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by plaguepilled 4y ago
>I would hazard a guess that 99% of the population doesn't know or care about FOSS. I'll be generous and not kick back on that statistic, but even if its true, that last 1% is pretty vocally pro-FOSS. >Eye-roll. OK fair, you
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
I don't think people hate all of tech. FOSS is still beloved. Small dev team projects are still supported outside the tech community. Its just SV and its very... Clintonesque(?) brand of doublespeak is becoming a bit trite.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
The actual research ( https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2107848118 ) seems to indirectly comment on the fact that some terms could have been present due to their recency and relevance (e.g. 'Facebook')
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
I sort of agree but also sorta irrelevant? The important point is that TLS is referred to as crypto in some cases, and I believe that's what the GGP was referring to. Were I writing an expository piece, sure, I might use different lang
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Learning to use cryptography is not at all ridiculous. Understanding that HTTPS provides a level of scrambling to traffic is totally reasonable. I don't think GP was talking about learning modulo arithmetic and prime factorisation.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Nature is a high profile journal and the expectation for quality is certainly earnt, but that doesn't immunise them from publishing things of questionable character. While I don't have links on hand, this sort of thing has happene
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Please stop posting stuff related to this specific superconductor research team. Its not replicated, its from a team that's made an awkward retraction directly relevant to this research, and its under scrutiny. This just feels like spa
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
I might be extremely naive in thinking this, but all the listed concerns on that blog post seem rather straightforward to account for. Is there a hidden complexity that I'm just not seeing?
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Its extremely easy to criticise Thiel without making weak arguments like this. Criticise his investment choices or his company or his political affiliations, there's actual substance there. Blaming someone for doing the stock market
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Didn't realise this upset grammar nerds -— thanks for the inspiration :)
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Scheduling is your friend on so many levels. Set a schedule and include your leisure activities. What happens if you get busied up with chores and life and can't do your leisure activity? Write it down. Now you know where your time is
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
>No fines, just allow the customer to send back the devices and get a full refund plus all costs covered by the manufacturer...it could be so easy. Wh-what? Yes fines! ABSOLUTELY yes fines! The punishment should be blunt, uniform, and in
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Marketing is the skill of pairing consumer interest to business need. There are many different expressions of this, and they reflect different marketing ideologies. To get started in the space, its helpful to think about how you decide to p
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Possibly controversial and happy to be swayed, but to me the fundamental problem at the core of grad student oversupply is a lack of investment training. Degrees like the sciences and mathematics (and certainly arts too) are appealing to so
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Is it just me, or is it that rating happiness every 15 seconds is the problem, not the waiting.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
This is a great argument for improved public transport.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Having kids is a neutral life choice, so I don't want to say one thing or another there. But, to any potential parents out there: please don't have kids because you're lonely. Its not a healthy context for a child to grow up
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Articles that take this long to make a point make me think the author is part of the cause of people trying to get out of meetings. What is that cause? I argue that it's people in positions of seniority, or power in general, just exten
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Custom maps, not arbitrated by the game company, were the best part of the FPS genre.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Depending on your personal circumstances, this can be a dramatic improvement. Local ISP laws differ dramatically across countries. VPNs won't let you evade the law, but they can reduce data footprint in certain contexts.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
I have worked with a few such "strong personalities" and while I agree they can be slow on receiving criticism, I disagree that one should therefore resign to more forceful communication. There are many alternative avenues in a pr
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Interestingly, I feel like this sort of attitude is a real issue at the precise moment the author describes it as a boon. When you are early to mid career, it is crucial to look for ways to amplify the good you can do in your workplace and
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
I feel like, if tech workers were ever to properly unionize, it would be to force employers to not use fucking Microsoft Teams.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
I hate this framing so much. "Ah you wish to quantify things you observe to establish relationships, how very envious-of-physics you must be". If one wants to say that a given model is bad for the data, fair cop, but just say that
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Wait, what? No, regulations do not incentivise bad security practices at all. In fact, they are one of the only tools to enforce good security practices.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
I sympathise with your frustration, but the blame is absolutely with your bank. I mean, finances are like THE thing to be security minded about - the fact they're still using IE is just unacceptable from any lens.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
The cheaper and less combative solution is to of course just let people work remotely. But returning to the office is about the power relationship (e.g. its awkward to try and scold someone who can step away from the computer, so managers d
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
Clang as the main compiler? That is going to be a game changer for me. Kudos to the gentoo team!
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
One thing you missed was the content ownership relationship between an author and their article. Articles posted originally on Medium are partially owned by Medium, which is a big reason why I do not use the service myself.
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by plaguepilled 4y ago
OK but then how is this message any less snarky? You even italicised your quote like a proper criminal!

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