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MCOfficer··on Rentaflop – Render your Blender projects without sacrificing quality
I feel bad for hijacking this post, but there is a fully community-driven renderfarm: https://www.sheepit-renderfarm.com/

Disclaimer: I'm a contributor and moderator to Sheepit.

MCOfficer··on Clear link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, EMA official
It should be noted that the risk for blood clots from birth control is much higher, yet seems to be within the bounds of what is acceptable.

Quick google search:

> Out of every 10,000 women taking birth control pills, 3 to 9 of them will develop a blood clot.

Also, for scale:

> Out of every 10,000 women in the first 12 weeks after giving birth, 40 to 65 of them will develop a blood clot.

https://www.healthline.com/health/birth-control/pulmonary-em...

MCOfficer··on GitHub is fully available in Iran
I'm not in the legal loop, but would it be beneficial to move to a different country or region? For example, the EU comes to mind. Would also give me peace of mind regarding my data.
MCOfficer··on German court forces mail provider Tutanota to insert a backdoor
Both the article's title and its contents line up with what you're saying. I'm not seeing any clickbait here, save for perhaps the HN title.
MCOfficer··on Email a Dumpster Fire
Yes, it is. But it's still a LOT better than silently ignoring it, which is the standard today.
MCOfficer··on Graalphp: An Efficient PHP Implementation Built on GraalVM
Just want to comment on java: Just stay away from Oracle Java and use OpenJDK, which is GPL2'd (with asterisk). If you want stability, stick to LTS versions... I have no idea why people would use Oracle Java for new projects.
MCOfficer··on Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms
following that logic

- every browser that supports cookies comes with a tracking package

- electron comes with a tracking package

- every language interpreter, runtime or compiler is a tracking package.

- your OS can run tracking software, thus coming with a tracking package.

- Anyone carrying their phone comes with a tracking package

Hang on, did you just post something on the internet? Your HN account comes with a tracking package!

MCOfficer··on SCons is not slow
FOSS build systems are https://xkcd.com/927/ on repeat.
MCOfficer··on Germany will violate international agreements with Unitary Patent, says FFII
I wouldn't be surprised, "free gifts" is exactly what they've been given from the car industry for years.
MCOfficer··on Endlessh: An SSH Tarpit
I take the bait... rust.
MCOfficer··on Promoted Add-ons Pilot
they just had to lay off dozens.
MCOfficer··on Covid vaccine makers commit to not seek approval until complete Phase III trials
[Speaking as non-high-risk person,] I'd trust scientists to define when a vaccine is safe. The pledge is a politic action, but is explicitly against politic influence.
MCOfficer··on "Rust does not have a stable ABI"
9MB is a lot. For scale: I have a rust application; assets (font + music), GUI via GPU, networking, unzipping, a bit of cryptography, it's all in there. 400 dependencies in total (yes, i don't like it).

By these metrics it's by far the largest rust application I've seen thus far. When fully optimized, it's 11MB in size.

MCOfficer··on Gitoxide: Pure Rust Implementation of Git
I tried to interact with Git from rust code once. The only option for any language is libgit2 or its bindings, and let me tell you, it's terrible.

I was this close to just calling git from the shell when i eventually just gave up.

MCOfficer··on Siberian heatwave of 2020 almost impossible without climate change
Unverified guess: it's to distinguish the rapid climate change happening since the 1850s from the slow, natural climate change that has been known to happen over millennia.
MCOfficer··on ProcMon for Linux
Not sure how this relates to the project at hand. It's a process manager. for linux.
MCOfficer··on What does Microsoft want with Linux and Open Source? [video]
WSL is pretty good as long as you stick to the command line (and don't work with virtualization). I hear they are using a "proper" kernel with WSL2, so it probably got even better since i switched.
MCOfficer··on Time to Upgrade Your Monitor
I get where he's coming from, but then again, that's not me. The cheapest monitor he recommends costs as much as my entire setup would cost in its current, used, state. I'm not gonna buy a single monitor for that price - and if i would, i wouldn't downscale it to the resolution [edit: real estate] i had before!
MCOfficer··on Node.js Overload
You know what, i'm just gonna say it: Javascript and NPM.
MCOfficer··on Show HN: Watch what files any Linux process accesses
nope, someone else. I just stumbled over it and it's currently part of the package. Thanks for your effort ^^
MCOfficer··on Show HN: Watch what files any Linux process accesses
You're welcome - but please check out #1/#2 so i can remove that ugly patch ;)
MCOfficer··on Show HN: Watch what files any Linux process accesses
Just a heads up (read: shameless plug), there's an AUR package:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/whatfiles-git/

MCOfficer··on WeChat permanently closes account after user sets offensive password
I doubt people were using "Fuck", rather something like "FuckMyEx" or whatever, which has a completely different hash. Also, passwords should be hashed with salt.