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by ximeng 6y ago
For people interested in maintaining access to end-to-end encryption for consumers, this is the type of argument that needs to be countered.
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Facebook under fire over encryption plans as man jailed for abusing 52 children(theguardian.com)
4 points by ximeng 6y ago|2 comments
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by ximeng 6y ago
Plus Google amp pages for another pointless unnecessary click.
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by ximeng 6y ago
Your email is not in your profile by the way
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Agora, the Chinese company powering Clubhouse, sees stocks soar(scmp.com)
1 points by ximeng 6y ago|0 comments
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by ximeng 6y ago
Telling response on why these systems don’t evolve to be more user friendly from “Gavin Smith”: It could be made easier to get started with automake. For example, "AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=foreign" should be the default; otherwise automak
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by ximeng 6y ago
From Twitter: @steveklabnik · Jan 5 if a cow changes some state, you'd call that a moo-table variable
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by ximeng 6y ago
Of course you want to have control. So why does whatsapp and others do their best to prevent this?
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by ximeng 6y ago
Great teacher, took Galois theory course with him. Very patient, explained clearly, answered questions from a group in a way that helped everyone to understand better. Made time for everyone. Sorry to hear this news.
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by ximeng 6y ago
That hasn’t happened though - money has gone to corporations and asset holders. It hasn’t trickled down to consumers. Banks aren’t lending to small businesses.
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by ximeng 6y ago
Isn’t the issue exactly that money supply is increasing decoupled from the real economy? This is why quantitative easing hasn’t particularly increased consumer prices, which are one important indicator of value.
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by ximeng 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigorish For others who don’t know what vig is
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by ximeng 6y ago
The iOS app looks great. Thanks for the tip. It even has 3D visualisations of topography with satellite imagery. Had tried to find similar apps for hiking recently and ended up with free versions of paid apps that were deliberately crippled
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by ximeng 6y ago
Other island nation cultures have plushies?
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by ximeng 6y ago
https://i.reddit.com still lives
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by ximeng 6y ago
Guess this is the video of Barenboim and Ashkenazy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ahUywqTYKow But can’t find the sight reading? Ahah it’s here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJt9rStl_M That’s incredible if
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by ximeng 6y ago
2. https://www.osmap.uk/ Other languages: https://osmap.info/
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by ximeng 6y ago
They have a copy of the registrations for previous stays in a centralised computer system used at the border. They don’t necessarily flag up a lack of registration but they do keep the information and nothing to stop them raising it up as a
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by ximeng 6y ago
Get money worth from those corporate subscriptions to Alamy and Getty Images. They even partner with Getty Images to market their services for them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/bbc-partne
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by ximeng 6y ago
The best long term solution to overbearing copyright is to create more content with permissive licenses. E.g. David Revoy creates art using open source software: https://www.davidrevoy.com/ Just as Microsoft and Apple would
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by ximeng 6y ago
Effectively this is a way of producing optical waveguides by using lasers to adjust optical properties of glass blocks. It uses less energy than previous methods to achieve similar or better results (speed, focus). Key phrases: Such a metho
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by ximeng 6y ago
Maybe so, but you need to make the case in a way that's compelling enough that it doesn't get flagged by HN people as off-topic I guess. E.g. there is an unflagged story about president and twitter currently in the new queue.
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by ximeng 6y ago
Think you just need to make the case in how you discuss it. Make it into a discussion that people can contribute to in a way that brings out how it is a new phenomenon showing a big change, and in a way that people who frequent this site ca
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by ximeng 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I assume people believe it doesn't fall under the guidelines: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some int
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by ximeng 6y ago
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/how-many-gallons-of-fue... This article suggests at top speed Panamax tankers carry 1.5-2mn gallons of fuel while burning 63,000 gallons per day (i.e. around 3-4% of capacity) at top spe
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by ximeng 6y ago
The problem is Apple / FB / Microsoft / Amazon all want to step in the minute Google gets kicked back. It's structural centralization.
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by ximeng 6y ago
Link to paper for convenience: https://openreview.net/pdf?id=YicbFdNTTy
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by ximeng 6y ago
Reformatted to be more legible and some notes added. VAT is the largest item here, but others are potentially worth quite a bit too. Taxes: No purchase/import taxes (1990-) - would be 25% VAT, plus 2,400 NOK (260 USD) scrap duty tax,
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by ximeng 6y ago
The post above was in response to a post that claimed the BBC tends not to post regarding a “trial”, and showed a counter-example. Shows that it is not as simple as the original poster suggests but not very clear exactly what criteria the B
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by ximeng 6y ago
Why are you ignoring “Assange lawyer says Trump offered deal to avoid extradition” and “Lawyer says Assange charged under broad, contentious US law”. Not really sure what your definition of depth is by which these add less depth than the BB

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