juliusdavies

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by juliusdavies 11d ago
I’m a huge tptacek Stan but this is like arguing that all food is organic. Okay, you’re absolutely correct, but it doesn’t matter, because for most people UPF is like that infamous definition for “porn”: I know it when I see it. Tilting at
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by juliusdavies 2mo ago
A new Steinway spirio grand piano is around $650k usd
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by juliusdavies 3mo ago
Reminding of my most cited academic paper… one of the co-authors was a tenured professor about to go on sabbatical and so he was happy to have a fresh paper to present at all his sabbatical tour stops. That paper picked up so many cites fr
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by juliusdavies 4mo ago
It would make more sense to complain about plants consuming sunlight than it does to complain about data centers consuming water.
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Re: Slow USB storage device? (util-Linux-ng, 2010)(marc.info)
21 points by juliusdavies 5mo ago|1 comments
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by juliusdavies 6mo ago
Right. If you are dropping $60K on a stereo, you don't really care if the cables are $4K.
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by juliusdavies 9mo ago
Do you want some deeply studied anthropological journal article on “The use of pagers in Lebanese society “? Do you know of any civilians anywhere in the world that currently use pagers? Who had the pagers and why they had the pagers is alm
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by juliusdavies 11mo ago
SIP still has a reliability layer built on top: the humans will say “I didn’t catch that, can you repeat yourself?“ on the video call.
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by juliusdavies 1y ago
Very neat variation on the “I’m currently looking for work” post.
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by juliusdavies 1y ago
I find this compelling, alongside the fact ChromeBooks are well placed in retail shops and usually the cheapest things you can buy. They are also ubiquitous in elementary schools. This is more about ChromeBooks than linux. Add the fact that
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by juliusdavies 1y ago
For me the beauty of idlewords's own blog ( https://idlewords.com/ ) is that it's so good it makes me want to write. Similarly, I find Graham's writing so bad that it also makes me want to write. (note: idlewo
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by juliusdavies 1y ago
Damn that’s a fine coinage. According-to-Royle.
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by juliusdavies 1y ago
Am I wrong to assume police already have access to their area’s database of driver’s license photos? Never mind mugshots - I think they already have access to most people’s faces, even those that have never been arrested.
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
I think NSA has hacked the van (without the van operators realizing) and so it’s both a sewer inspection van and an NSA surveillance van at the same time.
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
This essay really reminds me of someone I know who's integrity and impulse control has changed dramatically over the last 2 years coinciding with their descent into crushing poverty (e.g., phones and internet and electricity often cut
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
I enjoyed the article very very much but I accidentally completed a BFA in creative writing in my youth so my taste in writing might be a bit off.
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
I can’t remember if it’s against HN rules to implore people to read the actual article. The reason he became good at selling (according to the article) is because he changed his attitude despite reading the sales scripts verbatim both befor
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/pitchfork-re...
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
Whoever wrote the article has never had to replace a cup holder in their car.
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
It was astonishingly humane especially considering how effective it was: 1.) Communication network completely destroyed (anyone with a working pager in Lebanon has thrown it in the garbage). 2.) Most targets, while severely injured and even
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
You realize copyright applies to an application’s visual representation, too, right? Copyright isn’t just a code thing.
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
"We are in the FAFO phase of escalation control, my friend." - Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/17795628109236883...
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
It’s a replay of their Soleimani response which they also telegraphed in advance, only targeted military targets, and also resulted in zero fatalities. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Martyr_Soleimani I see
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
"I wasn't that bothered by it." - Andres Freund, 3 minutes 41 seconds into the podcast, about the NYTimes article. :-)
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
They are criticizing the journalist (Kevin Roose) because of this line from his NYTimes article: > "[Andres Freund's] job involves developing a piece of open-source database software known as PostgreSQL, whose details would pro
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
Heartily agree! I never thought of my workflow in this way, but it makes sense: by completely avoiding local branches, I reduce my cognitive load. I only ever work from "master", but my "master" is just whatever I happen
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
He might like doing this: git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/MY_NEW_BRANCH". If you add a "+" character, it becomes a force-push: git push origin +HEAD:refs/heads/MY_NEW_BRANCH Let's me wor
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
NY Times links to the XKCD comic directly. Try clicking on the words "some random guy in Nebraska" in the article.
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
For me the names "Hans Jansen" and "misoeater91" also rule out China. I think it's Israel or USA or Russia. Apparently the 6 accidental timezone slip-ups in the commit history would be compatible with Israel or Russ
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by juliusdavies 2y ago
Why is the HN submission titled "Andres Freund and the xz backdoor"? The NYTimes title (at least right now?) is: "Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?"

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