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by null0pointer 6y ago
VPN + DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) is a very potent combo turning your internet connection into an opaque pipe, as far as your ISP is concerned. DoH hides your DNS requests from your ISP, and a VPN service (basically glorified proxies these days) h
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by null0pointer 6y ago
Could you elaborate please? Not looking for a debate, just want to understand what you mean by "entirely regressive".
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by null0pointer 6y ago
This is one of the reasons why, in my somewhat radical opinion, all taxes should be some form of sales tax. No income tax, etc. If you live in a country, you spend money in that country, and so you pay taxes in that country. No workarounds,
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by null0pointer 6y ago
Minor correction: Radical publicity is not inherent to all blockchain-based currencies. Take Monero as a counter-example. AFAIK in Monero no one can query the balance of any address except the key holder for that address, and no one can see
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by null0pointer 6y ago
You just described every market
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by null0pointer 6y ago
That is cool! I've been thinking about building a site that lets you explore a big graph of math proofs for a long time, since doing my pure math degree. Glad to see someone else has done something like it.
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by null0pointer 6y ago
Settle down. They're not comparing COVID-19 to the Flu, they're using the Flu as an example to talk about transitive infections.
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by null0pointer 6y ago
I agree with you, we have much more in common than the current online zeitgeist would lead you to believe. Many of my Chinese friends are genuinely lovely people just trying to do what's best for them and their families. Just like the
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by null0pointer 6y ago
I agree that criminals will use secure communications regardless of the law. I don't understand what you mean when you say it will increase crime though. Regardless, I feel like there's a deeper motive from governments/law en
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by null0pointer 6y ago
I feel like as soon as someone uses a "think of the children" argument they immediately invalidate any point they may have had. It's a total cop out argument. I wish more people could see through it.
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by null0pointer 7y ago
While sub-pixel sampling provides little benefit for diffuse surfaces, sampling the same pixel multiple times does provide better smoothness across the surface of the object. Since it's not much more computationally expensive to do sub
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by null0pointer 7y ago
I don't it's fair to call it pretentious if from a human but beautiful if from a computer. You even said it yourself > ... anyone pretending otherwise only believes so because they know a priori that it is generated by ML. To m
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by null0pointer 7y ago
Actually, I agree with you that as a species we are not cognitively equipped to handle an unrelenting torrent of information. I also agree that well researched and well presented (though not necessarily authoritative) arguments should be he
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by null0pointer 7y ago
I am saying they should be allowed to exercise _zero_ editorial control. Unless they specifically want to, like a newspaper. If you want to create liberal-Facebook or conservative-Facebook then go right ahead. At the moment Facebook is inte
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by null0pointer 7y ago
That is such an odd comparison to draw. Oil drilling is inherently destructive to the environment. Social media posts are not, although you do try to make that argument. The solution to oil drilling destroying the environment is less drilli
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by null0pointer 7y ago
So how can any new social media platforms or startups ever be able to support all that additional staff/infrastructure? I hold the complete opposite view. The individual that uploaded the content should be held solely responsible for t
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by null0pointer 7y ago
> U.S. officials say it remains a minuscule percentage of overall travellers — 0.007 per cent, or roughly one per 13,000. The Department of Homeland Security says it's necessary to combat crimes like terrorism and child pornography.
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by null0pointer 7y ago
> And I think they should do so by raising concerns with employing of Australian tech workers As an Australian tech worker... that would hurt. But I don't really see any other way to get them to listen either.
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by null0pointer 8y ago
Yes, there's an option to have your phone auto-wipe after 10 failed unlock attempts. However, I'm not aware of any way to have it auto-wipe by itself after n-days. Getting a new phone and signing into your Apple ID has no effect o
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by null0pointer 8y ago
One day I'll forget to charge my hat
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by null0pointer 8y ago
TDD is a great approach for a raytracer. They can be absolute nightmares to debug when a minor error in some calculation causes subtle artifacts in your image.
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by null0pointer 8y ago
Is 'mid-level' really senior or higher? You are probably right about the authors assumptions. Interesting that mortgage brokers consider it part of your income. Though I guess it makes sense. I didn't realise exactly how high
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by null0pointer 8y ago
But you can't use your options until they vest right? Maybe I don't understand exactly what you mean
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by null0pointer 8y ago
The author specifies living alone > $5,500 a month at market rate, which is affordable to a mid-level programmer at a large tech firm living alone I understand what you mean that roommates are the only way it could make any sense. But I&
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by null0pointer 8y ago
At $5,500 per month is that to rent or buy? I currently spend about 25% of my after-tax salary on rent and I consider it too much for me. $66,000 => $264,000 after-tax. Californian marginal income tax bracket for $52k - $268k is 9.3% So
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by null0pointer 8y ago
What would it take for you to quit? Citing data collection practices as your reason. Don't have to answer, I'm just curious as it seems your morals are at odds with your companies.
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by null0pointer 8y ago
I would say it's critically important. You may be a good self learner, but even then you may not know _what_ to study. It's the whole unknown unknowns situation. Another thing I would point out is that your peers offer more than j
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by null0pointer 8y ago
In Australia I noticed my downloads from some sources were much slower than others. I have two examples: 1. YouTube vs Netflix. When I would try to watch YouTube in the evenings it would not buffer fast enough for continuous playback. While
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by null0pointer 8y ago
Why is it hard to tell between throttling and congestion? Maybe my understanding is wrong but they are still sending the same amount of data. But when it's encrypted traffic from the VPN the ISP can't sniff and throttle.
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by null0pointer 8y ago
My previous boss had a single letter last name. Turns out most airline ticketing system have a 3 letter minimum so he just entered his single character name 3 times to purchase the ticket. But this meant that every single time he got to the

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