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by jmull 5mo ago
Let's not forget: the vaping business model is to turn kids into addicts and then keep selling them the drug. I'm not exactly going to get outraged at the NYT's rhetorical tactics against vaping.
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by jmull 5mo ago
> This seems to mostly prevent accidental logging Yes, and that's not uncommon, IME. There's generally a lot of logging that's at least potentially available, and it gets turned on, and the logs shared when there's a
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by jmull 5mo ago
People shouldn't be downvoting this... Hashing client-side is a good idea. You must also hash server-side, for storage/comparison. Otherwise, an insider may be able to harvest the original password, from logs, proxies, load bala
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by jmull 5mo ago
You actually want to one-way passwords both client-side, for transport, and again server-side, for storage/comparison. Otherwise, there's a hole, between the end of the TLS connection and where the server-side encryption happens,
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by jmull 5mo ago
Sounds panicky to me... changing everything all at once for all the reasons. I guess someone will be selling enterprises something that lets them say, "We're doing AI too!" Might as well be gitlab?
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by jmull 5mo ago
> I don't understand... Why not stop there? You've got some awareness that there's something other people know that you don't. Better to ask a question than express an opinion based on ignorance, right?
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by jmull 5mo ago
I'd think Americans widely enjoy his work too.
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by jmull 5mo ago
Yes, nothing. Your intergenerational war isn't even going to start. The societal problems we face are real. Framing them as young/good vs. old/bad is effectively the same as ignoring them entirely. You should be looking for a
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by jmull 5mo ago
That article is calling for an additional estate tax. That's sounds reasonable to me. But you seem to be talking about taking the retirement savings and homes of people who are using them to live. You find different numbers in differen
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by jmull 5mo ago
If most people were fed up I think you'd see it in voting patterns. Instead, a substantial fraction of the population don't care enough to vote one way or the other. Those that do vote have been pushing us toward the system we hav
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by jmull 5mo ago
By law is how we got to where we currently are. There's no reason to think that would change. You'd have to trick all the people who are old (plus all the people who realize they will get old too) to vote away their assets, income
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by jmull 5mo ago
They probably mean faster to a higher-level goal rather than SLOC. Typing speed and SLOC have never been that useful for measuring productivity.
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by jmull 5mo ago
Sounds dramatic, but what are we talking about here? Are you planning to work through democratic processes or do you mean revolution?
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by jmull 5mo ago
It's almost like there are different people out there with different ideas about things.
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by jmull 5mo ago
Your logic is, "nothing's perfect so everything is equally good (or bad)". Which is not true in this case. For better and sometimes worse, the process through which medical drugs and procedures come to market, including studi
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by jmull 5mo ago
This is an excellent idea who's time has come. But this is too vague for me. I'm not seeing my questions answered in the landing page or FAQ either. E.g.,... what's the pricing? How does atomic commit really work? E.g., if on
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by jmull 5mo ago
I've only been getting machines with 1TB or less. (1) I only need local internal storage for apps, current data, and active projects. (2) It helps me stay honest & organized about my backup and archive strategies.
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by jmull 5mo ago
LLMs have been getting a lot better at coding. If the "goalposts" represent what people generally think LLMs are capable of, they should be moving, right? And complex, multi-part, long term efforts like building software and sof
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by jmull 5mo ago
Generally, groups of people aren't homogenous. The contradictions you see could mostly be variations across individuals rather than hypocrisy within individuals. (Doubly so for vaguely defined groups, like "kind of engineer".
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by jmull 5mo ago
I think you can boil down most of the list to: Understand what you want to do. I’m not convinced about rebuilding repeatedly as a learning tool though. As relatively quick as it is, it over emphasizes the front line problems you face early.
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by jmull 5mo ago
I took the previous post, with its mention of the ball of mud, to be about complexity. “Taste”, is used in many cases, I suspect, to give a name the collection of practices and strategies developers use to keep their code and projects at a
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by jmull 5mo ago
While I'm sure you're speaking for many, this is definitely not true across the board.
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by jmull 5mo ago
You're arguing the malware risk from notepad++ created and run by Don Ho for over 22 years is comparable to that of new, fake notepad++, vibe coded and run by a guy whose main claim to fame is a marked ignorance of norms around softwar
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by jmull 5mo ago
Sounds like you're in a specific situation. I wonder what it is and whether it applies to a lot of other people?
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by jmull 5mo ago
I think there's a significant chance this fake Notepad++ for Mac is/becomes a vector for malware. The author is impossibly naive. The best interpretation is they are easy dupes for a supply-chain attack. Hopefully the word gets ar
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by jmull 5mo ago
I believe the tricky privacy and security issues around smart glasses (and other "personal" tech) can be navigated successfully enough by a thoughtful, diligent, responsive company. Which is why I'd never touch a person tech
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by jmull 6mo ago
I’d think the lesson here is obvious, but maybe not. If you thought this project had value, you could’ve contributed to it. You probably still could. Or, if you think its value is worth $0 (to you), maybe it’s not really that sad (to you).
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by jmull 6mo ago
I was thinking that if some evil god could credibly force this sadistic choice on humanity we’re all in trouble, regardless of the button you push. I’d probably turn my mind to resistance and refuse to push any buttons if possible.
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by jmull 6mo ago
I don’t see it as so dire. Software developers have been learning what they needed to know to do the job the whole time. That’s pretty much the job description. What you need to know has changed a lot recently. Like always. > The combina
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by jmull 6mo ago
I use an ipad pro with the keyboard/trackpad case daily. I find the combo of keyboard, pointer, touch, and pencil interfaces very useful. The touch interface is even useful sometimes when remoted in to a desktop. The biggest thing wron

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