sillywabbit

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by sillywabbit 8mo ago
How about Rogue-like Linux?
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by sillywabbit 8mo ago
The name seems a little insensitive.
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by sillywabbit 8mo ago
I wonder if that's why it's called Transport Layer Security.
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by sillywabbit 8mo ago
End-to-end encryption only means something if you trust the endpoints.
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by sillywabbit 8mo ago
The editing of the dictionary in that book is more troublesome than the surveillance state and propaganda campaigns.
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by sillywabbit 9mo ago
Start a lemonade stand?
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by sillywabbit 9mo ago
Trotting out fallacy names on regular basis isn't going to win you any points.
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by sillywabbit 11mo ago
I read your piece. Your title is clickbait, and you know it.
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by sillywabbit 11mo ago
For a bug in the LucasArts Smush codec? Why didn't you verify it was an mp4/h264 first?
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
Not to be confused with: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262731423/the-idea-factory/
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
You're working with bits. It's turtles all the way down.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
A brochure for the cult of PostgreSQL and Django by default without a compelling reason otherwise.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
As opposed to the person who watched Star Trek and thought scribbling down something they saw on that counted as having vision.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
If you're building a website that is accessible to the public at no cost, I don't see the distinction.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
If I use the product, I'd expect that feedback to get the same weight as any other customer. And not be dismissed because it came from a 'technical' person.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
God forbid an engineer should have an opinion on UI/UX.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
If someone's out to uniquely identify your activity on the internet, your User-Agent string is going to be the least of your problems.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
BASHIR: Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't? GARAK: My dear Doctor, they're all true. BASHIR: Even the lies? GARAK: Especially the lies.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
Not even my theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_empathy_problem
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
Having worked with some brilliant people who don't have autism, I'd argue that their hallmark is deficits in cognitive empathy / inability to understand intuitively what autistic people are thinking in real time.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
Two of those three sound more like a bored customer service rep.
52.
by sillywabbit 1y ago
Sound likes vulnerable people experiencing potentially temporary states of detachment from reality are having their issues exacerbated by something that's touted as a cure all.
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
Those experts will generally ask clarifying questions if they don't understand what you're asking, rather than spin you in circles. The reason they're considered experts in the first place is they understand the topic they&#x
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
Do you think of your non-AI conversational partners as tools as well?
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by sillywabbit 1y ago
There's probably some benefit to having people who will tell you about security issues rather than exploit them. You can't really blame businesses / app devs for wanting to be left alone though.
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by sillywabbit 2y ago
I really hate cooking.
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by sillywabbit 2y ago
If you're doing something for fun, cheating just ruins the experience. If you're doing something for the result, or for a trophy, cheating becomes more appealing.
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by sillywabbit 2y ago
The daemon wasn't truly evil. Being in the bath house that the witch was running to extract money from the spirits is what brought out that side. The aunt from Grave of the Fireflies who convinces the kid to sell his parents' stuf
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by sillywabbit 2y ago
Wildlife photography was fun for a while. If you avoid baiting the animals, it sortof becomes a game, figuring out where they live and how to get close without scaring them off. Making any significant money off it seems unlikely though.