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decoyworkeron Richard M. Stallman resigns

My point was that good engineers can write.

decoyworkeron The Internet Relies on People Working for Free

So since a corporation might get value from your work then nobody should get value from your work?

decoyworkeron Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor

Gates is not forcing an American way of life or cultural takeover by pushing for lower infant mortality among other things. The values that Gates is a proponent of are pretty secular and universal- things such as equality, fairness, freedom, access to healthcare, etc. If you feel like your culture is irreparably destroyed by giving women more rights then your culture is objectively inhumane and should adapt.

decoyworkeron Richard M. Stallman resigns

I find it ridiculous that he has trouble communicating ideas as an engineer.

decoyworkeron Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor

What worldview? Equality and low infant mortality?

decoyworkeron Snowden calls on France’s Macron to grant him asylum

If he wasn't a coward he could choose to live in the United States.

decoyworkeron iOS 13’s privacy pop-ups of Facebook data grabs

Why do applications have access to Bluetooth or WiFi ID's in the first place? Seems too low-level for an app to have access to. Aren't these details better left handled by the operating system?

decoyworkeron The SR-71's predecessor used cesium-laced fuel to create radar-absorbing exhaust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Infrared_Countermeasure...

>Infrared guidance systems in heat-seeking missiles are designed to track strong sources of infrared radiation

>Directional IRCM, or DIRCM, allows for a countermeasures laser to be targeted directly at an incoming IR threat.

decoyworkeron Ban kids from loot box gambling in games

They probably should be. If you are buying a chance then it is gambling. If it is gambling then laws should treat it as gambling.

decoyworkeron Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House

It cites "three former senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter". Further down it cites a former senior intelligence official.

Do you need me to explain why sources might not want to be named?

decoyworkeron Another Interstellar Object Detected in the Solar System

You can assume but you don't know until you actually observe them. It's no longer an assumption.

decoyworkeron NSA Official: We Need to Prepare for the Future of War

This is huge and is a subject I feel strongly about- especially for defense software.

Parts of the US Government are already sounding the alarm over this. see- https://innovation.defense.gov/software/

Basically, we are too slow. The contract acquisition process and waterfall development moves at a glacial pace. I have some serious doubts we will ever adapt since it would require a restructuring of the way our defense industry operates.

decoyworkeron 9th Circuit holds that scraping a public website does not violate the CFAA [pdf]

It's not forcing anything. Don't make a page public then? If a page is public then it is fair game.

decoyworkeron Sunsetting Python 2

>In 2015, there was no way I could have moved to Python 3. There were too many libraries I depended on that hadn't ported yet.

You could work on porting them or be part of that effort?

decoyworkeron U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the Developing Brain

So if you did not smoke you would not have accomplished those things?

decoyworkeron During the Renaissance, the beard was the defining feature of a man

Most beards that I see are not maintained in the slightest.

decoyworkeron During the Renaissance, the beard was the defining feature of a man

I have a theory that lazy/poor/busy modern men are the reason that beards are back in style. Economic factors contribute to trends pretty often.

decoyworkeron exFAT in the Linux kernel

Maybe they don't want to deal with how shitty a graphical desktop environment is on Linux. I've largely given up on Linux with the exception of the terminal because of this. There are just too many graphical quirks and glitches.

I know that Linux is merely a kernel but I wonder how things would have played out if the kernel contained some form of graphical environment. There are so many competing environments that you have massive choice but also nothing that really works well either.

decoyworkeron exFAT in the Linux kernel

Will this allow WSL2 to access your entire Windows filesystem without the performance hit?

If so this is really cool.

decoyworkeron No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers

That's hilarious.

decoyworkeron No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers

Who cares? The goods crossing the ocean should not have their shipping subsidized. Drop shipping doesn't change that. If it's cheaper to use a drop shipper then they are providing a service anyway so I wouldn't call it rent seeking. That would only work for really in demand products anyway in which case good? Not to mention any drop shipper is taking on risk.

decoyworkeron No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers

Not sure. I'ts an unfinished thought but something I've toyed with in my mind. Mostly because I prefer local and the movement of goods is unnecessary a lot of the time. Environmental reasons for the most part- moving unnecessary junk around the world is still excessive even if it's done efficiently.

decoyworkeron No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers

I've even fantasized about a tax for the movement of goods no matter how they're moved or how carbon neutral the method.

decoyworkeron No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers

Good. It should not be cheaper to ship across the Pacific ocean than ship domestically.

decoyworkeron Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling

There is a middle ground between proper pain management and handing out scripts of Vicodin for take-home for the slightest reason.

decoyworkeron Credit cards have a privacy problem

Not true. People are pissed at a number of these companies and regulations are on the horizon. Regulations don't give me ($)_($) eyes.

decoyworkeron GlobalFoundries sues TSMC, wants U.S. import ban on some products

I know about the past- I still tend to believe that the better product wins.

You're pointing at Internet Explorer in 2001 as to why Windows is the #1 desktop operating system today? It was a better product- with or without this shitty business practice 20 years ago.

decoyworkeron Credit cards have a privacy problem

>Would users be surprised and angry to learn you do this? Then don't.

Doesn't this already exist since nobody wants to piss off shareholders?

decoyworkeron GlobalFoundries sues TSMC, wants U.S. import ban on some products

I was replying to- "where are the days of trying to beat competitors with a better product?" and then Apple and Microsoft were listed in response as offenders.

So they have inferior products than the competition?