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by mirkules 4y ago
The good, old “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide” argument. Just drop “US” in that statement and then reevaluate it. Then ask yourself why the US should be special in regard to (not) protecting people’s privacy.
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by mirkules 4y ago
About 10 years ago, I worked for a Toyota supplier. My job as, the only software guy in a house full of hardware people, was to find out every single Toyota and Lexus dealership in America, and then find out what kind of cell phone receptio
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by mirkules 4y ago
I use Musi on iOS. Ability to play in the background, save playlists locally, no YouTube ads (just ads on screen in the app while music plays in the background, for non-paid versions), and no link to your YouTube account. https:/&#x2F
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by mirkules 4y ago
What deterred me from becoming a professional musician was this (paraphrased) quote: “Your job is not to sell music. Your job is to sell merchandise, and your music is just advertising for your merchandise.” If I were to rationalize it, I w
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by mirkules 4y ago
It's also exactly like when people on the right started leaving twitter and all these alternatives popped up. And in the end, people (who left willingly) ended up back on twitter anyway just because people kept sharing things from ther
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by mirkules 4y ago
The absolute nerve of that guy.
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by mirkules 4y ago
We always sacrifice liberty for these "noble" goals, don't we? But once you do, there is never getting them back. See: PATRIOT Act. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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by mirkules 4y ago
There are several ways I can think of. First, people were willingly installing COVID-19 contact apps to alert them if they were in contact with a confirmed-positive case. Despite all of “us” (security-paranoid people) shouting at the top
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by mirkules 4y ago
Personally, I use SSH to poke around. 99% of the time, I look at the directory structure, maybe learn something and then shrug with a “that was cool” and never look at it again. But there’s always that 1% where I find something truly intere
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by mirkules 4y ago
I’m kind of at a loss that these propositions would be taken at face value. Imagine for a moment that these “talented web developer groups” whom you are essentially representing with your name attached to them are bad foreign state actors i
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by mirkules 4y ago
I cannot believe this IDE is still alive, 22 years after I last touched it. I would rather use vim to code in Java.
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by mirkules 4y ago
It would be cheaper for Starbucks to open a cafe in every office instead. And we've come full circle!
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by mirkules 4y ago
What are some examples of this? E.g. if a website is free but requires an account to access (i.e. valid email address), is it still considered publicly accessible or not?
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by mirkules 4y ago
Microsoft Teams developed a feature when if you’re using a background and turn sideways, your nose and the back of your head are automatically cut off. Bug closed, no longer an issue, overcome by events.
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by mirkules 5y ago
I would like to know the camera too, because he takes the shot at 1/6000. What kind of camera lets in enough light at that shutter speed in the night sky to get that kind of photo at an apparently-low ISO (not a lot of grain apparent i
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by mirkules 5y ago
As a Logic Pro user, I find the Logic Remote on both the iPad and the iPhone to be an absolute dream to use. Low latency, (mostly) intuitive, clutter-free and customizable interface, and lets you focus on creating music instead of fiddling
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by mirkules 5y ago
That is bizarre. The watch I bought in 2020, lasts me two full days. I go running between 30-60 minutes every day. Battery life has never been an issue for me, and it almost even feels like an old nokia in terms of battery life. However, I
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by mirkules 5y ago
IMO, CGI is no different than any other effects: the purpose is to enhance “suspension of belief” to advance some plot line. For example, look at the original Star Trek. The effects were very unrealistic, everyone knew they filmed planet
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by mirkules 5y ago
What does “yellow press” mean in this context? I know the usage of the word “yellow” means “cowardly,” but I suspect there is some other connotation/well-known phrase
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by mirkules 5y ago
One of my favorite college professors got nabbed for secretly collaborating with the Japanese government: https://voiceofoc.org/2014/02/former-uci-professor-pleads-gu... It does happen, even at university level.
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by mirkules 5y ago
I know nothing about luggage transit, and any idea of a solution for lost luggage I could come up with is more likely naive than not. Could you define why lost luggage is an unsolvable problem? What makes it so difficult?
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by mirkules 5y ago
I still have a working 2007 16” MacBook Pro (fully loaded 4GB of RAM, yeah!). It’s not just the software that was better but the hardware too. That keyboard has so much travel compared to these newer ones, it’s crazy. It actually feels like
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by mirkules 5y ago
I started using DDG around 2011. The progress they made is nothing short of incredible. I've completely switched to them around 2015 or so. I've used Google exactly twice last year. I'm curious what kind of queries yield you
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by mirkules 5y ago
What’s more is that the author is wrong. Free Software is libertarianism, not communism. “Free” refers to the freedom to modify the software, the liberty of one person to (legally) do whatever they want with the thing they own. Common owner
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by mirkules 5y ago
Same here. I needed a larger car that can seat my family of five (3 kids). Everyone was cramped, the visibility was poor, especially with everyone in the car and I just can’t get over having the dashboard in the center. It’s a shame because
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by mirkules 5y ago
Completely agree with what everyone else has said about working at a large company, and how past a certain point your changes are not just your changes - they affect the organization as a whole. The good news is, you can fix it diplomatic
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by mirkules 5y ago
For me, it’s very specific. I can visualize a generic elephant, a generic apple or other generic or static object. However, I could never visualize a person’s face for more than a split second. I can describe the person’s features, but neve
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by mirkules 5y ago
What do you mean by FB/Twitter proxies? Is it what it sounds like, service to access FB/Twitter in some kind of anonymous mode? And could you name a few?
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by mirkules 5y ago
I don’t understand how it is legal to eavesdrop without a warrant, even if you are target bad-faith actors and have probable cause - that’s how you get warrants in the first place. Furthermore, everyone on this thread is talking about more
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by mirkules 5y ago
Unfortunately, you can't just erect 4 walls and a door, and call it a day. The problem you quickly run into are building codes. You need to think about electrical codes, HVAC, accessibility, fire codes (sprinklers, flammability of mate

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