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chezzwizzon Digital Evidence

While the article makes a good point about evidence handling being a team effort, it seems to rely on the premise that the evidence is cached on the device. Not a whole lot here for social media based or internet transmitted evidence.

chezzwizzon Is there a functional reason for wizards to live in towers so often?

I don't know if this is intended to be analogus, but line of sight seems pretty compelling.

chezzwizzon What's the problem with old but excellent Mac apps?

To the title I respond: its the same answer as any planned obsolecense argument. People don't like paying for sustainability. Would you wan't to just pay someone to keep using your 1956 Kitchen Aide mixer? Just cause it ain't broke yet? Perfection is not a good business model.

chezzwizzon How Does This End?

Sure, pure eugenics by genocide might be a quick fix. But how long does that last? You think radiation only affects those who fit your stereotyped profile?

What about all the opportunity to forgoe scorched Earth policies and work through compromise. You would think ending up with more supporters would be more self serving than making glass and gambling you can intimidate the left overs into ideological submission.

chezzwizzon Testing Without Mocks: A Pattern Language (2018)

I felt too compelled to stick with existing design pattern theories and maintain a sort of persistent stubbornness with traditional xUnit style tests and TDD rather than follow the rabbit on this article.

chezzwizzon Forget about teaching kids to code

I get that the term "coding" to a jaded programmer or engineer is just translating, but as part of his post he talks about teaching problem solving. Programming languages, or rather the knowledge of how to "speak" in a programming language (coding) provides a medium to express a problem's solution. So maybe I'm not understanding why we shouldn't teach kids to code.

chezzwizzon iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm

The only thing that I took from this was NSO Group, blacklisted for selling to foreign governments, demonstrated an iPhone exploit and another reason to stay awake in foreign countries.

chezzwizzon Ask HN: How many of you have military experience?

I am a former U.S. Marine and I have found that the things you learn and the training you experience only give a glimpse of how strong the bonds you gain are in service. I will always identify with my service as there is a implicit understanding in the phrase semper fidelis, which is the Marine Corps motto. But I think that many other service members hold the same value in their service.