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Skunkleton··on Bitcoin still makes no sense
> Bitcoin is an asset the government simply cannot control.

It certainly can, at least if you intend to exchange it for tangible goods or services, or if you convert it to a government currency. Why do you think these sorts of transactions cannot be regulated?

Skunkleton··on M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness
It is fair to lump Linux in there. Linux is supported on pretty much every largish Arm system other than Apples, at least if you include Android Linux. No other Arm system comes close to matching the M1 in terms of performance.

I don't think that is an indictment of Linux. It is likely if the specs for the M1 were released, Linux could wring more performance out of the M1 than MacOS. At least in some workloads.

Skunkleton··on South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn
Right, which IMO makes it less likely that someone is cheating. If you are going to cheat, why share?
Skunkleton··on South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn
You mean all this time I should have been picking the winning numbers? Why didn't I think of that?
Skunkleton··on No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe Covid-19
Don't forget organ transplants.
Skunkleton··on Roblox pays 26% of its revenue to Apple/Google for payment processing
I wonder how much major apps save in marketing cost by being on app stores? I’m always shocked at the cost of marketing.
Skunkleton··on Drinking coffee or tea from paper cups may be bad for your health
My solution saves all 60 seconds. I just use my coffee cup for water and never wash it. I wish I was joking.
Skunkleton··on Apple MacBook Pro with M1 Review
For most people CI matching production should be enough. Even if there are issues with dev machines on a different architecture, I don't think that will be enough to stop people from grabbing the latest MBP when their next upgrade cycle appears.
Skunkleton··on Why Italians don't drink a cappuccino after 11am [video]
Not an expert, but you should end up with more yeast in the end product for a long fermented dough. The yeast population will grow exponentially from whatever initial population was present. You should also end up with the sugars in the flour being more completely broken down into their byproducts (e.g. alcohol, co2).
Skunkleton··on Why Italians don't drink a cappuccino after 11am [video]
....why have I never thought to put espresso in my cereal?
Skunkleton··on Apple Silicon M1 Emulating x86 Is Still Faster Than Every Other Mac
> I wonder if other vendors are looking at this and contemplating transitioning to ARM as well.

Perhaps, but with what hardware? The PC era was defined by mostly open hardware that had a high degree of interoperability. ARM does not bring the same.

Skunkleton··on Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
That's an interesting observation. It holds true in other areas as well. For example, we have lots of high horsepower cars as the result of R&D effort into high efficiency engines.
Skunkleton··on RIP Google Music
> Yes and no. I would argue that small projects are a misalignment of resources for FAANG companies. For example, niche music streaming services are better left to smaller startups who can easily solve those problems.

That's a catch-22. You have to be pretty big to be able to license this stuff at all.

Skunkleton··on Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage in June 2021
> In two or three they will start charging for search

I would pay for this now if as a result google started respecting privacy.

Skunkleton··on A pacifist's plan to survive the violent world of prison
> Last sentence is especially valid - decriminalization does absolutely 0 with organized crime earning tens of billions every year from all addictives. The same folks that deal in kidnappings, ransom, contract killing, weapons smuggling and many more.

Surely decriminalization is an improvement.

Skunkleton··on Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers
I have a project that won’t compile on systems with less than 32 GiB of RAM, and I refuse to refactor the hideously overgrown C++ template magic that landed me here.
Skunkleton··on Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
I imagine its to do with the per-country redirect? I wonder if people coming in from a UK IP address are getting hijacked as well?
Skunkleton··on Dutch flying car gets permission to drive on European roads
The whole FAA/EASA cert process is burdensome, but it is worth noting that the aviation industry has an impressive safety record. It is not at all comparable to the safety of a '55 chevy.
Skunkleton··on Show HN: Greg – a simple “cal” clone written in C
Easier?

$(rev <<<gerg)

Skunkleton··on Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur
This assumes that your software is doing what you asked it to do, not what some bigco or malware wanted it to do.
Skunkleton··on Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur
DoT isn't a big problem for a pihole, but it doesn't look like things are going that way. DoH can only be blocked by a mitm proxy. You would have to take a pretty serious security hit to do something like that with a pihole.
Skunkleton··on Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur
> They say they want free as-in-freedom, but since they are not willing to pay for it they don't exist. Only paying users matter.

Citation needed. If you look at app store pricing models the opposite seems true. If I were going to take a random guess I would say that tech savvy users use open source software to avoid anti-consumer bullshit more than anything else.

Skunkleton··on Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur
It's a frustrating road we are headed down. Tech companies have gotten so big that they don't really have to work together using standardization anymore. Options are limited, and most are anti-consumer in one way or another.
Skunkleton··on Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur
You understand that Apple could bypass kexts too? This is an issue of trust, not a technical issue.
Skunkleton··on Apple's “Disposable and Unfixable” Airpods [video]
You are nitpicking. Traditional electronics have a much longer support window then even iPhones, which themselves do much better than their competition in this regard.
Skunkleton··on ARM chips have an instruction with JavaScript in the name
> What am I missing?

ARM wants to be appropriate for more workloads. They don't want to have to wait for software to change. The want to sell processor designs now.

Skunkleton··on Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic?
Sure, but you also can't transmit HIV just by being in the same room.
Skunkleton··on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
Last year's model came with a fast charger in the box.
Skunkleton··on How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981)
CA requires vapor capture systems on their nozzles. The don't fit very well over the gas inlet and cause the nozzle to sit a little weird. In my experience just pushing the nozzle in, and pulling it up slightly fixes the issue. I have had this issue on a Mustang and a Prius.
Skunkleton··on Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay
The H1B system is so unkind. We invite people into our country, only to trap them with a particular employer with the constant threat of losing work authorization. Then we don’t even lay down specific rules on how one can get out of this situation.
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