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inshadows··on No YAML
That airport example... not sure if trolling.
inshadows··on Will Service Mesh Sidecars Get Replaced with eBPF?
What problem is being solved here? All I see are buzzwords. \o/
inshadows··on The Facebook Papers: dozens of stories based on whistleblower docs dropped
Let me guess. New breathtaking stories about refusal to censor more speech.
inshadows··on Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal
I'm interested in game theory, bargaining, bidding, and auctions. Would you be so kind and link some research worth reading? Thanks!
inshadows··on What software engineers should know about search (2017)
Lucky you. I search eshops with

  black shoes site:https://shittyeshop.com
on Google because of abysmal search on 99% of sites.
inshadows··on Steal This Comic
I set up Audible accounts, because my favourite podcasts had ads for it. Their pricing model is basically "get as much money out of you as possible". Monthly subscription payment, and when you stop, you'll lose all your audiobooks. Before I stopped supporting this usury I downloaded all the books via some scripts I found on Internets. The books are still DRM protected and I will have to use some other scripts to decrypt them. Fuck Amazon.
inshadows··on Testing a compiler that can’t even print
Agreed, but this was surprisingly painful to achieve do on my raspberry 3.
inshadows··on Btop++ is a power resource monitor for Linux
I'm sure you put a lot of work into it and it looks nice. But terminal just sucks for graphics layout.
inshadows··on Microsoft and an army of tiny telecoms are part of a plan to wire rural America
> “The first customer we turned on in the county was the county judge,” Hales recalls. “His wife called and said, ‘Rick, Netflix is running good!’ ”

Critical infrastructure indeed.

inshadows··on Excel as Code
>> Hot tip for handling office file formats or anything that uses a ZIP container: just unzip them and commit _that_ to the repo.

What is the point if that? I think neither binary nor XML output would be meaningful in the diff output.

inshadows··on Google Pixel 3 (XL) bricking out of nothing
Planned obsolescence by bricking old hardware?
inshadows··on Every engineer should do a stint in consulting
> But running your own business involves a whole bunch of other skills like sales and networking. This post is mainly focused on how consulting helps you become a better engineer, so I won’t spend much time on the independent option.

How do I do this?

inshadows··on Why Monero
Actually it is WAY easier to use paper money for crime than cryptocurrencies.
inshadows··on Ask HN: What's your approach to personal data archiving and backups?
Made script that automates this:

1. rsync to USB disk into snapshot/ (with global and per-directory filters)

2. on USB disk, borg from snapshot/ to borg/

3. rclone borg/ to multiple object storages (e.g. B2)

"USB disk" refers to LUKS-encrypted ext4 partition on USB attached rotating hard drive. I use this for my PC and some remote servers (rsync can pull over ssh).

inshadows··on Australia is shaping up to be the villain of COP26 climate talks
FYI Australian govt relation to this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmCDxmZI3I8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNIYL5x1oy0

They're great!

inshadows··on Australia is shaping up to be the villain of COP26 climate talks
I know mate. I watch promotional videos from your government's department of genuine satire: https://www.youtube.com/user/thejuicemedia
inshadows··on PrivacyTools.io is becoming Privacy Guides
FYI these links now redirect to login page:

https://write.privacytools.io/jonah/securing-services-with-t...

inshadows··on Intuit to Acquire Mailchimp for $12B
AI can refer to classifiers, perhaps neural networks, or some probabilistic algorithms. I find it hard to believe that marketing department would just label something as AI without any underlying algorithm existing[1]. So, for what kind of work does mail sending service needs classifiers/neural networks?

[1] Ignoring outright fraudulent press releases of course. This doesn't seem like a fraudulent company.

inshadows··on Intuit to Acquire Mailchimp for $12B
> Mailchimp began by offering email marketing solutions, and evolved into a global leader in customer engagement and marketing automation fueled by a powerful, cutting-edge AI-driven technology stack.

Why does mail sender (SPAM as a service?) need "AI"?

inshadows··on Minimal APIs at a glance in .NET 6
Also the word "public" is missing. Cute examples, but I guess you're supposed to set up firewall for auth.
inshadows··on Transmission torrent client ported to C++
I'm sure the thread is monitored and strike force is being dispatched as we speak.
inshadows··on Dataset of Linus Torvalds' rants ranked by hate
Yeah, nowadays everyone is special snowflake deserving respect and careful language.
inshadows··on Unpacking Observability: The Observability Stack
Fixed that for you: The capabilities described in the post do indeed offer more comprehensive TRACING/MONITORING, not just MONITORING.

Again, new monitoring solutions with fancy YAML configs do not warrant new name, more so when that new name is established concept in dynamical systems control theory.

inshadows··on I want a better shell (2019)
Better shell should support pointer devices/events. It's shame that you can't move cursor by mouse in Unix shell. There are some hacks in Zsh but I haven't yet found enough courage to explore it. This is one thing that Command Prompt and PowerShell in Windows can do. :)
inshadows··on Libreboot: Freedom-Respecting Boot Firmware
Are there any x86 CPUs out there that are NOT vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre at this time? AFAIK not, and we're all paying performance hit[1], have lower resolution timers in JS runtime, and such.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22830330

inshadows··on A cross-platform GUI for YouTube-dl
> package.json

Ctrl-W, bye

inshadows··on Unpacking Observability: The Observability Stack
Observability is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observability

This is monitoring. More comprehensive monitoring does not warrant new fancy name. Except if you want to confuse people. Or feel good for doing something "revolutionary". (You are not. You are doing monitoring.)

inshadows··on Intel’s Turnaround and the Future of Chipmaking
Are you absolutely sure that you and Bill Gates live under the same economic system? Because I suspect that you describe some other economic system than capitalism.
inshadows··on Intel’s Turnaround and the Future of Chipmaking
> This is one reason why we should never reward people with these ridiculous levels of wealth in the first place.

Who are we and why do "we" do that?

inshadows··on Linux 5.15 Adds New Syscall to More Quickly Free Memory of Dying Processes
There are more details in https://lwn.net/Articles/864184/. I already forgot why it's necessary, but I know the article explains it.
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