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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Its not a fix, but whenever I have to travel I set up a "reading list" on my RSS feed. Between that and physical books, I tend to fill in the time. Actually, in general I would like to see RSS (or even a more draconic, constrained
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Arxiv is open access prepublication, and doesn't remove the need for peer review to get into actual journals. If you apply for a grant and you say "I was published on Arxiv" you are not getting that grant. Additionally, Arxiv
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Doesn't change the point. Also doesn't refute the point.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I can't post on the official website (not a US citizen) but I have thought about this question a fair bit and have worked in security adjacent tech in a past life. An important note: my suggestions would make many business models unvia
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Even in your framing (which I don't accept) it is a dark pattern because it constructs a bias of user behaviour that, statistically, will push users towards something that is both good for the company and not reflective of the user&#x2
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Proving other theorems, which may themselves either prove further theorems or lead to direct applications. That's how the questions of "what to prove" often materialise.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
It really depends on what you mean by ease of use. It's about as hard as Gentoo to pick up, but it is the easiest one to maintain imo. Looks wise, they're all the same (bar mint) since they all use stock GNOME and KDE. Ecosystem,
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
If I were recommending a distro today, I would say one of the following: - Linux Mint (Debian version) - Debian - NixOS
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I'm no Casablanca, but this person does not seem to have the full picture. "OK, but" does not always mean "put everything you just said to the side. Here is the REAL topic", it is quite literally adding stuff to con
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
While I agree that there is an excess of evidence available to jail SBF with ease - and he should be jailed without question - I am bit unsure about your VPN comment. Specifically, if Sam uses a VPN after having communication restrictions p
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Not to be a grouch, but I'm sort of not surprised at this point. The sheer volume that the big American units have been caught in over the last 5 or so years has really sobered me up on their supposedly high quality research standards.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
It's arguably obvious to those with relevant training, so perhaps he didn't realise justification was needed.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
You're being downvoted for not liking Quanta, but if your original point was that Quanta is not a good reporter, you're right. They frequently make subtle but impactful misinterpretations, or more outrageous redirections, such as
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
It is certainly not as robust as MacOS or Windows protections, but I have been told it does provide a block to certain malware targeting the boot (though it is imperfect as you have pointed out). In my case, I am not expecting total securit
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
That makes much more sense, thanks. Still a bit confusing that its not on by default, but also much more trustable.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Here's the bit that confuses me: no secure boot. QubesOS does a lot of good things, but Secure Boot is sort of a nonnegotiable for a lot of security profiles because its one of the few ways you protect boot. I'd be interested to h
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
LinkedIn is an exceptional negative filter and will forever appreciate that about it. If a company willingly self-identifies itself with things like blockchain, AI, or even just feel-good word salads, I know not to apply there.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
My problem with AI is that I just don't think it does the advertised task well. It really annoys me that the tech space in my area is increasingly 'embracing' AI* instead of things like Nix, Rust, Haskell, which are doing rea
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Taking accountability for your solution does not require a physical presence. This is not relevant. Edit: I worded that a bit poorly. The point I wanted to convey was that the physical location isn't what determines accountability.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I think the applicability of using maths symbols in a program is highly domain dependent. It'd be reasonable to use it for a physics simulation. You probably should not use it for a banking application.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I would argue humanity can plenty handle truth-ambivalent sources (what is state sponsored media after all?). However, AI sucks on an aesthetic level, and its a real shame that we now have to just put up with it.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
This is the unfortunate truth about 2FA. While it significantly improves security, it is significantly less ergonomic than passwords (which are already sucky). It is also a problem when phones are, for whatever reason, not ideal for the wor
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I love NixOS, but I am looking to move my workstation to Guix. The reason is that, it seems NixOS do not sign their packages. I've checked the messaging platforms, and while there seems to be a consensus that its not needed, I'm a
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
At one stage in life I had this problem regularly. It was very stressful. It dawned on me that I was feeling like my own value was bring questioned when I was criticised. The material reality of whether I was actually being criticised fairl
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I am not following your point unfortunately. Could you elaborate further?
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I would love a "dumb" search that strips out EVERYTHING except the results and their summaries. No AI. No images. Nothin'. At present I just filter it out with ublock, but I wish I didn't have to, y'know?
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Thats a misrepresentation. Something is legal if the society has decided it to be. That is distinct from merely being popular. I am arguing that the consensus opinion is very strongly in support of making publicly funded research also acces
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
I agree, theft is, devoid of any context, immoral. However, I consider the privatisation of publically funded research to be (currently) legal theft. Edit: I realise this was an indirect response to your comment, so I would also like to add
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
"Public appreciation doesn't shield the site from prosecution" - serious question though, why not? Sure it infringes on copyright but I would argue at this point, research data should rightfully be classed as a public asset.
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by plaguepilled 3y ago
Thank you! Maybe this is the year then. :)

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