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I have the Razer Black Widow Tournament Edition, Numpadless, Cherry MX Blue switches. I've had it since 2013, with a spotty usage record: I used it heavily at work 2013-2014, then only for gaming 2016-2019 (and I'm not a heavy gamer, mostly used it to finish The Witcher 3, maybe 180 hours over this period), and ever since I've WFHed I've been using it as a daily driver, maybe more intensely than the 2013-2014 period.

I love it! Although productivity wise, I'd say it's only a marginal psychological advantage that I enjoy typing. During the in-between period where I only used my MKB for TW3, I was issued a couple of gaming laptops for work, with tactile rubber dome[1] keys. That's when I realized that the tactile feedback is what makes me enjoy my MB. So maybe a high-end rubber dome keyboard with good tactile feedback would also do the trick for me.

Unpopular opinion these days maybe but I also like the sound of Cherry MX Blues, adds to the enjoyment. Nowadays I have to make an effort to type gently during work calls but I think that's more my sound set-up than anything (it's very basic). As I said, I've used it in the workplace/in-person office to no issue but maybe social norms can differ. But I'm of the opinion some of the complaints about the noise of blue switches is exaggerated.

It's also great for gaming, at least for TW3. I never thought I'd be one of those guys who would say their equipment affected their performance but I'm pretty sure it did here. Even with the gaming laptops from work which I used five days a week, it was noticeably easier for me to react instinctively and not miss that crucial keystroke in a boss battle. I'd say it's the physical depth of the keys; laptops by design are just too shallow, tactile feedback be damned[2]. Or maybe the fact that even by default this keyboard is already angled.

Form factor is also great. Not too wide, just about the same width as even small laptops. Very personal preference but it's how I like it, it doesn't strain my wrists.

Lastly, the honest drawbacks. For some reason this keyboard needed a lot of maintenance during the time I was using it only sparingly for games. That's despite the fact that I kept it in the sleeve it came with. Every few months or so, keys would get stuck so I'd have to pry off the keycaps, blow air/gently dust off the switches, and rinse the keycaps in soapy water. Then of course dry it off before putting them back in one by one. But with constant usage, this kind of problems don't crop up. Weird if you ask me.

[1] I'm not a keyboard nerd so I'm not sure if this is accurate wording. But I hope you get my drift.

[2] Again, I'm not a keyboard nerd.

> Homemade system that is not in any way publishable.

I can still access all the photos I took since around 2008, when I first started to nurture an interest in photography as a hobby. I never delete b-rolls unless they're absolute crap (i.e., I triggered with my lens cap on, too dark with no flash---blurry, out-of-focus shots do not count as absolute crap).

I also manage it with a homemade system! This system is closer to my darkest shame than proudest achievement. It kinda reminds me of Destin's pre-Linus-organized system[1] except way smaller and a few scripts more sophisticated (my system has redundancy, ha!). Despite that, I have maintained access despite moving across continents.

In fact, last year, slightly spurred on by the pandemic situation, a bunch of friends asked me if I still have copies of photographs I took years prior. The oldest query was only for 4-5 years ago but I am proud to say that I was able to oblige despite my shameful system.

Kids, don't do this in prod, but homemade systems FTW! :)

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWSrIiR1tY

So, it's easy to find a list of the countries with the highest inflation rates, but which of those countries actually forbid individuals from acquiring foreign currency? I assume you have a verifiable example?

Not to mention, for an everyman living in one of these countries, how feasible is it to actually participate in crypto to the point where it is useful in day-to-day living? How much upfront investment will it cost? How much ongoing investment? Will the local merchants accept crypto? Will they do so any time soon?

(I'm honestly not fond of crypto but I also honestly have no idea about these questions, which seem practical to know before buying into an "advantage" of crypto.)

Venezuela aside, naturally. Because the way this statement comes across to me is is that crypto is a viable alternative even without government oversight and/or precisely because of its lack of central authority. Venezuela's crypto has support all the way from the top.

The developer experience is just subpar. I believe this is a big factor why there's far less amateur content today. In terms of multimedia, I was able to do more with my 512MB Windows XP on rust-prone spinning disks and Flash 8 than my 32GB SSD-based Ubuntu LTS. The former was also programmed by a highschool student; the latter, same highschool student but with a CS degree and almost a decade of industry experience.

