jpxw

9 ms·

31.
by jpxw 5y ago
Also writing. I don’t believe that it’s possible for someone to be a clear and concise programmer unless they’re able to write their native language clearly and concisely. This would likely require teaching students at least basic logic. Th
32.
by jpxw 5y ago
Question for Android users: do you have Google Photos backup enabled? I’d say most people have iCloud Photos enabled, so I’m trying to gauge whether that’s true of Google Photos too. Google Photos also does CSAM scanning, I believe
33.
by jpxw 5y ago
In reality, the fact that they do the scanning on-device is actually better privacy-wise. But I can see how instinctually it “feels” wrong.
34.
by jpxw 5y ago
Perhaps this is a joke I’m not getting in which case I apologise. The advantage of semantic versioning (SemVer) over git hashes is… well… semantics. You can immediately identify if the next version introduces a breaking change, for instance
35.
by jpxw 5y ago
Yet another case of an organisation giving in to pressure from a vocal minority of activists. Master does not mean the same as Primary. Master does not mean the same as Main. Efforts to replace Master with alternative, less precise words ma
36.
by jpxw 5y ago
You joke, but blacklist and whitelist are in the process of being cancelled.
37.
by jpxw 5y ago
Native speaker here: yes, “primary” does not mean the same as “master”, and in this case I would argue that the distinction is relevant. I agree with your assessment. “primary” — to me — implies one of many equally-important passwords. “mas
38.
by jpxw 5y ago
Unpopular opinion: I think the outrage over this is quite overblown. This kind of hash checking is done by damn near all cloud providers - Google Photos, Dropbox, Gmail, Discord, Reddit, OneDrive, Facebook, Twitter, you name it. Apple have
39.
by jpxw 5y ago
I don’t use Android, so genuine question here: does an Android phone automatically upload everything to iCloud like an iPhone does? With the iOS ecosystem, in my experience having everything backed up to iCloud is the default position, and
40.
by jpxw 5y ago
Yes, but I think you’d agree that each slippery slope has a certain degree of probability. The slippery slope from Apple checking image hashes to hourly strip-searches seems rather unlikely, which makes your analogy unhelpful.
41.
by jpxw 5y ago
You must surely realise that there’s a fairly large difference between being strip-searched and having a hash computed on one of your photos that you’re uploading to iCloud.
42.
by jpxw 5y ago
Yes, there seems to be a lot of conflation between the two separate systems (in the media, and in comments on here). As you say, it’s important to be precise, otherwise people won’t take your arguments seriously. To summarise: One system in
43.
by jpxw 5y ago
First off, I don’t think this is some evil plan to kill our privacy. I think this project is done with good intentions, if nothing else. However I think this is an interesting question: how does Apple know that the hashes they’re supplied m
44.
by jpxw 5y ago
Nick Clegg is another notable political hire by Facebook. It seems like a tactic of theirs.
45.
by jpxw 5y ago
At $WORK I use a dynamically typed language at least 75% of the time. I often wonder how much time (== money) I waste debugging existing code which has a logic error that would have been caught by any type system, or trying to piece togethe
46.
by jpxw 5y ago
- That was hardly a theory limited to them. Many people were saying that that was a possibility right from the start, including me, and I’m not a conspiracy theorist. - There still isn’t conclusive evidence on that question, unless I’m miss
47.
by jpxw 5y ago
My immediate thought is that this could be quite dangerous if used by inexperienced foragers. It’s very easy as a human to misidentify poison hemlock as cow’s parsley, for example, which is a lethal mistake. It’s a very cool project though,
48.
by jpxw 5y ago
Some (unsolicited) advice (this is HN after all): there’s a typo in this post (human's should be humans). There are other more subtle grammar issues in the post, too. Some of the language on the front page could be tightened up too. Th
49.
by jpxw 5y ago
Agreed. Changing pronunciation mid-sentence to a language you don’t even speak is very difficult, and in any case comes off as pretentious. Non-native speakers will be used to the English pronunciation, even if it’s wrong. If you try and pr
50.
by jpxw 5y ago
Yep that line would make me not buy this. I don’t care for that kind of sneering language.
51.
by jpxw 5y ago
Are you on Android or iOS? The iOS app is really well done IMO.
52.
by jpxw 5y ago
Bitwarden has the best UI/UX of any password manager I have used, by far. In particular it puts LastPass (which I switched from) to shame. I rarely use the premium features, but I pay for premium anyway to support the project. Costs a
53.
by jpxw 5y ago
> helps us relentlessly pursue our mission of being Earth’s most customer-centric company, best employer, and safest place to work. I think I’d have more respect for Amazon if they were just honest. It’s clear that they’re not the “best
54.
by jpxw 5y ago
Yeah, to me much of this sounds great. No menu bar? Great, I never use it. Keyboard shortcuts make it unnecessary. No reload button? Great, one less thing I don’t use cluttering up the UI. I understand that less experienced users may find t
55.
by jpxw 5y ago
Including mails from the author of this article!
56.
by jpxw 5y ago
> despite being the most demanding intern we’ve ever had This is unprofessional and downright nasty and vindictive to a degree that I find almost unbelievable. God that little comment has really made my blood boil. I’m going to be avoidi
57.
by jpxw 5y ago
I wonder why a country would choose Bitcoin as legal tender when better, faster, more environmentally friendly cryptos exist (ones which can feasibly be used to transact money in real-time, for instance).
58.
by jpxw 5y ago
I’d suggest that case is a bit different, because the tape was leaked purely because it was a sex tape. Also Hogan is a private citizen. In this case, there was at least some other motive (exposing an elected public official engaging in an
59.
by jpxw 5y ago
Wiktionary is an incredibly useful resource
60.
by jpxw 5y ago
Did Schwab say that? I thought that was some random writer that the WEF had run an op-ed. See also https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-wef-idUSKBN2AP2...

More ›