lurchpop's comments

lurchpop | 3 years ago | on: Don’t teach during code reviews

I have a manager who does the "teaching" thing poorly. If you're making a request in the form of a question, fine. But if you're trying to make me THINK, fuck off.

lurchpop | 4 years ago | on: Hyperloop lays off half of its employees as it pivots away from passenger travel

Basically returning to Pneumatic tubes but probably way less elegant and over-engineered

lurchpop | 4 years ago | on: Apple will notify users about state-sponsored cybersecurity threats

What if the state is the US demanding data using NSLs or dragnet warrants?

lurchpop | 5 years ago | on: Former Salesforce chief scientist announces new search engine to take on Google

great! finally a search engine that will give me mainstream news sources and the official washington or brussels consensus on facts.

lurchpop | 5 years ago | on: Privacy-preserving features in the Mobile Driving License

But it will be bar policy to have your name/address/email info or their reader won’t authenticate you.

lurchpop | 5 years ago | on: Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims

Or there’s cases like WMDs or “Assad gassed his own people” which are outright frauds coming from the establishment who determines what is factual.

lurchpop | 5 years ago | on: Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims

It becomes an issue when people do try to start their own networks, those networks get smeared and service providers (credit cards, hosting, dns) start cutting them off.

lurchpop | 5 years ago | on: Pass the Payment Choice Act

I don’t like the “unbanked” basis for these anti cashless arguments because they’ll just solve that problem.

lurchpop | 6 years ago | on: I ditched Google for DuckDuckGo

No they intentionally put those sources higher in the results even when there’s more popular content below it. They get extra priority as they’re deemed “authoritative sources.” So if you’re searching something political you’ll get a Washington Consensus result every time pretty literally. If you search names of recent mideast wars, CFR appears to be a preprogrammed result like Wikipedia.

lurchpop | 6 years ago | on: I ditched Google for DuckDuckGo

google also has a definite opinion on news, politics and other controversial topics which will get worse and worse during election years or during times of war.

lurchpop | 6 years ago | on: HEAD – A guide to <head> elements

ICBM tag with targeting coordinates hmm

lurchpop | 6 years ago | on: Terminating Service for 8Chan

Isn’t this all predicated on a manifesto that surfaced before the dust even settled? Also saw reports the manifesto was a hoax. Everyone needs to slow the hell down.

lurchpop | 7 years ago | on: The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalism

What if Rachel Maddow had a source inside the IRS who's trying to get at a folder that has trump tax returns and other financial details but doesn't have access. Source says they can deliver everything if Maddow can get some passwords on a thumb drive cracked. Maddow says she can't but to keep trying.

lurchpop | 7 years ago | on: Visualizing Toxicity in Twitter Conversations

yeah, judging from a few of those samples, i'm assuming toxicity means being on the "incorrect" side of the gun and immigration debates.

lurchpop | 7 years ago | on: High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up for University

Using national numbers isn't really useful. The case study of the $50k ironworker in Seattle is well below the median for that city which has a median income of $80k.

lurchpop | 7 years ago | on: High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up for University

Why are they characterizing $50k as "high paying?" That's median income for Washington state, and generally medians tend to skew low in terms of the lifestyle they afford.

lurchpop | 8 years ago | on: FTC Warns Manufacturers That 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Are Illegal

Bmw will remotely disable a car if you don't use their batteries or have an authorized dealer install it. Would be cool if that sort of thing was covered.

lurchpop | 8 years ago | on: Plan to dramatically increase development would transform some LA neighborhoods

Jesus Christ, if you want to put up one of those buildings you'd have to pay the existing renters over 3.5 years rent.

lurchpop | 8 years ago | on: Walkable Cities Enjoy More Freedom

The author also makes a few contradictions.

They need less surveillance because there's more "eyes" on the ground, and yet the biggest walkable cities that come to mind, nyc and London are the most heavily surveiled on the planet.

big walkable urban areas also happen to be less safe from crime, rather than safer as the author asserts.

lurchpop | 8 years ago | on: Statement on Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms for Trading Digital Assets

I think that protective tone they're taking is PR. These potential enforcement actions are for your safety because we care about protecting investors.

Not that it's a power grab in the crytpo market.