Back then, I could rapidly prototype a small Flash project, maybe 10 scenes (is that the term then?). Today, yeah it's easy to get started but you have a project that's bit more than 3 scenes and you need to use webpack if you want any hope of keeping things organized.

Distribution-wise, Flash packaging is just superior. You can even make it an .exe to share with your friends (security be damned; that's what I did then). To distribute your HTML5 project you basically need a webserver and send your link around and hope they open it in a compatible browser (if they use a Mac with Safari, you better hope you didn't use too much cutting edge APIs). I guess today you could also use Electron, equivalent to me exporting to exe, but that's another battery that's sold separately.

Plus, animation is just loads better with a WYSIWYG editor like Flash. HTML5 is powerful but anything more than a simple motion tween and I have to pull up a pen and paper to calculate an object's movements. Though admittedly I've never looked into a visual editor for HTML5, that's if one even exists.

(Of course, something has to be said about the price too. HTML5 is basically costless. Flash...let's just say I rode on my school's license back then.)

> you can't just view source and copy paste

My highschool computer curriculum was basically a hacker school program for web dev stretched across three years (senior year we did VB6). I managed to be impressive because I would dissect web pages to learn their tricks. I think I must be the only one (or if not, at least among the first) in our level to pull off columned layout without CSS. I figured out <table border="0"></table> all by myself, neither the books nor the teachers taught you that. And I did that by reading source code on IE5---developer tools weren't a thing then!

In our second year, one of the exercises was to recreate Yahoo's log-in page. I got closest exactly because of the above. I still feel smug remembering this.

Golden times, indeed. :)

Extremely basic HTML pages (is this brutalist? minimalist?) is pretty much the fashion for CS people isn't it? I mean, I get it if it's not your cup of tea but it's pretty much standard formatting, dark font on light background, readable font size. The only thing I can complain is the long lines but I resize my browser window and, voila!

Again, each to his own, but I find it pretty ironic to find this comment here of all places. HN isn't that far in terms of design either. This site spent a bit more time choosing colors but font is too small, and lines run a similar length.

Curious to know what minimum formatting you expect.

> For most users, popular products are likely to be more future proof

Psh, the average user clearly hasn't heard of the Lindy effect[1]! /s

Sarcastic condescension aside, I was really taken aback by the sheer fanfare Notion had when it released. In my circles, adoption was driven largely by one designer; in fairness he's always excited about new technology but when everything is the best thing since the iPad, a few eyebrows get raised. I'll bet lunch money they would be first to migrate to the next-hot PKM tool for the slightest feature offering.

As for me, I want to spend the least amount of time adapting my workflow. My workflow must help me work, not be something I am constantly working on. So it's all about inertia for me; Evernote needs to fuck up big before I leave.

In fairness, there was a time (around 2015s) when Evernote had frustrating bugs. Even beyond that, their editor was also subpar for such a long time. But I'm really satisfied with the current version which, I suspect, came about due to the threat Notion posed to their user numbers. Yay for market competition, I guess somehow I still benefited off Notion. :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect

> But the author gave a project idea where most of the project was figuring out UX concerns of non existing users.

> If you do UX then you need users to actually test what you write on.

No offense to azhenley but why do you expect any different? They asked a CS professor for a project idea. How many CS professors have project ideas that come with UX case-studies? How many CS professors have the resources to guide students to coordinate actual UX tests outside of a research grant?

It's an outside-of-class project. It doesn't need a compelling use-case.

> It is a horrible project no matter how you view it.

Too harsh, this has yet pedagogical value. Because, you know, they are students. Bulk (if not all) of the work you typically do at school teaches you things even if they are not portfolio-worthy.

> Building out a lot of UX features without users is an anti pattern, better write a bare bones implementation first and then work from there.

I agree with the thought but, again, this isn't real-world software engineering. I feel I can't emphasize this enough. Maybe these students have been writing from-stdlib-up CLI tools ever since and their teacher thought it's time to expose them to APIs other than stdlib. Who knows.

Might as well raise pitchforks that finding the most valuable customer for Northwind Traders (LLC) is counter-productive because the database is outdated. Better gather data first, why not normalize the schema while you are at it, so you can stream it to the cloud and get a better analysis than plain SQL. (Calm down, Northwind is a sample database for education purposes.)

