vaduz

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by vaduz 6y ago
First distrbuted computing fallacy is "Network is reliable". Detecting if you can deliver a packet in advance is not exactly a solved problem - network detection APIs at best inform you if the PHY/MAC layer for a given connec
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by vaduz 6y ago
Ah, but they are using Java [0] - and obviously they need a solution that works with the stack they currently have - proposing Erland at this time is asinine. Erlang would have been solution if they have predicted the brain-dead actions of
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by vaduz 6y ago
Sic transit gloria mundi.
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by vaduz 6y ago
Infrastructure and operation of PNC has been outsourced to Logica (now CGI, since 2012). It's not operated by the government itself. I consider it par the course, though in this case I cannot be objective as my $CurrentCorpo had to kic
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by vaduz 6y ago
SyncThing is great when it works, but its platform support is spotty at best (notably lacks official iOS version, I found the Android one to be flaky and if you try to use it on a Chromebook, straight up does not work). It's great for
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by vaduz 6y ago
Even after Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 was implemented, PNC only drives the removal records from IDENT1 (fingerprints) and National DNA database (self-explanatory), not the ASN or nominal records themselves - these are "proper to
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by vaduz 6y ago
Or they have been processed, not charged with any wrongdoing, but they have not applied to have their records deleted under the post-2006 "Exceptional Case" procedure or post-2015 "Record Deletion" procedure. [0] Or mayb
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by vaduz 6y ago
> Hang on. This sounds like the fingerprint and DNA data for people arrested and never charged. It sounds like that as that is exactly what is happening - it has been decided in 2009 case (with a riveting name of "Chief Constable of
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by vaduz 6y ago
The only reason it is worse with X11 is that it is an inherently networked protocol, so the same statements also apply to any remote connections you might allow to your X server. It also makes it somewhat easier to capture Xkb / Xinput
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by vaduz 6y ago
Did I say I would stop working with them? In the real world, Apple still gets to have their business and people work with them, but enough stink is raised to both externally and privately to get them to change their decision. Which they hav
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by vaduz 6y ago
XWayland is essentially a translation layer consisting of Xserver and Wayland client [0]. Therefore it has all the same problems a normal Xserver has, which they do acknowledge: > A Wayland compositor usually spawns only one Xwayland ins
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by vaduz 6y ago
The fact that their competitors are as bad or worse in this regard does not make Apple saints - and this has all the hallmarks of an intentional addition to position Apple apps differently from the others, which is a classic Apple move. Com
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by vaduz 6y ago
Via CLI you can, but GUI apps connect to your X server session, and then the fun begins - any application you allow to connect can essentially capture your keyboard, mouse, clipboard and a ton of other fun things,as there is no sandboxing a
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by vaduz 6y ago
PBS (and BBC in the UK, and other equivalents) enjoys extra privileges to accept tax-free funding in exchange for the mandate or promise to stay non-commercial and not give priority to specific donors' requests. [0] Libraries, should t
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by vaduz 6y ago
If you are a business, wth a few defined exceptions ("reader", multiplatform, _physical merchandise from outside of the platform_ etc.), you accept payments through Apple Pay, don't direct people to your website to to send yo
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by vaduz 6y ago
I actually read them, and they also happen to be quoted upthread. 3.2 Other Business Model Issues [list is not exhaustive] 3.2.1 Acceptable (vi) Approved nonprofits may fundraise directly within their own apps or third-party apps, provided
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by vaduz 6y ago
> "Having a link to an external web page to receive donations [by a registered charity or a non-profit] is not considered a violation on the App Store" Which e.g. "PayPal@zx2c4.com" is not, clearly. The words you are
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by vaduz 6y ago
Signal is actually registered as a non-profit (which means accounting for where the money is going as well), so iOS version is perfectly fine to have "Donate to Signal" link opening in Safari.
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by vaduz 6y ago
Apple already has such a process - you may not agree with the criteria, but they do outline it quite clearly: 3.2 Other Business Model Issues [..] (vi) Approved nonprofits may fundraise directly within their own apps or third-party apps, pr
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by vaduz 6y ago
There is a lesson from that - and it is one of the reasons why e.g. Signal is a walled garden (as a service, not as a protocol): federated systems tend to be really hard to update to a radically different newer version of the protocol. You
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by vaduz 6y ago
In 2018 Microsoft added an implementation of Signal protocol as "Private Conversations". https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34824/what-are-skype-priv... Also, one thing that was pointed out in that