lakechfoma

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by lakechfoma 8y ago
I'm pretty over maintaining Linux on my laptop, Windows 10 in general, and most hardware coming from the "PC" side of the market. I'm also looking to get into iOS development. What do I buy? I'm thinking the cheapes
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Ah that's true. I haven't really ventured farther out from Manhattan than the G. Lots more city out there.
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
A little OT but what is it called when a rail system is setup purely to ferry people to and from the heart of the city? Philadelphia is the same way. New York on the other hand is more of a spaghetti mess. I wonder if that interconnection d
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
I wouldn't bother clicking on this link if I knew it was the state. So no, I'm not tired of everyone playing editor because it benefits me in the end. I also don't agree that such threads drown the conversation. Often they&#x
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Ah sorry I kind of skimmed the article realizing I listened to him about this book on Fresh Air and assumed that statement was more general since it's possible with psilocybin (and I guess psychedelic trips in general). RTFA and you kn
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Depends on where you're walking and who you are with, and of course dose but that can be hard to control. In the right setting, it can be a great idea. I would argue that such an effect is seen more at high doses and rarely at that. If
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
I wonder about this with news sites that are increasingly going paywalled. Do they also turn the tracking or even ads entirely off, or do we just pay money to be tracked now?
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
How is moo related to political correctness? Doesn't it just ask if you've mooed today? That's an innocent joke that you never need to stumble upon. Joking about social/religious/political topics in deep technical d
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Is there research on how effective the Google/FB model is compared to content based? I wonder if fine grained tracking is even all that more powerful. Regardless, there must be diminishing returns and I wouldn't be surprised if we
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Ha ok that's true. Ad breaks are long, superimposed ads exist, and sponsored content is a thing. Maybe "less intrusive" or even "predictable" is better language. I'm thinking of moments where you're scroll
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
I get that it's a race to the bottom, but lets redefine the bottom I guess. I'm afraid that as publishers react to the public being anti ads, we'll all forget the reasons ads became such an issue. We'll get more paywalls
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Why can't we have content based ads that are non-intrusive like television and old print media? Yeah they still interject in the middle of content, but not with the same level of deceit as what some ads and sponsored links do on web me
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Is content based advertising such an ineffective thing that we _need_ individually targeted advertising powered by trackers? Anyone that does a search for shoes on Google gets ads for shoe retailers. Anyone going to Gizmodo gets the same ad
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Not with single packet authentication from fwknop http://www.cipherdyne.org/fwknop/docs/fwknop-tutorial.html#w...
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Of course such a summary can't say "project is stable and boring, doesn't need work" but more often than not I am looking for something that should have plenty of momentum, or I find something that looks half baked and I
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Ask HN: Extension or webpage to quickly pulsecheck a GitHub project
1 points by lakechfoma 8y ago|1 comments
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
This is update is incredible, it looks like a massive jump into modern relevancy. Excited to try it this weekend. One thing I might have to raise in the GIMP community is what's the deal with sliders on brush-like tools? Very cumbersom
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
I haven't used Photoshop in a long time, like 10 years and I'm sure that version was out-of-date already being a public school computer. I had used GIMP before using Photoshop. Given that context, I remember Photoshop to be signif
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Also I feel like SO discourages any kind of personality showing, which in turn makes the place feel like it is occupied by a legion of "Zuckerbots". Not exactly an inclusive place for people who are proud of their identity and tha
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Well said. I didn't understand this at all until the post yesterday "Walking While Black". Essays like that and comments like this are eye openers and should be spread wide to people of privilege. Perspective is powerful
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Read the comment from mistersquid https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16935683 to understand the point
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
I also work with some of the big ones and their customers and partners. I don't understand how case studies like that are shown and believed without question, and not just in blockchain but other tech or processes too. Baffles me, real
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by lakechfoma 8y ago
Have you tried this in a more text based article? I was reading through something lengthy last night and I thought these pop ups were a lifesaver. They're like a TL;DR, you can avoid the context switch of actually clicking through. Som
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by lakechfoma 9y ago
To your question: yes it is. You may find it convenient, but it is definitely manipulating as well. And it really depends on where you see that clothing. Is it on the "buy" page? Ok maybe not so bad. Is it on an advertisement in a
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by lakechfoma 9y ago
I know...the number of underhanded partisan questioning or advertising from these senators was sad.
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by lakechfoma 9y ago
It sounded like no one even proofread and edited their questions or lines of reasoning. There should be a panel of non-partisan people, not even experts, taking the dumb out of their questions before they engage. It was a waste of time. Eve
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by lakechfoma 9y ago
I wonder two things though. 1) would their operating costs be lower if their infrastructure wasn't designed around this user tracking and advertising model? 2) regardless of the answer to number #1 but especially if that answer is yes,
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by lakechfoma 9y ago
I think he was trying to get at something here though: can you run a business that is free for some people and isn't ad based? To which I think the answer could be nuanced. Maybe a large enough population pays $4/month and can thu
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by lakechfoma 9y ago
This makes me wish I had to do more grunt work in Excel.
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by lakechfoma 9y ago
Wow I haven't seen your name in years, I had forgotten! I just want to thank you for having an incredible blog and visualization tools. sortvis.org was frequently a resource I used to learn sorting and then later as a tutor I shared it

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