I'm sorry but I gotta call this out; this is just peak HN arrogance. All we have is an article relating an anecdote and the reaction to it is to second-guess the author's actions/interpretation of events. Surely, the author has more context of what was actually happening, what was actually being asked for?

The actual words used were already vague enough ("ideas for a software project"). The answer to that would always be subjective. Why is there no trust in the author that he has a better read of the room? He definitely has more context of what the students were actually asking for. These are also, students; I'd give the author benefit of the doubt that he gave them a problem that would be most productive use of their time given their skill level. Maybe that's why he didn't consider web browsers or bug trackers.

FWIW, I think the article makes a good point but is poorly illustrated, especially for this audience. I've no doubt your average HN commenter has projects/scripts under their belt more complicated than a clipboard logger, maybe even on far tighter time constraints. But c'mon, these are students! If you work in the industry there will definitely be different causes for project under-estimation.

Same! I opened an issue on mypy only to receive a patient explanation why it's happening and to close it as a duplicate. Had quite a shock to see "Guido van Rossum" in my inbox it took me quite a while to realize that it's Github who mailed me; I didn't really receive it directly from the BDFL.

Still pretty cool so, like any normal person would do, I decided to tweet about it. I opened Twitter and the first tweet on my feed was also from GvR. It simply read, "What a waste of time".

This happened around the time of the first debate for last year's US Presidential Elections. Make what you will of the fact. :)

I'll defer to someone better informed than me but I understood that as a reference to the rules and regulations around F1 cars.

The "Formula" in "Formula 1" means there are certain constraints (i.e., the formula) to how you can design your car. Very quick illustration, check out the buzz on the new F1 car spec for next year. It is already touted to be faster than this year's cars mostly because of aero changes.

Even easier illustration: the current (and I assume all future) spec has this halo whose sole purpose is to protect the driver. It's a ~7kg frame that's basically dead weight to the car. You can remove that and instantly gain maybe a few seconds of laptime at the expense of safety (I am in favor of the halo's presence, btw.).

The spec aside, the rules and regulations also try to enforce a competitive line-up so they regulate budget and, next year, wind tunnel testing time. So in theory if teams had carte blanche for car R&D we can have faster cars. But they won't be F1-compliant so they lose by default.

I wouldn't waste keystrokes on the classic religious war being waged in this thread so I'm gonna throw my hat in this arena instead. I agree with you---that analogy sucks.

Being able to drive an F1 car comes with excellent financial opportunities. Even if I'm not "on the grid" (i.e., actively competing in the GPs), I can be a test driver. Heck the license required to drive an F1 car opens other doors in itself (maybe in other motorsports, but also allegedly the range of vehicles you can drive).

In contrast, if I am proficient in emacs I am...proficient in emacs. I edit code in a manner that is visually impressive to maybe three persons in the CS department. I'd have an ever-so-slightly deeper connection to RMS than your average CRUD-slinger. I am out of advantages to enumerate and I'm trying very hard.

Maybe text editors are about as similar to cars as apples are to buildings.

> many many studies have been done that prove the will of the people hardly ever changes the will of government

Studies such as? Citation needed.

In a world of imperfect systems and fallible humans, it's over-idealistic to say "Don't fight evil with evil". Simplistic, even. It's a counter-productive moral high horse because you can always find dirt on any authority that can help you.

Even if I believe the police is corrupt, if I get mugged on the street, you can bet I'm going to the police for help. That is not mutually exclusive to my belief that the police, as an organization, abuses power.

Government granted these tech giants the necessary permits to operate (to say the least), and can penalize them based on the law. It just makes sense that the power to regulate rests on this government too. Now how government should reign in these companies is another topic and that's the part where moral vigilance comes into play.

Monstrum recently did a two-part, almost 1h in total, video that covers about the first half of the article[1]. The other half is new info (i.e., not in the Monstrum coverage) but Monstrum has its own points presented too.

As for me, in the recent years, I've really taken a Campbellian framework in trying to explain genre tropes and obsessions. A society's stories reveals their psyche, to quote loosely. Viking literature is replete with werewolves because they see traits in wolves worth emulating and cautioning against.

