shawnz

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by shawnz 5y ago
I already don't answer unsolicited calls. I am just explaining my rationale why that's the case.
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by shawnz 5y ago
Of course I think you have it wrong here (and I don't really appreciate being told that I have a lack of comprehension, nor having my argument misrepresented in such a way. Perhaps try to consider the counterarguments being made in thi
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by shawnz 5y ago
Of course it's more convenient for the caller. But what about the receiver of the call? They might be in the middle of other tasks, and perhaps they want to have some time to plan their side of the conversation, as the caller did. I do
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by shawnz 5y ago
The author's arguments kind of remind me of those of the interviewer in this 1979 clip with Ted Nelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVU62CQTXFI
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by shawnz 5y ago
Disagreeing about design decisions is not the same as "not wanting the product to be any more successful"
606.
by shawnz 5y ago
I think you're thinking of the Xerox "Star", not the "Alto": http://toastytech.com/guis/star.html
607.
by shawnz 5y ago
Simply audit the events where data is accessed (they also suggest this in the article). What advantage does monitoring keystrokes give? This smells more like an attempt to detect unproductive workers to me.
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by shawnz 5y ago
Nice! Thank you for this.
609.
by shawnz 5y ago
Only AltGr + [the key] would be a dead key, not the bare key itself. Perhaps a tool could be made to convert compose files into Windows keyboard layout definitions with this strategy That's a good point about non-character keys though,
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by shawnz 5y ago
What makes this easier to learn? I think you could implement the same kinds of sequences by using AltGr combined with dead keys.
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by shawnz 5y ago
You could maybe use AltGr combined with dead keys to accomplish that, but I suppose it would be limited to combinations of two keys (plus the modifier). EDIT: Actually, it seems Windows supports chained dead keys, so I think you could accom
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by shawnz 5y ago
If you are willing to create your own layout or use a third-party layout, you could forgo dead keys and instead put all your symbols on the "AltGr" layer (which I think basically works the same as the "Compose" key).
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by shawnz 5y ago
I don't necessarily mean that each individual user of the software should do this. I mean, why not just create a new layout instead of developing this? Or as a user, why not just use a layout someone else has already developed which ha
614.
by shawnz 5y ago
Wouldn't it be better to just create a new keyboard layout featuring the composed keys you want, rather than running software constantly in the background to achieve the same thing? See here for example: https://dailydoseoft
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by shawnz 5y ago
The 1 trillion figure is only after factoring in that you would need multiple false positives to trigger the feature. It's not descriptive of the actual false positive rate of the hashing itself.
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by shawnz 5y ago
> Also, recent history shows that Apple is willing to fight government demands to invade user privacy in court. I can only think of one instance where they did that (the San Bernardino shooter case), and the request was hugely overreachi
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by shawnz 5y ago
Interesting, thanks for the info! That makes me much more interested in this feature
618.
by shawnz 5y ago
OK... now how can I delete this cloud environment it created for me without prompting?
619.
by shawnz 5y ago
What I am saying is that only users can determine which chain is profitable for miners. Miners only have a choice in the sense that they can choose to sacrifice profits on principle, which is not really a choice in the same sense as the kin
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by shawnz 5y ago
It is necessary for some miners to choose to use the post-fork software in order for it to work, but miners take on the task of mining due to financial incentives, and the users ultimately control those incentives. Miners only have a choice
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by shawnz 5y ago
> The software update that goes to the uses but if miners dont mine for the hard fork, then the user cant use it. ... The miners have the power to decide where they mine. This is based on the assumption that miners would rather choose to
622.
by shawnz 5y ago
In fairness they greatly improved this functionality in recent versions, but it's still not quite as smooth as Chrome
623.
by shawnz 5y ago
One problem with processing it is that there are very low limits on dosages of edibles in Canada (currently 10mg THC per serving). I think lifting this absurd restriction would help enable those ideas. See here https://www.change
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by shawnz 5y ago
I remember the terms of service change and I almost left the platform because of it. But you are also greatly mischaracterizing the change. It actually only allows those things in some pretty specific circumstances which are under the user&
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by shawnz 5y ago
Didn't Apple just show us how brand names are basically meaningless? I am only concerned with their actions, not their owners.
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by shawnz 5y ago
WhatsApp is quickly earning back my trust as the most privacy-respecting chat system for laypeople right now. Obviously, actions matter more than words, but the actions they have been taking as of late are promising. I certainly won't
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by shawnz 5y ago
You are right that some specific features on iCloud do have end-to-end encryption (only those listed under "End-to-end encrypted data" on this page). But the majority of users' sensitive data is not included in that set of fe
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by shawnz 5y ago
Apple actually isn't legally liable for what users upload until it's reported to them. And they are capable of doing the scanning server-side, since iCloud doesn't use end-to-end encryption.
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by shawnz 5y ago
I remember when Microsoft were the archetypal "not invented here"-ers.
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by shawnz 5y ago
A generous explanation would be that they intend to add end-to-end encryption to iCloud eventually, together with this new scanning technology as a "government backdoor". A less generous explanation would be that they intend to ex

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