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masmullin··on Ask HN: Scolded on a job interview for not namespacing
I believe that the 'using namespace <xxx>;' is discouraged now-a-days.

I believe the more preferred way is to be explicit by 'using std::cout;' for each and every function you want to "shorten/cleanup"

masmullin··on The world split into 7 equal areas of population
Are Russia + South Pacific + Africa all lumped together, or is my colourblindness acting up on me again?
masmullin··on Power9 Benchmarks vs. Intel Xeon vs. AMD EPYC Performance on Debian Linux
Does the article give full system prices? Perhaps in my rush to the graphs I missed them.

I'm interested to know the price:performance comparison of the systems (wrt kernel compilation time)

masmullin··on A spreadsheet of lightweight Linux laptops for hackers
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masmullin··on What’s So Dangerous About Jordan Peterson?
I've only met one transgender person. She was basically a dude wearing lipstick and high heeled boots. She was really nice, and I wanted to use her preferred pronouns, but it's really difficult to do so.

> I take issue with being held to a standard of somehow needing to "know" that ahead of time, and respect it, with no effort on the part of the woman in question.

I'd like to postulate that it's not just ahead of time. It's really hard to change your usage of he to she or him to her, when you are visually presented with a man. The brain doesn't easily change, so don't get mad when it doesn't change as fast as you want.

masmullin··on Bitcoin Miners on Track to Use More Electricity Than All of Argentina
Do you have to mine for proof of stake, or is simply owning the underlying asset enough to "generate interest on the investment?"
masmullin··on Bitcoin Miners on Track to Use More Electricity Than All of Argentina
> it does it proportionally to the amount of currency you have saved.

Doesn't this have an inherent disincentive to new people joining and using the network? Sorta like the poor stay poor, the rich get rich?

masmullin··on Bitcoin Miners on Track to Use More Electricity Than All of Argentina
I have a hard time understanding proof of stake. I haven't found any discussions that make sense to me.

Do you have any good easy to understand descriptions of proof of stake you could recommend to a layman like me?

masmullin··on DOJ: Strong encryption that we don’t have access to is “unreasonable”
It provides context to https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sametmax 's confusion.
masmullin··on DOJ: Strong encryption that we don’t have access to is “unreasonable”
Members of congress aren't pro "defend yourself with guns," they are pro "get votes of people who are pro defend yourself with guns."
masmullin··on Ask HN: Is coding like speaking another language?
> if you can't say "I love you", it is not a language to me.

void declareEmotion( bool isInLoveWith ) { if( isInLoveWith ) { printf("I love you\n"); else printf("I'm sorry, this isn't working out...\n"); } }

masmullin··on Ask HN: What does your diet look like?
Avocado for Breakfast

Large Kale Salad for Lunch

Medium Kale Salad + meat for dinner

High Fiber small tortilla (8net carb) + peanut butter for desert.

Coffee liberally spread out over the morning to mid-afternoon (cream+splenda)

I take diabetes medication (Janumet XR- Slow release Metformin based medication).

I consume approx 40 net carbohydrates a day, and 2000 total calories a day. My fitbit says I get 500-700 calories of exercise a day.

I've lowered my HbA1C from 9.3 in december to 5.0 in March. I've lost 37lbs since december.

masmullin··on How to build your own VPN if you're wary of commercial options
> AWS instance is easily traced back to you.

Define "easily" as used in this context. Easy is a product of whom your enemy is.

Is your enemy your ISP? If that's the case, I don't think it's "easy" for them; they would have to pay Digital Ocean or Amazon to get your data, and probably isn't really that valuable to them.

Is your enemy the MPAA? If that's the case, I still don't think it's particularly "easy" for them. Unless you are a MAJOR pirate distributor, the extra effort(money) to track you down isn't worth it.

Is your enemy the NSA or the FBI? If that's the case, then yes, it's trivially easy for them to Subpoena digital ocean or amazon to get your data, but similarly they can use techniques on PIA to get your data too.

In the end, it comes down to whom you trust with your data. And whether you want a managed VPN service, or are willing to put up with the inherent problems of maintaining your own system. will PIA sell your surfing habits to advertisers, will DO sell your surfing habits to advertisers? Who gives faster speeds?

masmullin··on 2016 will be one second longer
LOL

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,[Insert Shell Code]

/root/ #:

masmullin··on 2016 will be one second longer
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, Happy New YEAR!!!
masmullin··on CoreOS Linux Is Now Container Linux by CoreOS
CoreOS is fairly popular isn't it?
masmullin··on CoreOS Linux Is Now Container Linux by CoreOS
However, the inverse is probably what CoreOS is going for.

Now, whenever you google "linux container" you'll get "container linux by coreOS" as one of the top hits (currently, for myself, googling "linux container" doesn't have coreOS on the first page).

masmullin··on Release for CentOS Linux 7 (1611) on x86_64 derived from RHEL 7.3
One does not preclude the other, your abacus could still be broken.
masmullin··on University of Waterloo created a goose-tracking map, because geese are bullies
> I have not encountered more civilized and well-mannered birds than Canadian geese.

What Waaaaattt???

Canada geese are extremely vicious creatures, especially when one goes anywhere near their young.

Your experience with Canada Geese is 180deg opposite from the experience I and everyone I have ever known has had with them.

masmullin··on Britain passed the “most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy”
That argument isn't good enough, unfortunately. As many people will respond with "well, yeah, I don't have anything important to say."
masmullin··on Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation
> Last week Buzzfeed reported on an entire cottage industry of web users in Macedonia generating fake news stories related to Trump vs Clinton in order to inject them into Facebook’s Newsfeed as a way to drive viral views and generate ad revenue from lucrative US eyeballs.

Does anyone else find this incredibly ironic? Buzzfeed ratting out others doing clickbait?

masmullin··on 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
No kidding eh? The Bolt seems to be relatively comparable to the Sonic in size, which can be had for $16k.

I don't think buyers are going to save 22k in gasoline over the course of the life of the car.

masmullin··on Mr Robot S02E01 easter egg
> Why not a character like Mike from "Suits"?

Suits already has a character like Mike from Suits. The characters name is, surprisingly, named Mike.

If Elliot were to be like Mike from Suits, Mr Robot would need to change the name of the show to Suits.

masmullin··on Silent Circle is in the midst of a troubled period
Who provides the baseband for the Blackphone?

EDIT: To answer my own question. Qualcomm

masmullin··on “But he does good work.”
> we risk creating an environment where everyone has to live in fear of false scandals.

I think this is an interesting concept and needs to be brought more to light.

masmullin··on “But he does good work.”
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masmullin··on Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or on prepaid cards
Johnny: OK Billy, lets play Cops and Robbers

Billy: SURE! I get to be the Cop and the Robber, you play the innocent citizen and I'll take all your money after pulling you over for speeding!

Johnny & Billy simultaneously: YAAAYYYYYYYYY

masmullin··on Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or on prepaid cards
If citizens united proved that money is speech, does civil forfeiture not impede on the first amendment?
masmullin··on Jacob Appelbaum Leaves the Tor Project
More likely this story.

https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/638735997396774912

masmullin··on Jacob Appelbaum Leaves the Tor Project
He's pursuing a PH.d.

Think this is simply him dedicating more of his time to schooling.

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