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by kumarsw 5y ago
Non-commercial clauses seem to be a good fit for software that is someone's "day job" where they charge for licenses. It's not common, but I've run across the following projects: Duplicacy by Gilbert Chen https:&#x
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by kumarsw 5y ago
With all the discussion here about object shells, it's a bit surprising that the project page doesn't make stronger emphasis that this (jc) is also a Python library that can take in the output of subprocess.Popen rather than fooli
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by kumarsw 5y ago
I recall a court case where a police officer was convicted of possessing CSAM on his computer. The files were encrypted so the prosecution was not able to view them, but they were able to demonstrate that the encrypted files contained know
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by kumarsw 5y ago
It's an unfortunate choice because my understanding is that it's possible to match encrypted files on the cloud with CSAM, assuming that Apple has the public key, and this has done before in a court case as evidence leading to a
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by kumarsw 5y ago
I feel like the criticism for Apple here is a bit misplaced. Sure, they would be misleading consumers by touting end-end encryption when scanning has now moved to the user's device, but isn't the whole point of this to be complian
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by kumarsw 5y ago
The solution to this is plentiful, well-placed municipal parking garages priced cheaper than street parking. Santa Monica does this where they have about 6-7 city-run garages spaced throughout the city with easily visible electronic signa
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by kumarsw 5y ago
As with all good internet journalism, the answer is at the end: > The immune system is 'not a muscle.' All this begs the question: Will kids have more severe infections after the COVID-19 pandemic if their immune systems missed
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by kumarsw 5y ago
My understanding is that there are two issues. First, modern deduplicating backup software like borg/restic/duplicacy store data in a repository in unique chunks. This avoids the issue that incremental backup software like duplici
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by kumarsw 5y ago
I'll agree with the author partly on software such as rustic/duplicacy - they are not a good solution for long-term archiving, nor are they marketed as such. I keep a network share that I mirror the home folder on my computers to
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by kumarsw 5y ago
I'd thought that these were related to the 9/11 quilts (though reading the article they turned out to be quite unrelated), at least one of which is still on display at the Pentagon. I've never found a good explanation of the
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by kumarsw 5y ago
Once again, a plea for moderation from those calling for a return to analog gauges. Remember that outside of Tesla, automakers are generally pretty conservative and most computing in cars outside the head unit is decentralized MCUs that don
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by kumarsw 5y ago
My poor answer is that articles about Carrington events targeted to the layperson tend to be of poor quality, and you would be best served by looking for peer-reviewed articles. Some authors that come to mind are Overbye or Latingen. The ma
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by kumarsw 5y ago
My sister once decided to look up if a particularly lousy co-worker had an arrest record. Turns out he was arrested on charges of domestic battery, but not convicted. Which is why he's been around her workplace so long, it's a big
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by kumarsw 5y ago
My solution to this has been to get a cheap Android phone and keep social media apps on that, leaving my iPhone with only "useful" apps for navigation and work-related stuff. This has worked out well for two reasons: (1) It makes
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by kumarsw 5y ago
I see a lot of all-or-nothing type comments here. Remember folks, there is a middle ground between a $300+ Ergodox and the $15 Amazon basics special. I use a Pok3r I got on eBay used for $80, they run about $120 new. It's certainly wor
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by kumarsw 5y ago
SaaS gets hated on too much here. The incentives work out as well for desktop software - there's no longer the incentive to add new features to justify customers purchasing a new version (or withhold features until the new version). Th
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by kumarsw 6y ago
It's been done with Mathematica, which includes a "basic" toolbar with square roots, integrals and the like. There's plenty of room for middle ground between a REPL and emulating a physical calculator.
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I think the issue is more that calculator apps are one of the last strongholds of skeuomorphism. Why does almost every calculator app have a keypad, even those for non-touch OSes? For a refreshingly modern take on calculator apps, take a lo
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I'm sure that this is embellished, but I'm a more than a little shocked that someone could achieve this level of procrastination pre-internet.
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I also have a few vintage-ish computing devices from the pre-2010 non-connected era. One is an AlphaSmart Dana "smart" keyboard that runs a version of PalmOS which I use for notetaking. It emulates a USB keyboard so it's easy
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by kumarsw 6y ago
There were a lot more smaller car models in the 80s-90s which makes a difference. It also helps that older cars are less likely to be 4WD/AWG. Finally, a MT will be more efficient than a torque-converter automatic with the same number
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by kumarsw 6y ago
Does this fix the issue of 7zip not supporting unix file permissions? I recall that was the main issue everyone hated the 7zip linux port.
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I'm assuming it's because 7-zip (1) has widespread use on other platforms (2) supports solid compression and (3) is efficient for randomly access. There is DAR which does (2) and (3) but not cross-platform and is already esoteric
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by kumarsw 6y ago
Amfora is great and has pre-built binaries for most oses, including Win10, which I hadn't expected for this sort of project. Also worth mentioning is Lagrange, which is graphical and vaguely resembles the original Mosaic browser.
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by kumarsw 6y ago
In the interest of good HN commenting spirit I'll assume good faith on GP and elaborate on my snarky post. I'm sure that many people are tired of comedian's incessant refrain of the importance of "punching up." It&#
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I know dang likes to tell us that Hacker News turning into Reddit is an illusion, but sometimes it really does turn into Reddit. Like this comment, right now.
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I'll take a try at this. The answer is some combination of: 1. Traditional Asian values 2. Legacy of British colonial law. Punishment by hanging and caning were introduced by the British 3. Southeast Asia was a drug trafficking hotspot
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I bought an old Vornado Evap40 wicking unit from an estate sale some time back after concerns about using an ultrasonic unit with tap water that is high in silicates. The whole unit breaks down so it's pretty easy to clean if it gets s
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by kumarsw 6y ago
That goes explicitly against the code of buy nothing which is to reduce consumption and give freely with no strings attached. Obviously it's still a problem if someone is monopolizing donations as that discourages participation by a lo
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by kumarsw 6y ago
I wonder how many folks touch-type with the function keys. I touch-type, but I still need to look down to use the function keys.

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