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by xnyan 2y ago
I'm not aware of even a single consumer-marketed router that ships without a firewall (often ip/nftables) configured to drop all unsolicited incoming packets by default. If an attacker can create outbound connections from inside t
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by xnyan 2y ago
>That's true a bit everywhere in the world, isn't it? That has not been my experience. I'm not arguing it should be this way, but for better or worse I've gotten by very well with english virtually anywhere with touri
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by xnyan 2y ago
It's probably being run on an enterprise-managed mac. The only person who can be locked out via encryption is the user.
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by xnyan 2y ago
If you include a keyboard, you're not going to do much better than a macbook air. A 13" iPad pro with keyboard is actually .3 lbs heavier at 3 lbs than a 13" MBA at 2.7 lbs. The other issue with an ipad and coding is weight d
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by xnyan 2y ago
This is ultimately why I returned my M4 iPad pro. Amazing hardware that's so limited by restrictive policy that it amounts to little more than a fancy dumb terminal.
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by xnyan 2y ago
This is a fair point, but even with SaaS that completely abstracts away linux infrastructure (which I support, there's no reason to manage infra if it does not bring you value), there's still value in having some understanding of
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by xnyan 2y ago
AI is already being used to keep out fans they don't want, they don't need them to submit photos or give permission[1]. In addition to being a vastly smaller and harder to replace group than fans, police are also far more organize
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by xnyan 2y ago
>i encourage a lot of people to learn linux but not for programming specifically Outside of native phone and desktop applications, 90%+ of the time your code is going to run on some form of linux. Maybe you can argue a developer who only
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by xnyan 2y ago
>it should not be impossible to train your staff to use your layer instead. First, it's the classic chicken and egg problem. Why would you invest in a CUDA alternative when you're going to be using nvidia hardware anyway? Secon
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by xnyan 2y ago
It's literally the only thing from windows I miss. NTFS gives you a journal of all FS events that's virtually instant for "free" (only free as in no additional cost beyond what windows is already incurring, there's
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by xnyan 2y ago
Something like the Defense Production Act alone technically gives the government the authority to control civilian production in virtually any way if it meets a standard based on criticality to national defense (not hard to imagine the argu
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by xnyan 2y ago
Unless you'll exclusively use it for pictures of text intended for web consumption, you don't.
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by xnyan 2y ago
>The Navy can only afford to spend what it has been allowed to spend. I argue it's clearly mismanagement by navel leaders who love toys and see people as cheap. The US Navy gets a very predictable and consistent budget, these days a
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by xnyan 2y ago
Don’t do this, a cheap non-programmable thermostat is a better option and inexpensive.
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by xnyan 2y ago
The other side of the coin is that support gets an ocean of lazy/unrelated/confused support requests that the engineer cannot help with, and responding and explaining that eats up a huge amount of time. I don't know that I ag
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by xnyan 2y ago
> Is Support just completely disconnected from Engineering? Support is almost always tiered because $$$. In an ideal situation (hello GitLab!) tier 1 they are friendly and competent triage artists that can redirect lost customers and han
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by xnyan 2y ago
The thickness of TP is manipulated upwards by adding voids between the layers, this is marketed as "air pockets, air cushions, etc) but it's nothing more than a marketing trick to explain the cheapening of TP While it's true
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by xnyan 2y ago
The reason for this is that bidets have had a massive upswing in popularity, and unfortunately many are poor quality and/or fit, installed incorrectly, or both. My family mostly works in the trades and I did as well in college, would n
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by xnyan 2y ago
Maybe TMI, but...you don't pat dry with toilet paper after you use the bidet? I love my bidet, but I'm using approximately the same amount of TP in both cases.
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by xnyan 2y ago
Edge cases can be addressed by allowing for law enforcement to appeal to a judge for an extension. The burden of proof should be on the the party that has taken your stuff, not on the person who's stuff has been taken. >vagueness is
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by xnyan 2y ago
In my social groups at the time(late highschool, early college) it was exclusively used for watching TV shows. The 10min limit was only a minor annoyance, and more than made up for the fact that it was free fast video hosting at time when
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by xnyan 2y ago
> That's how many burglaries are solved in my area I'm interested by this, could you post some examples?
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by xnyan 2y ago
I agree, the problem is the widely held belief that neutrality in writing is possible and positive. It's not possible for information to be presented without bias, even when done in the best of faith. Attempting to be neutral itself is
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by xnyan 2y ago
> it seems to me this would be a great solution ie just replacing "apps" with bookmarks. I think there are several reasons users gravitate to apps, but the biggest pain point apps mitigate is the login UX. I'd wager that
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by xnyan 2y ago
iOS market share is near 60% in the US and a bit over 25% worldwide. They can't afford to leave that on the table.
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by xnyan 2y ago
Make sure you get one that won't nag you, a friend's Hisense will regularly overlay an annoying splash screen if it can't reach the internet.
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by xnyan 2y ago
> Now Now?? This is literally the most affordable teenage engineering product I've seen posted on hackernews.
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by xnyan 2y ago
>but hive-mind-consensus doesn't make something any less true. Correct. Likewise, being a contrarian does not make an untruth any more true. If someone has headphones on, it's a clear signal they don't want to talk to you.
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by xnyan 2y ago
> A standard burger comes with tomatoes and lettuce. I don't think that's been true for at least 10 years. Fresh veg costs and is considered a premium topping for higher end fast food options and as an addon generally. You can
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by xnyan 2y ago
Just replying to to say I did the conversion expecting to pay less and to my surprise it's almost exactly the same price for 1lb/450g blocks in the US. I live in metro Raleigh NC and our prices are very close to the US mean. I gue

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