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by xnyan 6mo ago
Software design is not really my wheelhouse so I can't comment meaningfully on that, but on the networking side I can very confidently say it was a poor architecture. You simply cannot assume that all of your clients are going to be bo
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by xnyan 6mo ago
I'm not letting Microsoft off the hook here, but if you have an expensive metered connection and you're trusting clients (especially a modern personal computer of any operating system type)to play nicely with bandwidth, that'
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by xnyan 7mo ago
> It's different compromises. Completely agree. In my current role, I work with a lot more "normal" computer users, and it's helped me have a better understanding of many consumer technologies from different perspect
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by xnyan 7mo ago
Microsoft lost me, longtime windows user, when they started fucking with the start menu. I play a lot of games, and was willing to tolerate a lot of abuse to avoid the hassle of changing platforms, but they literally injected MSN tabloid ne
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by xnyan 7mo ago
I have many GH repos, most have no stars. Probably because most of what I write is not very useful to other people due to quality or use case. I would say this is true of most fully human-created repos on GitHub.
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by xnyan 7mo ago
> You can't It's a moot point, they are not trying to prevent it. They only need to buy enough time to sell games in the lifespan of the hardware, which they did. > all the security they can economically justify... It seems
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by xnyan 7mo ago
Most people will never interact with a cop on duty outside of a speeding ticket or some other mundane encounter. A major chuck of what many people think about police comes from TV and movies. It's impossible to overstate the influence
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by xnyan 7mo ago
> I doubt they exist. I think you're misunderstanding, of course they do not exist. People don't get $300 windows laptops for their performance, build quality, or anything similar. Nor do they care about screen brightness, and
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by xnyan 7mo ago
I honestly thought you were saying it was a novelty, though now I can see I misread/misunderstood.
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by xnyan 7mo ago
Counterpoint: wires really suck and are not fine. AirPods Pro are great, I can afford them and they improve my quality of like quite a bit. Different strokes I guess.
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by xnyan 7mo ago
A good bluetooth experience requires that both the headset and the audio source device implement bluetooth well, which is hard. That said, I have zero problems with my AirPods Pro pairing with my Mac or iPhone ever, it's pretty nice.
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by xnyan 7mo ago
I'm not certain about shift deltas, but one typically can type faster at the cost of increased errors. I type quite a bit, so even small percentage decreases in total time spent typing is significant. Humins ar rpretty gdood att standi
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by xnyan 7mo ago
> how are they maintaining their spots against smarter competitors? I recommend you read "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" (Piketty) for the full argument, but tldr version: capitalism naturally tends toward extreme inequal
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by xnyan 7mo ago
The difference is that a social contract is a concept and not literal contract. The actual reality behind "the social contract" is simply that people have the capability to act in ways that can and do affect other people. Because
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by xnyan 7mo ago
What's an example of data that nature should be publishing, but is not?
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by xnyan 7mo ago
What is nature not publishing? On what has the climate change "side" (such as it is) dug their heels on?
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by xnyan 7mo ago
Anything important requires wireguard, you can use that on any personal device. For situations like plex from the hotel TV on vacation, I have a workflow that lets me quickly whitelist a client with my firewall specially for access to plex.
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by xnyan 8mo ago
Hackernews is accessed using http. Why do you need a web browser when curl exists?
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by xnyan 8mo ago
>reasonable stance Within the last 12 months, I had to write a script for a buddy at work that turned off availability of freaking freaking 56 bit DES in OpenSSH, which was available because was provided by openssl. I'm certain it w
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by xnyan 8mo ago
> More applications using the network means more cover traffic as well. Agree. The biggest barrier for me using Tor is the perception held by many IT admins is that Tor is synonymous with nefarious. It makes using it inconvenient or impo
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by xnyan 8mo ago
>They don’t replace nearly enough cars and SUV’s to make up for the difference in fourth power of axle weight A modest bus holds 40-50 people. Most commuter traffic is single driver, single vehicle. I don't know to which power the d
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by xnyan 8mo ago
> the packaging story for Python is awful. Big caveat that this is just for me personally, but uv has fixed this for me personally. Game changing improvement for Python. Appropriately, uv is written in rust.
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by xnyan 8mo ago
> Thing is you can make a 3d printer; it's basically CNC stuff with a different tool. Yes, but no too. I've built and purchased many 3d printers. You can make a 3d printer, but can you make one that works reliably as something
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by xnyan 8mo ago
By definition, a federal system does prevent a single point of collection and distribution. If states could not or did not collect taxes on their own authority, it would not be a federal system. States would just be adjuncts of a national g
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by xnyan 8mo ago
A very large number of people are not interested in any chat that does not have 1) brainless installation and use and 2) mobile apps for iOS and android. Matrix is simply a non-starter for ease of use.
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by xnyan 8mo ago
That's was not my experience. Deploying and configuring ceph was a nightmare due to the mountain of options and considerations, but once it was deployed, ceph is extremely hands-off and resilient.
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by xnyan 8mo ago
Not updating your DL after changing your address is a crime* in all US states. I'm not as familiar with law elsewhere, but would be surprised if that's not true most other places. *There are exceptions for active duty military per
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by xnyan 8mo ago
People or organizations using Instagram as their only form of online presence don't have the ability to self-host. Instagram is easy and reaches almost everyone they want.
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by xnyan 8mo ago
>This idea that there's some kind of difference between me watching you in public and Flock watching you in public is, quite frankly, bogus. The idea that me an individual observing you, and a large, well funded company allied with
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by xnyan 8mo ago
Cards can always be taken with violence. Chaos is progression to a state of all versus all, where the most important thing is having the biggest wrench: https://xkcd.com/538/ .

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