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causasuion Killed by Apple

I don't know what it would take to replace my iPhone SE 3. I can't come to terms with the losing the home button and the fingerprint scan auth.

causasuion iPhone Air

Totally agree. Apply can pry my iPhone SE 3 from my cold dead hands.

The perfect form factor. Touch ID instead of Face ID. It's the absolute pinnacle of the iPhone models, based on the iPhone 6.

I don't understand why I can't just have this same phone with a slightly better camera. That's all I want.

causasuion Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m6Blqs0IgY

causasuion Ask HN: What morning ritual starts your day well?

I read for about 30-60 minutes in the sun before the UV gets too high.

Started this ritual a few years back and I couldn't imagine not doing it now.

causasuion Loading Pydantic models from JSON without running out of memory

You probably want to use Discriminated Unions https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/concepts/unions/#discrimina...

causasuion I wag, therefore I am: the philosophy of dogs

This response to the point made by the person to whom you're responding is the philosophical equivalent of plugging your ears and going "la la la can't hear you".

> In the grand scheme of things, we're all just temporary cosmic dust, right?

What else would you be able to justify using this platitude?

causasuion The Existential Relief of Having Children

People will say they've had children to quell existential dread _and_ also claim having children is an unselfish act all in the same breath.

causasuion The step-by-step mechanical logic of old pinball machines [video]

They're called "knockers"; generally the score threshold for a free game or "replay" isn't hard-coded but is instead based on the grand champion score, so depending on location they can very from very low to very high.

causasuion High difficulty computer vision cluster munition detection

As an avid (but terrible) disc golfer, this gives me an idea...

causasuion Approximately Half of Total Protein Intake by Adults Must Be Animal-Based

A package of tofu costs $1.99, which is enough for a meal for 2. How much does meat cost you these days? This trope is so tired.

causasuion Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans

People suffering from poor health because of a shitty diet is not a uniquely vegan phenomenon. Heart disease kills more people in the US than anything else and a poor diet plays a massive role in that. Talk about a straw. man.

causasuion Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans

None of those are straw men; I've heard every single one, including one of my favorites "cow overpopulation" from you "cheese goddess" specifically.

The same way plenty of farm animals are supplemented with b12 for later human consumption, it's mindlessly easy to get the adequate amount of b12 in a vegan diet. Tons of vegan food come fortified, and if not, a 1000mg supplement once a week couldn't be simpler.

Both the American Dietetic Association[0] and British Dietetic Association[1] confirm that a well-planned vegan diet is healthy for all stages of life.

_My_ bingo card says: someone whose entire life and identity has been in animal agriculture takes personal umbrage to the notion that their lifestyle is immoral and destroying the planet.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19562864/ [1] https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/vegetarian-vegan-plant-based...

causasuion Basement Fertility

If you trace this thread backwards to its root (by essentially responding to every answer with "so what?"), you end up with the question "would it a 'bad thing' if humanity were to become extinct?"

Anecdotally, the vast majority of people I've met - from all walks of life and religious/political leanings - will answer this question with an unthinking "yes, of course that's bad".

I've been curious lately why this is. From the standpoint of Christianity, isn't the end goal rapture followed by total extinction anyway? From the standpoint of agnosticism/atheism, wouldn't an extinction mean the end of human suffering?

Why are we as a species so afraid of not being able to sustain ourselves through a constant churning of new births? Is it just our monkey brain ultimately calling the shots?

causasuion Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans

Yeah but my ancestors natural human history circle of life top-of-the-food chain indigenous people crop deaths protein deficiency b12 free-range cage-free humanely-killed cow overpopulation lions and gazelles moral relativity plants feel pain canine teeth bacon is delicious though

causasuion Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter's board of directors

What? The far left has _never_ liked Musk. He's a billionaire. He's the perfect representation of all they decry.

Unless by far-left you really mean neoliberals.

causasuion Historic fertilizer crunch threatens food security

Slashing the throats of 55 billion animals every year after only a fraction of their natural lifespan is a very interesting definition of "thriving".

causasuion TSA confirms controversial Amtrak passenger screening program underway

So ridiculous, in fact, that the very next day after I made the original comment, some psycho shot 10 people on a train in NYC.

causasuion TSA confirms controversial Amtrak passenger screening program underway

As someone who has regularly ridden Amtrak trains the past 15 years, I've actually always been surprised at the lack of passenger possession screening before boarding. Anyone can bring anything they want onto a train, at any time.

