a_random_canuck

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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
100%. Even just loading files off the old spinning disks took ages. Loading screens for a game could take 5-10 minutes. Even just booting into my Linux box took 3-5 minutes and optimizing the boot time was a whole thing you spent a lot of t
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I think this is a major (the only?) reason these internet companies are even successful. Because they just ignore all these costs that don’t scale well that ordinary companies should have.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
In my experience for medium sized services it’s still better to have everything talk to the same authentication database. Postgres has insanely good read performance. Most companies and services are never going to reach the scale where any
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
They need to. Honestly we need a way to completely segregate Chinese and Russian networks off, as well as anyone who peers with them. They are using our open networks to brazenly attack us in broad daylight… it’s time to fight back.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
This is my take. Consciousness is overrated and probably just an emergent phenomena of the brain processing external stimuli into memory, moving memories around, etc etc, in a continuous and never ending flow. Free will is just an illusion
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I feel like this announcement could use a more clear summary of the key point at the top. It sounds like Remix will be discontinued and anyone using it will need to upgrade to React Router? Is that not going to be super super confusing?
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
They do. My wife lost her 10-year-old Instagram account to a well crafted phishing attack against an email she had published… Instagram/Meta’s customer support is absolutely atrocious and disgraceful on this front. They basically treat
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
> They managed to secure continuous income streams of free money by talking to people on their phones. It’s extra money and surely they planned on doing more scams. That’s the motivation. Doesn’t this pretty much describe a sales job? Ex
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Really? When I first saw it I understood it must have to do with changing languages.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
A funny argument to make when the “contract” is entirely automated, without negotiation or consideration. Such agreements should not be enforceable in the first place.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I don’t think anyone is trying to pass an exam here, but just give an understandable overview to a general audience.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I’m betting they’ve turned on some AI “features” for detecting fraud and it’s not working out as well as promised.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
“Officially” is meaningless here. The blocking exists, and it is at the direction or under the control of their government. They are yet same thing. You know, if it looks like a duck. This is standard operating procedure for the communist p
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I found the interviewer comes across as incredibly pretentious. I can’t stand this style of writing, he is trying way too hard.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Not only that, but reinvented it way worse… now it depends on GitHub (aka Microsoft).
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Because Meta and Google are weaponized by a dictatorship? How can people really be so blind to the enormous threat posed by allowing hostile dictatorships unfettered access to our eyeballs and devices within our own borders.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I’m not so sure about that. I would say Chinese society values the family… people don’t really give a shit about others outside of family or friends. My feeling on Japan is that they value their society and country much higher. But I’m neit
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I wouldn’t call most of those Amazon, FB, YouTube etc, people the actual smart people either. They’re mostly just lucky. What made Facebook or YouTube successful over any other competitor? Just luck that their design turned out to be the on
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
This is all very fixable for Google: stop streaming video for free to clients that don’t have subscriptions. Otherwise, if you send the content to my device for free, it is my right decide which parts to watch and which parts to skip.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
You haven’t mentioned what kind of laptop they own. Everyone I know who owns MacBooks uses them for: photography editing, video editing, graphic design, programming.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Honestly, no it doesn’t. Google pays creators a pittance and their practices around copyright and monetization are beyond exploitative. Most creators make their money from sponsorships and stealth marketing, product placements etc, or regul
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
People “freak out” for good reason. People need to understand just how insidious the communist party’s methods are.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
There’s no risk of cancer from heating up tissue.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
I'm also living in central Taipei, this one woke me up, we felt really strong shaking in our flat on the 4th floor. Some tiles fell off the buildings on my street but otherwise everyone is fine. Right after the quake saw police and fir
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
As far as I can tell, every Uniqlo has this. And you’re right, this is by far the best checkout experience. It’s what Amazon wishes they’d built. I can’t imagine there’s that much untapped profit in the grocery business that Amazon could tu
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Just be careful it doesn’t invent some new tax laws in the process.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Yeah this is literally what “influencers” are… they are just freelance salespeople/marketers acting as the outsourced sales and marketing arm for corporations and countries.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
And it reeeeeeally makes me uneasy that all this OSS is effectively in the hands of Microsoft.
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Honestly it’s been time for a shift ever since they were bought by Microsoft…
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by a_random_canuck 2y ago
Probably because it’s crypto-based (blockchain) and required a $5 sign up fee to join… so it’s mostly attracted crypto folks.

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