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illumanaughty··on Pepper Spray Sales Soar on Amazon
Wow, way to be completely out of touch with reality. You really think the police should use more force? Hell why not use some hellfire missiles on 'em, right?
illumanaughty··on Background Matting: The World is Your Green Screen
I'm not sure how either of those situations would trip up the system they're using. For a system trained on the background image, what difference does it make if the subject is holding a cup? The cup is not the background image, and it would be obvious in the same way that it's obvious the subject isn't the background image.
illumanaughty··on YouTube to limit default video quality around the world for a month
Yes, you're right. Better let this play out and see what happens, people's lives are less important vs. your ability to stream HD content because you have a great connection.
illumanaughty··on Isobuild – Interactive isometric design tool
It seems these elements would be easier to use in illustrator. This doesn't seem to provide any iso grid snapping? Based on the homepage I assumed it would allow me to draw isometric things, but really it just lets me place pre-drawn assets using a primitive 2d editor.
illumanaughty··on Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
It's a global pandemic right now. Netflix has taken immediate action in a way that matters (ensuring internet access) and has yet to take action in a way that doesn't matter nearly as much (making their high paying customers happy). Yes, you pay more for HD content. But people are dying, so chill.
illumanaughty··on Show HN: ShameYour.company –Report companies endangering workers during Covid-19
What's the better alternative? At at time like this we need immediate action. I value human lives over due process, personally.
illumanaughty··on Netflix urged by EU to slow streaming to save internet
This is a non-issue & complete speculation. Netflix already manages stream quality based on network conditions and has likely done so for years. If the government wants to ensure network access they should be talking to the ISPs, IMO.
illumanaughty··on MIT-licensed high-quality SVG icons
This is very common pattern in open source, I don't see anything strange about this particular case.
illumanaughty··on MIT-licensed high-quality SVG icons
What benefit would that have vs SVG? It strikes me as cumbersome if you wanted to quickly add icons to an existing project, plus your ability to style with CSS would be limited compared to inline SVG.
illumanaughty··on Popcorn Time 4.0
I'd at least like to see what a more fair & open content market would look like. So far it's just anti-competitive, anti-consumer bullshit for TV & Movies. I haven't pirated a game after Steam got big. I haven't pirated any music after Spotify came around. Clearly the model works.
illumanaughty··on TikTok's noodle dance recreated in Python using OpenCv
Looks better than the real deal.
illumanaughty··on Apple’s WWDC 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format
It's strange but I've noticed most conferences are planned in advance.
illumanaughty··on Apple’s WWDC 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format
Yes, yes you are. It's a shiny mac logo.
illumanaughty··on Not being an asshole will make you more money
It's not a silly assertion, it's just that you've taken silly things away from this article. He's asserting that if you're too self interested / lack empathy you will hurt yourself in the long run.
illumanaughty··on Not being an asshole will make you more money
The term is intentionally vague because what constitutes an 'asshole' depends entirely on domain specific traits.

It's very clear what this article is getting at.

illumanaughty··on Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies
There's nothing wrong with non-interactive html web pages just like there's nothing wrong with JS rich web applications. The web is big enough for everyone.
illumanaughty··on $194 for hand sanitizer? You must be joking
Point taken, I was wrong.
illumanaughty··on $194 for hand sanitizer? You must be joking
Sorry, just being an asshole. Using sanitizer in those situations makes perfect sense.
illumanaughty··on $194 for hand sanitizer? You must be joking
Yes, fair. But that doesn't make it more effective vs. simply washing your hands with warm water & soap.
illumanaughty··on $194 for hand sanitizer? You must be joking
Yup, gotta clean all those bacteria off your hands to avoid a virus, right? Just use hand soap. It's more effective. (yes I know alcohol still kills the virus, but buying hand sani isn't necessary when we already have a more effective tool at pretty much every sink)
illumanaughty··on $194 for hand sanitizer? You must be joking
It's actually more effective. The virus is essentially protected by fat, which is easily broken down by soap. In fact it's what soap is best at. Anti-bacterial hand sanitizer isn't the best approach for.. well, a virus.
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