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by smokeyj 10y ago
So the hotel lobby is taking away my choices.. to keep me safe? Now that's some seriously good hospitality. The hotel lobby is like the paternal figure I've always wanted.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
The closest us probably IPFS or Storj at the moment. I'm sure there's other players.
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Sarcastically said someone should be swatted so they know what it's like. Clearly not the most elegant argument.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Which leads to the next question. Why are we voting for a human at all? If members of an organization want a resolution passed anyone should be able to propose it - and if the magic threshold is met - then whala - the resolution is law. I w
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by smokeyj 10y ago
This comment seems to be well received based on the points. I think about this often and it drives me nuts that the two party system is the best we have. It's like we're trying to optimize an operating system at every level EXCEPT
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by smokeyj 10y ago
This is how I feel about our democratic process. The process is you pick one of two parties. Then you get into a face bloodying fight with the other party. Nothing gets done, then you pat yourself on the back for doing your part. When you c
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by smokeyj 10y ago
> I'M NOT COMPARING FILESHARING TO SLAVERY. I'm just saying that in both cases Yeah okay. Reminds me of a line from Silicon Valley. "Did you just compare the treatment of billionaires in America today to the plight of the
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Some stranger on the internet can have you killed by the people entrusted to protect you.. and the solution here is to not joke about it? Screw that. This is hilarious. Why do I get the feeling that SWAT protocols would change overnight if
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by smokeyj 10y ago
> can you imagine the NSA being described as doing no-brainer customer research ? Pretty sure HN would agree with that.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
You're countering by arguing that JS is a well engineered tool created by highly experienced engineers? I guess we'll just have to agree to violently agree.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Some people in mid 20s have a decade of experience. Many fresh grads have never coded outside of completing their assignments. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this observation.. unless of course you're ageist ;)
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by smokeyj 10y ago
I know you're right. Being level headed is something I need to work on.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
The basic premise for this entire blog post is that people who use electron don't know that lower level technologies exist. FTA: It turns out modern operating systems already have nice, fast UI libraries. So use them you clod! FTA: Als
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Did you post this from a browser or using CURL? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
The desktop is a dying platform, and if you're on it you can probably afford the overhead. From a global perspective if you're after accessability you'd be targeting the web and android. Both of which lend themselves nicely t
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Your solution to memory leaks is using a lower-level language? I should probably stop reading there.. How do you make SSL connections? How do you parse JSON api's? How do you play audio, integrate with platform features (menu bars, doc
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by smokeyj 10y ago
I use Atom on a daily basis. Dead simple plugins and themes. Check out the git-time-machine-view plugin. Of course it's not perfect. But as someone who's used it for the past year I can attest it's been a joy to use.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
There's a difference between writing maintainable code and premature optimization. Experience is knowing the difference between you can and you should .
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Right click on electron?? What're you talking about?
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by smokeyj 10y ago
It's just historically ignorant to lump people who fear an all knowing state with people who want privacy online. I know that you personally don't fear your government - but please, let's not write off the entirety of histo
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by smokeyj 10y ago
I don't say this often, but this observation is pure garbage. People who live in terror of "big brother" aren't in terror because they may be offered an unwanted credit card, or because it's their precious privacy t
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by smokeyj 10y ago
I think the react-native style architecture is the way forward. Mainly, thinking of the UI as a state-machine, and managing that state from a cross-platform runtime. The reality is every platform offers it's own encouraged design patte
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by smokeyj 10y ago
But cheating is a valid strategy.. Colluding when everyone else is competing is exactly what intelligent people do. Not following the rules because they're stupid is what intelligent people do. It's not mutually exclusive to under
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by smokeyj 10y ago
> I suppose because it's so easily quantified. I wonder what's being quantified.. intelligence or obedience. This would be like rating a strong-man competition by how much time was spent in the gym and how much unnecessary pain
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by smokeyj 10y ago
> Also, you could substitute heroin here with any other equally damaging substance Desk jobs and fast food? As long as we have public healthcare I reserve the right to smack that bag of chips out of your chubby fingers. /end of rant
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Maybe it's a honeypot so MIT can flip the disobedient to the feds.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Less for open source than proprietary. Draw whatever parallels you wish.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Running a bitcoin node in grandmas Australian basement was never a long term design constraint. In an era of Chinese fabricated asics running on state subsidized energy, I fail to see node centralization as a priority.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
It's strange that reddit would enable that kind of activity. Are moderation logs not public? Makes me wonder what other communities are oblivious to moderators influence.
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So if I give someone a ride for free, that's okay. But if I were to offer this ride in exchange for something - then that's bad? And what about the morality of telling two consenting adults how they can peacefully organize? Do y

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