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by hiq 4y ago
> 1. It enables a killer feature - CTFE that can allocate memory. C++ doesn't do that. Zig doesn't do that. As anything but a compiler expert, I don't understand how GC is a necessary condition of having memory allocation
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by hiq 4y ago
BTC doesn't help with transactions, you still end up trusting a 3rd-party (or the party you're transacting with, in which case a bank transfer would also work fine). There will be no censorship to send your BTC, but you can't
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by hiq 4y ago
Your "major problems" are fair, but nothing's perfect, so unless you have a better solution with the same design constraints (e.g. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/main/CONT
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by hiq 4y ago
Use tee instead of a redirect?
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by hiq 4y ago
There's probably a way to do that with fallocate, I see it has a -d option to make "the file sparse in-place, without using extra disk space".
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by hiq 4y ago
> Signal team is also actively hostile to any 3rd party client usage of their service. "actively" is a big word, there are several 3rd party clients and no big push to make them stop. They don't want widespread 3rd party c
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by hiq 4y ago
> Apple's Message app has the same strategy Maybe coming preinstalled on all i-devices helps?
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by hiq 4y ago
This (weirdly) edited copy-paste should be replaced by the source: https://community.signalusers.org/t/signal-blog-removing-sms...
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by hiq 4y ago
> Bitcoin changed from being currency to being store of value. Quite a big change. It's never really been used as either in practice, because of its volatility. "Store of value" is a big statement for something that was on
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by hiq 4y ago
From your other comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33228497 : > There is so much use for blockchain especially as infrastructure for society and in 10 years from now we will not even be thinking about it. So you
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by hiq 4y ago
> It will evolve and at one point we won't even know we are using it. It's been more than 10 years and billions poured into the ecosystem since Bitcoin started, and I still don't know anybody who uses a blockchain for anyt
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by hiq 4y ago
Which part of the world? Even without civil partnership? Does it mean that there's a legal battle to define whether a certain person can be considered a partner?
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by hiq 4y ago
> It feels a whole lot more like a real meeting than a Zoom call does. I haven't had the chance to try it myself, so can you explain how it's better? I feel like the main problem with remote meetings is the audio latency. You c
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by hiq 4y ago
I mean if you have this kind of concerns, isn't it better to get a prenup? Doesn't it solve the problem?
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by hiq 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console_emulator#Le...
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by hiq 4y ago
> A smartwatch (Apple Watch) helped me further my lifestyle. I have not taken my phone on my morning and evening walks. I don't understand, are you saying that having a smart watch allows you to leave your phone at home? How so? Whe
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by hiq 4y ago
> you can get an Uber and go a few km in maybe 15-20 minutes. In Paris it’s an hour+. From where to where? That's not my experience at all. > it’s a zero-sun game It's not, given that you fit way more people on bikes that yo
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by hiq 4y ago
Conversely, how likely is it that you have such internet problems while still having reliable electricity? Intuitively I'd say it's unlikely, but I'd be curious about others' opinion. I don't see myself browsing thr
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by hiq 4y ago
> That's basically my diet. How many people agree with you that it's a good diet? I'm especially surprised by "rarely rice", which is a staple in many Asian countries.
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by hiq 4y ago
How much time do they have to produce these documents? Can they legally avoid doing so for now, via an appeal of some sort?
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by hiq 4y ago
> European salaries are absurdly low. Counterexample: Zurich, Switzerland.
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by hiq 4y ago
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%E2%80%93end_rule "The peak–end rule is a psychological heuristic in which people judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its peak (i.e., its most intense p
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by hiq 4y ago
I think it's becoming increasingly popular to only develop mobile apps: they are basically required at this point so no way to avoid the corresponding costs, while companies might save money on other entry points (physical, websites).
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by hiq 4y ago
I feel like if I need customer service for basic banking services (as these banks are supposed to provide), I'm already at the wrong place. For the rest I guess it's things I don't personally care about, so while it could be
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by hiq 4y ago
> Try to bank in Switzerland, it is so 1980ties... What do you mean by that? In a way it's not retro enough (for me?), I currently have an account that can only be accessed via a mobile app (e.g. no website). See for instance https
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by hiq 4y ago
What's your minimal rating when you book? I found out that anything lower than 8/10 is really bad on Booking, which was counterintuitive to me.
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by hiq 4y ago
Robocalls seem to be way less of a problem in Europe than in the US, not sure how many other countries suffer from the same.
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by hiq 4y ago
> Are you talking about the off label viagra usage to pass hell week? Not that I am condoning the practice, but that is not cheating in my books. That's officially forbidden by the rules of their training so it's cheating.
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by hiq 4y ago
> Personally, I'd prefer being responsible, but it is a by a thin margin. I'd wager that's not the case for 90% of users choosing the email provider they trust the most, both in terms of what they expect the risks are, and
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by hiq 4y ago
You mention losing your private key, what about somebody else getting it (data leak, hack...) and controlling your identity before the end of the 3 months? Blockchain-based "solutions" are not actual solutions because they don&#x2

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