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mgamache

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mgamache··on Luna Cryptocurrency Collapse: How UST Broke
That model is based in Keynesian Economics. It's just not reality in many situations.
mgamache··on Ethereum Has Issues
It is the nature of nature to move resources from the many to the few.
mgamache··on Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets that have been deleted
You are using content from twitter on your page and then using a script from twitter to format the content, right? You've seeded control on how it's displayed. They changed their mind on how to format the content. You are responsible for your page no one else.
mgamache··on Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets that have been deleted
"Twitter has broken every rule of being a good distributor of third-party code." Yes, and you've broken every rule of common sense by thinking that their goals are your goals and they have any interest in being a 'good' anything besides profitable. You are embedding code from a a money making bot. To expect them to host deleted tweets forever as some public record is absurd.
mgamache··on Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
Most high-quality speakers left the platform in 2021. The app has mostly degenerated into cliques. Rewarding the most click-bait titles, revenge rooms and acerbic personalities. There was no plan on sustaining growth or quality and it shows. I think by Feb 2022 the traffic was down 50% from it's 2021 height.
mgamache··on The takeover of America's legal system
The future is here. It's just not distributed unevenly. Claiming that this is not common is not a valid argument in 2022. It will be common soon enough based on the trajectory of the last few years.
mgamache··on World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov
If I were Putin (a sociopath with no regard for my own safety), I would drop a low yield bomb on Eastern Ukraine. Then ask the rest of the world to roll over give me whatever I ask for. Or Else you'll be next.
mgamache··on World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov
MAD assumes rational actors. As soon as you introduce crazy people (AKA Putin) that no longer functions. Even if Putin is rational it's plausible that he is not, so he is an asymmetrical threat.
mgamache··on World War III has already started – Gary Kasparov
A smart man who has despised Putin for years is leveraging this crisis to push the west into full scale war. There are many people dying as a result of an unjust war, but I have yet to see evidence of "industrial scale genocide". Putin is an unstable man with enough nukes to render the planet uninhabitable. This is not WWIII yet. It sucks, but thousands of deaths is probably not worth risking the future of billions of humans.
mgamache··on Thoughts on Flash (2010)
I am still waiting for HTML to catch up to Flash. The IDEs suck, but really the capabilities are still not there.
mgamache··on Thoughts on Flash (2010)
Job's ridiculing "closed and proprietary" products is the height of hypocrisy.
mgamache··on Can an AI be properly considered an inventor?
According to IP law in the US, the current answer is a definite no.
mgamache··on Fauci says US is exiting ‘full blown pandemic phase’
I wonder what the US would have done if not for other governments opening up? Now we have to worry about the millions of masks floating in the oceans.
mgamache··on Trudeau tries to bring back online censorship bill
Is there any compelling reason to limit free speech on social media by the government? There are already laws covering speech limits. Speech limits are myopic in nature, they solve a short term problem by muzzling specific people/views. But, they usually create longer term negative effects that are more difficult to see in the moment.
mgamache··on Online archives where scientists post research spark information revolution
The photo caption is a good example of misinformation. There is no evidence that anyone was harmed by taking prescribed (human) ivermectin:

"A debunked ivermectin study was later retracted from a server, but the damage was difficult to contain: It had been viewed more than 150,000 times and covered widely by the news media not to mention contributed to a host of serious side effects among those who ingested ivermectin with no proven benefit against covid-19. (Mike Stewart/AP)"

mgamache··on Myocarditis Cases Reported After mRNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccination
Right, it sucks, but EMR systems are private and not accessible for research by public entities.
mgamache··on Myocarditis Cases Reported After mRNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccination
It's also true that VAERS may be underreporting cases.
mgamache··on ‘Trading is gambling, no doubt about it’ cryptocurrency dealing fuels addiction
This assumes that you have the option of not gambling. However, you are forced to use the roulette table by fiat currencies. How much will USD be worth in 5 years? Who knows. It's less risky than other options, but a sure loser in net worth with inflation. The only way to not lose is to adopt some type of more risky position (AKA gambling).
mgamache··on Mark Zuckerberg adds 110 acres to controversial 1,500-acre Hawaii estate
Communism is cyanide gas. Just kill large parts of the population that don't comply or use them as subjects in ideological experiments that fail and kill millions.
mgamache··on Fundamental physical theory is being replaced with a pseudo-science
Eventually it will sort out yes. There's a cost to beating a dead horse in time and resources. We've been stuck for 40 years:

