Hacker News: gumernatorial

New comment by gumernatorial in "“Just let some joy smoke sift into your system”"

gumernatorial — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:07:38 +0000

It undoubtedly will, if words are even a meaningful concept at all.

New comment by gumernatorial in "The Line of Death"

gumernatorial — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:02:08 +0000

Why can't browsers do image differencing to detect when the page contains something pretending to be the browser or OS chrome, and plaster warnings overtop?

New comment by gumernatorial in "“Just let some joy smoke sift into your system”"

gumernatorial — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 20:53:56 +0000

I wonder how this style of advertising would work in a modern SaaS product.

It would be a rebellion against virtually every principle of modern ad copy while still being rooted in something that sold units. Might try it.

New comment by gumernatorial in "App.net is shutting down"

gumernatorial — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 03:52:37 +0000

On the flip side, it was users demanding free service (under which I include gracious data export) that killed the product in the first place.

I hope we find a way to pay for this stuff more than I hope getting it free becomes standard.

New comment by gumernatorial in "Ask HN: What's a good developer's resume look like?"

gumernatorial — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 04:54:59 +0000

Willing to share if you share your email. Wouldn't say it's great but I've been around the block and it's landed me multiple offers.

New comment by gumernatorial in "“Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script"

gumernatorial — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 04:53:46 +0000

Presumably so that other applications can't mine telemetry for nefarious reasons.

New comment by gumernatorial in "Kaspersky: SSL interception differentiates certificates with a 32bit hash"

gumernatorial — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:05:21 +0000

To be fair, many internet business models operate on the principle of paying to get less garbage (such as ads). And it makes sense from an economic perspective that if you're not being bribed by crapware vendors you'd want to recoup the opportunity cost.

New comment by gumernatorial in "The JavaScript Community Has a Bullying Problem"

gumernatorial — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 04:08:29 +0000

> I don’t care who you are or who you know. I don’t care if you think you’re funny. I don’t care if you think I’m over-reacting.

> We need a lot less negativity and a lot more positivity in our community.

Agreed.

But is threatening a block spree, baiting people so you can banish them, after declaring you don't care to empathize with them really promoting more positivity? Or is this just a piece we can upvote and get outraged over to feel better about having done nothing?

New comment by gumernatorial in "Buying a dildo in Denver? government must be informed"

gumernatorial — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 06:58:21 +0000

People have been killed by police for much less.

The question is how long it is before it's no longer newsworthy that "police shot and killed a suspected terrorist who had purchased the components necessary for a remotely fired gun; up next, how you can keep your children safe from these threats online".

New comment by gumernatorial in "Public Policy Implications of AI"

gumernatorial — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:16:02 +0000

Perhaps this is more an exposé of human ability to generate rationalizations for chaotic biological workings of their brains, than it is a failing of neural nets to make rational decisions.

New comment by gumernatorial in "LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia"

gumernatorial — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 03:41:29 +0000

The hardest part is that once your Twitter clone functions well enough to replace Twitter it will be banned just the same.