Hacker News: retrogradeorbit

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Mandrill has been down for over 30 hours with no explanation"

retrogradeorbit — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 01:22:26 +0000

ROFL. Please provide proof they remove accounts based on partisan politics! Except for that case that they removed an account based on partisan politics!

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Insurance Company Says NotPetya Is an “Act of War”, Refuses to Pay"

retrogradeorbit — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 11:29:55 +0000

And that's the last time anyone buys cyber insurance from Zurich. What's the point of cyber insurance that doesn't cover ransom wear? Just a useless waste of money.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Singapore Weighs Fate of Its Brutalist Buildings"

retrogradeorbit — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:50:49 +0000

Next time you are in Singapore, go check out the Park View building. Make sure to explore the statues outside and go into the ground floor and be amazed.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Don’t trust Daily Mail website, Microsoft browser warns users"

retrogradeorbit — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:56:00 +0000

Everyone is all for things like this when it's their side beating down people they don't like. But then when it is used to attack something they agree with they all suddenly get outraged. Very few these days seem to like ideas like freedom of speech or a "market place of ideas". Seems every one needs a nanny as long as the nanny is one of our guys.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Audiophiles in Japan Are Installing Their Own Power Poles"

retrogradeorbit — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 01:08:17 +0000

Indeed they do. Some high end studios install balanced power. Which is more involved than just a power pole.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "MailChimp deleted my account with no warning"

retrogradeorbit — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:25:31 +0000

That's what a secondary MX is for.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "MailChimp deleted my account with no warning"

retrogradeorbit — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:20:47 +0000

The s stands for simple.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "UK spies: You know how we said bulk device hacking would be used sparingly?"

retrogradeorbit — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:23:52 +0000

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. That's it. Never stop believing!

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "UK spies: You know how we said bulk device hacking would be used sparingly?"

retrogradeorbit — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:08:25 +0000

Statistically speaking (tally up the dead for example) the biggest threat people face in their lives is not from any terrorist or criminal, but from their own government.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies"

retrogradeorbit — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:52:44 +0000

No. Bitmain is selling the pickaxes. Coinbase is the tent where the gold miners take their nuggets to sell.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies"

retrogradeorbit — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:47:14 +0000

> there's no value-driven economic model to justify cryptos collectively being worth $50B-$100B.

Of course there is. You are just starting from your ideology (that there must be no value to them) and work backwards to your dismissal and so you have closed your mind to the possibilities.

Here's 1.8 trillion of possible value, just to help put things in perspective

http://www.colorsmagazine.com/stories/magazine/85/story/drug...

Not saying it's right. Just that there is much you have not considered.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous new precedent"

retrogradeorbit — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:39:51 +0000

Not that this is any good, but at least in the US the state pays for the surveillance. Here the businesses have to foot the bill for who knows hoe many unending requests. If you thought it was hard to make a viable tech business in Australia before, well you can forget all about that now.

It's more like if Microsoft and FB were in bed with the NSA. And then they sent you the bill for your own surveillance. And if you didn't pay, then sent you to jail.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous new precedent"

retrogradeorbit — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:36:07 +0000

But don't forget these fools whose pants constantly fall down can do horrendous damage as they run smack bang into the modern age. And they are unlikely to "move on". They are more likely to wreck everything, and then when they fail, try again but worse.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous new precedent"

retrogradeorbit — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:31:35 +0000

The thing that makes me most despondent is, you just watch them all get voted back in next election.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Wall Street's Corruption Runs Deeper Than You Can Fathom"

retrogradeorbit — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 11:06:35 +0000

What your statement misses is that the problem is confounded by most people simply not believing it. They will believe that "people do fucked up shit to get more resources", while simultaneously believing that government is good, central banking in necessary, the money system is sound, the commercial banks are solvent, voting works, the justice system is blind, the wars are necessary and so on and so on.

And people who point out the truth of this corruption are derided, ridiculed, called a conspiracy theorist, compared to David Icke and so on.

I would concede you your point if people en masse really did think that Icke's statement was common knowledge, but it is clearly not. The myths that keep the common person conforming to the powers that shouldn't be run deep in the psyche.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "American Entrepreneurs Who Flocked to China Are Heading Home, Disillusioned"

retrogradeorbit — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 10:01:26 +0000

Well, he did marry Wendy Deng. Some have said it was to help break into the Chinese market. If it wasn't for Tony Blair, they'd probably still be married.

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

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "As women have more equal opportunity, the more their preferences differ from men"

retrogradeorbit — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 07:08:12 +0000

I don't disagree with you at all. There are a huge amount of people who do disagree with you, though. You just commented that you didn't know anyone pushing such a narrative. And that surprised me because it's everywhere. So I thought I'd just flesh out that dominant point of view so that you could identify it in the society around you.

What I think this study shows (and its not the first) is that it debunks the notion that discrimination is the only reason for any differences in gender representation. If a particular field does not have a 50/50 gender split, then that must be wholly explainable by discrimination. This study shows that this is not the case. There is a component of the unequal split that is based on personal preference. And that personal preference has a biological component. This idea is taboo.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "As women have more equal opportunity, the more their preferences differ from men"

retrogradeorbit — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:51:39 +0000

Did you not get the memo? Gender is purely a social construct. It has no biological underpinning. One can identify as any gender they feel. And then they are that gender. Thus any "differences" you may think you perceive between genders are not real. They are purely cosmetic.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)"

retrogradeorbit — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:24:51 +0000

Set a timer on your computer that goes off while programming. When it goes off get up and do 10 pushup no matter where you are. Right in the middle of work. Then go back to coding. Next time 10 squats. Then 10 lunges. Or 10 chair dips. At first you'll get funny looks but soon people may join you.

New comment by retrogradeorbit in "Responder: A familiar HTTP Service Framework"

retrogradeorbit — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 01:58:03 +0000

I still remember when kenneth closed every single open ticket on his envoy project without any fixes. Problems? What problems? Serves me right for taking the time to write a detailed bug report. I won't make that mistake again.