kindle-dev

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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I've heard this effect put into more positive terms: If the ship is on a good course, making it hard to steer also makes it hard to sink.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Fake comment. The headline uses the word rates not beats. Not everything can be perfectly unambiguous all the time.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
When is an index more useful than full text search? I derive a lot of pleasure when I can open a huge text on my laptop and instantly find exactly what I'm working for by searching for one or two words.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I'm not making China out to be an omniscient bogeyman. The U.S. has used companies to gain access to secure systems in other countries. It's just a reality that ANY country can do this. To deny that is to either be a shill, or woe
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Responding to your other comment: the app has access to your camera. Nothing is stopping it from using your camera, without your knowledge, and then uploading what it captures while a user browses their TikTok feed.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Modern apps are obfuscated and use certificate pinning to avoid network traffic introspection. It's really not simple to decompile an app into something understandable.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Yes, of course it's ok. The role of a government is to do what is in the best interest of its citizens. If there is a possible threat from a foreign adversary, the government should deal with it.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I think you're missing the forest for the trees. Publicly posting confidential information is definitely bad. Bringing a device that can covertly collect information for adversaries is even worse.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I was responding to the comment asking why TikTok should be banned vs. other social media.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
The TikTok app may have camera access and location access. It could capture images and send them to China when it detects its on a military base without the user even knowing. It’s so annoying to see “what about X” comments on every story w
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
What’s more likely? A service that vacuums up every piece of data vacuuming up microphone data, or the same service intentionally excluding this one random piece of data? Every time this comes up, people jump up and say “they’re definitely
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
It would be ok to discuss another topic, but this particular case was using the behavior of a private British firm to somehow make the researchers look hypocritical (or having an agenda) because they are also based in the UK
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Network infrastructure is just a microcosm of the issues facing small countries. They need protection, access to markets and resources, investment, and access to technology just to name a few.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
It's in the article: "Natural gas that is consumed on the site and would have otherwise been vented or flared under the authority of the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission has no value and is exempt from taxation as long
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
They have almost 0 community spread. A fact which many in the west respond to by saying that they’re faking their numbers, which completely ignores all of the counter measures they’ve taken. I have colleagues in China, and the Chinese lockd
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Why is it "very unlikely?" Does Google have a good track record of removing information voluntarily?
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
But someone told me insurance companies are bad and are stiffing those poor, struggling doctors and hospitals.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
This only applies to non-recourse state, of which there are only 12.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I believe the average down payment on a house for first time buyers is around 5% these days (in the US): https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/how-much-is-a-down-paymen...
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
This totally misses the point that there is no where else you can get 20x leverage at < 3% interest. Even with modest appreciation, you're going to make a lot of money putting 5% down on a house.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Even without FTL travel, just having constant acceleration at 1g is enough to travel the width of the galaxy in 12 years ship-time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_travel_using_constant_ac... .
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I find this situation refreshing. The banker is uniformly applying criteria for a loan. Just because you're the surgeon general doesn't mean you get special treatment.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
This argument makes no sense. Medical bills are the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. Hospitals knowingly employ out-of-network doctors so they can bill patients huge sums directly.
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I do feel that insurers get the short-end of the stick. The doctors and hospital are the ones charging $257,000. And they're also driving Teslas. I've lost all respect for the hospital system after receiving a $47,000 surprise bil
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
I think this is a bad idea. The author is clearly self motivated, so why does he want to start a full-time dev career so early? College is basically the best time in most people's lives to explore ideas that they have. College students
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
Talking to users is so, so important if you want to build a product people actually want. Discord gets a lot of hate in here, but I haven't found a better product for easily engaging your users. It's lower friction than a phone ca
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by kindle-dev 5y ago
France is the the largest nuclear energy exporter, but it only exports about 12% of its nuclear energy, which might be enough to move the domestic price.