oxley

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by oxley 2y ago
> Not one of these things has the least to do with civic freedoms. These things have to do with whether democracies follow the rule of law. Civic freedoms tend to go away when democracies become authoritarian regimes. > USAid didn&#x2
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by oxley 2y ago
I emailed hn@ycombinator.com asking why this was flagged and did not get an answer.
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by oxley 2y ago
For context, the author is a historian specialized in the mechanisms of authoritarianism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Snyder
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Of Course It's a Coup(snyder.substack.com)
144 points by oxley 2y ago|44 comments
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by oxley 2y ago
This is not a drill, folks. It is happening in front of our eyes. Call your congressperson today.
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by oxley 3y ago
I have a daily reminder set up in Apple’s Reminders app and it didn’t trigger today.
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by oxley 3y ago
There are two problems: 1. It's not clear whether exchanges like Coinbase could technically comply with the rules for running a securities exchange, because the fine print of "what to do" doesn't fit well at all with the
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by oxley 4y ago
So… no Linux in FedRAMP?
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by oxley 4y ago
I think OP's point is that convenience becomes the default rather than an active choice. Once people have forgot about the less-convenient alternatives, they can't accurately price convenience anymore and will just pay whatever is
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by oxley 4y ago
Automated trains / subways. They are reliable enough for millions of people to trust them with their life, every day. That's an incredible achievement. If you're ever in Paris, get a front-row seat on subway line 14 and feel
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by oxley 6y ago
> Not only will I never fly this plane again, but I'll do my best to avoid Boeing altogether. Seems excessive. Most of Boeing plane families have been flying for decades. We're unlikely to discover new major failure modes in th
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Does the news do us any good? (2014)(youtube.com)
2 points by oxley 7y ago|0 comments
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Learn How to Do Nothing(theguardian.com)
3 points by oxley 7y ago|0 comments
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Pixelmator launches ML-based “Zoom and enhance” feature(pixelmator.com)
2 points by oxley 7y ago|0 comments
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How Yubikeys support an unlimited number of websites with finite storage (2014)(yubico.com)
3 points by oxley 7y ago|0 comments
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The real Y Combinator(en.wikipedia.org)
6 points by oxley 7y ago|0 comments
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by oxley 8y ago
Yeah. 2 mins of my life I'll never get back.
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Making network authentication simple in a Bring Your Own Device environment(medium.com)
15 points by oxley 9y ago|1 comments