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_arvin··on John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories
I came across this HN comment that might answer your question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17069109

or you can see Carmack's original tweet here: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/993142700374462464

_arvin··on John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories
I think you missed his point. This is like getting never-before-seen bonus material for your favorite book. It reads similar to the book as well. All in all, very cool.
_arvin··on Shell Style Guide
I'm really surprised they went with:

#!/bin/bash

as opposed to:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

the latter feels more flexible and dependable for a script to be passed around.

_arvin··on 1.1.1.1: Fast, privacy-first consumer DNS service
ISP will be aware of all traffic to your IP, but consider that most people have their DNS set to use their ISPs, meaning the ISP easily sees this information in logs. Some people use Google DNS or another provider to bypass the ISP's DNS, which is a step better.

Now Cloudflare is providing a very fast and privacy-driven DNS, so to me this is a step up from others (Quad9, OpenDNS being formidable alternatives)

Say you're on a public WIFI and don't want DNS queries from your machine, there's also DNS-over-HTTPS (which Cloudflare and a couple others support) which doesn't use the DNS protocol and would make a POST request to say, https://1.1.1.1/.well-known/dns-query instead.

Also with HTTPS, ISPs won't see the full URL, just that a secure connection was made to that domain.

_arvin··on Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
is_deleted: true

Okay we're done here, folks!

_arvin··on Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagged as disruptive
Chrome has that also.

Go to chrome://flags, search for Autoplay policy, and select Document user action is required.

Note that if you use the Imagus extension, this could block some videos/gifs/etc from playing when you hover over a link.

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
Hmm, the image should be censored. I removed both of our names and my thumbnail since he didn't have one.

I think imgur just shows it funny (one with the black-out, one with the whitespace)

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
ksec, I saw your other commment as well. I want you to know I have no vendetta against Apple, just a long-time loyal customer that's been treated poorly lately on multiple fronts, that's all.

To be clear, I didn't take a pass at WF, they were so unbelievably helpful that I was like, wait--- why don't I just go straight to the source? And that's how I landed at Apple to help resolve this issue.

I'm surprised you think Apple can't (or should, in your words) this honest mistake. Mistakes happen, what can I say. I'm taking the fall for this even though it was my dad, but it just as well could have been your girlfriend, your brother, your mother. Doesn't matter, you'd want everyone to have the same level of customer support.

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
I think I will, thanks for the encouragement. It's so unbelievably minor given everything going on in the world, but there was a lot of time invested into phone calls, emails, etc. that could have been easily avoided.

Quick screenshot of our conversation: https://i.imgur.com/bhw4K1k.png

It got to a point where I didn't want to email anymore in worries of being accused of harassing the guy. To this day, no reply or call back.

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
respectfully, that's not nearly the same scenario as mine.

This was an honest mistake of selecting Apple iTunes instead of Apple Store. Sure, the mistake was certainly on our end, but Apple has always taken care of these easy requests.

Why? Because these things happen! And when you understand where the customer is coming from, and they have proven and shown all the documentation requested, why not service the request? Especially when you're the world's most valuable company, it makes no reason not to because customer loyalty is how you got there.

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
You nailed it. I couldn't make sense of it either. I wanted to forward the email thread to tcook@apple.com and be like Tim?? What's going on here man?

Apple is all about the customer (or was at least, shareholders can get pretty pissy these days), and I was trying to spend more(!!) at the Apple Store.

Either way I'm glad I shared my story, thanks HN.

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
Yes, definitely agree.

WF was where I went to first and they were absolutely unwilling to help - but I expected that.

Apple's response was unexpected and I think that's why it soured me. I used to always tell people, just go to Apple they'll take care of it for you.

Privately selling was my last resort like you said, and I already talked to my dad that next time, let's just get the cash and use that anywhere, instead of locking it into Apple (he was about to buy an iPad Pro so he figured why not, bless his heart)

He loves that iPad Pro lol.

_arvin··on Django 2.0 released
Python - Django

Ruby - Rails

PHP - Laravel

all nice choices

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
How so? If you own a macOS device and you weren't freaking out about the root bug, or all the other blunders that have been happening recently, then I think it's you that has the limited understanding.
_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
Dave, I'm losing my mind. $600 worth of iTunes Music gift cards, and my dad doesn't have an iTunes account.

It was the most honest mistake ever, but we're paying the price for it. Sent them all the documentation involved (including everything from WF). It's just converting money from one card to another, they _can_ do it, but they don't want to.

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
You don't find that true? Anyone with physical (or remote) access can type in root, with no password, and have full control?

????

_arvin··on Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
I'll admit, I used to be the first to update to their latest betas, now I'm terrified to even install the public releases.

They have to do better than this. Having a Twitter user report one of the biggest bugs this decade? That's really weak. Releasing an update that undoes that? Pure amateur hour by the guys we really trust with privacy. Separately, lately they've treated me ridiculously bad (and it's _never_ been like this) at the Apple Store on a failed logic board for my 7 Plus to no fault of my own (saying I was 41 days out of warranty, sorry), so I called Apple Care and they promptly took care of it for me, but should I really have had to jump through all those hoops? Really soured me.

I'm also on 3-month long thread with an iTunes Adviser (hi Grant) trying to convert some damn gift cards from iTunes to Apple Store. The easiest request ever. Now he's just no longer picking up his phone, voicemail, or responding to emails. Can't tell you the frustration involved in this (my dad had accidentally selected Apple iTunes instead of Apple Store when redeeming his Wells Fargo rewards)

Having said all that, I'm still support these guys - why, I don't know anymore. That'll be changing soon, for sure.

_arvin··on Linux Journal Ceases Publication
:(
_arvin··on MacOS Update Accidentally Undoes Apple's “root” Bug Patch
Linux desktop user here, I'm pretty happy so far to end 2017.

https://i.imgur.com/yG3ep3M.jpg

_arvin··on Introducing the new Snapchat
Introducing the new Snapchat: "Nothing's changed, except everything."
_arvin··on Hired – Technical Interview Score
crowd boos
_arvin··on Are Honey Nut Cheerios Healthy?
> Honey, I Can't Believe It's Not Cheerios
_arvin··on Are Honey Nut Cheerios Healthy?
because you know damn well 99% of hackers rely on cereal for breakfast.
_arvin··on NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal
This is awesome man, and a great idea. Nice work!
_arvin··on F.lux v4
Ahh, gotcha. All good :)
_arvin··on F.lux v4
Is that right? Apple's own website says it doesn't. Aside from that, I can confirm it doesn't show up as an option on my Mac.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207513

MacBook models from early 2015 or later

MacBook Air models from mid 2012 or later

MacBook Pro models from mid 2012 or later

So, what's the deal? How's it working on yours?

_arvin··on F.lux v4
Not for all models though. My 2010 MBP can't use Night Shift, for example.
_arvin··on 24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse
Not sure why the downvotes, but okay. Tough crowd.
_arvin··on 24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse
Ah I see. Which scheduler are using?

$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler

noop deadline cfq [bfq]

I've been very pleased with the responsiveness of BFQ when multitasking.

And actually, I shouldn't say I never get lock-ups. There's been a couple times where the DE just freezes, and I'll have to hit Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to another tty and restart the display manager. But I attribute that to running bleeding-edge version of things and enabling experimental features, so that's fair.

Lastly, my MacBook Pro (2010 6,2) would also experience random freezes on Ubuntu (would have to power off/on) and upgrading the kernel from the Ubuntu default to latest mainline solved that problem completely.

_arvin··on 24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse
My Linux desktop never locks up. I'd suggest messing around with a different kernel, double checking graphic drivers, etc.
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