a_imho

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by a_imho 21d ago
Increasingly access is hidden behind mobile apps too, which in turn requires succumbing to app stores and handing over the keys to 2 giant US companies. For slopware and social media, fine. Some would even argue it is a blessing in disguise
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by a_imho 2mo ago
If I recall correctly there was a proposed proof to the abc conjecture by Mochizuki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abc_conjecture#Claimed_proofs which was rejected due to being rather inpenetrable to humans. Shouldn&#x2
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by a_imho 2mo ago
I have seen this or similar metrics cited as a reason for forcing customers into apps, but imo it is misguided in a measure-becomes-the target way.
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by a_imho 9mo ago
My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the
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by a_imho 1y ago
It's controversial, but I think it would be tremendously beneficial to our society if we accepted that death is (currently) inevitable and that past some point, assisted suicide is a lot better than artificially prolonging suffering a
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by a_imho 1y ago
I would argue that sortition is Democracy . From a purely technical point of view to be anti-sortition is to be anti-democracy, which is fine I guess but begs a lot of questions. From a practical point of view the selection process is a bi
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by a_imho 1y ago
Several gömböcs in action https://youtube.com/watch?v=xSdi51HSkIE
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by a_imho 1y ago
Counterpoint, reorgs do happen. Even if someone is doing a fine job, they can find themselves in a completely new team working in a completely new domain just because bodies needed to be buried.
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by a_imho 1y ago
Nail on the head for me, people react to the hypocrisy. Virtual is a prime example. Can't take seriously when a a business advertises how environmentally conscious they are on one hand, but forcing people to commute via RTO on the othe
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by a_imho 1y ago
My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the
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by a_imho 1y ago
I've not fully bought the hype yet but actually think LLMs democratizing technical solutions would be a fantastic opportunity for both established players and newcomers. The more LLMs improve, the less of a moat technology is in itself
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by a_imho 1y ago
IANAL, but my understanding is that in Europe on-call can fall under working time , depending on the exact nature of the requirements. In fact, I'm very interested whether anyone has firsthand experience arguing developer on-call fall
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by a_imho 2y ago
At this point I find it very hard to chalk it up to mere incompetence.
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by a_imho 2y ago
I'm a Cloudflare customer, even their own dashboard does not work with linux+slightly older firefox. I mean one click and it is ooops, please report the error to dev null
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by a_imho 2y ago
Not sure how obscure you are willing to go, but a quick look on private trackers do list the movie.
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by a_imho 2y ago
Piggybacking on the thread a little, anyone has experience to share using Pages or Workers at scale? Perhaps I bought too much into the JAMstack hype, but it seems like a much more convenient approach compared to the k8s rube goldberg machi
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by a_imho 2y ago
The math is indeed off in the tweet, as fruitarian should be 2.5x worse instead of 1.5. I don't think the 5g/kcal is expensive according to the chart, it is a good average for omnivores, consider the biker being fueled by cheesebu
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by a_imho 2y ago
There are some variables to consider, but even using grid energy mix most EVs -including cars- have a smaller co2 emission per mile than bikes, due to agriculture having quite a big eco footprint. https://archive.ph/YgEe8
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by a_imho 2y ago
Everything is more expensive in the USA is quite an exaggeration. Being able to afford (better) consumer goods/services/experiences is quite nice in itself not to mention the quality of opportunities present. I don't see many
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by a_imho 2y ago
Classic hindsight/survivorship bias for me. Bezo’s approach is sublime. It holds two seemingly irreconcilable insights in tension and transcends either lesser alternative: Come on.
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by a_imho 2y ago
Appsell - intentionally crippling or outright banning the browser client to force users installing your app in hope of better conversion or simply boosting vanity metrics. Long logout - complete logout needs extra steps after clicking logou
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by a_imho 2y ago
Don't think they need to legalese around exemptions, they can just do as they wish - as the Pfizer-gate shows they are not wrong so far.
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by a_imho 2y ago
On a not too outdated and fairly vanilla and permissive ubuntu/FF+ublock setup I can see the page load then everything clears. Not even reader mode fixes it. Probably unrelated, but the very basics not working makes me want to dismiss
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by a_imho 2y ago
Ok, so why not write them regular mails? Much more personal imo, you can preserve your handwriting as well, dont rely on an email provider, not handing over personal data either etc. Only flipside I see it is a bit harder to include digital
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by a_imho 2y ago
There are plenty of alternative solutions compared to outright banning cars. Nothing beats telecommute for speed, safety and emissions for example, but even EVs can mitigate air pollution in cities. They also comfortably beat human powered
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by a_imho 3y ago
Hard disagree, bruteforcing work for rewards is waaay sub optimal in the vast majority of cases. Most people are better off interviewing, job hopping and always-be-leaving and/or social engineering their careers. Note, I'm talking
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by a_imho 3y ago
Biometrics?
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by a_imho 3y ago
Perhaps even more relevant nowadays My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book
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by a_imho 3y ago
Hence the virtual card. I can just discard it after a few purchases. Isn't this enough?
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by a_imho 3y ago
Order pizza, pay with virtual card. Payment provider needs 3FA+Captcha, one of the factors is email which is another 2FA challenge. Disclosing the card details once logged in prompts for another 2FA, finally VISA also challenges you with a

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