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laurentMiguel
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
You can downvote all you want, but you're simply matadoring behavioral issues as if they are technical hurtles, and that's dishonest.
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
Yeah, there's no accounting for glaring cluelessness. Leaving S3 buckets open to the world, and totally unencrypted, for example. Downloading and running *.exe email attachments, destroying systems with ransomware, and so on. Encryptio
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
I think that's because email, fundamentally just isn't very secure. Lots of email servers support fallback to non-encrypted, plaintext transmission, which can expose entire chains of replies to MITM attacks with a single message b
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
Is there a particular use case that the physical buttons are better for? EVERYTHING. Every time I need to create a new folder. Every time I need to copy and paste. Every time I need to see additional information about a file. Eve
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
I'll point out that some Lenovo laptops (typically the big ones) still have physical left and right buttons for the trackpad. Yes, I am well aware, and I absolutely love them for it.
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
I'm still consistently enraged at trackpads without physically distinct left and right buttons. No one does them right. Not even Apple.
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
That is an honor system. Hope. Promises, promises.
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
Are metal/chemical batteries “ clean ” though? In the atmospheric climate context, possibly. But if we optimize only for that, is there not a potentially serious trade off in the likelihood of irresponsible disposal?
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laurentMiguel
8y ago
Honestly, the interview process is no guarantee of anything behind door number one. I've learned that the hard way. If a company is putting their best foot forward, and they've contrived an act, but can't back it up? What the