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21on Canada's forests emit more carbon than they absorb

Right now they don't even account for the factories in its territory...

21on El Chapo Trial: Why His I.T. Guy Had a Nervous Breakdown

That is a valid defense.

But he had plenty of opportunities of doing something about it.

21on 3 years later, IntelliJ is still unusably slow on macOS with a 4K display

Fortunately Electron apps don't have this problem, since their UI is GPU accelerated.

21on The Chinese fascination with numbers

> to never flush toilet paper

Interesting note.

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-not-flush-down-toilet-pa...

21on IE is a 'compatibility solution', to be used selectively, warns Microsoft exec

All aboard the Chrome train.

21on Microsoft: 70 percent of all security bugs are memory safety issues

> It's also OSS and it is much easier to surface security bugs for Linux than for Windows.

Shouldn't then the number of bugs decrease much faster, since they are easier to find? Unless they are introduced at even a greater rate than the ones in Windows.

21on Microsoft: 70 percent of all security bugs are memory safety issues

And it has MORE reported CVEs than Windows:https://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2018

21on Microsoft: 70 percent of all security bugs are memory safety issues

It's about increasing the costs to the attacker.

Now a Windows/browser zero-day requires months of research and can be sold for $100k+.

21on Microsoft Ironically Proves Forced Windows Updates Don’t Make Any Sense

This argument is like saying that "vaccines are not necessary because as we can see, few people get infected"

21on The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted

The problem is integrating it into the existing skeleton. Our arms are not just glued to the body, they integrate with the shoulder.

21on The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted

Where do you attach a third arm?

21on A thermostat company shut down every thermostat in the middle of a cold night

This guy complains, but he is the one who bought a Internet connecting thermostat. Darwin effect at work here.

21on Ask HN: Which 5 investments of £1k each should I make?

10 years later, millions of percents higher, still waiting for the final collapse to zero.

21on Does Jeff Bezos Have a Legal Case Against the National Enquirer?

The article explains why, because sometimes this kind of thing is needed and good:

> This reasoning is why, for example, a lawyer can send someone a letter saying their client will agree to settle a lawsuit if certain terms are met.

21on Does Jeff Bezos Have a Legal Case Against the National Enquirer?

Read the emails carefully, and remember they were written by lawyers. It didn't seem to reach the level of criminal blackmail to me. Experts quoted in the article agree.

If they do however publish the picture everyone talks about, I'm pretty sure they will be destroyed just like Gawker was in the Hulk Hogan case.

21on Child abuse images hidden in crypto-currency block chain

To use your own argument, "child porn being illegal didn't work for stopping child porn, did it"?

The second huge fallacy (you are also making it) is that the government wants to ban crypto, but is afraid of saying it and comes up with all kinds of contrived tactics.

21on Child abuse images hidden in crypto-currency block chain

Well, in that case embedding child porn on it will not help either, would it? I was just highlighting the massive fallacy of parent.

21on Child abuse images hidden in crypto-currency block chain

No, the easiest for the government to destroy blockchain is to just declare it illegal.

21on Child abuse images hidden in crypto-currency block chain

> Returning to our analogy, the publisher of a best-selling book might announce that the first letter of every line in the book can be interpreted as a sequence of pixels that represents a pornographic image of a child. Can the police then arrest owners of the book? Common sense suggests that the answer is no, and most lawyers would agree.

https://www.wired.com/story/why-porn-on-the-blockchain-wont-...

21on Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio

Yeah, I probably visit YouTube to read the comments.

And Giphy.com to admire their logo.

21on Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio

Or until the user switches to alternate browser like I will if Firefox doesn't autoplay soundless animations.

21on DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show (2009)

Doesn't really solve the problem, there are many ways of bypassing that, from having a small screen in front of the lens playing fake video, to hacking the firmware.

21on DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show (2009)

Many other things are possible, like breaking into a video surveillance system and replace the actual footage with a fake one incriminating someone else.

21on DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show (2009)

For alibi, in the future it would probably be a good idea to have a 24/7 personal body camera which timestamps the video using the blockchain or something.

21on Apple’s New iPad Pro Ads Were Shot and Made Entirely on the iPad Pro [video]

But a good craftsman doesn't use shitty tools. Sure, he could work with everything, but given the choice...

21on Apple’s New iPad Pro Ads Were Shot and Made Entirely on the iPad Pro [video]

Your video shows no cloud full brightness summer lighting. Hardly what's considered a difficult setup.

21on Apple’s New iPad Pro Ads Were Shot and Made Entirely on the iPad Pro [video]

And tens of thousands of dollars of professional lighting.

Ask a pro photographer what he would prefer:

1. a cheap entry level DSLR and ultra-expensive light setup

2. the most expensive DSLR and cheap household light setup

Most would pick 1.

https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/its-not-about-the-camera...

21on EU and Japan create world's biggest free trade zone

The shipping only costs 1€ because China is abusing the international post system - the shipment cost is subsidized from your own taxes.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2169144/ch...