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tornadoboy55on Men not at work: Why so many men aged 25 to 54 are not working (2016)

> They're really not. What's true is the experiences that led you to feel the way you do and the fact that you feel that way.

But I didn't name a single experience or anecdote. These are all googleable facts..

tornadoboy55on Men not at work: Why so many men aged 25 to 54 are not working (2016)

See my sibling comment. If there's so much examples of things going tilted against men in most western countries, shouldn't you say there's at least some common thread across them all, an indicative cause to all these (different) symptoms.

tornadoboy55on Aheui: Esoteric programming language designed for Hangul

It won't change because of tremendous legacy inertia. Everything from assembly to scripting languages are in Latin-English. All kernels are Latin-English. CS is taught around the globe as a 100% English major usually. Our first humanoid AI will almost certainly think in 'English' and speak English.

tornadoboy55on Sweden brings back military conscription

They will sign up voluntarily for a military that is decently funded (having to shout 'pew pew' in training because your training rounds have ran out is ridiculous.. and yes this is real). Plus a wage that would be semi-competitive with the civilian sector.

tornadoboy55on Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending huge carbon release

We've been largely winning against the sea since 1500, and that's with windmills and wheelbarrels of mud. Look up the Afsluitdijk. Or the Deltawerken. Our combined 'water defense works' are considered one of the modern wonders of the world. The Dutch will never surrender to the sea. Even if the rest of the globe will experience some catastrophic flood, the Dutch will figure out how to stave it off.

tornadoboy55on Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending huge carbon release

Yeah, the common sentiment is 'the best time to take action was 40 years ago. The absolute limit was 20 years ago. There's no stopping it now, even if we reduce our emissions to zero. The latent emissions in the atmosphere will already bone us. I'm glad I live in the Netherlands. We're a very rich country, and we have been battling water for more than a thousand years as a people. Places like Bangladesh will be completely destroyed..

tornadoboy55on Snap values itself at nearly $24B with its IPO pricing

WhatsApp is the most used messager with 90%+ market penetration. It has more than a billion users globally. Snap is nowhere near that user base.

tornadoboy55on The Privacy Revolution that never came

Those 'after me the deluge (French saying)' people are the worst. Same as rich people fucking up the globe but massively buying 'escape hatches' in New Zealand. If you're that kind of person, you should be burned at the stake.

tornadoboy55on Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs

You can install Gnome Sushi to have that in Linux.

tornadoboy55on Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs

Sorry but that's just blatant lying. Apple takes great care of optimizing its OS and apps for its hardware, to the point where it's possible to use Final Cut Pro on the anemic MacBook 12 somewhat comfortably(!)

tornadoboy55on The Year of Linux on Everything but the Desktop

So does Linux. Before I had a MacBook I tried Ubuntu on my PC twice (this is back in 2007 and another time in 2011) and both times an upgrade made Ubuntu unbootable(!). These days its nicer, but the 'Linux is more stable' myth is only true if you stick to servers/CLI. Desktop its Mac > Windows > Linux and on laptops its Mac >> Windows >>>>>>>>>>> Linux

tornadoboy55on Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

That's your Homebrew bash..

tornadoboy55on Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

http://eclecticist.co.uk/notes/appledesign/images/image12.jp...

That's all I need to say about that.

As for the reasons.. Devs want a POSIX (macOS, Linux or BSD) system because many of the utilities used are written for that, and much of the infrastructure you will be working with in the future will also be POSIX. Of all the POSIXes, macOS is by far the most capable and stable laptop OS. Macbooks are still unrivaled, with only the Dell XPS range coming somewhat close.

They are also the only company with both a solid phone and computer product, meaning you get lots of ecosystem goodies (verify iCloud logins with a push notification on your iPhone, Wi-Fi passwords entered on your MacBook instantly work on your phone, 'instant hotspot', AirPods intelligent multi-pairing, etc)

And that may seem like I'm drinking the Apple kool-aid, but I'm not. The audio quality on the AirPods is terrible. In fact, Apple has never produced anything but mediocre audio gear. The $200 price bump on the MBP 2016 is unjustified. Removing the headphone jack on the iPhone is utterly insane, even if they did use USB-C (maybe in 10 years when all audio-out ports on everything everywhere also uses USB-C it would have made sense). macOS stripping out all GPL tools because they don't want to use GPLv3 stuff, etc. etc. etc.