I didn't find Hero With a Thousand Faces as "rigorous" as I hoped but the main thesis seems to hold up for me. I'm still only a pseudo literary analyst but investigating works through this Campbellian lens adds an extra layer to the media I consume. E.g., why is postwar Japan so obsessed with blowing up Tokyo then (maybe) rise again as an economic superpower? Consider Akira, Godzilla, plus almost every Japanese sci-fi/mech anime.

That example is rather a giveaway: Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately comes to mind. But in the lockdown I've had time to ponder on other (rather on-theme at the moment) things like vampire tropes and representations of Death.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xPFdX5qEyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aff9ZQLClcU

> No need to use something like stripe.

Why wouldn't you consider using a third party (no idea if Stripe can actually do the example described) as true innovation in this space? With a third party layer, banks don't need to reinvent the wheel.

> Got a deposit via Venmo? It goes to X. From your work? Goes to Y.

FWIW, this sounds analogous (not exactly like) N26's closed/semi-closed digital wallets[1]. I guess if there's a use case for the example you proposed, it's not a huge leap to go from here.

Alas, I'm a very basic bank customer so I can't vouch for how good this feature is right now.

[1] https://n26.com/en-eu/digital-wallet

> The warren-like 17th-century building has played host to readings by authors ... James Joyce (who some claim is buried in the cellar)

That's just...a very Paris rumor to circulate. :) Especially in the vicinity of Notre-Dame and the catacombs.

My Shakespeare and Co. anecdote: I visited them February 2020, just before the lockdowns (in fact, the Monday following my visit, the Louvre employees would go on strike due to COVID19). I was musing about whether or not their interior layout is intentional or accidental. It seemed to me it was a maze of nooks to just rest, read, or just marvel and soak in the ambiance. It's a cozy experience you don't have to pay for to just sit on a couch, browse a book, or observe people in there.

(I did end up buying two books, because how could I not! You can get it stamped with the store logo on the cashier so you can show it off to other bibliophiles.)

If you ever find yourself overwhelmed doing tourist-y things in Paris, find Shakespeare and Co. There is/was also a nice cafe outside, you can try out.

There's a lot of inconspicuous ways to signal this. Disguise it as some nonsense. It's no different from the less serious appellations to "blink thrice if you need help". Some I just came up with:

(a) you can disguise the action as making a fist then said fist goes on to rub your nose, for instance.

(b) your chin can rest on the back of your hand in position (1). Then it occasionally switches to (2). You can keep doing this while pretending to be listening thoroughly, like it's some unconscious gesture.

(c) you can do this gesture two or three times in a row disguised as a hello or goodbye wave.

The important observation here is, even if your abuser recognizes what you are doing, they are unlikely to prevent you from doing this immediately. Otherwise if they do then it's just explicit confirmation that you are indeed being abused. That situation is no good for them, if they are trying to hide the fact.

The second point is that you maintain plausible deniability even if your abuser recognizes the sign. Of course it's not foolproof but it's easier to sell this as casual gestures as opposed to explicitly telling the video chat of your situation. If your abuser confronts you about it (if they even catch you doing it), it's easier to defuse the situation and less likely to end up in another altercation.

Not the person you asked but I, too, still use Chrome[1] for personal stuff on desktop. Why do I get a black-and-white vibe in this question? Like, either I support an open internet (by not using Chrome) or I am a horrible person for being a BIGCORP shill and I'm no true hacker, shame, shame!

Can't I be simply tired of switching browsers, making even minor adjustments to my workflow, every damn time my current browser manufacturer does something the internet adjudges to be morally corrupt?

I don't disagree with the collective in this case either. For me it's just easier to reconfigure Chrome to not do auto login on every fresh install. Maybe the day Google removes this option is the day I finally switch to Firefox for good. Or maybe I'd wait for a fork/plugin that restores the ability to opt out.

[1] For work purposes I use Firefox but it's not for any hacktivist idealism. It just fits my workflow. In Android I use Firefox full time too because I got fed up of AMP but it's still all about the experience.

> In particular twitter has (primitive) transclusions: by manually breaking up your writing into awkward ≤ 280 char chunks you basically allow other people to quote and comment or reply to them, recursively. Although tweets can and frequently do get deleted, that is the only form these transclusions break; they don't silently and unverifiably change content.

