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jenkstom··on For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity
Nope. There are many kinds of domestic abuse, most of them leave no proof whatsoever. I'm a very large guy, and if I had tried to say that nobody would have possibly believed me. No matter how true and horrible it was.
jenkstom··on Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
As someone who was in an abusive relationship for decades, and my girlfriend is getting out of an even more abusive relationship, there really should be more resources for this. Or maybe there are and there just needs to be a better way to communicate with the people who need this sort of thing.
jenkstom··on What to Do with Your Feminist Anger
Anger is toxic.
jenkstom··on [dead]
This title is a misrepresentation of the article. The article does not specify the sex of the children that were raped.
jenkstom··on Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartphone sold in the US
I bought three of these for my 8 year old triplets from twigby.com. I was really upset with twigby, but I guess they weren't the ones that did it. These phones would continuously install weird apps no matter what I did. I even had them locked down with the google family app and they still did their thing. I upgraded to to Moto G7 Plays and they are not only faster, they don't continuously install malware.
jenkstom··on Amateur Radio
Funny: "You can home-build a device that transmits a watt or two of power (the same amount as a fairly dim lamp) into the sky, and can be received thousands of miles away (imagine trying to do that with a torch, illuminating clouds so that their reflections in the ocean illuminate other clouds, so somebody with a telescope in a distant country sees it and picks up your message!)..."
jenkstom··on Ask HN: People programming before 2000: why were 2 digit years a thing?
There were several reasons. One, everybody used two digit years for everything. When writing checks you used two digits. When you saw a date on television or in a book it used a two digit year. So it just made sense.

Secondly there was the idea that it would save space. And really it did. When your computer new out of the box had 3.5 KB available storage, those two extra characters were very important.

And thirdly because computers were new and things were changing so rapidly that everybody assumed everything would be replaced in just a few years. It's a bit difficult to explain, but electronic data was considered a lot "less real" then than it is now. When you switch the computer off it's gone. The idea that digital data would persist for years was difficult to grasp for a lot of people. Floppy disks had a realistic lifespan measured in months and later in years, but single digits for sure. It wasn't until optical drives became commonly available that it was possible for digital personal data to last very long at all.

jenkstom··on New airplane seat design to make it easier to sleep in economy
Wouldn't a diversity initiative improve the situation for those of us that aren't height or width challenged?
jenkstom··on A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry
You lost me at "PC". That term died decades ago.
jenkstom··on The Zen of Weight Lifting
Stronglifts 5x5 is great. You don't have to do any math, you just do what the app tells you to.
jenkstom··on The Zen of Weight Lifting
Strength training has changed my life. I did martial arts a bit over the years, but this has made more difference (for so much less effort) than anything else I've done.
jenkstom··on Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption
Well, I guess we know now that law enforcement reads our messages whenever they want.
jenkstom··on 20,000 Startup Ideas
It might be closer to say that the ideas are like producing sperm. Easy and fun to do, but getting one to an egg requires some logistical expertise.
jenkstom··on The 64 Milliseconds Manifesto
The fastest I can view and respond to information is maybe 2 times per second if I'm not really viewing anything. So I'd say 512ms makes more sense or maybe 256ms if you want it to "feel" snappier (assuming we are sticking to powers of 2 for some reason). Any higher is looking more for animation speed than usability speed.
jenkstom··on America’s New Sex Bureaucracy
Because it's about public policy.
jenkstom··on America’s New Sex Bureaucracy
Honestly I'm just glad to see this being discussed openly and honestly. It's a difficult subject and it's been suppressed on both sides alternatively depending on the time in history (herstory, whatever).

I'm happy that my daughter is doing so well in college and doesn't have to worry about date rape. But I'm terrified of my sons going to college because I know that consensual sex can destroy their lives. And honestly, they're much less likely to even get there or finish in the first place.

jenkstom··on You can't open-source license morality
Like unwanted videos on pages that use up all your mobile data? You sure can't.
jenkstom··on It's later than you think
I hate you for posting this, but I'm going to hold my children really tightly before bed tonight.
jenkstom··on How to Pay Programmers Less (2016)
This is uncomfortably close to how those with a narcissistic personality disorder psychologically abuse and control their victims. I maybe should rethink my life. :-(
jenkstom··on Ask HN: Have you been on a meditation retreat? How has it changed your life?
The retreat was great. Coming back to a spouse with an undiagnosed personality disorder was traumatic.
jenkstom··on 2001: Linux is cancer, says Microsoft. 2019: ah, can we join Linux mailing list?
It's OK, they fired that other guy.
jenkstom··on Ask HN: How do I represent a hierarchy in RDBMS?
A self referencing foreign key (to the same table).
jenkstom··on There is free will: we make choices even if our atoms don’t
This is just another false dichotomy theists like to use to argue their case. It's like arguing whether humans are inherently good or evil - no, humans create both of those things. Or whether the universe was created or not. Why make up stories for something we can never know?
jenkstom··on I landed a job as a software developer at 17, should I dropout of high school?
No.
jenkstom··on Ask HN: Why can’t I block all incoming calls that aren’t in my contact list?
So when you call 911 or emergency services the first or second thing you are asked for is your phone number so you can be called back if needed. Trust me... you are NOT going to remember to turn off blocking when things go pear shaped. Obviously it's your own choice, but it could become a life and death issue in rare circumstances.
jenkstom··on Lazarus 2.0 RC3 – Delphi-compatible cross-platform IDE
We just need a Lazarus target for webassembly and we'll be good.
jenkstom··on Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost
From the article: “Some men have voiced concerns to me that a false accusation is what they fear,” said Zweig, the lawyer. “These men fear what they cannot control.”
jenkstom··on Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen?
"Think differently"
jenkstom··on Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit
Ironically, this article is some really great trolling in itself.
jenkstom··on Twilight of the Racist Uncles: How Facebook is melting the minds of our elders
There are some valid points, but there's too much BS for me to forward this link to anyone who might actually benefit from reading it.
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