beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Obscurity Is a Valid Security Layer
But is it worth the extra effort? Something I've noticed many people ignore is the cost to standardization these kinds of "security" upgrades place. When training a junior/new/contract IT person all these little gotchas need to be mentioned and will slow down workflows regardless. Pile on enough of these tweaks and the infrastructure starts to become less manageable.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: So you’ve learned you’ve got a “pitifully” low IQ. How worried should you be?
IQ discussion has always seemed to me a little like talking about how much money you make with other people. The solid numbers as a mark of "who is better or worse than you" can be uncomfortable. Taken to a statistical level things become even more awkward, not something easy to discuss with most people.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail
I understand your point of view, but these are different levels of trust. You can audit the javascript they are sending you and (potentially) notice it is a ruse. If they are reading your email after you send it to their server though you have no way of knowing.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Biggest drop in Facebook organic reach we have seen
Are you implying that communism is the way forward? I think a lot of murdered people would like to have a word with you, but that wasn't real communism right?
If not, please explain your "way forward" that solves the problems that capitalism doesn't while still retaining the same incentives that appeal to basic human psychology. I'm sincerely interested.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: The world’s poorest pay more than a day’s wages for a single plate of food
One man's freedom is another man's slavery. If having private property and, by extension, state borders is an infringement on freedom then I think we have larger ideals to collide than this small one we started with.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: The world’s poorest pay more than a day’s wages for a single plate of food
The natural result of having borders? If you think people should be able to live wherever they want then where do you draw the line? Can I come live in your house and sleep in your bed whenever I want?
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Biggest drop in Facebook organic reach we have seen
It's not a monopoly though, this is simply the inevitable conclusion to any price competition: suppliers will be pressed to cut costs in ways that lose American jobs. Having a minimum wage means other countries can undercut our labor and pass some of the savings on to the retailers, who then compete more efficiently vs those who do not put pressure on suppliers. There are many legitimate reasons to criticize Walmart, this one is not one of those.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Biggest drop in Facebook organic reach we have seen
How is this a Walmart problem though? This is a totally natural result of free-market competition. When two competing pizza restaurants can no longer squeeze a lower price by reducing quality or working staff harder, they move the production offshore to countries with lower costs (usually looks like slavery). If we want to stop this natural phenomenon we would need new trade agreements to provide a financial incentive to keep the production within USA.
I'm not a fan of Walmart but this is not at all a fair criticism of their business practices.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: The world’s poorest pay more than a day’s wages for a single plate of food
"forced to live there" is exactly the same manipulative language being used shamelessly here. You should really consider avoiding such use as it detracts from your argument.
On the other foot, should we be "forced" to accept people from corrupt nations? What is the test of character we give these incoming people to prevent the same "corruption-tolerant" people from ruining our own system of government?
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Report: Ageism in the Tech Industry
I've noticed this as well. The number of people in tech who very clearly have no interest outside of their paycheck is disheartening. Can they do they job? Usually. Will they ever update their skills or keep up with the general direction of the industry? Almost never.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Report: Ageism in the Tech Industry
I've been rejected from a job before (where I knew someone working there) and was told they had to go with a "diversity hire" since they lost their only female engineer earlier that year. The comments implying I have it easy just because of my gender and skin color are ridiculous and only serve to further divide, not to mention incredibly insulting to the groups mentioned.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: F-Droid 1.0 released
Just updated, looks great! Big thanks to F-Droid team, without you I might have broken down and settled for the Google botnet.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Google’s Founders Wanted to Shape a City – Toronto Is Their Chance
The one competitive advantage I see them having (and they don't usually even do that well) is giving directions. If the city has to shut down for a few days to kill the unions I am all for it. Multiple delays getting from point a to point b and dead aircon for an entire summer is inexcusable after you've seen how well a city transit system can be run.
If it takes Google scanning my Google ID and filling out a CAPTCHA to get on the subway to achieve this then so be it, the current system embarrasses me when I have foreign friends visit.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Google’s Founders Wanted to Shape a City – Toronto Is Their Chance
Tokyo is what I would consider modern and is miles ahead of most of the big cities I have lived in or visited. Just having public transport that respects their customers (unlike the TTC in Toronto) is already a big improvement.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Analyzing HN moderation and censorship
shadowbanning is cowardly and cruel. If internet bullying is a thing then this is an example of such.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing States
And so the goalposts keep moving. How soon until not giving up your job for a poor minority is considered racist? At what point do we draw the line and say it is ok to have your own self-interest in mind, rather than that of the outgroup? At what point do we stop responding to the bludgeon that is the word "racist"?
Eventually you are going to push people into doing actually racist things if you keep trying to deny them the means to self-sovereignty.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redistribution, Not Tax Cuts
Gimping the rich to subsidize the poor is dysgenic and not in-line with the realities of nature. Given that Nowrway is still relatively homogenous when it comes to demographics I would expect strong socialist programs to do decently. In a place like USA where an unfortunate number of residents simply see such programs as a handout rather than having an associated social obligation, this would not work.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary
It is a myth and this is the same shaky reasoning I always hear from people who have been on the "other side" (hiring). I don't blame you for it, it is your job to compensate people as little as possible while extracting the most wealth from them. That said, there are a lot of people who fall for this "if you have a family (of 20 dependents) you totally make up what you lose in salary!" fable and that puts downward pressure on all our salaries.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: 71% of Americans between 17 and 24 can’t meet the minimum criteria for service
You could extend this to almost any war the US has been involved in. Attacks on US soil (not counting terrorist actions) have been pretty rare. WW2 can be similarly deconstructed and the intentions found to be impure. Remember: USA does not get involved in wars for reasons of morality, despite what excuse they may present.
beingmyself2
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8 years ago
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on: 71% of Americans between 17 and 24 can’t meet the minimum criteria for service
What's undesirable about this situation? We need a military force to protect us, I don't think that is a controversial idea. With certain political groups doing their utmost to absolutely kill any kind of nationalism or patriotic feeling, what incentive do we have to put our lives on the line for our country if not for the rewards?
We could increase military pay to make it more attractive but the overall budget to be gained by axing healthcare and education spending probably would not make a huge difference in the bottom lime for most soldiers. What are the proposed alternatives?
