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Volker Weißmann

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Volker_W··on My Experiences with Julia
What exactly do you mean? If you ask C/C++ programmers, what they don't like about C/C++ and fix that, you got Rust. C++ wants to stay backwards compatible, which is holding the language back. Rust was a fresh start.
Volker_W··on My Experiences with Julia
> I disagree with calling Julia "way more dynamically typed than Python."

What I meant was the following: Take an example Python codebase. Pick a random function. Put a `print(type(arg))` in there. Run it in many different use-cases. Chances are, it will only print a single type. If you do the same in Julia, chances are, it will print multiple very different types.

Volker_W··on Apple hit with EU antitrust charge over its payment technology
Google: Antitrust
Volker_W··on My take on Elon's offer for Twitter
> All my left-wing woke friends are CONVINCED that the social media platforms uphold the white supremacist misogynistic patriarchy... > All my alt/center-right/libertarian friends are CONVINCED the social media platforms uphold the woke BLM/Marxist/LGBTQ agenda...

Not judging and willing to be proved wrong, but the difference seems to be that the left usually wants more censorship, and the right wants less censorship. The far right is usually mad that they got censored but only rarely mad that the left did not get censored. The far left is usually mad that the right did not get censored but only rarely mad that the far left did get censored.

> Because it is not TOPICS that are censored. It is BEHAVIOR.

Again, not judging and willing to be proved wrong, but the right is a lot ... rougher, aggressive ... that the left, even when talking amongst themselves. Pacifists and civil talking people etc. are usually found on the left.

Volker_W··on MetalNES: Transistor Level NES Simulation
I would guess "transistor-level simulation" means you simulate a NAND transistor by doing something like.

bool c = !(a && b)

Volker_W··on An example of why RSS is useful and important
I don't know a single website that does not implement RSS.
Volker_W··on Heart-disease risk soars after Covid, even with a mild case
Looking at this comment section restores my faith in humanity and nuanced discourse. HN is way better than twitter.
Volker_W··on Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
There was probably some bias in the selection of the participants. I don't think 50 % of the average male population know "piezoelectricity".
Volker_W··on Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
Sure, but I'm surprised how big the difference is.
Volker_W··on Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
> I presume most of them are actually in service of the airplane operators.

why?

Volker_W··on Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
What do you mean with "leaky abstraction" here?
Volker_W··on Eyeo wins German copyright decision, sets legal precedent for who ‘owns’ HTML
This does not work if the one who wants to change a site controls the browser.
Volker_W··on Is Google Analytics illegal in your country?
For me, the cert has a fingerprint of 8C:5A:9F:E3:03:A2:C5:31:0D:42:C0:AF:41:E6:61:48:8A:C4:EF:91:CD:41:83:90:D1:86:AF:DA:47:47:00:16 signed by 67:AD:D1:16:6B:02:0A:E6:1B:8F:5F:C9:68:13:C0:4C:2A:A5:89:96:07:96:86:55:72:A3:C7:E7:37:61:3D:FD signed by 96:BC:EC:06:26:49:76:F3:74:60:77:9A:CF:28:C5:A7:CF:E8:A3:C0:AA:E1:1A:8F:FC:EE:05:C0:BD:DF:08:C6 and gets accepted.
Volker_W··on Is Google Analytics illegal in your country?
> Every single client ever now needs to have a cookie popup because google is going to punish you in your rankings if you do not use their integrations too.

Source/proof?

Volker_W··on Is Google Analytics illegal in your country?
Google analytics is one of the worst privacy offenders.
Volker_W··on Is Google Analytics illegal in your country?
Do you have good examples?
Volker_W··on Is Google Analytics illegal in your country?
Why don't you like plausible?
Volker_W··on Is Google Analytics illegal in your country?
> Make a better product

Their product is open source and (assuming the say the truth) keeps the data on the server of the website owner. I would say this is better.

Volker_W··on Eyeo wins German copyright decision, sets legal precedent for who ‘owns’ HTML
> What if there was a mechanism for signing a webpage? > This could easily be promoted as a safety feature, you only run the code the web server gives you, not something that has been exposed to a man in the middle attack several times over.

This already exists, it is called https. The s in https stands for security, i.e. encryption and signing.

> The browser could be told not to render anything is the signature does not match the content.

The problem with this statement is that adblockers are part of "The browser". So the browser/the adblocker coud still choose to render something with no signature. Also, what does "rendering" mean? An adblocker changes what "rendering" means: For example, if the html includes the line <img src="https://www.qries.com/images/banner_logo.png" alt="Qries" width="200" height="90"> then the browser will usually request banner_logo.png and show that here. But the browser could also choose not to do that. If qries.com would be in the blocklist of your adblocker, your browser would choose not to send that request and not to show that image.

Volker_W··on T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in US
Statement from t-Mobile:

Customers who chose plans and features with content filtering (e.g. parent controls) do not have access to the iCloud Private Relay to allow these services to work as designed. All other customers have no restrictions.

Volker_W··on Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 1890s (2018)
Men were so much better dressed back then.
Volker_W··on T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in US
Everytime I think carriers cannot get even more scummier, they manage to do it.
Volker_W··on XMPP: The secure communication protocol that respects privacy
> The security you get from TLS in these systems is not meaningful

I don't like that phrasing, because it suggests that having TLS is equally good than not having TLS.

Otherwise, you are right.

Volker_W··on Lawsuit filed alleging Google is paying Apple to stay out of the search business
> 10 cents per ad print

Source?

Volker_W··on How do I open the Mercedes EQS’s hood?
These ones would work for me:

"CO2 pooling risk" "Gas pooling risk" "Risk of suffocation"

Volker_W··on How do I open the Mercedes EQS’s hood?
> the trappings he wraps his videos in

What does this sentence mean? (Grammatically, English is my 2nd language).

Volker_W··on How do I open the Mercedes EQS’s hood?
> A 12V battery can kill you or seriously harm you.

How?

Volker_W··on How do I open the Mercedes EQS’s hood?
This. But the problem aren't the people, but the vague warning sign. Another example is

The problem is that many warning signs don't exist to warn people, but to prevent lawsuits. So they are phrased as generally as possible and often include false positives.

Volker_W··on Search engines and SEO spam
> I tried creating a search engine for recipes. It works well and people like it, but the struggle is no one remembers that it exists and Google is just their default for search.

Link please

Volker_W··on Search engines and SEO spam
What does SV stand for?
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