codehalo

239 karma · joined May 20, 2011

codehalo··on Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens

Well, engineers and scientists are known for bowing to the wills and whims of management. They build the devices, and let the salespeople and management peddle the product as they see fit. Car manufacturers would make wheels optional if the could get away with it.

codehalo··on Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens

Your #2 implies multiple sensors (see #1). My understanding is that one AOA is default, and you could purchase additional sensors (I read somewhere that Southwest did).

Sounds like the typical stupid idea suggested by a marketer or accountant that engineers beg and plead not to do.

Frankly, the whole thing reeks of profit at the expense of engineering, safety, and security.

codehalo··on Rust 1.40

D? And others of course?

codehalo··on Bitcoin.com Lists Ponzi Token, Hex, to the Dismay of Bitcoin Fans

"In God we trust"?

codehalo··on Brave Passes 10M Monthly Active Users, Sees 19% Growth Since 1.0 Launch

Disagree. Subscription models are outdated. Also, what mechanism does coil have to prevent a “content creator” from bombarding the end user with ads?

codehalo··on Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary

Brave has built in ad blocking.

codehalo··on Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (1985)

Not sure what your context of "traditional" is, but Computer Shopper and Dobbs were around then.

1985 is also the year the Amiga came out. Got chills when I saw the commercial.

codehalo··on A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

I don't understand that logic. It's a fork. Is Webkit tied to KHTML? Is gcc tied to egcs?

codehalo··on Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher

You are correct. That’s why it’s not in the sentence. Brave blocks third party ads by default.

codehalo··on Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher

The downvotes you are receiving for pointing out facts illustrates the cesspool of Firefox hypocrisy that hacker news has become.

codehalo··on Yuan falls to 11-year low

I think the person meant the work, not the workers.

codehalo··on House lawmakers ask Facebook to put Libra cryptocurrency project on hold

How will it become a main money laundering or terrorist tool? Can you elaborate?

A launderer or terrorist (actually ANYBODY - good or bad) would have to be the biggest fucking idiot to use Libra and expect the transaction to be anonymous or private.

I sincerely hope you were just whipping out the typical ML/T FUD and don't believe that yourself.

codehalo··on Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust

Brave does not inject ads. This is misinformation.

codehalo··on Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust

None of what you said is true. I'm puzzled by the constant lies and FUD spread here against Brave. What exactly is the agenda?

codehalo··on Writing Hello World in Web Assembly (2017)

Same. Sent you some as well. Nice writeup.

codehalo··on Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘Job’ Thing

That's because the salaries are most likely not what a white guy is willing to accept.

codehalo··on Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amendment Issues

Somebody's voting them in.

codehalo··on Warren Buffett sells his Oracle shares, retains $44B investment in Apple

Buffet and Munger have been ragging on bitcoin since it was less than $100.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=198578.msg2065800#ms...

codehalo··on The New Brave Is 22% Faster

>You pay a monthly fee of your choice to the browser...

You DON'T pay a monthly fee for anything. That statement was terribly misleading.

codehalo··on Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014)

Used to use Firefox, primarily for the dev tools. Switched to Brave. Easily the best browser out here right now.

codehalo··on The Cryptocurrency Industry Is 'On the Brink of an Implosion', Research Says

> And some terrifying consequences for bugs

As all important software (aircraft, medical, financial) do.

codehalo··on Brave – A private, secure and fast browser

Brave was always based on chromium. The UI was based on Muon, but the upcoming 1.0 release switched the UI back to Chromium.

codehalo··on Avoid Else, Return Early (2013)

All good arguments except for the end braces/LOC one. The visual cue is worth far more than the one line it takes up.

codehalo··on Blockchains from a Distributed Computing Perspective [pdf]

That’s incorrect. There was never a rollback in Bitcoin. You may be referring to the leveldb bug that caused a fork, or Gavin and Satoshi’s discovery of the billion coins bug, which was fixed by a software update, but none of these involved a rollback.

codehalo··on 80% of Monero Transactions Trivially De-Anonymized

From the paper:

Applicability to current and future transactions using RingCT. The weakness studied in this section is pri- marily a concern for transactions made in the past, as transactions using the new RingCT transaction option are generally immune.

codehalo··on 80% of Monero Transactions Trivially De-Anonymized

It is simply a hit piece. Most of the issues discussed have already been considered by the monero devs and in fact, addressed. There is a reason why the authors limited their considerations to transactions before the RingCT update.

codehalo··on Apple's cash hoard swells to $246B

So we should encourage a system where people struggle to make ends meet as long as it's not you?

codehalo··on Quorum – JP Morgan’s permissioned implementation of Ethereum

So why do they need a blockchain then?

codehalo··on De La Soul’s Legacy Is Trapped in Digital Limbo

I handled the publishing for Tommy Boy back then (1993+). Good memories. Yes, sample clearing was a problem.

codehalo··on Ethereum Contracts Are Going to Be Candy for Hackers

Those a problems with wallets, not bitcoin.

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