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by woahAcademia 6y ago
First time on HN? There are like 2 new Apple security or privacy issues every week. You know about PRISM/edward snowden? You can verify all of this with almost no effort. Any links I post you won't believe. It's up to you.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Directly contradicting current Apple Marketing. I lothe Apple(and other unethical companies) for lying in their ads. Any benefits of macOS are instantly gone because you cannot Trust Apple to tell the truth. It's as unreliable as Googl
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
I'm a globalist but I'll give some reasons to treat China different. When you buy or use a computer product from China, you also gave a medical company in China money. When businesses are majority owned by the CCP, you are buying
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Basically 669 changed the cap with almost 0 oversight. It was after the fact people freaked out.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
That might have worked in 2010, but when it comes to bot detection it's You vs Big Company. I recently lost the battle of defeating a bot detector.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Wait until you realize your company is taking screenshots of your desktop to make sure you actually are working. I've never been worried as my long breaks are necessary for Programming. I always get the job done. My biggest concerns ar
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Yeah these things show uselessness when you have a senior engineer that's swamped but shows unproductive. I've recently felt guilty walking away from my desk to think about a Programming problem. I used to do this all the time but
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Go ahead start your own company. I tried a few times. I'll gladly be bossed around for 8 hours when I make this much money..
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Do what big corporations do. Buy old accounts and astroturf. Aldi had great success posting "hauls" until they were caught astroturfing. They likely are still doing similar but smarter with their accounts.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
The rule only Applies to small businesses. Big companies buy accounts that have been used for years.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
EIP 669. Google it
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
I like monero, but these are complete different use cases. Ethereum wants to be a database, monero wants to be a currency.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
And you didn't mention anything wrong? Btw I believe these posts are against the mod rules.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Yes this is precisely the issue. I don't mind various types of currency, but when you buy 50 of the ~100M ethereum you expect it to remain somewhat proportional in value. That didn't happen, mere years after its launch they blew t
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
I stopped trusting ethereum after EIP669. Ethereum used to have a soft cap of 100M coins. They removed the cap. Ethereum is no Bitcoin. It's more akin to dogecoin/fiat with its infinite money. Hope POS works so Bitcoin can adopt i
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
There's a phrase "where there is rot, there is more" You bet Apple has arranged bribes across the world and companies. Not saying any specific FAANG is better, but there seems to be a crowd of people who repeat commercials ab
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
The ergonomics is a deal breaker.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
How does this work in practice? You wipe the OS and install Linux or Windows? I'm not really kidding, any steps into Apple's ecosystem is dangerous given their poor track record on Customer Service, Privacy, hardware costs, hardwa
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
What about my DIY double entry book system I wrote using various JavaScript libraries? I have no clue.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Appeal to the Authority Is different than Appeal to Authority Wow that's crazy.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Second hand and Mac minis need to be replaced often for development purposes. Apple knows what they are doing.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Let me know when I can make Apps without giving Apple $2000. As a note I feel especially bad for the (global) poor who can't access 100% of humans because Apple charges luxury pricing.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Just because there are high prices doesn't mean you have any expectations. Do not confuse marketing with the actual service delivered.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
"Privacy" is just a marketing word for low information consumers. Those that need privacy won't use Apple. Edit- What's wrong? Serious privacy users are going to use an obscure Linux distro. Don't believe the Apple
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Remember this when their ads touting privacy/security inevitability are presented to you. Apple marketing is disgusting.
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
When does "lately" start? 2010?
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by woahAcademia 6y ago
Science and academia are different.