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811.
by mikeash 7y ago
iOS can do voice recognition processing entirely locally for many languages. I’m sure the same is true for Android.
812.
by mikeash 7y ago
I don’t see the utility being very high. PBXs? Surely you can get a block of numbers you’re allowed to have and use those. After hours doctor return calls? Route the call through the physical office, or just call from a different number. A
813.
by mikeash 7y ago
So, by definition, 110% of “fair market value” is fair if someone buys at that price? Doesn’t that mean the scare-quoted “fair market value” isn’t?
814.
by mikeash 7y ago
Just let people enjoy what they enjoy.
815.
by mikeash 7y ago
If there isn’t really such a number then surely the scare quotes are completely appropriate?
816.
by mikeash 7y ago
Precisely. You get some authorization box and your input only goes to that box. If you authorize, it then acts like a normal keyboard.
817.
by mikeash 7y ago
If the dealer is buying at 80% and selling at 110% of some number then surely that means that number is not actually fair market value?
818.
by mikeash 7y ago
SMS 2FA is fine. 2FA adds another layer on top of your password. The second factor doesn’t have to be particularly secure to make you safer. The problem is SMS account recovery , which is a really bad idea.
819.
by mikeash 7y ago
Sounds about right. I don’t really get it myself. As a professional C and C++ programmer, every mistake is punished severely by the computer and I want all the help I can get in avoiding them. Warnings aren’t annoying, what’s annoying are o
820.
by mikeash 7y ago
Why isn’t it “oppression” to poison the air that someone needs to breathe?
821.
by mikeash 7y ago
Sadly, it’s not obvious at all. A few years ago, there was an article like this about the 16 most polluting freighters. Ever since then, I have seen the “fact” that ships emit far more CO2 than all cars put together repeated over and over a
822.
by mikeash 7y ago
You could require confirmation before accepting a new input device. This could be done with out of band signaling (such as a button on the computer itself that you push to say “yes, I want to use this keyboard”) or you could do it by requir
823.
by mikeash 7y ago
A proper carbon tax would capture the externalities. If that results in a cost of $50 to ship a package, that just means we’re paying $50 now , but most of that cost is borne by other people who get no say.
824.
by mikeash 7y ago
I have this suspicion that it’s intentional. If I were trying to sow doubt about climate change, this sort of article is exactly what I’d push.
825.
by mikeash 7y ago
The contribution of cruise ships to climate change is negligible.
826.
by mikeash 7y ago
You snuck in a second premise to the argument: that it will increase the false positive risk. And if we accept that premise, we don’t need the other one. Bad programmers are the ones who need the most help from our tools. Saying there’s no
827.
by mikeash 7y ago
If expects an integer, and = produces an integer when the lhs has integer type.
828.
by mikeash 7y ago
Usually, yes. C is weird because undefined behavior is illegal, can sometimes be detected statically, and yet will not produce an error. So sometimes you get warnings for invalid yet error-free code. It’s a strange language.
829.
by mikeash 7y ago
My thoughts exactly. How many millions would be unable to get to work (or stranded at work)? So many people have lost the ability to navigate without it.
830.
by mikeash 7y ago
Not that you know of....
831.
by mikeash 7y ago
That description fits your cell phone too, except it’s “everywhere you go” rather than “home.” Do you expect it to record you?
832.
by mikeash 7y ago
It’s obvious that people will interpret “Amazon’s Choice” in this way. Surely Amazon knew this too. This should be considered false advertising if not outright fraud. Instead it’ll just turn into another episode of “haha those wacky tech co
833.
by mikeash 7y ago
The answer is for the electorate to be sufficiently educated and free-thinking that they vote out people who deliberately get into stupid wars. Which is probably to say that we’re screwed.
834.
by mikeash 7y ago
Militarily defeating the Iranian government would be easy no matter what. The hard part is winning the peace. And by “hard” I mean “essentially impossible, and trying to do so will wreck us.” This is what the assholes who want a war with Ir
835.
by mikeash 7y ago
We have video of some people doing something next to a big ship. Any interpretation beyond that from the US government can’t be trusted. Remember the photos of Iraqi WMD? You’re right, Iran might have really done this. It’s also highly, hig
836.
by mikeash 7y ago
The phrasing of your first paragraph confuses me. “I can’t help but...” as if this sentiment were hard to justify. The US government is notorious for lying its way into wars, and the current administration is full of psychopaths who would l
837.
by mikeash 7y ago
Step 5 sounds awesome and I totally understand the desire to do it, but it will screen out a lot of top-tier candidates. A really good candidate is probably already employed. They probably don’t want to quit without another job lined up and
838.
by mikeash 7y ago
How are tests supposed to help when someone writes atrocious code that works? The posted pseudocode probably gets the job done.
839.
by mikeash 7y ago
In a big company it won’t ultimately be up to him. A good boss will track it down but they’re not all good.
840.
by mikeash 7y ago
Not necessarily. More likely, he’d just have the part you need to sign.

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