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Heliosmaster

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jack of all trades - http://davidetaviani.com

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/davide; my proof: https://keybase.io/davide/sigs/ZrZygCmj4SvrRqQr-D5uqKfYGuI3nEqBRJcKUgjgGH0 ]

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Heliosmaster··on Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less severe Covid: study
I think GP is referring to earlier than that: when Covid was in China and was starting to blow up in Italy
Heliosmaster··on The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive (2019)
I can't find the article anymore, but a few weeks ago here on HN there was a piece where somebody did a few calculations on how AWS US-East-1 (the most used AWS region in the world) works, and got to the conclusion that all the things that can make that region go BOOM are likely to have major consequences to our civilization.

In short: AWS will go down only when you won't care about it anyway

Heliosmaster··on Briar 1.4 – Offline sharing, message transfer via SD cards and USB sticks
I'm a bit doubting about this feature: "Share the app with people nearby without internet access"

Hey fellow protester, here is a binary for you to install on your device. That doesn't sound dangerous, right?

Heliosmaster··on Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
with different machines? The framework laptop doesn't work this way, afaik
Heliosmaster··on I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
This sounds a lot like Athens Research[1] vs Roam Research[2]. Jeff Tang wanted to get a job at Roam so he built a toy open source version for themselves, and then continued and it's now a YC company [3]

[1]: https://www.athensresearch.org/

[2]: https://roamresearch.com/

[3]: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/athens-research

Heliosmaster··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
one year they do, the other they don't (last year they didn't). I wouldn't claim Apple has learned the lesson until they do it for 2-3 years in a row
Heliosmaster··on Cloudflare R2 storage: Rapid and reliable object storage, minus the egress fees
GP isn't mentioning lifecycle to change storage tier, but to delete the files after some time.
Heliosmaster··on WhatsApp – About multi-device beta
Yes, i agree with you. Which is why I personally never bother checking the codes in person because I just trust WhatsApp
Heliosmaster··on WhatsApp – About multi-device beta
There's one thing that I don't understand about checking keys in person. Since it's closed source, how do we know that WhatsApp is actually doing what they say they do?

You have to trust them that "if the keys are the same in-person, then you're safe". But it's completely up to their implementation which we have no clue of.

Heliosmaster··on iPhone 13 Pro camera review: Tanzania
I thought the same of my Fujifilm X100F.. and it's mostly staying at home while I go around. I just don't think about it enough. Whereas my phone is always in my pocket. Mind that I have an Android phone with a subpar camera, and yet I reach out for the iPhone of my partner when we go around and i want to take some pictures.
Heliosmaster··on We Don't Do Daily Stand-Ups at Supercede
And why does that need to be synchronous? Why can't it be done with a check-in on slack / basecamp / whatever you use?
Heliosmaster··on Janet Programming Language
that's a lot of whitespace
Heliosmaster··on ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning
why not switch to a year-month then, if the release process is already time-based?
Heliosmaster··on Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competition point of view
One of the major concerns that I've seen arising around here is the question "what's stopping Apple from doing this even without iCloud?". Once you open Pandora's Box, there is not going back.
Heliosmaster··on TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant
There are several machines required to make a chip, and many steps involved. Those machines are crazy complex and accurate (i remember having a precision of around 3 atoms of silicon, femtometer scale). I meant firmware fot these machines, in general. Crazy complex (and amazing) tools with complex software
Heliosmaster··on TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant
Yes there is. But moving at enterprise speeds. Python considered "new" and young. Codebases are 30 to 40 years old
Heliosmaster··on TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant
For those companies involved in semiconductor industry, where machines cost 100M usd EACH... People are just a rounding error. Should we hire 100 more? 1000 more? Whatever
Heliosmaster··on TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant
Or working with a 40M Loc codebase started in the 80s with 50% code duplication. Because it's so mission critical that nobody really touches existing code. Or that everything needs to be rubber-stamped by a ton of people and even a rename takes months to make it in the codebase. Oh well. That's probably every enterprise
Heliosmaster··on Wiretrustee: WireGuard-Based Mesh Network
> © Copyright 2015-2020 Jason A. Donenfeld. All Rights Reserved. "WireGuard" and the "WireGuard" logo are registered trademarks of Jason A. Donenfeld.

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Heliosmaster··on Try APL
If you are interested in trying APL in an interactive notebook, try it here: https://nextjournal.com/try/mk/dyalog-apl
Heliosmaster··on Space Debris Has Hit and Damaged the International Space Station
I found the gif in this Reddit post very interesting in that regard: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/lczisw/oc_...

You can see the effect of atmospheric drag and resulting decay for LEO objects. And how catastrophic collisions are.

Edit: And original source https://mads-hatters.github.io/

Heliosmaster··on The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innovation
I wish, but the economic incentives move towards more spying and less control from the user :(
Heliosmaster··on Volvo and Daimler bet on hydrogen truck boom this decade
I think we should invest way more in trains. They are basically long electric trucks that don't have to bring their batteries with them. All its advantages, with the disadvantage of being on a REALLY fixed route. We should only do last mile with other means of transport
Heliosmaster··on Nbterm: Jupyter Notebooks in the Terminal
You might also be interested in Nextjournal, it's in clojure (whose notation you should be familiar). (check also https://github.nextjournal.com for a quick test from github code)
Heliosmaster··on Nbterm: Jupyter Notebooks in the Terminal
Shameless plug, but with Nextjournal you can use git directly: https://github.nextjournal.com/

And apart from that, we have a normal github component to load your code from a github repository: https://nextjournal.com/help/github

Heliosmaster··on Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
Isn't basically the same vision Canonical had for Ubuntu Touch/Phone?

You carry your (main) computer with you in your pocket. If you're on the go, you use its screen. If at home, you plug it in better screens/inputs peripherals.

Heliosmaster··on Mars sucks
I think the US government should start by reallocating their military budget. And end world hunger, while we're at it.
Heliosmaster··on Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter
This is the reason why i got some Wired Bose Soundsport, and I had to get the lime green ones because they don't make it anymore. No wireless for me.
Heliosmaster··on Brandolini's Law
It's a well known bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias)
Heliosmaster··on Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out from under its traders
For sake of completeness, you just described a "Married Put"
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