Hacker News: bencollier49

New comment by bencollier49 in "Orcas are breaking rudders off boats in Europe"

bencollier49 — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:32:56 +0000

That casts the "wearing a dead fish" thing mentioned elsewhere in a darker hue.

New comment by bencollier49 in "Global Code Time Report"

bencollier49 — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 11:16:33 +0000

If they had figure for home working vs in-office, that could really be something worth reading.

As it stands, I'm inclined to agree with others who have said there are just too many hidden variables here.

New comment by bencollier49 in "A lab pursuing de-extinction of the thylacine partners with a genetics company"

bencollier49 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:55:29 +0000

Yes, that was basically my point. There has also been some fairly fevered speculation about epigenetics being responsible for some types of instinct - even "cross-generational memories" and the like.

New comment by bencollier49 in "A lab pursuing de-extinction of the thylacine partners with a genetics company"

bencollier49 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:47:31 +0000

An interesting test of some of the claims about epigenetics...

New comment by bencollier49 in "AirTag leads to arrest of airline worker accused of stealing from luggage"

bencollier49 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:14:02 +0000

Police in the UK recommend leaving your car keys somewhere obvious downstairs in your house for similar reasons.

New comment by bencollier49 in "AirTag leads to arrest of airline worker accused of stealing from luggage"

bencollier49 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:56:54 +0000

Do you have a link to that Android app? Can't find it and I suppose I ought to prevent the chance of my being tracked by someone for some reason.

That said, this abrogates most of the security functions of the tags, doesn't it?

New comment by bencollier49 in "Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom username emails receive no spam"

bencollier49 — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:42:43 +0000

Just writing their name in reverse would probably work, and be less time consuming.

New comment by bencollier49 in "Area 5150: 8088 MPH gets a successor"

bencollier49 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 06:29:30 +0000

IIRC VGA was at a000h and text at b800h.

New comment by bencollier49 in "To uncover a deepfake video call, ask the caller to turn sideways"

bencollier49 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:21:03 +0000

This is pretty funny. We're going to run the entire gamut of different verification technologies for them all to become compromised, forcing us to return to in-person transactions for everything.

Time to start investing in closed bank branches.

New comment by bencollier49 in "I assure you, medieval people bathed (2019)"

bencollier49 — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 20:19:39 +0000

To add to the above, early medieval fasting rules in Christianity were brutal, arguably much tougher than comparable rules from other major religions at the same time. Then we got decadent.

"Noon" is at lunchtime now because the ninth hour (Nones, Noon, 3pm) prayers, after which one could eat, got moved inexorably earlier to cater to the whims of impious monks.

And incidentally, because it's interesting, fasting and veganism without corresponding prayer was/is seen as Satanic, "The fast of the devils", because "fallen angels neither eat nor pray".

UK police want travel card data to track rail passengers

bencollier49 — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:42:45 +0000

Article URL: https://thetimes.pressreader.com/article/281857237296146

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32329182

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New comment by bencollier49 in "Famous HNers and their sites"

bencollier49 — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 14:19:01 +0000

Well my comment above is kind of pedantic and tangential, but I do think it's an interesting point.

New comment by bencollier49 in "Famous HNers and their sites"

bencollier49 — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 14:08:26 +0000

I'd not seen that part of it before. I think the trick word here is "manifestly", and some sources seem to indicate that this means that the people would have to have expressly given consent for onward processing.

For example: https://iapp.org/news/a/publicly-available-data-under-gdpr-m...

Also Article 9 seems to be restricted to non-processable data about sensitive matters.

Anyhow, it's definitely a good example of how convoluted the language around GDPR can get, and how much of a minefield it is to try to follow it.

The usual caveat applies, I'm not a lawyer.

New comment by bencollier49 in "Famous HNers and their sites"

bencollier49 — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 06:53:47 +0000

Sorry to be that person, but I think this is probably a good example of something which is covered by the GDPR. OP has built profiles and is storing information about people, which makes them a data controller under the GDPR, and subject to its extraterritoriality provisions, as some of these users will be EU/UK citizens. I don't believe the exemption for personal use applies, as the data is being published.

If I remember correctly, they're now supposed to contact each person individually, explain why they're storing their data, and obtain their consent.

In practice, the chances of someone making a complaint and the issue being enforced are extremely low.

New comment by bencollier49 in "“After Going Solar, I Felt the Bliss of Sudden Abundance”"

bencollier49 — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:25:54 +0000

Good point.

New comment by bencollier49 in "Black MIDI"

bencollier49 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:53:56 +0000

They probably heard the term and thought it was cool. But it must be enormously frustrating to people who are involving in making this stuff.

That said, it is possible that this could prevent Black Midi (the genre) from becoming a fad, and thus make the "scene" healthier. Sort of like a password to get into the club.

New comment by bencollier49 in "Black MIDI"

bencollier49 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:51:52 +0000

Yep, the subject is almost completely unresearchable as a result. It's rather similar to the situation with the "BBC Micro Bit" which horribly polluted the search space for the original BBC Micro computer.

New comment by bencollier49 in "Black MIDI"

bencollier49 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:11:33 +0000

This would appear to be a pre-digital example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gVhBxwRqg

New comment by bencollier49 in "TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants"

bencollier49 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:07:56 +0000

An advanced persistent threat. A sophisticated targeted attack.

Jack Ma plans to give up control of Ant Group

bencollier49 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:16:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/jack-ma-plans-give-up-control-ant-group-wsj-2022-07-28/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32274329

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