insulanus

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by insulanus 3y ago
Yes, that was the takeaway by the MPAA-aligned laywers at the time.
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by insulanus 3y ago
Get a second mug printed from the same printer, and hide it safely away, in case the original ever breaks, and they are out of business.
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by insulanus 3y ago
> deities smithing people. That's "deities smiting people.", but I really like the idea of deities smithing people :)
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by insulanus 3y ago
PSA for those using windows at home: someone else has already done all the work removing spyware / unnecessary junk / mandatory login, etc. https://github.com/topics/windows-11-debloat I think I used this gui
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by insulanus 3y ago
This is an effect of Japanese corporations lobbying for copyright legislation, not Japanese "society". I agree that the word "society" can be used to convey social norms, whether imposed by the general public or a powerf
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by insulanus 3y ago
It would be nice if the organizations would publish a hash of the code and the trained dataset.
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by insulanus 3y ago
It would be great if there was a read-only version of the site that can be crawled. Much easier to do that supporting both HTTP and JS for both read and write.
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by insulanus 3y ago
Sadly, I've had bad experiences with some Single Page Apps. Here are some problems I've had: Linking to a specific topic. Archiving the site.
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by insulanus 3y ago
This type of thing can help you formally verify code. So, if your proof is correct, and your description of the (language/CPU) is correct, you can prove the code does what you think it does. Formal proof systems are still growing up, t
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by insulanus 4y ago
Definitely. Unfortunately, Language implementations that guaranteed exceptions were not in wide use at the time. Also, to have a chance at being implemented on more than one CPU, it had to work in C and assembly.
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by insulanus 5y ago
Very true! But probably for different reasons. Interfacing to a micro-controller or a PIC is a bit more complicated than plugging a keyboard and monitor in.
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by insulanus 5y ago
I'm glad that C++ is starting to become a useable language, too. But 25 years is enough. Asking them to wait another 12 years is a bit unreasonable.
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by insulanus 5y ago
Don't forget the centralization that undermines its ability to be private!
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by insulanus 5y ago
That seems like a very real effect, but the votes need to be disclosed after they occur. Otherwise, the lobbyists have even more power, because the committee has an incentive to collude with the lobbyists, if their individual votes are not
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by insulanus 5y ago
I think the feelings have been there for a long time. What changed is that it is harder to exert corporate culture (eg. fear or information control) while out of office.
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by insulanus 5y ago
We don't have vaccines for the 200+ viruses that cause "the common cold". The flu, which is usually a more serious disease, has a vaccine that is updated and offered yearly. 80% of US medical personnel already take the yearly
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by insulanus 5y ago
Good point, but incomplete. It's safe to assume the company improved their process over time. The point stands that it may be a hassle at other companies. Furthermore, you are beholden to the company until then.
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by insulanus 5y ago
You forgot the who - Whose fault is it that those points were not clearly communicated? - Who wrote the perceptual hash matching code? - Who is allowed to audit the code, the review system, and the hash database? - Who updates this code?
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by insulanus 5y ago
There was a lot of confusion. Caused by Apple trying to slip this feature under the radar, and omitting information.
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by insulanus 5y ago
Actually, I'm with you in that I think Apple's motives are different than people think, but I think yours are incorrect as well. > Apple has been, as part of their privacy initiatives, trying to do as much as possible on the de
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by insulanus 5y ago
> This isn't a surveillance feature. > Thus, it would be more accurate to say that apple is putting on your device code which can detect known child pornographic images > If you don't like it, disable iCloud Photos. >
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by insulanus 5y ago
Yes, I used a friend's, and it really is great. However, you must link it to your facebook account that is connected to your true friend graph, and they can deactivate your account at any time. I highly recommend that no one buy one.
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by insulanus 5y ago
It's not important what is or is not happening right now, or even a little while ago. The TOS expressly allows them to lock you out of your account if they detect you using an account that is not your Facebook Real Identity (tm) They a
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by insulanus 5y ago
I'm glad to see this topic so hotly debated here. After having read most of the comments here, most of the discussion is turning on the point of what the first amendment does or does not require. That's great - the law should be t
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by insulanus 5y ago
We need technology, but more important is business and government. We have all the data on what is causing the problem, but we are not making value judgements, and taking action based on those judgements. Until our technology catches up and
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by insulanus 5y ago
> But Reddit is moving towards first party content. I just want to point out the extent to which marketing doublespeak has infected the world. A person from the 1990s might think that this means redditors making new content. But in this
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by insulanus 5y ago
A Netgear Nighthawk R7000 idles at 8W, max 34W. That will get you 1 Gigabit. Bleeding edge CPUs from Intel and AMD do guzzle power when run at full load, but they also improve in power per IPS, and have added dynamic underclocking, so they
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by insulanus 5y ago
Yeah, in this case the compatible applications are the shiny thing.
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by insulanus 5y ago
Here are a few implications: * In a few years (maybe 5?), it might be possible to build a computer that you can trust has no intentional back doors in the CPU, but is modern enough to run software from within the last decade. * If this catc
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by insulanus 5y ago
True. Google or Facebook's ability to obtain, analyze, cross-reference, retain and leverage this type of information makes them billions of times more powerful than a small company selling gardening tools, however.

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