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kahnpro

572 karma · joined June 1, 2016

I'm a web developer and functional/Haskell programmer from Canada! Я учу русский язык 2.5 года.

I'm open for consulting and freelance projects, feel free to write me or visit my website: https://kahn.pro.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/kahn; my proof: https://keybase.io/kahn/sigs/euVcSQKR3ejvGEpMEEajwsdY_8594w7qwMnFQRP3j4A ]

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kahnpro··on Vancouver signs first agreement in Canada with Airbnb for short-term rentals
Come to Europe. Then go back to pretty much any North American city.
kahnpro··on OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API
Well, the entire application is built with the purpose of guiding users into this choice. It's at the point where the longer you've run the application without procreating, the stronger the manipulation becomes.

Even people running the application in Gay Mode or loading other modules using the Gender Extension APIs run into this problem.

kahnpro··on Uber enters dockless bike wars with Jump acquisition
I've seen these types of bikes around from time to time (in London), but certainly not enough to consider them a reliable form of daily transport. Whereas the station near my work, and near home, always has a healthy supply of docked Boris bikes waiting for me.

Does anyone have experience with these?

kahnpro··on China's global kidnapping campaign may now be reaching inside U.S. borders
Yes, it's very useful for motivating and mobilising people and nations to our cause. A banner to rally under. Now we have nothing besides plain old nationalism.
kahnpro··on Independent Contractors Treated as Employees in Tech (How to Prevent)?
This is a very US-centric answer. In other countries there are absolutely job security benefits to being an employee.
kahnpro··on London murder rate overtakes New York for first time ever
Is it just me or do they not actually show what the murder rate is?
kahnpro··on We need a nationalised alternative to Facebook
It's like you've just been brutally assaulted by Facebook and here you are saying, please sir, may I have another?
kahnpro··on London Metropolitan Police admits role in blacklisting construction workers
You obviously don't know the British.
kahnpro··on The Declining Value of a CS Master's Degree (2013)
I'm a software dev living in London but from Canada and while I completed most of my bachelor's degree, I never finished.

So far no one (not recruiters nor employers) has so much as even asked me about my education. But I guess I have enough experience now that it really doesn't matter.

kahnpro··on YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay for Music
Ugh this was also what got me to stop my Apple Music and then Spotify subscriptions. Songs or entire albums can disappear simply because the licencing changed.
kahnpro··on Facebook will hold emergency meeting to let employees ask questions about CA
But you consented to give your data to your friend... why is it Facebook's problem what your friend does with your data?
kahnpro··on Why Is Kitty Hawk's Flying Taxi Taking Off in New Zealand Instead of California?
Maybe he's trying to refer to automatic weapons?
kahnpro··on How Do We Define Affordable Housing?
This is going to depend a lot on which non-drivable city you choose. I thought Seattle was particularly expensive?

I lived in Montreal and paid C$675 / month for a 1 bedroom apartment 5 minutes from a metro station and another C$79 per month for monthly STM pass. Throw in a few trips outside the city with a rental car and we're still under C$10k.

kahnpro··on MI5 agents can commit crime in UK, government reveals
The individuum? Getting into /r/iamverysmart territory here...
kahnpro··on Why Don’t Patients Get Sick in Sync? Modelers Find Statistical Clues
Usually they don't capitalize the S
kahnpro··on U.S. Has Been Watching Russia's Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missiles Crash and Burn
"Rods from God"
kahnpro··on China using big data to detain people before crime is committed
Incidentally this is also a major overlooked factor in the Cold War against the USSR.

America has had 150 years of peace and stability. The Soviet Union was ravaged by a traumatizing war at home and before that a major civil war and revolution.

kahnpro··on The Evolution of the American Tank
That's great, bit is still only a secondhand account of Stalin's opinion. I heard argued a lot that by the time lend-lease really kicked in, Stalingrad was already over and the balance tipped in the Soviet Union's favour.
kahnpro··on The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)
Yeah, they are blocking most VPS providers. You'll need an obscure VPS host or a residential IP
kahnpro··on RustBelt: securing the foundations of the Rust programming language
This is a very dangerous mindset.
kahnpro··on Thunderbolt 3 Unblocker
Right but in a office environment we could be talking about drive by attacks where yes someone has physical access, but not enough time to be able to disassemble the machine and replace the keyboard without anyone noticing.
kahnpro··on What Is Going to Happen With Whois?
Not only that, there's also swatting.
kahnpro··on Urban Birds Are Evolving to Be Fed
Aaaand have you considered all the shit that might be in that cardboard?
kahnpro··on Sonic ‘Attacks’ Show Us How Susceptible Our Brains Are to Mass Hysteria
Exactly. People working overseas, under stress, start experiencing symptoms and read about these "attacks" happening. And start freaking out that maybe they're a victim too.
kahnpro··on A man accused of cheating at video games may lose his Guinness World Record
As the other commenters have pointed out, publishing knowledge is not the same as acting as an impartial referee or judge.

In the latter case, his inability to make fair decisions in life is directly relevant to his qualification for a job that involves making fair decisions affecting other people.

Unfortunately I don't think this thought experiment is very relevant.

kahnpro··on Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up
Or, in reality:

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you lose.

kahnpro··on Google Parent Alphabet and Aramco in Talks to Build Tech Hub in Saudi Arabia
And aren't Mecca and (central) Medina off-limits to non-Muslims?
kahnpro··on A man accused of cheating at video games may lose his Guinness World Record
I would argue that it does. Being a child molester shows a horrifically bad sense of judgement and a flagrant disregard for the law.
kahnpro··on Governments Worry That Cryptocurrencies Could Be the ‘Next Swiss Bank Account’
Yup. Everything old is new again.

Governments aren't facing any new problems here... while crypto can be moved faster than cash, I suspect that in the end governments may end up with even tighter control of crypto than they ever had with cash.

kahnpro··on High Sierra broke AFP searching on our server
Is it though?
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