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Brozilean··on India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers in Delhi
You think Elon Musk wouldn't cut starlink for folks if they were striking? Really?
Brozilean··on Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features
Why would having multiple options be bad? It doesn't turn the usb c port into a useless port or anything?
Brozilean··on A recall earned Lexus a top reputation (2006)
Kelly Blue Book and Edmunds can help you estimate. Although it's heavily affected by age and model.
Brozilean··on The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini
Do you have a source for this? I'd love to read more.
Brozilean··on Google Contractors Say Their Work Is Being Shipped to Poland After Unionizing
I too, form my entire world view on anecdotal evidence.
Brozilean··on Social-media platforms are destroying evidence of war crimes
Imagine trying to justify removal of public access to evidence of war crimes. That's a wild idea of what is ok.
Brozilean··on Most tech content is bullshit
I basically realized this when I was at an internship talking to a buddy about a compilers course I could be taking and his language he was making for fun. He was talking about a couple topics I'd probably go over in the course.

Then a more senior coworker came over to join the convo and mentioned a few similar words that were clearly jargon related to compilers etc. He spoke with such confidence that I didn't want to admit I didn't know about them, but figured I shouldn't be ashamed at not knowing stuff. I asked him what it meant and he said he didn't really know and wasn't entirely sure. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Brozilean··on Vox Media to cut hundreds of freelance jobs ahead of California's AB5
In this case, there is no option. You either work contractor or don't work. This law is in place to establish this option of "better job". You wouldn't have an option without it.
Brozilean··on An open-source browser extension to auto-skip sponsored segments on YouTube
I remember seeing something about a very low percentage of viewers being YouTube premium, but accounting for something like 40+% of revenue.
Brozilean··on Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back on big projects
Or it's because those with money to build property are inherently exploitative of those living there.
Brozilean··on The Adafruit PyGamer, a New Maker-Friendly Handheld Console
Nintendo had only two buttons until the Gameboy Advance. Even the NES just had two.
Brozilean··on What No One Tells You About Noise Cancelling Headphones
I used to have this issue with a lot of headphones, and then I tried Sony's noise canceling (the WH-1000XM3) and they are massively more comfortable. I feel like an ad but I just wanted to share since I was surprised by how much more comfy they were.
Brozilean··on Show HN: Simple but Powerful IDE for Databases
The logo is very similar to Office 365's...
Brozilean··on Oculus Rift S
You should probably just get a Rift with the bases. I got mine for around 350.
Brozilean··on Show HN: Startup with no website - GuerillaClick@gmail.com
> I've always wanted sort of the opposite. I'd sign up to a website, and they wouldn't ask for a password. To login, they would email a link to click and I'd be logged in for however long that cookie lasted. Why don't sites do that?

> (Is email still considered slow? I remember having wait times in the hours back in the 90s, but I'm not sure I've ever waited anywhere near a minute in the past decade.)

Tumblr does this at the moment. It asks for either email click or a traditional username/password setup.

Brozilean··on Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Admissions Win Justice Dept. Support
I think a lot of this boils down to where the problem can be solved.

With AA, universities and companies have decided that rather than wait for education reform to streak across the US and guarantee proper funding and adequate education regardless of income, they will seek out those with the potential to do great things regardless of their test scores etc.

They have decided to solve the problem in the portion that affects them: aka not solving the root but simply getting different types of applicants in that they think are valuable.

I think the grand solution is to go back and reform education, which I think most agree on. But for now, companies and universities are doing really the only thing they can, which is give students and applicants opportunities that they have not been given earlier in their lives.

Also in the end I believe that most people can do most jobs once you get training. Most jobs are specialized enough to train someone directly and college is meant to learn anyway so if Harvard wants to admit people of various socio economic backgrounds in favor of not admitting solely the top, I think that'd be better for them in the long run. Especially since the metrics for success are measured as if everyone is in the white top-middle class.

Brozilean··on Myth Debugging: Is the Wii More Demanding to Emulate Than the GameCube?
The dolphin devs have a ton of neat articles on their blog. Really fascinating.
Brozilean··on Penti Chorded Keyboard
I think the biggest factor here is ergonomics, no? If you already type so fast then you can afford to lose some of that in exchange for better ergonomics moving forward. Especially since the speed loss is temporary.
Brozilean··on Robert Langlands, who linked number theory, analysis, and geometry (2015)
Hahaha I love how the title of this post implies the idea that the idea of a Canadian being a good mathematician is a shocker. In my head I read it the same as "John, an octopus, is the world's greatest mathematician".