tornadoboy55on Robots Aren’t Killing the American Dream

That's primarily because gun bans or gun control are a net benefit whilst letting your poor and old starve is a net negative.

tornadoboy55on Using Yubikeys Everywhere

Or just use an iPhone. The amount of marketshare Apple would lose if there was even a hint of a US-intelligence backdoor in their systems keeps them with a very, very vested interest to actively fight that.

tornadoboy55on Using Yubikeys Everywhere

For Apple it won't matter since apps are heavily sandboxed and can only pass eachother data through predefined APIs. Jailbroken phones are another can of worms though, since you're literally leaving open an exploit to run unsigned code.

tornadoboy55on Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

My point is you don't need to, even running a shell that's 10 years old :)

tornadoboy55on Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

Output from `bash --version` on macOS:

that's a 10yr old bash and there's barely any shell magic that you can do on Linux that won't work on macOS. And since by far most devs use macOS, most binaries support at least the macOS version of bash. All in all, no need to worry :p

tornadoboy55on Awesome OS X Command Line

That's just part of the daily coding jargon. Call it a pet peeve, but it frustrates me intensely when everyone calls their defaults 'sane' (implying others their defaults are not). Such a misused word. Same goes for sensible. Seriously, if you start looking out for these two words, you'll notice how stupidly overused they are..

tornadoboy55on Samsung chief Lee arrested as S.Korean corruption probe deepens

I'm not exactly a Trump fan, but why is Clinton's daughter rolling into a $600.000 job at NBC straight out of college not considered 'bribing close friends for political favor'? The US is so fucked up politically..

tornadoboy55on What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?

That's patently false. Good luck enforcing US business law in Norway.

tornadoboy55on What could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?

Your method also only works if you have a small social circle or don't go out much. Good luck planning a big party or trip without a Whatsapp/Telegram/Facebook group chat..

tornadoboy55on How to get rich in America

'because if I do nothing with my brain, I'll have nothing. But if you have your 2 million sitting around (in an investment account), it'll earn you 160.000 a year.'

tornadoboy55on BlackBerry to turn BBM secure-messaging system into subscription service

Of those only WhatsApp and FB Messenger are globally relevant. (by that I mean have 1 billion+ users, globally distributed)

tornadoboy55on Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API

Consumers are bothered by games that get released much later (or not at all) on iOS instead of Android, or the other way around. They're not directly bothered by the cause, but they sure as hell hate the symptoms.

tornadoboy55on Privacy is Power: Why the fight for privacy matters

Just use Snowdens quote: saying you don't need privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don't need free speech because you have nothing to say.

To be honest, I actually ran a very private setup (Copperhead OS, Protonmail, MacBook with all non-draconian privacy settings turned on) for about 2 years, but in the end I realized I was gaining (almost) nothing compared to just Google's services, and losing a whole lot in terms of ease-of-use and integration. All in all its the same thing with privacy as it is with security: you can create all the good systems in the world, but if its a hassle, you'll run into privacy/security fatigue soon and the whole system becomes moot because you'll be the weakest link and start bypassing your own systems.

tornadoboy55on Successful male contraceptive gel trial brings new form of birth control closer

Yeah, it's like that almost everywhere in the world: girl pregnant, you don't want it? Shit, son.. time to be financially hamstrung for 18 years. Girl pregnant, you want to keep it? Shit, son.. you still don't have a say. It's fucking ridiculous.

tornadoboy55on Space Buckets: DIY Indoor Gardening with LED and Arduinos

> Many people caught growing at home are punished twice: first through criminal law, and then through civil claims like from energy companies and banks or landlords.

Why would the energy company sue you if you paid your electricity bill? Same for landlords or banks, if you paid your rent, who cares?

tornadoboy55on Google fixes a problem with AMP, lets you view and share publisher’s own links

I would love for Google to be a gatekeeper of all ads. Malware, flashing banners etc. would all vanish overnight.

tornadoboy55on The Netherlands Closes Prisons Because It Doesn't Have Enough Prisoners

I'd be more scared to get stabbed in Glasgow than in Amsterdam though.