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by jgaa 4y ago
I don't think allowing "binary blobs" by default is a good idea. Allowing binaries built from "non-free" but publicly available source code is less of a problem, at least to me.
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by jgaa 4y ago
You sound to me like you are burning out. The only cure I'm aware that works reliable is to quit. Alternatively, reading up about work-burnout could be an idea. Meditation, working out, eating and living healthy, and being mindful abou
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by jgaa 4y ago
> That sounds like a lot of work It's a matter of principle. And once the VM's are created, they don't add much overhead.
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by jgaa 4y ago
No, they don't track me across the web ;) I have js disabled by default on my PC's and laptops. If I need (or want) to use a site that require js, I do so in a VM, and I use that VM only for one or a few related sites (like Hacker
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by jgaa 4y ago
> Of all things that can be complained about, JS sandboxing is actually really hardened. It's still very useful for people who want to run arbitrary code on your CPU. Both AMD and Intel have severe flaws, called "speculative ex
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by jgaa 4y ago
It was a joke, built on some comments on a recent Security Now podcast, where they made fun of Quantum computing's current inability to compute the simplest things accurately, and the possibility that Quantum computing never will evolv
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by jgaa 4y ago
> FHE (fully homomorphic encryption) provides quantum-secure computing on encrypted data Today, if I understand it correctly, that means the encryption can't be broken on a computer with resources < whatever is required to calcul
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by jgaa 4y ago
> This is not how hackers speak. Well, sometimes I don't speak like this. I can be dull and boring and polite and say all the right tings; when I'm surrounded by snowflakes and people without any original toughs. > Learning
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by jgaa 4y ago
> while I worked with PDP-11 One of the few things in life I really feel depressed about, is never getting the opportunity to work with one of those. > you don't speak for a generation I speak only for my self, and in this thread
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by jgaa 4y ago
I think it's called "Test Driven Development" ;)
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by jgaa 4y ago
This is how hackers speak ;) Hacker in the old meaning; someone who knows computers well, not someone who exploit this knowledge for greed. When I bought my first computer, a VIC 20, I got so hooked that I hardly slept for several weeks. In
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by jgaa 4y ago
I went to a local store (I'm in EU) and asked the salesperson "what's your biggest 4k, dumb TV?" It happened to be a 49" NEO. So that's what I have at the moment. When it's time to change it, I will try th
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by jgaa 4y ago
Thank you! Very interesting article.
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Ask HN: What is the cost of unit test coverage in complex C++ projects
2 points by jgaa 4y ago|4 comments
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by jgaa 4y ago
I guess the simplest (technical) solution is to just use IP geolocation data to redirect all HTTP requests from California to a "safe" page stating that the requested content is not the brain food you are looking for. You know, ju
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by jgaa 4y ago
I'm using C++ for most of my projects, because I like it. It's also what I do for a living. The latest new open source project I initiated is a dns server, nsblast, using rocksdb for storage. https://github.com/jga
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by jgaa 4y ago
> The Internet origin story you know is wrong No it is not. The BBS community pioneered some of the services that later become popular on Internet, but not at scale, and with very different motivation. It was never the origin story of In
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by jgaa 4y ago
> So what do you think the rest of the world does? Mechanical, civil, electrical engineering, lawyers, doctors, HR, managers? I think they end up hiring the wrong person most of the time. > What makes software so special? It's no
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by jgaa 4y ago
Offering someone you don't know a senior position without some kind of insight into their level of competence is just a lottery. I've screened a number of very senior developers with impressive CV's applying for senior C++
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by jgaa 4y ago
It's back. I still wonder what happened.
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by jgaa 4y ago
yap
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Ask HN: What Happened to Boost.org?
9 points by jgaa 4y ago|8 comments
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by jgaa 4y ago
They used to be better, that is true. But any of my thinkpads have way better keyboards than any of my macbooks. I keep a X1 just as a typewriter.
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by jgaa 4y ago
What we have from Apple laptops, when it comes to the ThinkPad keyboard, is like comparing stone tablets with a 1980 IBM electric type writer ;)
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by jgaa 4y ago
> "Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website." I was interested in C++, not javascript.
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by jgaa 4y ago
They are soc 2 compliant - so it must be OK ;) I mean, they can prove on paper that they are secure. Who cares about reality any more.
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by jgaa 4y ago
Are there any other reasons for creating programs?
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by jgaa 4y ago
I asked myself that exact question yesterday. I have been coding, mostly in C and C++ for more than 30 years. Right now I am profoundly frustrated by all kind of management jerk-off rituals that results in friction and slows down innovation
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by jgaa 5y ago
All I see is a blank page...
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by jgaa 5y ago
The move towards cashless was one of the reasons I left Norway 14 years ago. This is matter of such magnitude that it makes sense to vote with your feet.

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