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by jwatte 10y ago
This is why companies with weak crypto can perhaps avoid liability for disclosure, because the crypto shows that they "intended to" protect the information, and it's not zero work to break, even if it's /now/ c
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by jwatte 10y ago
There is a minimum bar for what is a protectable "work" under copyright. It also has to be creatively produced, not machine generated in singles. (Not taking about collections here) Rolling a die and publishing a number between 1
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by jwatte 10y ago
The main problem is that parts of our society still treats social security numbers as off they were passwords. However, they are short, uniquely assigned, and not changeable - which means they are user names (identifiers.) (Same thing with
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by jwatte 10y ago
Google "steganography." You can significantly increase the bit rate. For example, overlay a QR code over each of four consecutive frames. You can do this without frame dropping. You only need to add about 6dB of the code for this
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by jwatte 10y ago
Meanwhile, it is literally impossible to buy a Mac that has a GPU good enough for VR.
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by jwatte 10y ago
I used to love the Mac, but for a long time now, Windows+Linux have outpaced the MacOS experience. Visual Studio runs absolute rings around XCode. And I day this as a vim/make user with a significant Linux investment. Sometimes, I&#x27
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by jwatte 10y ago
If Apple services were best of class, eco system leading stars, this approach would make sense. When we get iTunes and iCloud, well, their Kool Aid is probably spiked...
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by jwatte 10y ago
You can't, because sarcasm is a thing and it's often impossible to detect in writing from people you don't already know.
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by jwatte 10y ago
"Toe the line"
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by jwatte 10y ago
Rather won than lose? Sounds like every big business I know. By "fair," do you mean "legally defensible in court" or "morally upright according to middle class values?" Turns out, successful large American comp
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by jwatte 10y ago
I think you have grossly mis-compared the relative strengths of the claims. Does there exist any data that would make you sit up and say "actually, we should probably deal with this now?" If so, what would that data look like?
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by jwatte 10y ago
Does there exist, in your mind, any data that would make you think global warming is real and imminent? If so, what would that data look like?
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by jwatte 10y ago
So, first, it's "toe the line," and second, toeing the line means stretching outside the defined limit. You may want to edit your post to make a coherent statement.
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by jwatte 10y ago
Have you read the linked research? Do you have a better explanation for the data? By all means, let us know!
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by jwatte 10y ago
We already have the more efficient technologies; the main resistance is those benefiting from the status quo, who have the most money/power.
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by jwatte 10y ago
Are you saying the ozone hole would be preferable?
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by jwatte 10y ago
We could turn ourselves around, and then literally nuke those who chose not to. It is technically possible -- we have all the tech, power, and people to do it. Meanwhile: The political focus is on building walls.
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by jwatte 10y ago
When 90% of the global population (including many North Americans) are starving to death, what will your "retirement" really be like?
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by jwatte 10y ago
And you can drive those electric cars for perhaps 10 years after that switch, until the global food supply finally kicks the bucket. On the current course, we are looking at global nuclear war level disruption; the only question is "wh
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by jwatte 10y ago
So, you're not a great believer in the scientific method, then?
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by jwatte 10y ago
3.5C by 2035? That's, like, 20 years away. Plenty of time for the Mars mission, because surely we can't solve our own problems here on earth. What will it take to get to revolution and revolt?
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by jwatte 10y ago
Actually, the Nissan Leaf can, although is be really conserned about the brakes at that point.
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by jwatte 10y ago
Why do you think textbooks (and ancient works) are written in text, not comics?
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by jwatte 10y ago
Disagree that conclusion follows from quote. "Blocks" doesn't teach sufficiently deep thinking, and can only really solve problems within the domain of (foreseen by) the system itself.
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by jwatte 10y ago
"Writing code will become less and less necessary, making software development more accessible to everyone." I heard that same argument 30 years ago. "4G" and "expert systems" and "application generators&q
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by jwatte 10y ago
"But not the money to pay for these jobs." We, the society, make the money. We could decide today that this is financed, either through printing, or through taxing. No theoretical problem. Practically, those with the most resource
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by jwatte 10y ago
It's impossible that there is simply nothing in the world that needs doing. Exactly how to make sure that things that need doing, are done, is what economics and politics are about, but any "job shortage" is because of ineffi
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by jwatte 10y ago
Because you, the developer, do not buy or pay for "servers," only ephemeral "code invocations."
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by jwatte 10y ago
If you have any kind of real load, there skills always be instances running. If you have less load than that, you are not a case worth optimizing for, because you pay less than a few hundred per month. Also, small instances are cheap to kee
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by jwatte 10y ago
The sales pitch is that the fabric vendor does the administration, and people like you are out of a job. Because the framework infrastructure is supposed to solve all of that behind the curtains, so developers cannot shoot themselves in the

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