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by toyg 2y ago
Actually, I think the opposite is likely true: the track record has been exemplary compared to previous periods , precisely because now we get to see through lies almost instantly. Until the mass-internet made this possible, governments ac
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by toyg 2y ago
Probably a combination of Trump and Brexit. The Tory governments made a big song and dance of investing to replace the access to European space programs that they lost, I wouldn't be surprised if this project sat in the folds of one of
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by toyg 2y ago
Less cynical take: "I wrote this for me but it turns out it might be good for many. Maybe one day it could pay for a few pizzas." It's a solo developer, not a startup.
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by toyg 2y ago
Hyperbole kills the meaning of words, to the point that people stop taking them seriously. You're doing a disservice to "malware" here. Yes, VSCode wants to know everything you do in that app, but it's not like it will k
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by toyg 2y ago
I don't necessarily disagree, but it should be noted that, after a few years, Magee very publicly disagreed with the direction taken by The Register, and started its own separate thing (the Inquirer).
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by toyg 2y ago
An better competitor would likely kill twitter in less than a year. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be one. Mastodon is significantly worse in so many ways, for normal people. Other services are not significantly better, which mak
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by toyg 2y ago
Feedparsing is a classic starter project for people who want to learn a language.
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by toyg 2y ago
I had the opposite experience. I've been using a larger phone for the last 3 years and to be honest, I'm ready to go back. Too many times I had to look up something in a hurry, one-handed, and just couldn't. It also fell off
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by toyg 2y ago
WYSIWYG democratised computerised printing and other areas, arguably providing the backbone of the PC revolution. You're mistaking Microsoft's specific implementation fumbles with an interaction mode that helps billions of people
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by toyg 2y ago
This arguably started with del.icio.us.
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by toyg 2y ago
Well, arguably both Movable Type and Radio Userland's URLs were already pretty cruft-free. The success of Wordpress was mostly due to other factors (free, php, great feeds, great markup in default templates, great support for plugins).
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by toyg 2y ago
> Small display sizes used to mean "cheap phone" It's actually the opposite - big screens inevitably mean "expensive", and phones are status symbols. Unfortunately, vain people outnumber practical people by var
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by toyg 2y ago
I believe that sort of feature got to Android first, and they're still there, but in reality they are no substitute for actual reach. They add cognitive and time overhead to the gesture.
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by toyg 2y ago
Then enjoy government efficiency falling off a cliff - and the polluted water that will result from it. Institutional zealotry is rarely a good thing.
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by toyg 2y ago
But in reality, laws are never perfect and all-encompassing. There is nothing wrong with Congress passing a law that says "water must be clean enough to drink", and then leaving it to a pool of experts to define "clean enough
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by toyg 2y ago
Long-distance running races pre-date cycling and skating by decades. If anything, it's strategies from running that inevitably find their way into more modern sports.
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by toyg 2y ago
This is why world records in long-distance running are not typically achieved at big events, where winning is all that matters. They are usually attempted at smaller events, coordinating with other runners ("hares") to achieve the
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by toyg 2y ago
True, but each speaker is positioned slightly differently, because it's immediately behind the blocks but each athlete sets the blocks slightly differently (to accomodate their legs). So in theory... Tbh, it's all just bullshit to
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by toyg 2y ago
Believe it or not, law enforcement agencies actually do that, more or less every day, in every country. There is value in having crime organised , predictable, somewhat circumscribed, and controlled by people you can communicate with and i
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by toyg 2y ago
You are redefining "tragedy of the commons" there... TOTC is about overusing shared resources (e.g. too many people helping themselves to a shared plate of food), not about confusing who should do what.
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by toyg 2y ago
Why? One depends on development practices, the other on security-team practices. You can have a team of donkeys building a product and the sharpest hackers guarding it. Ideally best practices would trickle down, but that's not a given.
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by toyg 2y ago
> After the experiences of the 20th century ... And the 19th, and the 18th, and the 17th, and the 16th, and... The Jewish condition was obviously affected by the Shoah, but the fundamental elements of otherness from the communities i
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by toyg 2y ago
> an example where philosophy and ethics are discussed in a secular setting That's what the intellectual cafes of 18th/19th century were. In a more bastardized way, that's what pubs can be today. This said, school and &q
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by toyg 2y ago
I fail to see how being forced to confess your crimes to someone who can then informally blackmail you or your employer, for the benefit of an elected dictator-for-life living on the other side of the ocean, provides any "transparency&
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by toyg 2y ago
Not everyone can pull off "a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network" (literal quote from the rail operator). It's brutish, but it's a form of strength - like a mafia bully burning down your flower sh
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by toyg 2y ago
The "get caught" part often doesn't happen. And even if they do get caught, as long as the main objective is achieved, it can be promoted as a show of strength so that next time the victims will play ball even before force is
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by toyg 2y ago
Checks and balances, bitches. System working as intended. It's a good day.
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by toyg 2y ago
Read Receipts are invasive, because they signal when I read it - which might well not be when I want to reply. I could read an email today and then decide I'll reply tomorrow or next Wednesday, because reasons; but the sender will see
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by toyg 2y ago
Fewer letters.
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by toyg 2y ago
This didn't happen in a vacuum though. The government effectively forced business-registered cars to become electric, with draconian tax policies and road charges; and is now forcing (with various degrees of success) petrol stations to

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