A lot of the comments here are laughing at the absurdity of a train hijacking, but I think the greater threat is someone or some group of people choosing a packed train as the very soft target it is for a domestic terrorist attack or mass shooting.

To be clear, most places in America are soft targets for people who want to perpetrate mass casualty events. But while generally people can run and hide, there is no where to run and nowhere to hide on a train.

I'm surprised we don't see more of it, being honest. Only a matter of time.

causasuion Why I'm in the Army Reserve – an explainer for my friends in tech

For sure, speaking for the Navy (though I'm sure the same applies for the other services as well). Cryptologic/electronic/nuclear fields are all known to be cash cows after getting out. Granted, you need to score well on your ASVAB, especially for nuclear fields. But the ASVAB can be studied for and is probably the easiest of all the standardized tests someone that age may face in my experience.

causasuion Why I'm in the Army Reserve – an explainer for my friends in tech

There's a saying in the Navy I was told from day 1 at the recruiter's office:

Choose your rate, choose your fate.

Your choice can be the difference between getting out after 4-6 years and easily making six figures, or struggling to find employment at $35k. Not to mention your lifestyle while in and other side effects of your service like PTSD.

causasuion Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily human attribute (2020)

See also: the Ernest Becker quote featured in my profile.

The Denial of Death was a life-changing read for me.

causasuion World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate

> Of course, we can't stop eating every animal...

...

> Why do humans have a complete lack of an ability to say "stop, we're not going to do this anymore".

I'm trying to understand how these two statements were separated by only a couple sentences.

causasuion World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate

> I urge everyone to resist the all-or-nothing approach

There is no other moral stance where someone could reasonably say this. Veganism is a moral stance the same way as "racism is bad" and "abusing my spouse is bad" is a moral stance. No one would ever say "I'm trying to limit kicking dogs to just Tuesday-Sunday".

> vegan straight edge kids on Instagram who sneak a chicken nugget when no one's looking.

You're projecting. Veganism is _not_ a diet.

causasuion Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law

> "If animals weren't factory farmed they'd just be wild" is a dirty lie that you said yourself and I never did.

... yet earlier...

> Because without farming they'd live in the wild

Seems pretty cut and dry.

causasuion Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law

"If animals weren't factory farmed they'd just be wild" is a hilarious misrepresentation of the cause and effect of how farmed animals come to be, and I assume you know that and are being disingenuous.

"Vegan propaganda" ok Cheese Goddess. These animals not existing is preferable to the hell they endure on factory farms.

causasuion Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law

> ... we prioritize saving our children from a burning building in a way that we don't prioritize saving the mice living in the basement of that burning building

The building isn't burning. We don't have to choose between our children and mice.

You can live a full, healthy life while minimizing to as full extent as possible the suffering you directly or indirectly inflict on other sentient creatures.

The argument you present here against your characterization of the OPs point is akin to saying "my kid really loves McNuggets so I don't care about the horror 50 billion chickens suffer in a given year".

Again, the building isn't on fire; you don't have to choose one or the other.

causasuion Show HN: Pony – a messenger for mindful correspondence

Someone once told me the key to a successful startup is to pick a protocol of one of the well-known ports and bring it to the browser.

causasuion Paper Website: Start a tiny website from your notebook

Looking through your blog, the sheer output you're able to accomplish as a 1-man show is staggering. I was reading through your MMO writeup and had to laugh at "Monday-Wednesday: Learn Unity". How do you keep yourself motivated enough to crank out a project in just two weeks?

causasuion Ex-NSA cyberspies reveal how they helped hack foes of UAE (2019)

95% social engineering/phishing, maybe 5% exploits.

Using exploits is complicated, expensive, and risky. In most cases - to quote XKCD - it's cheaper and easier to just hit the victim on the head w/ a proverbial $5 wrench until they cough up their password, e.g.: have them download your "secure messaging app" which is actually just your implant.

From the article:

> To get close to Donaghy, a Raven operative should attempt to “ingratiate himself to the target by espousing similar beliefs,” the cyber-mercenaries wrote. Donaghy would be “unable to resist an overture of this nature,” they believed. Posing as a single human rights activist, Raven operatives emailed Donaghy asking for his help to “bring hope to those who are long suffering,” the email message said. The operative convinced Donaghy to download software he claimed would make messages “difficult to trace.” In reality, the malware allowed the Emiratis to continuously monitor Donaghy’s email account and Internet browsing.

causasuion “Nihilism is OK” is not OK

Absolutely it would be. This is a variation on the "big red button" of extinction question.

I'll also mention it's important not to confuse anti-natalism w/ pro-mortalism.