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temp12192021on The Containment of George Kennan (2022)

My comments regarding nearlyfreespeech.net were attacked using the flag mechanism-

https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=37375866

I didn't violate any HNNews rules and would appreciate you unflagging it so people can see my comment and rebuttals.

temp12192021on Bigger, better, faster, more

Agreed- They're going to capitulate to law enforcement without a court order if they don't like your politics... or if it's inconvenient for them.

temp12192021on Bigger, better, faster, more

> When we cooperate with law enforcement, we do not do so blindly. We review their activities, both for abuse of power and to make sure proper processes are followed to protect our members’ rights. Such things are vanishingly rare, not (as they are sometimes depicted) the default. So if you’re expecting that we will automatically say, “Shove it, coppah!” anytime the police come calling about your site, we’re not the right service for you.

They're going to capitulate to law enforcement without a court order if they don't like your politics... or if it's inconvenient for them.

temp12192021on Bigger, better, faster, more

They're going to capitulate to law enforcement without a court order if they don't like your politics... or if it's inconvenient for them.

temp12192021on How to pass a first-round interview

More than I spent studying in college.

Interviewing has gotten out of hand...

temp12192021on Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy

It's a "standard" amount for rice cookers- https://www.thespruceeats.com/measuring-rice-for-rice-cooker...

1 rice cup produces 1 cup of rice when cooked

temp12192021on Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy

IIRC "cup" refers to the plastic cup (160ml) that comes with the instant pot.

EDIT: 1 rice cup is 180ml- meaning it will produce 1 cup of rice when done.

https://toirokitchen.com/products/rice-measuring-cup

temp12192021on Quad9’s Opinion of the Recent Court Ruling in Leipzig

Civil Law vs Common Law?

temp12192021on Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users

I guess they could just create bogus entries that show as emails for IMAP/POP users.

temp12192021on The “Build Your Own Database” book is finished

Here's the relevant headers in the ToC.

11. Atomic Transactions

11.1 KV Transaction Interfaces

11.2 DB Transaction Interfaces

11.3 Implementing the KV Transaction

12. Concurrent Readers and Writers

12.1 The Readers-Writer Problem

12.2 Analysing the Implementation

12.3 Concurrent Transactions

  Part 1: Modify the KV type

  Part 2: Add the Read-Only Transaction Type

  Part 3: Add the Read-Write Transaction Type

 12.4 The Free List

 12.5 Closing Remarks

temp12192021on FCC warns Portland church to shut down pirate FM operating under its steeple

Wonder if - lacking an order top stop from the FCC - I could occupy a frequency and ultimately claim squatters rights or adverse posession on the frequency if someone eventually licenses it.

temp12192021on Chinese balloon gathered Intel from military sites despite efforts to block it

The govt fabricated bullshit about WMDs in Iraq, I don't see why they wouldn't lie about a baloon.

Terrorism was used to pass the patriot act, anti-Chinese sentiment is being used for The Restrict Act and god knows what else is in the pipeline.

temp12192021on Windows Sandbox

With those pre-reqs, is there anything Windows Sandbox can do that Sandboxie can't?

https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie

temp12192021on Tell HN: MailChimp blacklists your IP if you open the browser's dev tools

https://sindresorhus.com/devtools-detect/

https://github.com/sindresorhus/devtools-detect

EDIT: doesn't seem to work if I have devtools as a separate window

temp12192021on JPMorgan advising First Republic on alternatives, including a capital raise

> It is funded by fees levied against the banks themselves.

I'm sure that's not passed onto the customers at all.

temp12192021on The vertical farming bubble is finally popping

> I'm imagining basically walls of well-placed mirrors. That would take care of quite a bit of the lighting costs, at least.

... or windows. We could call the building housing these green things "greenhouses."

temp12192021on Yale’s 367-year-old water bond still pays interest (2015)

Depends on the judges involved.

temp12192021on Proof of work is temporarily illegal in New York

> There is no recognized cryptocurrency addiction.

Crypto speculation. Like all speculation is ultimately gambling, which people can get addicted to.

temp12192021on Scientists found genetic mutations in every astronaut blood sample they studied

Most sealife has mirror symmetry though, doesn't it?

I guess jellyfish, urchins meet the rotational symmetry though.

temp12192021on Ask HN: How do you organize or rename PDF files (books, papers, etc)?

With the GetFileName plugin if you like to preserve the original filename.

temp12192021on Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC” (2021)

I remember really wanting one of these back in 2007 or 2008.

temp12192021on Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?

He's on a bender.

temp12192021on Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (April '22 edition)?

Run of the mill narcissism.

temp12192021on A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters

> we had a weekly lab meeting where one of our lab members would pick a piece of published literature in our field and break down how bullshit it was.

Did you (or your lab members) publish contradictory results, or should I just trust this assessment?

temp12192021on A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters

> Work and verification of work builds on each other. And every once in a while, we have a major milestone that verifies that much of the work that went into accomplishing the milestone (such as the moon landing) is generally correct.

Right- that's called trust. I can't independently launch my own lunar program, so I trust those that did... did.

temp12192021on A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters

No, it's absolutely absurd that you expect every scientist to independently (and recursively) verify every result their work is based on.

temp12192021on A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters

With unlimited resources, sure.

But most scientists trust the peer review process and base their work on their own ideas and the ideas/results they read in journals.

In short, scientists trust other scientists.

temp12192021on A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters

Pretty much all human interaction is trust based.

temp12192021on Russia says Ukraine talks hit 'dead end', Poland warns of risk of war

> It's funny when the aggressor is "negotiating" to attack or not.

"funny", but standard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Stick_ideology

temp12192021on Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thousands of apps

I haven't had issues yet, but it's considered bad practice for a reason. What headaches am I in store for?