Is what I'm doing right now not some kind of transclusion? It's even more primitive than Twitter. Plus you can delete or edit your comment but my reply retains context. Twitter would present it better, maybe structure it more semantically, but that's hardly a killer feature over traditional web text in my opinion. Maybe if you're a social researcher, sure, Twitter knocks your socks off. But otherwise, I think we can have a perfectly productive discussion in this manner no?

I argue it's even better because the person who replies (i.e., me in this instance) can break up the original text to reply to a specific point, include as much context as possible. Sure I can misquote you to benefit my argument but it's easy to call bad faith.

(As for verifiability especially of who typed what, I wouldn't argue on that front. Online it's basically a huge game of he said, she said. You can add barriers to make falsification difficult but that won't stop a determined and well-resourced fascist regime or two. Again, just my 2c.)

> “Well, the problem with hammers is that there are so many different kinds. Sledge hammers, claw hammers, ball-peen hammers. What if you bought one kind of hammer and then realized that you needed a different kind of hammer later? You’d have to buy a separate hammer for your next task. As it turns out, most people really want a single hammer that can handle all of the different kinds of hammering tasks you might encounter in your life.”

This reminded of a recent episode where I had to replace my rear bike tire. I already have a toolset for basic maintenance: a full set of hex keys, flat and philips screwdrivers, track pump, 14/15" wrench, as well as lubricants and cleaning sprays. Served me well so far so I thought all I had to do was buy inner tubes and the tire.

Wrong. To begin with, the wrench I had was too short to remove the wheel nut; I had to buy a longer one for better leverage. Then, when removing the old tire, I needed tire levers to get them off. Maybe a better mechanic than me could've McGyvered the operation without tire levers but it blows my mind that I needed such a specialized tool. You will notice all the tools I've had so far were multipurpose, exactly why I bought them. Even the pump can inflate footballs. The name "tire levers" captures their singular purpose perfectly.

Anyway, after I accomplished the task, I was quite pleased with myself. I even finally bought a proper toolbox. In my mind I was considering DIYing further upgrades to my bike. What about a new chain? Or why not a new gearset?

Nope, turns out I still don't have enough tools to even accomplish this. If you want to unlink your chain, there is a special tool for that too. To remove your cassette you need to keep the gears from spinning with a "sprocket lock tool"[1]. In fairness other tools like the torque wrench and the lockring, aren't so single-purpose but I'm unlikely to use them for something else other than my bike.

Lesson of the story: In real life, there are a lot of specialized tools. You can buy a Swiss Army knife but there's a reason why it's not yet the DIY-er's best friend. I agree with the sentiment of the article but I'm even more glad that I'm a software engineer, not a mechanical engineer.

[1] I don't know the exact name for the tool but you can see it 23s in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KAaP7pbFV0

Man, if we start taking issue with "Am I missing something?", how can we have productive, good-faith discussions? The only attitude I can associate with that is openness to learn, a genuine curiosity.

How is a yes/no question aggressive? At that point the maintainers had two possible responses:

1. Yes you are missing that ...

2. No that is the complete picture.

But they chose to side channel to a third possibility, "we are put-off by your questioning!". Excuse me what?

Look, this class name is pain in the eyes to read, let alone understand, but even I could immediately tell it isn't about Java because the name does not end with at least three design patterns.

CNLabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaughterSingletonStrategyFactory would be the Java equivalent. Has anyone checked Android's codebase?

Instantly fell in love with the presentation! Might give this a read-through just out of pure curiosity.

In undergrad, my mnemonic for these operations was visualizing the matrices animated in my head. The more complex ones, it was actually easier for me to remember Scheme functions that represent the algorithm (all expressed via higher-order functions so it was pretty concise); this was unique to my circumstances as an undergrad, not something I can pull off today without reviewing a lot of material.

Presenting the operations with color and blocks just gives a more natural "user interface" (lacking a better term) for remembering it!

I'd love to see actual data on this but I doubt that a lot of people get hired because of their online reputation. And by "hired" I mean it directly lead to a job offer instead of just getting your profile noticed and getting you started through the recruitment funnel. And of those that had an offer, how many actually took it?

Being top 1% contributor in Go would tell a recruiter you know Go but the job probably involves other technologies you need to prove yourself in. Even in the rare case that you are top contributor in every technology on their checklist, the job might still involve domain knowledge that isn't purely tech. Or they'd want to evaluate your personality.

