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by zb1plus 3y ago
I use a similar one for Mandarin. Here's a cool little chrome extension I built to force the use of the font for all Hanzi/Han characters in a webpage. ```// This script changes the font of all Mandarin character on a pa
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by zb1plus 3y ago
Agreed, we need to figure out ways to address the systematic pedophilia in schools, youth athletics and other institutions. Banning cryptography won't solve the problem, only push us closer to fascism.
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by zb1plus 3y ago
Technology will not solve CSAM. It is a social problem, you don't see policy makers going after the Catholic Church and other organizations that have systematic pedophilia as heavily as they are pursuing banning people's freedoms.
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by zb1plus 3y ago
Given how simple Reddit's API is to replicate, I'd love to see somebody build their own federated version of Reddit that the reader apps could consume alongside or in lieu of the main API.
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by zb1plus 3y ago
You can still regulate domestic vendors to prevent them from reselling products without disclosing they are noncompliant with safety standards or environmental rules (which you personally would face liability for the pollution caused by you
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by zb1plus 3y ago
Free markets and free borders are the way. Border controls only serve the elites, I should be able to import whatever (within reason) I want from any country without interference.
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by zb1plus 3y ago
Yep, it's absolute nonsense. I am a US citizen and this is one of the many reasons I am planning on moving overseas and renouncing my US citizenship. It just isn't worth the hassle of spending thousands of dollars and waiting over
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by zb1plus 3y ago
Haha, I'm pretty sure that "safe and invasion-proof geography" is stolen property. It's always funny when statists try and pretend national sovereignty or law is more than having a big enough stick to force everyone else
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by zb1plus 3y ago
I feel the opposite way, when you look at blunders like the Metaverse or Google's complete failure to capitalize on its work with LLMs, you really have to question whether the executive boards of FAANGs really know how to do anything b
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Just another reminder that customs and immigration are just authoritarian controls with negligible positive value to society. Countries functioned fine with minimal border controls for hundreds of years. Let's put that wasted money and
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Probably better to talk to a therapist overseas virtually to avoid silly government rules. It also lets you keep a good therapist even when you move to a different territory or change insurance (as an American)
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Couldn't agree more. It is disgraceful how our tax dollars are used to prop up failed business models and oppress the little guy. Just another example of how supposedly democratic states only serve the interests of the elite.
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by zb1plus 4y ago
I actually think capitalism and free markets are the most viable solution. The problem is "short-sighted" capitalism that focuses on quarterly "hand to mouth" profits as opposed to people seeing the long-term business op
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by zb1plus 4y ago
I wish humanity could discard narrow-minded nationalist/short-sighted capitalist tendencies and unite against this threat. Imagine a climate pact between the US, EU, China and India where each society placed a similar focus on pivoting
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by zb1plus 4y ago
The world doesn't currently work in the this way sadly.
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Performance based in my opinion means if you live in a region or territory for a certain amount of time and otherwise act in a manner that would indicate you intend to make this place your home, you would be eligible to be a citizen of that
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Citizenship should be performance based as opposed to based upon place of birth or being rich or lucky enough to obtain a piece of paper from some governmental body. It honestly shocks and disturbs me that this isn't a commonsense prin
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Anybody who cites 9/11 or terrorism as a reason to reduce civil liberties is a direct threat to American values. If you destroy what it means to be American in the face of terrorism, you are letting terrorists win. People need to under
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by zb1plus 4y ago
nand2tetris.org is a great book for understanding what is going on "under the hood" without undergoing a traditional education in computer science.
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Then companies should reward stellar talent with raises that go beyond inflation and COL changes. Not job hopping is leaving money on the table. As you say, "It costs a lot to acquire and hire talent" then one would think that com
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Yep. This whole thing about not hiring "job hoppers" is a conspiracy to suppress wages by the management class. Companies will drop you without a second thought, you should have the right to do the same. I think more software engi
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Agree 100%. We should be building mega-factories for solar cells, nuclear plants and pumping trillions of dollars into fusion research. Pivoting to renewable energy should be giving the same society wide focus that nation states gave to war
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by zb1plus 4y ago
I hate to say it but all these examples seem to be implying is that the ordinary people should be able to purchase artillery, RPGs and tanks under the 2nd amendment. Indeed, the second amendment's language regarding well regulated mili
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Exactly, H1B visas should be entirely blind to country of origin since to do otherwise would amount to de facto racism due to the racial demographics of many countries.
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by zb1plus 4y ago
There's a lot of agriculture that occurs in California. I am certain people in the 32 states within Mississippi watershed eat a fair amount of food or enjoy lower food prices that occur in part because of California agriculture. Part o
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by zb1plus 4y ago
Sounds like Switzerland or Swiss banks have some sort of cultural bias against people who job hop. If companies want people who stick around, they should compensate fairly and reward people who are doing well and delivery quality work in or
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by zb1plus 4y ago
I've been looking for something similar in SwiftUI. Can anyone suggest a good tutorial??
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by zb1plus 4y ago
I have never understood why college professors / college classes are so uninnovative and have such an antagonistic approach to teaching/education. The entire grade culture at universities should be abolished in lieu of an evaluati
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by zb1plus 4y ago
I second this. I attended OMSCS for a few semesters and ultimately dropped out because I felt most of the courses lacked any interactive component. Another factor that led me to drop out was that one of my biggest reasons for enrolling in a
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by zb1plus 5y ago
Happy New Year HN! My goals for 2022 are: 1. Propose to my girlfriend 2. Determine if graduate school is the right path for me and get into a program that aligns with my interests 3. Get my AWS SSA cert and a GCP cert 4. Learn Swift 5. Nat

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