Hacker News: Bromskloss

New comment by Bromskloss in "Tell HN: I probably spend more on piracy than if I just paid for content"

Bromskloss — Sat, 21 May 2022 08:44:50 +0000

> I pay a usenet subscription, and subscription to indexers

Wait! You can get Usenet these days? Is it only for piracy or other things as well? Where can I sign up?

Also, what is an indexer in this context? Is it something you need only for piracy, or is it about Usenet in general?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done before LateX?”"

Bromskloss — Thu, 28 May 2020 22:31:06 +0000

I don't trust articles written in Word.

New comment by Bromskloss in "Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf]"

Bromskloss — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:39:18 +0000

What section of it should I read to get an idea of what, according to the author, "philosophy of computer science" is?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Snapchat Source Code GitHub Leak Caused by Bad iOS Update"

Bromskloss — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 10:45:22 +0000

Well, what is the verdict? Was there anything interesting in the source code? Does having it publicly available matter at all?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Unix Syscalls"

Bromskloss — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:35:18 +0000

> if you want to pass more than 6 arguments

Isn't the number of arguments already determined by the nature of the syscall? Are you talking about a situation where one creates new syscalls?

New comment by Bromskloss in "How Europe Learnt to Swim"

Bromskloss — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:26:39 +0000

Sorry, what does "ISTM" and "the ferry" mean here?

New comment by Bromskloss in "How Europe Learnt to Swim"

Bromskloss — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:20:29 +0000

Is there no swimming pool (with a shallow part and not too many people) around where you can learn on your own?

New comment by Bromskloss in "How Europe Learnt to Swim"

Bromskloss — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:09:36 +0000

> how to efficiently swim against a fast stream

How does that differ from just swimming fast?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Apple Removes Infowars from Podcast Directory"

Bromskloss — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:30:09 +0000

> Jones actively uses his platform to bully individuals

Do you have an example of what you mean?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Why in Hong Kong people choose to sleep at McDonald's instead of going home"

Bromskloss — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:45:41 +0000

Huh, price control?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Why in Hong Kong people choose to sleep at McDonald's instead of going home"

Bromskloss — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:44:47 +0000

> It's a good reminder me that corporations aren't just good or bad.

Do you think they do it to be good? Do you think they would have been bad if they had kicked out non-paying customers?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Algorithm recovers speech from a potato-chip bag filmed through glass (2014)"

Bromskloss — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 22:54:01 +0000

> Definitely some interesting applications.

Eavesdropping is the obvious one. What others do you have in mind?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance"

Bromskloss — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 20:30:56 +0000

OK, I was just hoping that it would have found the relevant data sources for me already.

New comment by Bromskloss in "Cookie policy notifications have ruined user experience on the web"

Bromskloss — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 04:15:43 +0000

I wish we could converge on a way to tag such notifications, so that those who want to can filter them out.

New comment by Bromskloss in "Should computer science researchers disclose negative social consequences?"

Bromskloss — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:58:12 +0000

Even with perfect prediction, who is to decide, for everyone, what is good and what is bad?

New comment by Bromskloss in "Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance"

Bromskloss — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:47:21 +0000

Does it include connections to data sources for traffic, bus departures, and such, or do you have to provide them yourself?

New comment by Bromskloss in "A Map of Wireless Passwords from Airports and Lounges"

Bromskloss — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:27:57 +0000

> It just seems a petty thing for airports to do, to try and make a few dollars or euros or pounds that way.

Doesn't the party on the other side of the transaction – i.e. you and I who do not want to pay for an Internet connection – have the same attitude?

New comment by Bromskloss in "PIN number analysis (2012)"

Bromskloss — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:01:56 +0000

I'm OK with it. I interpret "PIN number" as "the number to which we associate the expression 'PIN'".

New comment by Bromskloss in "Apple becomes the first $1T company"

Bromskloss — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 18:42:34 +0000

Psst! That's an arbitrary number.

New comment by Bromskloss in "CS Unplugged: Computer Science Without a Computer"

Bromskloss — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 18:20:34 +0000

Are you discussing the questions of whether computer science is mathematics? Dijkstra considered it to be, and was not a fan of "experimental computer science".