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stefek99··on Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
Each government should run a drill backup exercise.
stefek99··on ChatGPT Search
> "Who Gets To Decide What Is True?"

Independent Tribunal: https://www.independenttribunal.org/ (a project of mine)

Even in the of law there are various schenanigans and loopholes such as "legally true" :)

stefek99··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)
FYI, that is a long sentence, a few industry jargon lingo that I wasn't familiar with:

> "Cisco ThousandEyes is a digital experience assurance (DXA) SaaS platform which applies machine-learning capabilities on top of synthetic active monitoring conducted from points of visibility around the world to surface actionable insights about the performance and reliability of critical applications and network infrastructure and provide customers a way to go from a telescope view to a microscope view of any issue to understand its blast radius and quickly get to MTTI/MTTR."

stefek99··on 2M users but no money in the bank
Brilliant, genius idea, defo worth trying.
stefek99··on 2M users but no money in the bank
Archchair business strategist, snippet from the homepage: "Exercism is fun, effective and 100% free, forever"

Business model: "I've lost faith in the nonprofit business model"

Also noting changing in the IT market, tech layoffs, AI revolution, less demand for tech workers.

Hope it will work out for you!

stefek99··on Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each download (2022)
SOP = standard operating procedure.

I would be surprised if it was otherwise.

stefek99··on Light Tech Backpack: 10 Tools to Defend Your Attention
Why no screen Fridays, as opposed to a weekend day?
stefek99··on To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use
Worth differentiating recreational drugs that are not perfectly fine to use and continue with normal (if not better) life.

VS

Fentanyl. Opioid epidemics. Addition as business model.

See the chart: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/25/what-is-...

I'm worried that cannabis is less likely to be legalised elsewhere due to pharma drugs being so harmful.

stefek99··on AI Alignment Metric: Life
The mirror publishing platform does not support comments yet - posting to HN to faciliate discussion
stefek99··on Discord is not documentation
Search function? I always use search... Much faster than trying to put stuff in docs.
stefek99··on Founder of crypto lender Celsius Network arrested, charged with fraud
This is exactly stuff I'm interested in, factual source information, as opposed to media bullshit.
stefek99··on The concurrence of three climatic events
> "pandemic that is still ongoing but mostly ignored by global media"

That is good right? Watch the PART 2: https://plandemicseries.com/ (Event 201)

Putin captured media headlines. Speaking of Putin, Russia is probably the only country that benefits from melting Arctic - opening Northwest Passage - figured it out after debating with a bunch of climate change deniers on Twitter.

(I enjoy debating, I had fun doing it, at some point they were quitting, if they were like me they would continue debating)

In all seriousness, I'm working on Metacrisis - a new term reaching mainstream consciousness:

— Runaway climate change + food system + global hunger

— Economic inequality + compound interest + exponential growth on finite planet

— Nuclear proliferation + pandemics + lost trust in media + lost trust in government

— Regulation of AI + polarisation and engagement metrics + mental health

Problem well defined is problem half solved

stefek99··on De-Stressing Booking.com (2019)
This should be illegal.

Luckily we have regulators to prevent such abuses.

stefek99··on Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news
Firefox is guilty of the same thing. I was spinnign some VM in the cloud and I was WTF Firefox showing me all this crap on the homepage.
stefek99··on It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than it is to buy it
Once upon a time - corporate environment - budget for learning - I've sent the title of the book and the link - intention to supporting the author.

The PDF was available on the 1st page of Google. At the end we did not complete the purchase - person responsible for shopping sent me pirated copy.

(I hear what you say)

stefek99··on Ask HN: Is anyone else glad the crypto market is crashing?
Haters gonna hate.

Builders gonna build.

The most impactful technology since the internet.

Changes trust, governance, economy, incentives.

Changes everything.

stefek99··on $625M worth of ETH drained on Axie Infinity's Ronin Network
I guess there is no point trying to convince you?

The most important technology since the internet.

Changes the foundation of trust, governance, economy, incentives.

New operating system for humanity.

(and there is no way to stop it, countries who will ban it will go into dark ages while other will prosper)

stefek99··on Google Search Is Dying
402: PAYMENT_REQUIRED

Screenshot of the error code: https://imgur.com/URyK4N2

Probably / most likely too much traffic (1st result on Hacker News with 3503 points which is pretty high)

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20220215203539/https://dkb.io/po...

stefek99··on Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against blockchain technologies
Blockchain is the most impactful technology since the internet.

It changes everything - foundation of trust. New economy. New incentives.

“If you don't believe it or don't get it, I don't have the time to try to convince you, sorry.”

I'm pretty sure some people were angry at the internet 30 years ago.

stefek99··on Tell HN: We have a responsibility to speak out against blockchain technologies
> "we need to find a way to change the incentives globally"

Shameless plug: basex.com

> BaseX measures "triple bottom line" - People Planet Prosperity - new definition of value - accounting for environmental impact and wellbeing.

It's is all about incentives.

stefek99··on Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions
Excellent execution.

I did something similar myself: https://github.com/genesisdotre/Bitcoin-Games-nLightning-Min...

(with lightning network, streaming satoshis per second)

Quick feedback: - load instantly (don't wait for page to load) - choose the whole day - I'm from Europe, using 24 hours clock here

(I would like to use it around the clock by default)

stefek99··on Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How can I stop this?
"professional slacker who knows all these psychological tricks"

You are my spiritual brother!

Same here...

I was really motivated in my 1st and 2nd job after leaving uni. Then the gravity kicks in, realized that noone wants me to work extra hard as that only makes other people look bad.

stefek99··on Psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study
Majority of my mental energy in relation to drugs, some consideration:

- having a mortgage and life insurance attached to it

- parents prevented contact with their children due to government intervention

- people in jail for possession of drugs

- safe driving limits

- undoing 50+ years of propaganda and social conditioning

stefek99··on Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis
http://genesis.re/book/ ️ specific tweet about nuclear ️ https://twitter.com/marsxrobertson/status/116783708668846899...

•••••

Germany phasing out nuclear and opening new coal.

Business as usual.

stefek99··on Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in China and Russia
Well done. Bravo. No irony. Really well done. Thank you for showing the way.
stefek99··on Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption
> Our understanding is that much of this activity, which is critical to protecting children and fighting terrorism, will no longer be possible if Facebook implements its proposals as planned.

Here is some legislation from 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Po...

> Critics claim that the spectres of terrorism, internet crime and paedophilia were used to push the act through and that there was little substantive debate in the House of Commons.

20 years in life of internet is a lot. Same arguments. Remarkable.

stefek99··on Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, shuts down internet
Just from the past couple of months:

• Kashmir: https://netblocks.org/reports/pakistan-shuts-down-internet-i...

• Russia: https://netblocks.org/reports/evidence-of-internet-disruptio... • Bangladesh: https://www.economist.com/news/2019/09/04/bangladesh-bans-mo...

• Sudan: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/13/end-mass-...

• London: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-tube-...

"Shutting down digital infrastructure in response to a peaceful protest is deeply authoritarian," said Griff Ferris, legal and policy officer at Big Brother Watch."

I've heard they did not shut down internet in Hong Kong as lots of mainland China is routed via Hong Kong...

stefek99··on Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks
It helps to get into the mindset of a politician...

Different incentives.

stefek99··on Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks
I was rushing with https://genesis.re/book/ to finish before the UN.

Hope it helps.

100% hacker approach.

stefek99··on Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products
Interesting.

"Usually maximizing shareholder value is not a legal obligation, but the product of the pressure that activist shareholders, stock-based compensation schemes and financial markets impose on corporate directors."

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