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lstroud··on Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS
Is it really that surprising that in a world where we are redefining the meaning of user, that our user based file system security controls will have to change?
lstroud··on 60% Fable cost cut by converting code to images and having the model OCR it
Are we really re-discovering that compressed binary formats are more efficient data representations?
lstroud··on The Causes of Long Covid
MCAS is pretty well defined and is associated with it.
lstroud··on Logging sucks
Sounds like he’s just asking for an old school Inman style transaction log.
lstroud··on XMLUI
My recollection of XUL was that it was great when it worked, but horrific to debug.

It wasn’t also easy to make a living fixing bad VB apps (or going back to Delphi).

I’m not saying that components are a bad idea, but the 90s implementations didn’t quite realize the dream.

lstroud··on Async I/O on Linux in databases
About 10ish years ago, I ended up finding a deadlock in the Linux raid driver when turning on Oracle’s async writes with raid10 on lvm on AWS. I traced it to the ring buffers the author mentioned, but ended up having to remove lvm (since it wasn’t that necessary on this infrastructure) to get the throughput I needed.
lstroud··on Ask HN: Any active COBOL devs here? What are you working on?
It would be kinda cool if you’d create a CICS Hacker News UI. ;)
lstroud··on 'It's all gone': CAR-T therapy forces autoimmune diseases into remission
myasthenia gravis patients already get chemo therapy to destroy their immune cells as part of the infusion protocols. That is a treatment and is not curative. If CAR-T works on MG, then it’s not the chemo that’s doing it.
lstroud··on Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks
Glad you mentioned ext.js. It was one of the early frameworks that tried to create a complete, all js, gui component model.
lstroud··on Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks
Nobody talking about the DHTML days when we were all writing our own “JavaScript” components?
lstroud··on On iPhone sideloading: it’s ok, I’m changing my mind
You can already side load.

You can load adhoc distribution apps through itunes onto your phone. Or, you can download Xcode build and run apps onto your phone. You just can’t distribute the app in binary form to a large group.

Seems like this is about alternate app stores, not side loading.

lstroud··on The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever
Will all government agencies be required to comply? I would think that would be an issue.
lstroud··on WebAssembly: The New Kubernetes?
Sounds a lot more like WebAssembly is the new JavaVM. WORA, security, portability, edge, etc.
lstroud··on Buried in Infrastructure Bill Is a Mandatory Backdoor Kill Switch for Your Car
Can they at least add a liability provision allowing disaffected drivers to sue for malfunction? Maybe that would balance the scales.
lstroud··on Ask HN: Why are relational DBs are the standard instead of graph-based DBs?
Because until relatively recently, storage was the most expensive architectural component and relational databases optimized for storage.
lstroud··on JWT Tokens are NOT safe
JWT is fine when used within an auth protocol like OIDC. It’s like claiming certificates are unsafe because I send the public and private keys.
lstroud··on Ex-Netflix VP found guilty of awarding tech contracts in exchange for bribes
I’m not sure he was a c-suite executive. So, likely no fiduciary responsibility.
lstroud··on AWS CloudShell
AWS has always made the expert “UI” first priority by providing APIs and tooling. The on boarding experience for those who hadn’t transitioned to devops yet seem to be a much lower priority for AWS. I find the opposite to be true for Azure and GCE.
lstroud··on America's True Unemployment Rate
It’s ironic how folks waffle back and forth on the value of underemployment as political seasons change.
lstroud··on The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled
I really like Chalice for serverless Python projects.
lstroud··on Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
LOL. We don’t need 30%. We’ll pay for it through taxes instead.
lstroud··on Looking at the experience of black Britons through an American lens
The cultures here mix too. It’s a preoccupation of a loud minority.
lstroud··on Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
Can’t Epic build their own phone? Are their barriers to entry that Apple has put in place to prevent them from building and selling a phone?
lstroud··on AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation
So, Ender’s Game?
lstroud··on Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech
What you are suggesting isn’t a reboot or a reinstall, but a rewrite.
lstroud··on Microsoft now credits maker of AppGet but offers no apology
Embrace, extend, extinguish?
lstroud··on It bid high and lost. Should Amazon be allowed a do-over on JEDI?
That said, from a citizens standpoint, if the government is going to only pick one, I can’t imagine it not being AWS. The difference in capability and capacity isn’t within an order of magnitude.
lstroud··on "Amazon Is a Breeding Ground for Coronavirus"
Just a minor quibble, but viruses don't breed.
lstroud··on 99% of those who died from virus had other illness, Italy says
You don’t think a country where people wear masks to cope with the smog might have existing respiratory comorbidities?
lstroud··on U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
You realize mild means “didn’t require hospitalization”, right? Many “mild” cases are taking weeks to recover.
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