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msane··on Stoicism: Indifference is a power
This is a perspective which is easier to pull off in the first world.
msane··on Warning: 2016 MacBook Pro is not compatible with Linux
Sorry but who runs linux on a Mac?
msane··on The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election
Great move by NYT. Smart and generous.
msane··on Samsung Recalls 2.8M Top-Load Washing Machines
Is Samsung in the middle of an industrial sabatage capaign?
msane··on BART janitor grossed $270K in pay and benefits last year
Well the CEO isn't being paid with public funds, first of all.
msane··on Realistic alternatives to Apple computers
I've held most of these in my hands and typed in apps. They are not even from the same universe as the Macbook 12".

Razor? Dell? Not even close when they are in the hand.

msane··on Realistic alternatives to Apple computers
I looked at PC laptops recently for a linux project machine. You're going to be very disappointed in the build quality if you're coming from Apple. They are just-OK, and every little detail is worse.
msane··on GIF Site Giphy Is Valued at $600M
Sounds like "acquihire in 2 years for $25M"
msane··on Apple says no fun allowed on the Touch Bar
This thing looks terrible.

How did

"Let's add TouchID to the MacBook!"

become

"Let's get rid of escape, power, function keys, volume, brightness, media controls ... and replace it with a second tiny screen!"

?

msane··on George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’
/ or yeah a bit from Silicon Valley, got it.
msane··on George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’
I don't know if it was ever intended as a consumer facing name, but even without the "coma" puns, it's too wonky for customers, do you think?

Besides, isn't one comma 99k worth of room? It's marketing lingo aimed at the hubris of venture capitalists.

msane··on George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’
I can imagine overhearing the mass market consumers: "Oh, the name is inspired from classification language ... "
msane··on George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’
I'm just amazed at what a bad name that is. "Comma One"... Did they never think that it would be called the The Coma One after even the slightest inevitable incident? Or that a segment of people will be innocently misspelling it as "Coma" everywhere? and how quickly it could catch on?

It's so obvious it seems almost Freudian ...

msane··on IPFS is the Distributed Web
If you want to tamper with content on the web, the idea that content is fingerprinted in IPFS is a huge deal.

IPNS (the name service) then becomes the vulnerability, but that is also distributed.

msane··on Internet Attack Spreads, Disrupting Major Websites
Well that is potentially huge.
msane··on Internet Attack Spreads, Disrupting Major Websites
> The energy spent for TCP/IP stack usage is negligible at best.

Not true, especially en masse. Even less true for wirelessly connected devices.

msane··on Internet Attack Spreads, Disrupting Major Websites
Hopefully it's not related threats about hacking during the election.

Remember that recently Biden openly threatened cyber attack on Russia if they make any attempt to tamper with the election. Which is completely unprecedented, as is the notion that DOD is openly saying Russia was behind DNC and other attacks.

msane··on Who Should a Startup Hire First?
A clear recipe for hiring B's under a clickbait title.

I'd fire that guy first.

msane··on How the Web Became Unreadable
Contrast doesn't bother me. It's the countless popups, and repositioning the content multiple times after loading.
msane··on How to Destroy the Myth of the Proper Solution
On a related note, I think people should tone it down on calling their pet processes a "best practice".
msane··on Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that helps battle impulsive procrastination
This is nice. Better than /etc/hosts which I've used for this for a long time. Switching over to this.
msane··on Why Samsung Abandoned Its Galaxy Note 7 Flagship Phone
Attacks on the ICs are probably possible if corners are being cut. Purely speculation but if this was the case I would be glad it was called out so fast.
msane··on Why Samsung Abandoned Its Galaxy Note 7 Flagship Phone
If it's ultimately code that prevents the battery from overheating, in some architectures, what's to prevent a Stuxnet for batteries?
msane··on Pentagon Confronts a New Threat from ISIS: Exploding Drones
did you think it was real?
msane··on Pentagon Confronts a New Threat from ISIS: Exploding Drones
no idea, but balanced charges I imagine
msane··on Pentagon Confronts a New Threat from ISIS: Exploding Drones
I can't say I'm surprised I'm only shocked they didn't really prepare for the eventuality.

One of the countermeasures we can expect is "persistent aerial surveillance" (airship based eye-in-the-sky platforms), which are semi-secret platforms being used in battlefields by the US currently. I wonder how rapidly one of these systems can detect an unknown drone in the air.

Amazed you believed the FPSRussia video.

msane··on Does Angular 2 live up to the hype?
Performance is great.

Module loading is easy.

Template expressions are powerful.

Typescript is actually pretty cool. You don't use it very much at first and aren't required to.

It saves a lot of time to use something that just works. I spend much less time wading through blog posts and fringe git repos to do simple stuff.

msane··on Show HN: I invented a caffeinated toothpaste
Ethics?
msane··on Show HN: I invented a caffeinated toothpaste
Are you advocating for less testing on toothpaste or more testing on cosmetics...
msane··on Show HN: I invented a caffeinated toothpaste
Yay marketing! I feel inspired to remove expensive healthy ingredients from other products.
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