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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
The point of nationalisation is to address those underlying concerns. But it’s fair to say that in practice, nationalisation doesn’t always solve those problems. The problem is you either need to regular or nationalise. And neither of those
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Those who fund their government branches are generally doing better than those who are not. America being the prime recent example of this. And those who’s government places policies which benefit their voters generally have a better quali
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
It’s not communism. It’s literally how most of the rest of the developed world file their taxes. Given taxes are a government system, and one that’s complicated enough that you shouldn’t expect the average tax payer to need to understand it
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
This isn't just for local .env files. It can be quite common to need production tokens for cloud systems if you job requires any amount of ops. eg doing anything aws cli work may result in a token stored in ~/.aws But even that as
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
> I guess you missed my "containerisation" point: if not restricted, every rogue package or agent has access to your full $HOME too. A secret is there to protect access to data you care about. If that data is there, well, not m
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
> Your local development machine will have the source code or images or IaaC configuration that you push to GH/AWS — a rogue agent can just modify that and wait for you to authorize the next push. Yes, but that's then concernin
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
You’re right. My apologies
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
This isn’t aimed at people who aren’t developers nor use APIs in their day-to-day. So it seems odd to include mum-and-pop macOS users in your context.
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
You can still do that with their install instructions ;)
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
I'm not the author but i can probably answer some of these: > * Most people do not have passwords in plain text — an SSH key protected with a passphrase is not "plain text", for instance I think you'd be surprised how
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Only when instructed to in their system prompt.
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
I have a friend who misplaced his iPhone for a weekend while away in another country and used his Apple watch eSIM for everything. It wasn’t as convenient as having a phone but it was still far far better than being without anything entirel
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Trolling isn’t the same as having a disagreement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpQlyUjp3vM
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Again, society is literally built around the exact opposite of the premise you’re arguing https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1621 https://www.gov.uk/contempt-of-court https:/&#x
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Yeah you’re right. I completely forgot about its Amiga heritage. I never owned an Amiga when they were relevant but I keep thinking about buying one now for my retro hardware collection.
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Thanks for the tips. These days I don’t use sh derivatives as my primary shell and the shell I do use has a few features to make command search more ergonomic and safer. But these are useful tips nonetheless
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
I’ve been burnt before using ! and forgetting what command I typed previously, thus invoking the wrong command line. !! is handy for the sudo example, but beyond that, I tend to prefer pressing the up arrow to cycle through the history rath
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
I had Worms United (I think it was called) which was basically an expansion to the original DOS game that allowed for custom levels and SFX. I created some worms sound packs loosely based on some of the pop songs on that era. Fun times. I n
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
> I think we're both thinking of different examples and drawing wider conclusions. I'm thinking of a company losing the data that makes it money, you're thinking of losing the customer data and thus their trust. Probably e
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
> The difference between "ethics" and "security and compliance" is that the latter is something that hits inside the company, while the former usually hits outside of the company. I don’t agree with this. Data breache
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
That’s some serious mental gymnastics you’re applying there but that’s not really how society works. We, as a society, fully understand the concept of truthful and untruthful statements. We learn it as a child and get scalded when we lie. W
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
And organisations fail at security when security and compliance is only considered important by that one teamnn Security requires the whole business to buy in. And it requires processes that allow people to get shit done without people reso
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
There are already case studies that demonstrate governments can do exactly what the GP lawyer claimed could happen. You’re not treading any new and untested ground here.
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
> you can very easily test if someone has a bullet through their head. Well, assuming someone didn't go and steal their brain. Do you have access to their head? How do you know that someone didn’t swap that head for someone else who
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Broadcasters absolutely have a responsibility to ensure they communicate truthful statements in exactly the same way that any other profession has a responsibility to ensure their output is correct.
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
You point is easily debunked by the fact that all those late night talk shows (Stephen Colbert, Jon Oliver, Jon Stewart, Seth and so on) haven’t changed a thing in US politics. Mockery is a great medium for spreading a message. But words do
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
> Given my comments were in the top ten highest voted of the day, it encourages me that a -lot- of people think this law is dumb and ideally some subset of them will fight it with me. Everyone on HN agrees this law is stupid, myself incl
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
Not really no. Some things can be proven while some cannot. The colour of grass is something that’s scientifically measurable. My point is that some broadcasters are very strict about sticking to the facts. Some will misrepresent those fact
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
“Never” is a little dramatic. Sticking a TV show on from a streaming platform and watching it as family is still less effort than going to the cinema.
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by hnlmorg 2mo ago
You don’t actually know JFK was shot from your own personal experience. You just choose to believe what credible source claim. And even if you were there, who’s to say that your fallible memory is incorrect? To be clear, I don’t think this

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