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by jka 5y ago
What are your favourite conversations about? (I enjoy abstract conversations about optimistic directions for technology -- although it often involves invoking and talking about -- joking about, if possible -- all of the possible dystopias t
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by jka 5y ago
Source credit: abiro's comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30425318
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Causal inference in statistics: An overview [pdf](ftp.cs.ucla.edu)
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by jka 5y ago
I like Shaw's quote, and it probably summarises much of his life experience at the time. I'd also like to argue that I think it should be possible to be happy, reasonable, and change the world for the better. Not easy perhaps, an
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by jka 5y ago
It may be slightly out-of-context here (...because it refers to ethical incentives instead of academic incentives) but Transparency International UK has published a paper about management and selection of incentives that encourage good beha
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by jka 5y ago
An imaginary diagram of interactions between a large number of microservices isn't too different to a low-code representation of a software program. The ways in which endpoints interact and receive webhooks are like function calls with
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by jka 5y ago
You make a good point here -- the time-to-deployment is significant as well as the time-to-resolve. It's also true that once a fix is available in any Linux source tree, advanced users can begin to use it from that moment onwards. Ar
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An Eventful Instant – full input-device rate events in GNOME Shell 42(blogs.gnome.org)
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by jka 5y ago
If incidents of violence are isolated, then sure, you're making an understandable (and oft-repeated), if provocative, argument here based on individual freedom. It's possible to consider violence to be a contagious disease, howeve
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by jka 5y ago
"We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute this software. We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or enforcement that migh
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by jka 5y ago
The other way to avoid this would be to lean copyleft for your own codebase(s). If they're made public and you include the appropriate source code references for the dependencies you rely on, then you should be in the clear legally (a
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by jka 5y ago
Do most people read and comprehend terms pages before using the information they discover from search engines? (I don't know)
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Henry George: Progress and Poverty(progressandpoverty.org)
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by jka 5y ago
No!
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by jka 5y ago
I'm not a lawyer: In the absence of a reporting mechanism for issues like this, I'd suggest at least a notice / message alongside results to indicate that they may not reflect the current state of official and amended records
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by jka 5y ago
Two of Iain Banks' works; one with his middle initial, and one without: - Use of Weapons "I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give people pleasure? My wiping this
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by jka 5y ago
As someone who has suffered -- still sometimes suffers -- mental health issues and has closely followed software security and privacy engineering over the last two decades (probably no coincidence), I'd like to share a contrarian viewp
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by jka 5y ago
My comment may have been facile and poorly-argued, sure, but if consumer devices are being sold that can be remotely exploited without user interaction during something as commonplace as rendering images.. surely it's worth considering
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by jka 5y ago
Nice, thanks :) Enjoyed the sci-fi / Moon[1] vibes at t=189[2] (those neons might be to improve visibility of the trucks in the dark and/or during storms?). [1] - https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17431-moon [
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by jka 5y ago
Thank you, that makes sense. And my mistake, my post was a bit overly provocative (although in a sense it wasn't entirely directed at you; it's a broader frustration at criticism of small details while ignoring larger patterns).
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by jka 5y ago
Or perhaps one step further (albeit verging into conspiracy theory territory): they intentionally push ahead with known-flawed approaches, projects and engineering practices because it's profitable and there's generally a net bene
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by jka 5y ago
When you find time to block out a four-year gap in your calendar, I'd suggest that you try to find a non-stop high-stress job with global implications, and then record yourself continuously on video any time you step outside your house
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by jka 5y ago
There's an (unusual, I admit) energy expenditure counter-argument here. If someone is able to respond near-automatically and produces an accurate, relevant response that progresses a conversation or situation positively (for whatever t
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by jka 5y ago
> Well, if you're the kind of person who thinks a lot in private -- then, in conversation, you can respond quickly and deeply: because your thinking has already been done. I also disagree with this, and I'll provide slightly d
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Social media: Altered images cause filtered mindset – campaigner(bbc.co.uk)
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by jka 5y ago
Not really what I'm suggesting; many of the responses (even rapid ones) could be valuable and accurate. But regardless, it can make it difficult for all opinions to feel heard (and that can lead to other problems).
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by jka 5y ago
This also provides some arguments against synchronous (video, audio) meetings. Although it's possible for a group to have a sensible, thoughtful conversation within a synchronous environment, a lot of that requires a calm and slow temp
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Django-GDPR-assist – tools to help manage user data in the age of GDPR(github.com)
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More questions to hopefully help you determine when you've found what you're looking for: In the deadline-based environments you've worked in, what has provided you with reassurance about the quality of the code? Is it your o
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by jka 5y ago
Even beyond insects, consider the incomparably vast number of other arrangement of atoms out there in the universe. There's no explanation - just enjoy the experience while you're here (and try to improve it for others too, when

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