantically, I suppose it's creating and dropping a reference 4 times.
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   by hathawsh 7y ago

   FWIW, that won't compile because std::mem::drop requires ownership of the object being passed; your code is trying to pass a reference instead.
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    I've also heard that Rust compilation is slow, so I put off learning it for a while. I finally dug in deep recently and, to be honest, I don't understand the issue. Rust compilation is quite fast in my experience. Your comment was
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    I measured my kids using just a ruler and they're all happy with the results. I also measured myself using a mirror, ruler, and a phone camera (so the measurement couldn't be skewed by eye movement) and my results also turned out
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    I also wonder how many users are aware of the imperfections in the end to end encryption in WhatsApp. https://keybase.io/blog/chat-apps-softer-than-tofu (I have no affiliation with Keybase, I just appreciate their very
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    What a story. The part that surprised me the most was "Legal has never heard of HIPAA." HIPAA is major legislation (almost as influential as a Constitutional amendment) and has tentacles in every field, so how is it possible that
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    Perhaps he meant DVR. My MythTV DVR setup records stuff I think I want to watch, then a few weeks later, it deletes most of the shows to make space for more stuff I may never watch.
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    Right. In Python, raising an exception is considered just as safe and normal as returning a value, so Python uses exceptions even for very common things like stopping iterations. IMHO a Python exception is quite similar to a Rust "Res
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    Sigh... some services still require IE. https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/service-setup/... Not even Edge is acceptable. Then they throw in Java applets to broaden the attack surface.
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    This is an interesting logic discussion. :-) Does the term non sequitur apply to correctly formed statements where the conclusion of the statement is incorrect? I would be inclined to agree with TheSpiceIsLife and say no. Because the arti
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    That's true, but guidance on how to get better at design is much more available than it used to be. I remember creating web sites 20 years ago and getting feedback that they looked dreadful. I had no idea why people didn't like th
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    I'm having a similar experience with Rust. Libraries that expose complex types can be hard to use because mistakes lead to confusing compiler error messages with over 100 lines of mostly irrelevant details. I can use libraries that exp
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    Cool idea. Also consider this transparent wood experiment: https://www.instructables.com/id/Transparent-Wood/
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    This is all a sign of growth, most of it for the better. There are now billions of people accessing the web, so sometimes a web site needs the resources of a company like Cloudflare to handle traffic spikes. Decentralized email has been a v
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    On that tangent... I've made some CAT 5 cables using a crimping tool, but aligning all 8 wires in the correct order for simultaneous insertion into the plug is quite a bit of work. Is there a trick or tool for doing it quickly?
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    The exploit downloaded and executed code from some server, so there may have been targeted payloads that rooted specific devices. I hope I'm wrong, but that's the impression I get from the Kaspersky post: https://secure
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    I have auto-update turned on, yet I just discovered CamScanner was apparently stuck on an unsafe version from July. Now CamScanner seems to be removed from the play store, yet I had to remove the app manually. Play Protect still thought eve
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    I concur. I would also like to suggest voluntary service. Every time I've participated in a service project, I've come away with reduced anxiety and an increased appreciation for the people around me. I discovered what I should be
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    Very interesting article. It even says that founders between the ages of 50 and 60 are significantly more likely to succeed at creating "extreme startup success": https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    That's right, except that 'api' is probably a resource also. Your app provides a root resource with a __getitem__ method. Pyramid tries `context = root['api']`, then `context = context['cars']`, then `cont
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    Of these frameworks, Pyramid is the only one I know of that uses the concept of traversal. Traversal is an elegant way to tame big projects. Whenever I look at a web framework, I look for traversal and I'm always a little disappointed
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    Development of high quality async support in Rust is happening right now, so remember to wear a hard hat. ;-) I like to watch https://areweasyncyet.rs/ and https://this-week-in-rust.org/ to see where thing
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    by hathawsh 7y ago

    I agree that libraries have a major impact on the perceived readability of a programming language. As an example, it used to be quite messy to issue HTTP requests from Python, but then the Requests library appeared, and suddenly it became m