derrick_jensen

9 ms·

1.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
One of the value props was the inability to reset and resell if it were lost or stolen. Now that it’s cracked there is more of an incentive to not try and find the owner. As for actual data security you are probably right
2.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
The argument isn't that its better than buying a new battery, the argument is that it isn't conveyed in the contract. EDIT: Also, knowing this happens without Apple adjusting their own terms may be grounds for fraud, so somebody h
3.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Highest GDP in the world?
4.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I’ve heard another take that Spotify ownership allows them to play almost any music because JRE inherits Spotify’s license to play it. Also this is a licensing deal for a set period. Ownership of JRE itself doesn’t change and after the thre
5.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I tried Jitsi Meet in a conference call of forty people and we all switched to Google Meet because it was so unreliable and broken. This might have to do with compute limits on the server side (Kubernetes auto scaling?) but it didn’t work.
6.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I also hate all open source Remote Desktop solutions, but I ended up using SPICE with Proxmox. Nothing else will forward audio and handling Remote Desktop at a virtualization level is the most reliable and flexible of everything else that I
7.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
>AGI could be the ultimate tool to free every human being from toil I don't believe that's inherently a good thing if you mean that literally. I used to subscribe more to the AnPrim/Ted Kaczynski ideology that toil is an i
8.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I have had nothing but bad experiences with Lenovo ThinkPads, and refuse to buy anything else of theirs (especially in the wake of Superfish). I had a T60 that had the both hinges snap in the case in normal operation, x230 screen broke and
9.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Time has value, and economies of scale make it more efficient. I worked at a CSA for a while and the amount of time it would take an individual to have the diversity of foods we provide would have taken them far longer. I have nothing again
10.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Companies exist to maximize some measure, and maximizing "social" isn't inherently a good thing. All the nonsense that happens on social media is the same as what happens in real life, but you can't monetize/optimiz
11.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Most advantages that quantum computing has aren't practical for most people outside "the HN tech bubble". It's meant for specialized types of high throughput computations.
12.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Its a lot easier for Apple to fix security issues within the Apple ecosystem than it is for Apple to pressure Adobe to fix the problem, port it over to the suite iOS/iPadOS/macOS, and distribute the fix to whoever needs it, as wel
13.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I'd argue that most men that won't have sex probably have some character issues they need to work out personally, or otherwise need to develop into somebody interesting. Dopamine hits from other places are more easy to come by, so
14.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
That's similar to saying that technology isn't about liberating the worker, but rendering most of the work force obsolete and only hiring the top 20% of performers. Your freedom does not compel anybody to be in a relationship with
15.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Killer Mike had a documentary on Netflix (?) about black life in America, and mentioned that money flows out of the black community far faster than any other minority in America. If we assume that Uber is acting in good faith, which I have
16.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I agree with you in spirit, but the Fairness Doctrine in the United States was a variation of this, where the FCC required that approximately equal time and attention be paid to all sides of a major issue. Ronald Reagan removed this in the
17.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Google's definition of socialism "a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole." Priv
18.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
State owned production and distribution. The things these markets sold were (most likely) not state produced or distributed, since they were Western goods.
19.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
He is just stating it matter-of-fact, since they could use USD to purchase things at a (free) market price.
20.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Google Play allows for different "tracks" for publication: internal testing, closed alpha, closed/open beta, and production. My approach is to keep releases in sync with Git branches (master is to production, staging is to cl
21.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Robert Moses was criticized for doing similar things in New York City (making overpasses too low so buses couldn't go through, etc). Have you read The Power Broker by Robert Caro?
22.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
A lot of it probably has to do with income. Linux is free, but everybody I know that uses it only uses it for work.
23.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I might buy some of these Uber bonds [1], they are probably my favorite of the current tech companies, so why not help out a bit. [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-13/uber-to-s...
24.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
New York is probably one of the most union heavy places in America. Checking where they are unionized more isn't an accurate reflection of the rest of the world.
25.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
>Society doesn't benefit from this. Low-status jobs still have to be filled, at least until technology eliminates them. Its purely additive. Being well off doesn't mean you can't do these jobs, just that better options are
26.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I'm about to release something very similar to this. You might see it here in a week or two
27.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
Podcasts are getting pretty popular as well. I think just in terms of sheer available time to listen versus watching videos, podcasts could gain a sizeable market share.
28.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
This might be a bias due to the fact that most companies are started by men (probably more inclined to take larger risks), and that companies need to reach a relatively successful state before the initial members of board and management hav
29.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I've noticed a similar thing with Stripe
30.
by derrick_jensen 6y ago
I've had the exact opposite experience, but I mostly use Java over Flutter for Android. Expo can be fairly limiting and breaks a lot, but core React Native is wonderful and does everything I need with a couple exceptions (FCM and more

More ›