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fhood··on Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
Despite knowing it was the same base as canonical, it somehow never occurred to me to spell it that way. Thanks for the heads up, but since google hasn't decided it approves of "headcanon" I was forced to compromise in my correction.
fhood··on Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
That's cool and all, but I personally enjoy it because of Ted's personality specifically, not his specific political affiliation. And also who cares? It's clearly a joke, one that happens to appeal to my particular sense of humor.

There are oodles of topics that provide plenty of political ammunition, but anybody who takes this one seriously is an idiot.

fhood··on Investigators say they've finally identified the Zodiac Killer
At least the Zodiac killer is recent enough for uncovering their identity to feel sort of feasible. That said, I personally find the idea of it being Ted Cruz so amusing that I see little reason to amend my head-canon, regardless of evidence presented.
fhood··on Twitch is hacked, and its source code leaked
Hang on, is this just a repo dump or not? Because it looks like a repo dump, in which case I would be very surprised if any passwords or other personal information is included, at least at a reasonable scale.
fhood··on Asynchronous Programming in C#
Am I completely crazy in thinking that we use the terms sync and async incorrectly in software?

Synchronous: Simultaneous, at the same time.

Asynchronous: Not Synchronous

So the basic category would be something like serial vs not serial where the "not serial" part consists of two approaches, synchronous, threads or forks for instance, and asynchronous, selectors and callbacks.

Right?...RIGHT?!?! Why do we refer to blocking calls as "sync"?!?!

fhood··on gRPC for Microservices Communication
I've been seeing gRPC support in the various api-gateway solutions for a decent while now, was always interested in its use in the abstract, but having a human readable interface would be very difficult to give up, and something I personally probably wouldn't do unless I was bumping against some hard efficiency limits.
fhood··on The NSA and CIA use ad blockers
In my personal experience, you would be incorrect in that expectation.
fhood··on My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a day
People may underestimate how fast modern machines are, but that is probably in part because, at least in my fairly relevant experience, I have literally never seen a CPU bottleneck under normal circumstances. Memory pressure is nearly always the driving issue.
fhood··on I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
This is a solid observation albeit one I think most people come to eventually. For the most part once you have already dealt with the spectrum of tools, the new ones just aren't different enough to be worth killing yourself to keep up with. Know what they do, and what they are good and bad at if you are in the position to be making relevant decisions, but actually learning them just isn't that big of a deal.
fhood··on Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers
tbf it's possible he was just a crap driver. Either way, while I would never recommend it, I think it is misleading to call it "very comparable". Anecdotally I would say that cannabis impairs quick decision making, and reaction time while driving, and possibly also makes the driver more prone to distraction but I am less sure about that one. Alcohol does both of the first two things, and to a much greater extent, while also obliterating fine motor control, as well as impacting judgement and perception of speed among other things.

So in my completely anecdotal opinion, weed bad, alcohol worse were driving is concerned.

fhood··on Hardest amorphous material can scratch even diamond
See section on "compressive strength".
fhood··on I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
That is amazing. My work machine is on Big Sur and the minor glitches are pretty constant. Having bluetooth connected can cause weird issues, the dock and top bar frequently forget where they are supposed to be, and quite a few other similarly minor issues.
fhood··on I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
Amusingly, trying to debug issues with Windows is equally frustrating, but for different reasons.
fhood··on I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
I don't actually think macOS is any less buggy than windows, as someone who uses both constantly. And wsl2 is decent if shockingly hard to set up properly. But damn, having my macbook not relocate all my windows when disconnecting from a monitor is such a godsend.
fhood··on I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
I don't know if the splintering is that big a deal. For nearly everybody Ubuntu for personal use, rhel for enterprise right?

Ubuntu you just use gnome, and I've don't think I've ever actually seen redhat (or any centos) attached to a desktop environment.

fhood··on Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?
Haven't been, so I wonder how it compares with rural US, where, at least in some of the places I've been, people are quite intolerant in abstract, but almost universally friendly in person.
fhood··on Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month?
Yeah especially in a city for 1k a month, although if you pick the right type of rural crime is almost nonexistent.
fhood··on SEC charges Netflix insider trading ring
We had the refreshers as well. We theoretically had access to fairly extensive private data. Not without leaving a pretty extensive paper trail, but the access was there.
fhood··on SEC charges Netflix insider trading ring
Having recently left a fintech job for just a normal tech job I was surprised to find that 4 hours of mandatory insider trading training was not the standard.
fhood··on Can AI help design our mascot?
I am really struggling with whether or not this is satire.
fhood··on Ford Mustang Mach-E Was Norway’s Best-Seller in May – Report
Oof, GM sucks and Ford isn't really even American. Talk about a one two punch. Not that I disagree with the main point, but jeez leave us with something wouldya?
fhood··on Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take control
This may be pedantic but there are success stories for installed govts. Although Japan is the only one I can think of off the top of my head.
fhood··on Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take control
This is disingenuous. Unless I somehow completely missed something, US military support was absolutely crucial in fighting back the Taliban.
fhood··on Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take control
"For some reason", for obvious reasons, given that in the years following 9/11 there was real backlash directed at muslims. I'm not saying it's fair but it's obvious what the difference is.
fhood··on Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take control
The US couldn't do much about it from what I understand. But yeah, Pakistan's support for the Taliban was as much a factor as anything in how badly the US failed here, or at least that seems to be the opinion of many of the ranking related military personel.
fhood··on YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
We are fighting against quicksand, but virtually anything that slows transmission makes it easier to stay afloat. And letting it run its course is going to kill a lot of people, and the measures that were put in place almost certainly saved a lot of lives. I personally think that anything that might reasonably be used to slow transmission should be used, if for no other reason that to make sure that hospitals can keep up, and that vaccination rates can reach a point where new variants are a minor annoyance rather than a massive health crisis.
fhood··on YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
That study was measuring masks ability to prevent being infected with the virus, not spreading it, so not directly applicable to parent's claim
fhood··on Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote app store competition
because most pc steam competitors are 1 step removed from malware and yet I am virtually required to install them. Or take the moral high ground, but that sucks.
fhood··on DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation
Hand them off to the FBI and then what?
fhood··on DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation
1.) The Russia and China do not fall under the purview of this contract as pointed out in another comment.

2.) Since this is paid for by the Gov't it does fall under the 1st amendment and I have a heard time believing that if it was systematically abused that it would go unnoticed or unchallenged.

3.) Do you suggest that no countermeasures be taken against weaponized misinformation and recruiting? Particularly given how well demonstrated its (foreign propaganda's) efficacy is?

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