Physicists today can happily make career by writing papers about things no one has ever observed, and never will observe. This continues to go on because there is nothing and no one that can stop it.

https://iai.tv/articles/why-physics-has-made-no-progress-in-...

mgamache··on Fundamental physical theory is being replaced with a pseudo-science
It feels like string theory will be a cautionary tail of being too myopic on a single promising thread of inquiry. We've probably wasted 20+ years after we should have jumped tracks (or at least stared changing course). Religions of belief tend to pop up around attractive academic ideas that can't be falsified but also have great explanatory power.
mgamache··on Woe be unto you for using a WebSocket
Right, with .net core 6 the runtime wasm is much smaller. SignalR can be scaled if you need to, but for most sites 3000 concurrent users is plenty.
mgamache··on Princeton researcher apologizes for GDPR/CCPA email study
Here it is:

Email To Whom It May Concern:

My name is XXXX XXXXXXX, and I am a resident of Roanoke, Virginia. I have a few questions about your process for responding to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data access requests:

1. Would you process a GDPR data access request from me even though I am not a resident of the European Union?

2. Do you process GDPR data access requests via email, a website, or telephone? If via a website, what is the URL I should go to?

3. What personal information do I have to submit for you to verify and process a GDPR data access request?

4. What information do you provide in response to a GDPR data access request? To be clear, I am not submitting a data access request at this time. My questions are about your process for when I do submit a request.

Thank you in advance for your answers to these questions. If there is a better contact for processing GDPR requests regarding allisonelearn.com, I kindly ask that you forward my request to them.

I look forward to your reply without undue delay and at most within one month of this email, as required by Article 12 of GDPR.

Sincerely, XXXX XXXXXX

mgamache··on Woe be unto you for using a WebSocket
Using Blazor (.net). It's been mostly a good experience. Fast UI updates, good programming model.
mgamache··on Princeton researcher apologizes for GDPR/CCPA email study
I received one of these emails (I think). I can post it if people think it's informative (I didn't respond as it felt sus).
mgamache··on President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment
Really?

Its programs are among the top in the nation.

https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/FactsFigures/Ran....

mgamache··on Ask HN: Favorite Thing Built to Last?
PRS is a modern version. The string angles and neck are not from the 1950s. Les Pauls are made for wound G strings, those haven't been in regular use in 50 years. Watch this from Get Back... This happens when you play in a band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FMxlRNrEVo

mgamache··on Ask HN: Favorite Thing Built to Last?
Mostly good, but Jesús that neck is just waiting to be broken. A Strat is much more robust design.
mgamache··on The biggest crypto lending company is a ponzi scheme
I don't really get all the "crypto is a Ponzi scheme" responses. This is about one company probably being shady with their books and claims. It's like saying Bernie Madoff built a Ponzi so USD is a Ponzi. Maybe crypto is a Ponzi, but this article is no evidence at all besides a hot market that provides the chum for sharks. It's very reminiscent of the housing bubble and the insane claims and over leverage (which is what they are probably doing in part).
mgamache··on Ask HN: Why did previous AR-glasses companies fail?
There are many medical applications. One is remote care and surgical follow-up. In many places getting access to a specialist is difficult (esp for Pediatric and Derm). A nurse would wear Glass and act as a proxy for the remote specialist doc or allow for follow up post-surgery. This is a big deal for remote communities that have poor health outcomes because of lack of access. In the US there's no incentive to reduce cost or provide better care (really) so it's a hard sell.

Remote support is really targeted at operations that have a high cost when it's not working (like manufacturing) and have a high degree of sophistication. A lot of times someone might need to drives hours or get on a plane from some other location to address the issue.

There were issues with all the products, but for my money Glass or Realwear was the best solution. Glass if it needs to be easy and Realwear if it needs to be robust. I can be more specific if you like.

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