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by notRobot 5y ago
Yes, you get it! :D
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by notRobot 5y ago
Complete list of animals found to have play vocalisations (laughter) can be found in the linked study (pdf): https://gabryant.scholar.ss.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/site... Includes species of cats, dogs, monkeys,
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by notRobot 5y ago
Thanks for the suggestions, I'm not yet convinced, but I will give this more thought!
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by notRobot 5y ago
> The person who unthinkingly installs a package will also unthinkingly include your script using 'require'. Yeah, everything I'm talking about is to make the latter a less likely occurance.
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by notRobot 5y ago
> There is nothing inherent in using packages that means you have to blindly trust the code Agreed, but packages are an additional layer of abstraction, and you and I both know that the vast, vast majority of devs will not "look un
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by notRobot 5y ago
I love frame.work as a concept, but it's definitely not a "proven" concept at the moment. The company could very well go under or choose not to support upgrading the laptop.
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by notRobot 5y ago
I do this solely because I don't like packages, I don't use them, and I don't want to maintain them for other people. To the people who want to use my code, it is recommended prominently in multiple places that they not blind
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Bluemail(bluemail.me)
1 points by notRobot 5y ago|1 comments
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by notRobot 5y ago
Yes, but AFAIK, those are heavily tested or audited in some manner. That's different from including code written by randos in your app that they can remotely change at any time.
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by notRobot 5y ago
Here's my $.02: Packages are literally remote code exec vulns in the hands of package authors. At the very least, it takes them under a minute to break your app, simply by deleting their package. Read the article. This is not the first
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by notRobot 5y ago
Ah, that makes a lot of sense! Hadn't even considered that, thanks!
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by notRobot 5y ago
Even the webcam API requires HTTPS, I guess that makes sense?
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Getting my personal data out of Facebook(ruben.verborgh.org)
2 points by notRobot 5y ago|0 comments
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by notRobot 5y ago
Thank you!
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by notRobot 5y ago
This is from a decade ago. While I'm sure the fundamentals haven't changed much, are there any more up-to-date versions?
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by notRobot 5y ago
More details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/rwc069/ysk_t...
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How to Opt Out of Verizon’s Custom Experience Tracking(wired.com)
6 points by notRobot 5y ago|1 comments
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Fundamental Attribution Error(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by notRobot 5y ago|0 comments
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An Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks and Had Sex on Them (2009)(gizmodo.com)
2 points by notRobot 5y ago|2 comments
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by notRobot 5y ago
> I don't think Instagram is super popular with the Tiktok generation You're wrong. I work with teens. They all use both. For different reasons. TikTok is much more creator/viewer like YouTube, where few make content, and
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Shirley Exception: People falsely think there are reasonable exceptions to laws(twitter.com)
5 points by notRobot 5y ago|1 comments
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by notRobot 5y ago
Facebook (Meta) the company is a lot more than Facebook the social media network. Meta owns WhatsApp and Instagram, two of the biggest social networks, that are ubiquitous with younger generations. It does not matter that Facebook is associ
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by notRobot 5y ago
Don't forget to donate to developers of software you use for your website dev and ops!
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by notRobot 5y ago
Thanks!
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by notRobot 5y ago
Same. In the top-10, I only recognise vmception and dang.
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by notRobot 5y ago
You can, you just have to email the mods.
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by notRobot 5y ago
Heh, the fact that (IMO) I don't comment that often but still am in the top 5k (rank 4228, 185 comments) just goes to show how all things considered HN is still a very niche/small community.
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by notRobot 5y ago
> [1] After Greylock booted founder Philip Greenspun out of ArsDigita, he wrote a hilarious but also very informative essay about it. Anyone have a link to this essay? I performed a few web searches but couldn't find it
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by notRobot 5y ago
The linked Reddit post is kinda amazing: "Drunk Post: Things I've learned as a Sr Engineer": https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/nmodyl/dru...
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by notRobot 5y ago
Historical: 2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25594068 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21802596 2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18753859 2018: https:/&#

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