Anecdote: not to brag given my skepticism above but so far the only online activity of mine that lead to a job offer was a Ruby Github repo on traditional AI. The catch: I am not a Rubyist and that repo was nothing more than a fork I'm studying. Long story short, I was looking for a job then, this consulting firm saw my Github profile so I got an interview. Onsite, the TL looked at my resume, visited my profile, saw the Ruby project, asked a few questions about it, and then recommended me for an offer with the hiring manager.

I did not take the job because (a) they looked desperate for anyone in the process and (b) I would've bailed anyway because I already found a company I'm set on joining. Nothing more came of it other than this HN comment.

For a less serious take, I've been playing a game with Youtube's recommendation system that I want to share. It works like the Wikipedia link game[1][2] but more stochastic, I'd like to think. To play the game:

1. Have a specific video in mind. It mostly comes to me from memory of recommendations past. For example, "Hey I remember Crash Course Film History had an episode on 2001: A Space Odyssey."

2. Now the fun part: NEVER use search to find the video (external search engines too!) directly or indirectly. Rather try to bias the recommendation algorithm until it recommends that video to you again. You can only try to influence the algorithm by watching other recommended videos, liking, or disliking. Recommendations come from the homepage or from the sidebar when you watch other videos; this means you can't start your search by visiting their channel

In this example, maybe I'll try watching more content from Crash Course. I've been watching STEM Crash Course lately so maybe I'll click on the first Crash Course Humanities content that gets recommended. To bias towards movies maybe I'll watch myself some Nerdwriter. Again, note that searching for Crash Course Humanities content is considered cheating. It has to be recommended to you.

It's a race against yourself to get to the video you want.

Obviously, I don't have anything better to do with my time ;). Once I was looking for a video I was extremely sure Tom Scott made. After what's basically a nonsequential brute force search through his channel (again, only through recommendations!), I still couldn't find it. I gave up but I still didn't search, rather I emailed Tom. He replied only to say he's never made such video. This is when I used search; it turned out to be from Vox.

I just wanted to "stick it to Google": if they are going to profile me and my interests, I won't make it too easy. With this game, I'm hoping my interests appear broader than they are to Google.

Have fun.

[1] https://www.thewikigame.com/

[2] https://degreesofwikipedia.com/

Incidentally, evaluating an image CDN is my current task at $dayjob. I've been comparing uptimes and, with the caveat that this data is not easy to gather and harder to compare across providers, I just noticed that imgix had twenty-five incidents the past year, mostly "Elevated Rendering Errors". I take it they're a market leader in the image CDN space but that honestly does not inspire confidence in me. Cheaper providers (Imagekit, Sirv) seem to have better reliability.

(Ofc, another caveat is how accurate do they monitor and report, but---short of running customer sentiment analysis---I don't seem to have a choice other than to assume that factor is roughly equal.)

I guess it's a David-to-Goliath comparison but I would just expect Cloudflare to have better reliability than any of them. Plus, as another reply pointed out, brand recognition helps in getting that budget approval.

1. For one, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-br... -- the jury still seems out as to by how much exactly the spread is prevented, it seems to depend on the vaccine and social demographics of the population studied. But at least for vaccines approved for use in the US and EU, the reduction seems significant.

2. I mean, this whole discussion is rather about the merits of vaccinations no?

> ... I just took that argument to its logical conclusion ...

This is just dishonest and misleading chain of reasoning:

- Law enforcement and public health are both public resources, yes, but of different nature and not comparable. I thought that's rather self-evident. Even assuming, for the sake of argument, that law enforcement is indeed stretched thin, aiding law enforcement takes on an entirely different form than aiding the public health sector.

- Encryption is not analogous to vaccination passports at all. It's not even an apples to oranges comparison, more like, apples to cars.

Please, do learn how metaphors work.

>> Is heart disease exponentially contagious with the potential to strain medical resources in a matter of days?

> How is this relevant when vaccinated people are still contagious?

Because while still contagious, they are not exponentially contagious. It's not like I left out that important qualifier in the statement you are replying to.

Vaccinated people can spread in case of a breakthrough infection and infections are less likely to occur in vaccinated individuals.

> Just like banning encryption isn't against social freedoms...

Way to go attacking a straw man, and not even a particularly clever one at that. What does encryption have anything to do with vaccination and vaccination passports?