mnd999

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by mnd999 4y ago
Great to see the University of Kent getting some publicity on hacker news, even if the BlueJ reviews are somewhat mixed. Ian Utting and David Barnes gave my first CS lecture.
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by mnd999 4y ago
Do people really like Elon? There isn’t much to like about him. Respect his achievements, sure , but actually like him?
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by mnd999 4y ago
Depends which country you live in.
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by mnd999 4y ago
That’s exactly my point. Laws restricting speech. Free speech is a utopian nonsense, there are always restrictions (just ask the SEC). It’s just a question of where a society thinks the line should be drawn.
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by mnd999 4y ago
How do you protect the rights of those being bullied, trolled, harassed, doxxxed and revenge-porned.
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by mnd999 4y ago
Security departments are generally so unhelpful that most organisations quickly learn to ignore them beyond the box ticking exercises.
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by mnd999 4y ago
It turned out eating high cholesterol foods didn’t lead to high cholesterol after all.
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by mnd999 4y ago
It’s a sad world where only children are allowed to have fun.
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by mnd999 4y ago
Security snake oil merchants figured out a new way to make a quick buck.
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by mnd999 4y ago
I actually do have 100gb of ram in my desktop, mainly because I got a bit carried away on eBay and bought an epyc, and you kinda have to fill all the slots to get the performance.
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by mnd999 4y ago
Updates
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by mnd999 4y ago
Maybe in the Android world they do (but I kinda doubt it), but certainly not in the Apple ecosystem.
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by mnd999 4y ago
It’s co-ordinated bullying and harassment of a minority group to deny them the same rights to free expression that those doing the bullying enjoy. Free speech without consequences doesn’t work. See also gamergate.
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by mnd999 4y ago
The N9 was a better phone than anything they released subsequently. The TI OMAP being eol and the lack of 4g were for sure problems but Elops cure was worse than the disease.
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by mnd999 4y ago
Software generally doesn’t need to be audited by a grad in a corporate IT department who knows next to nothing about software. We have official repos for that, why Jack-of-all-trades IT oafs think they can do a better job than distros who
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by mnd999 4y ago
Yes, that was what I meant.
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by mnd999 4y ago
I also use to spend a lot of time in there around the time the ban came in downing several pints of ‘man in a box’ at least once a week at a startup with a bit of a drinking culture. The smoke definitely masked the other smells though, onc
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by mnd999 4y ago
All these processes are a template, a starting point. Begin there and optimise and refine to suit your team and your environment. Dogmatically following a process that doesn’t work for you is silly.
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by mnd999 4y ago
I just Adblock at the router level on my Turris Omnia. WireGuard into that and out again when mobile.
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by mnd999 4y ago
My first gen X1 carbon has been brilliant. It’s dated but I still use it for some things. Had run Linux and FreeBSD without issues over the years.
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by mnd999 4y ago
And the power is really really expensive. A lot more than it be on a domestic supply. In the uk at least.
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by mnd999 4y ago
Yes, but everyone else in the world is going to need a new liquid ingress sticker for their laptop.
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by mnd999 4y ago
Also, they probably care less about failing European safety standards since pickups aren’t a big market in Europe.
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by mnd999 4y ago
For me, from the UK, jaywalking is a strange law, we’ve never had it and I don’t really know why it exists elsewhere. It makes streets more pedestrian friendly and encourages drivers to look out for them.
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by mnd999 4y ago
I have a lot more hate for bicycles since I stopped driving and started walking as it turns out.
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by mnd999 4y ago
It’s pretty grim at the moment.
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by mnd999 4y ago
It’s hard to escape the conclusion that they do not have any idea what they’re doing.
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by mnd999 4y ago
I would just ban private schools and home schooling entirely, and make everyone go to public schools. The standards would improve in no time.
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by mnd999 4y ago
That’s a societal decision we have to make. Should all children have access to good education - i.e. should we invest in public schooling? Or should it be dependent on your parents ability to pay in which case lets go all in on private.
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by mnd999 4y ago
If you have a point to make I would suggest you make it. This kind of low quality ambiguous response adds nothing to the discussion.

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