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by wes-exp 12y ago
The project page makes claims that it doesn't fall into common ORM traps such as recreating SQL syntax I don't see anywhere on the page where it is critical of recreating SQL syntax. I think the trap the SQL stuff is trying to a
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by wes-exp 12y ago
Do you really consider being able to take photos silently "harming others"? In very specific circumstances it can be, for reasons I already described. In your world where simple privacy-enhancing measures are to be vociferously
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by wes-exp 12y ago
People can always disable the speaker or do illegal hacks to the device In the example scenario I gave, the biggest threat to a person's privacy was not hacker types, but just everyday people who post photos online. I think it's
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by wes-exp 12y ago
Privacy concerns like the right not to be photographed are not just about minor nuisances. People who are victims of stalking, violence, harassment and so on, deserve to be alerted if someone is trying to photograph them. For example, imagi
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by wes-exp 12y ago
If Java were actually succinct, it wouldn't be Enterprise™
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by wes-exp 12y ago
It's not luddite to not want to be recorded. On the contrary, it is rude to assume that everyone consents to your recording in casual public settings. Perhaps regulations could be introduced that devices must display a red light when r
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by wes-exp 12y ago
The `cons` cell is a raw memory structure It's associated symbol is literally a pointer directly to a memory location A cons is not "raw memory"; it is a typed data structure, and in Common Lisp it is even considered an O
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by wes-exp 12y ago
`cons`, is a raw memory allocation. It`s `malloc`for linked rather than sequential memory Yeah, cons is like malloc, except that the object it creates is automatically memory managed / garbage collected. There is no corresponding &qu
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by wes-exp 12y ago
Indeed. Somehow a story about NSA tampering with devices after manufacture is being twisted into "all commercial products are deliberately backdoored". If you actually use logic, these are separate issues. Actually, if anything,
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by wes-exp 12y ago
Wouldn't it be even easier to tamper with open source devices? Since one essence of open source is that it is modifiable?
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by wes-exp 12y ago
Only if you're looking from a particular angle I'd say most angles except the type system as you point out, or am I missing something?
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by wes-exp 12y ago
Dialects evolve, sure. Although it's worth noting that if one had adopted Common Lisp in the '90s one would have a stable base that is today, 20 years later, still ahead of basically everything on the language level (except for th
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by wes-exp 12y ago
I honestly don't see why this is so bad. It seems to me the opposition is just upset that their "freedom" to thieve content is being reduced.
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by wes-exp 12y ago
As languages improve, they keep moving towards Lisp — a story that has been playing out for decades. There is a reason Lisp is called "the final language".
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by wes-exp 12y ago
This strategy makes sense when we are talking about actual commodities that are interchangeable, like gasoline, but the effects are a lot more ambiguous when we are talking about unique inputs to a business like technology. As an example, c
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3 points by wes-exp 13y ago|3 comments
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by wes-exp 13y ago
Coinbase's tone at https://hackerone.com/reports/5200 convinces me that they just don't care about user account enumeration. Combined with the blog post, my sense is that Coinbase does not deny that systemati
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by wes-exp 13y ago
I agree that 1000+ people may not be "large-scale" depending on how we define it, but I do see it as a proof of concept that Coinbase permits large-scale user enumeration. (Not that it has necessarily happened yet)
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by wes-exp 13y ago
If Coinbase can't admit any amount of fault whatsoever for enabling the large-scale harvesting of their customer list, I'm sorry, but I've lost faith in their security. This is a service that stores digital cash . It should
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by wes-exp 13y ago
The second point is a bit of a straw-man. I never meant to imply that this Coinbase disclosure and the NSA metadata are proportional in terms of severity; just that they are structurally similar. The point is that small bits of information
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by wes-exp 13y ago
It also discloses whether someone is a customer or not. Possibly en masse. Problems: 1) Aids phishing attacks against Coinbase and customers 2) Oftentimes harmless tidbits of information can be combined to form non-harmless information. In
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by wes-exp 13y ago
Apparent Coinbase response there: "This stance is not unusual on the web: you'll find that user enumeration is possible on Facebook, Google, and nearly every other major internet site" Um, no. If that is what Coinbase believe
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by wes-exp 13y ago
https://www.futureadvisor.com
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by wes-exp 13y ago
I am not sure that GPUs are "mandated" so much as they are in the sweet spot of flexibility to run different algorithms, and high performance.
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by wes-exp 13y ago
Give me a break. FPGAs aren't even useful for Scrypt (due to memory bandwidth requirements, as I understand it). ASICs have to go through a manufacturing cycle. Software doesn't. It is plainly obvious that software can move faster
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by wes-exp 13y ago
ASICS are actually good False. Mining difficulty automatically adjusts to compensate for faster hardware. Nothing is gained. Increased efficiency is generally beneficial in non-zero-sum games, but cryptocurrency mining is actually a zero-
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by wes-exp 13y ago
ASIC inevitability is a falsehood. Software can be modified very quickly, whereas hardware requires much longer development cycles. Software can always outpace hardware, if the community is willing to commit to ASIC resistance by changing t
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by wes-exp 13y ago
Because http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better
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by wes-exp 13y ago
Sounds like they added optional type declarations, lambda expressions, and a few more goodies to PHP. I am reminded of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule . Facebook is now at sufficient scale where th
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by wes-exp 13y ago
On Apple devices, Safari's reader mode can fix that.

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