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New comment by srtjstjsj in "Demonopolizing the Internet with Interoperability"

srtjstjsj — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 14:01:44 +0000

Browser competition doesn't matter much for interoperability, because they don't restrict what sites you can use. It's only a risk if browsers start banning sites like the app stores do.

And open source Chromium and Firefox are bulwark against that, with active fork ecosystems.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "My House"

srtjstjsj — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:25:28 +0000

It's weird to have this tone of hating on someone for not having two homes. If he can live without occupying a giant property, good on him. Why should only rich people get allotments?

Any tax he owes can be deducted from his carbon/pollution under-footprint.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "How two bored 1970s housewives helped create the PC industry (2015)"

srtjstjsj — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:09:11 +0000

That's only a third of the 800 mile commute.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "How two bored 1970s housewives helped create the PC industry (2015)"

srtjstjsj — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:05:47 +0000

Many people helped create the industry. This article focused on two of them.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "James Gosling Interview"

srtjstjsj — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:50:04 +0000

Is Eclipse modern? Do new programmers and projects use it? It has been in decline for years.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "James Gosling Interview"

srtjstjsj — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:43:50 +0000

Yes. Another common example is that in languages without pointers, the lack of aliasing enables optimizations that are impossible for languages with pointers.

Also, C compilers generate efficient code by assuming undefined behavior cannot happen. (This sometimes corrupts buggy programs, because the type system can't guarantee undefined behavior isn't triggered.)

New comment by srtjstjsj in "Twitter locks account of India’s largest opposition party"

srtjstjsj — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:38:58 +0000

11 comments on HN so far, discussing politics and complaints about Twitter, and so far not one has responded to the content of the article, in which Twitter claims to have locked every account that posted a picture of a rape victim's family, violating its policy on doxxing.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "Who Owns My Name?"

srtjstjsj — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:57:39 +0000

"small penis" was Chrichton making a mean joke, not a legal theory.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "Craig Murray will surrender himself for prison"

srtjstjsj — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:53:44 +0000

> He described how the judges found Murray guilty of “jigsaw identification,” which refers to the “possibility that a person may piece together information from various sources to arrive at the identification of a protected witness.”

Why isn't every advertising/marketing data broker in jail for "jigsaw identification"?

New comment by srtjstjsj in "NYT gives 'water witches' the both-sides treatment"

srtjstjsj — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:47:04 +0000

Why pay $1400 when you can get the same results for free?

Do you hire a lottery number picker service?

New comment by srtjstjsj in "NYT gives 'water witches' the both-sides treatment"

srtjstjsj — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:44:47 +0000

A gravimeter is not a stick.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/instruments/gra...

New comment by srtjstjsj in "NYT gives 'water witches' the both-sides treatment"

srtjstjsj — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:42:45 +0000

The truth matters!

I have a bunch of lies I'd like the Times to publish to promote my business. How do I get an article?

New comment by srtjstjsj in "NYT gives 'water witches' the both-sides treatment"

srtjstjsj — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:41:47 +0000

That approach just helps con artists rip off desperate ignorant people, promoting a worldview that magic is a viable alternative to scientific reality, a view held by a dangerously large and easily exploited percentage of the population.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "NYT gives 'water witches' the both-sides treatment"

srtjstjsj — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:40:17 +0000

What's better?

Making a strong case for the desperation of the drought and advocating for practical solutions? Or helping con artists steal huge sums of money from desperate people?

New comment by srtjstjsj in "NYT gives 'water witches' the both-sides treatment"

srtjstjsj — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:38:57 +0000

From NYT

> A version of this article appears in print on July 17, 2021, Section A, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: In Tech’s Backyard, the Hottest Search Engine Uses 2 Steel Rods. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

Bold choice, trying to upsell me with a monstrously bullshit headline

New comment by srtjstjsj in "NYT gives 'water witches' the both-sides treatment"

srtjstjsj — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:28:15 +0000

Wind? Gravity? Leverage in how the metal leans on the plastic?

How could a ley line do nothing but make a metal bar wiggle arbitrarily and inconsistently?

Did you find any water?

New comment by srtjstjsj in "The Blurred Lines of Parasocial Relationships"

srtjstjsj — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 21:31:51 +0000

Di Caprio doesn't have the talent nor has he put in the work to become a pro wrestler.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "The Blurred Lines of Parasocial Relationships"

srtjstjsj — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 21:30:28 +0000

Steve Jobs died before Cardi B got famous.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "The Blurred Lines of Parasocial Relationships"

srtjstjsj — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 21:27:08 +0000

Remember that SPOILER, Her eventually found that humans were unsatisfying company.

New comment by srtjstjsj in "To help gamers on Twitch, Dr. K balances mental health advice and medical ethics"

srtjstjsj — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 21:21:04 +0000

The idea of "died by suicide" is that it presents it as more like succumbing to a disease, not blaming the deceased. It puts the focus on loss of life, not the taking of life.

Not quite analogous, but if someone has epileptic seizure and falls and cracks their skull and dies, we don't says they threw themselves to the ground, even though their own brain caused them to go off balance and fall.