rStar

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by rStar 5y ago
my partner is an academic
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by rStar 5y ago
i’ll be there in a few months. dreading the move.
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ESPN: Wta suspends tournament play China concern peng shuai safety(espn.com)
4 points by rStar 5y ago|1 comments
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by rStar 5y ago
wta: attempting to help their person in china. tech industry: continues to whistle
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by rStar 5y ago
> 1. People who post these stickers should go to prison. 2. People who create and distribute these stickers knowing their purpose should go to prison. 3. Tesla should be civilly liable for cases where preventing such an incid
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by rStar 5y ago
emacs is like a musical instrument in program form. one is only limited by their creativity.
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by rStar 5y ago
unless you understand how tech, business, governments and security services work, then not so much
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by rStar 5y ago
> I’m sorry but there’s no world where Apple can make perfect security i think everyone knows that perfect security is not possible, the operative word being ‘perfect’. i think what we want is for apple to ‘actually try’ to provide secur
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by rStar 5y ago
except thats it’s curiously well timed for this news to drop at the beginning of holiday shopping, like an advertisement, or possibly, this is pure marketing. nso and apple are partners. apple leaves holes, nso exploit, said holes.
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by rStar 5y ago
apple controls the hardware and software on apple devices. nso does not. this is public relations for apple, as much as a holiday advert as any they put on tv. if apple wanted to provide their customers secure devices, apple would provide t
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by rStar 5y ago
apple builds their own hardware and software. security, or lack thereof, is clearly apples choice. apple blaming nso here is pure public relations and optics, nee propaganda, which many on this board drink like the koolaid it is. it’s conf
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by rStar 5y ago
isn’t that kind of like the press secretary telling the president what to do?
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by rStar 5y ago
how is it interesting?
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by rStar 5y ago
apple: use your fingerprint … gov: fingerprints are fungible … apple: use your eyeball then!
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by rStar 5y ago
but what if i’m good at both?
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by rStar 5y ago
i can’t wait till people start getting their internal organs hacked. and they still don’t care about privacy and operational security, and they are still buying their kids iot devices for christmas.
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by rStar 5y ago
i’m sure we’ll have the joe rogan plan…$30/month for a family plan with no adverts, even on podcasts.
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by rStar 5y ago
i have to say though, i do appreciate the well thought out, reasoned and mannerly post. you are very good at arguing your position, so, even though we ultimately disagree, much respect
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by rStar 5y ago
startpage gives me a captcha on every search. maybe its because i’m on a vpn. that is a very good solution though, and one of the things that started me thinking in this direction
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by rStar 5y ago
> I don't mean that one should be naive about things. i think that’s the literal disagreement we are having > I've known a variety of addicts how bout they try to get more oxy by any means necessary? i think i’m safe. i also
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by rStar 5y ago
who do we blame for this even being a problem? which engineers at what point in time thought this non error checking non state stable design was a good idea?
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by rStar 5y ago
> observations about collectives can be usefully applied to individuals. > You might be right 80% of the time or, as in my example of a collective of oxycontin users, you might be able to predict certain of their actions at a 99% effi
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by rStar 5y ago
strong disagree. there exist truths on a population level. oxycontin addicts traverse similar behavioral patterns, for example. for the worst of all cognitive biases i would say confirmation bias.
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by rStar 5y ago
individuals matter, or, why aren’t we all treated as the special special snowflakes we so obviously believe ourselves to be.
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by rStar 5y ago
parent comment assumes technical user
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by rStar 5y ago
these lessons aren’t forgotten, we all just have a lot less power now as consumers. ms knows they are so large they can dictate the behavior of all users up to and including the regulatory bodies, all of which they’ve captured. stand up for
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by rStar 5y ago
don’t use software that so obviously disrespects you, the user
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by rStar 5y ago
mbas see whatever they see for whatever reasons they do. it’s usually posturing and signaling to other mba types, often with delusions of grandeur and napoleon complex, not height based.
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by rStar 5y ago
i’ve had one for years. the way you start is, when you meet an asshole, write their name and company and job title down, and a short, less than 20 words, statement describing the assholery. keep doing that for a few years and watch as patte
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by rStar 5y ago
congratulations on finding a comfortable way to work that works for you, allows you to be productive, as well as more socially fulfilled. as someone currently attempting to find a nice niche for myself as well, much respect.

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