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albertop··on Getting Fiber to My Town [video]
Depressing part: - Permit filed for April 2019 - Issued September 2019
albertop··on Foreboding Skies over the SF Bay Area
It was 20 years less of neglect. Not sure when we have stop doing controlled burns in the name of keeping air quality good. It was more than 20 years ago.
albertop··on Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19
$23k+ per pupil in NYC is underfunded?
albertop··on Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19
We already have government schools that are closed by the edict issued by teachers’ union. How having government childcare would help?
albertop··on Ask HN: Suggestions for books about API design?
Which one? There is 20 of them.
albertop··on 70% of surveyed Americans say they can't do their job without internet
> Public infrastructure like roads and power seem like they have plenty of examples of what works to get this built out.

I guess you are not from Northern California where week long power outages are new normal.

albertop··on The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct to investigate Apple
Maybe we just like their products. You do not need to.
albertop··on The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct to investigate Apple
It is free market not dictatorship.
albertop··on The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct to investigate Apple
No. I actually like the fact there is no sideloading. Why should I be forced to like what you like.
albertop··on The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct to investigate Apple
None forced you to buy iDevice.
albertop··on The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct to investigate Apple
Nothing prevents you buying Android phone if you do not like Apple policies. The policies were in effect when you bought your iPhone.
albertop··on Nvidia is now worth more than Intel
Agreed. I think this is still the case of: “Bears swimming in liquidity”
albertop··on Swift AWS Lambda Runtime
This one is very interesting and unexpected. Swift for TensorFlow: The Next-Generation Machine Learning Framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s65BigoMV_I
albertop··on Affinity Designer: A Love Story
Trying now. Thanks!
albertop··on Affinity Designer: A Love Story
I wish they had a Lightroom replacement. It is the only thing keeping me shackled to Adobe.
albertop··on U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for sleeping in public
It is not a charity if you are coerced to pay for it.
albertop··on PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this weekend due to fire risk
Utilities are heavily regulated. Each year, budget has to be approved by Sacramento.
albertop··on Advertising Is a Cancer on Society
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is an eye opening book related to this subject. The ads are only a first and small step.
albertop··on Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator
There is also Calca on the Mac.
albertop··on High-tax states like California and New York make it hard for rich to leave
You are free to support. There is a box on tax return allowing you to pay more taxes that you are required by law. People may not be happy when you coerce them to do the same or more. Supporting and compelling are different.
albertop··on Facebook collects a wide range of private data from developers
You are not compelled by law to use it. You may be addicted but it is a different problem. So the short answer is it just you that makes it difficult.
albertop··on PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires, Now Faces Collapse
What about keeping government and environmental groups accountable for forcing polices that lead to damages - lack of forest clearing? They even admitted that existing approach was wrong.
albertop··on Capitalism the Apple Way vs. Capitalism the Google Way (2017)
Lobby for a sane tax system that encourages re-investment.
albertop··on Migration trends in U.S. metro areas
Not for long. Most of transplants are form CA.
albertop··on 'Talent Wants Transit': Companies Near Transportation Gaining the Upper Hand
Shouldn’t all this be a responsibly of local government that will get influx of tax revenues?
albertop··on Freezing your credit is now free in all states under a new law
Freeze cost is only one part. Not mentioned in this article are costs of temporary unfreeze. TransUnion used to/still does charge $10 for each unfreeze.
albertop··on I simulated California housing and learned about simulators
Only to some extend. CA spending per pupil is around the top among states in US, results are very close to the bottom.
albertop··on Twitter CEO: conservative employees ‘dont feel safe to express their opinions’
You forgotten to put <sarcasm> or are you trolling? :-)
albertop··on Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
Thanks to the comments there I finally did. First I was excited with the possibility of setting up my home server. But after reading more, the complexity of the setup and required resources are way to much for my use case. I think this is great for a small business, but it is huge overkill for me (home use). I just want my laptop to sync with my iDevices. Peer to peer vault sync built into the app would be much easier and does not require server running all the time. Plus it does not put man in the middle for simple sync. Nothing wrong with Bitwarden for small business or even enterprise it is just not for personal use if you want your secrets secret.
albertop··on Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
1Pasword for ages had ability to sync your computer and iDevices on the same WiFi network by opening direct connections. A bit more inconvenient than cloud base sync, but convenience was always death to security :-) Self hosting may be the answer.
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