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rational_indian··on Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says
What if they do?
rational_indian··on HP Instant Ink is “ink as a service”
I think brlaser and brscan are the modern replacements.
rational_indian··on Telecom auctions have failed India
shadow company. Benami = nameless = anonymous.
rational_indian··on Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time
Will it need to carry an onboard rocket motor to counter the solar wind pressure?
rational_indian··on The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of the Linux Kernel
Are you saying C compilers are O(n)?
rational_indian··on Why Life Can’t Be Simpler
> Removing functionality doesn’t make something simpler, because it removes options. Simple tools have a limited ability to simplify processes. Trying to do something complex with a simple tool is more complex than doing the same thing with a more complex tool.

I agree with the quote but I am not able to reconcile it with the following observations...

1. The Unix philosophy insists on making simple tools which focus on doing just one thing and only one thing. Edit: Come to think of it, simple tools can simplify a complex process if you can compose them into a complex tool to do the job.

2. I think this also runs counter to Apple's understanding of simple too (one button mouse anyone?).

rational_indian··on Nuclear industry bribed politicians to kill app electric utility customers love
Very interesting! What is the conviction rate of corrupt politicians in the US?

Edit: Also I don't follow why the nuclear industry would be opposed to the app.

rational_indian··on A Short Story for Engineers
Where does it say it's not?
rational_indian··on A Short Story for Engineers
Apocryphal?
rational_indian··on Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians
Don't be too hard on yourself! I am Indian and from what I can tell the proverbial glass ceiling has been lifted for brown people like me in the US. And I think the same can be said for people of other ethnicities as well. So credit where credit is due. IMHO the US is a meritocratic workplace.
rational_indian··on The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers
Lol!
rational_indian··on C will never stop you from making mistakes
>I've been able to compile and run C and C++ code from 20 years ago a truly amazing number of times. It's really surprising at how easy it is to work with well written code even if it's decades old.

Not if you have used any third party libraries. Dependency management is a nightmare in these languages.

rational_indian··on Compiler numbers, and why they don't matter
> 15e2

This looks like 15 x 10^2 to me. I think all caps hex may be able to avoid such problems.

rational_indian··on Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
They have not crossed the "threshold of winning". RTFA, please!
rational_indian··on Montreal is taxing churches (2017)
> Yes, historically, Christianity's theological contribution was the idea of a god that cares equally for everyone.

Only if you believe in him! The "caring" is not unconditional.

rational_indian··on Montreal is taxing churches (2017)
I feel these things should exist without God. That is, they can be helpful to non-believers too. But I am having a hard time creating secular versions of these.

I think the root of the problem lies in the fact that God here is an abstract entity with whom the believer communicates but no such abstract entity exists for non-believers (duh!).

May be some form of general artificial intelligence can fulfil this role in the future?

Real people can fulfil this role too but they are probably not abstract enough. edit: And hence not "powerful" enough (to forgive, to protect etc.).

Just spit-balling here. Also not trying to offend anyone here.

rational_indian··on Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1B in India, sources say
> Also India is just about as democratic as Putins Russia.

Lol! A case of sour grapes?

rational_indian··on Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX Spotted
> VERY limited memory and no virtual memory

This is incorrect.

rational_indian··on “Huh” exists in all human languages, according to research (2019)
Haan?
rational_indian··on Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available?
What architectural level capabilities?
rational_indian··on Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available?
>Rust found a ready audience in people intimidated by C++, frustrated with the limitations of C, Java, and Go, and ready to try something wholly new.

What about people not intimidated by C++ and want to switch to Rust anyway? Why have you discounted them? Do such people exist in your world view? Do you think there might be a good reason for those people to choose Rust?

rational_indian··on Floating Point Visually Explained (2017)
The leading 1. prefix can be omitted from the binary representation thus saving a bit in the process.
rational_indian··on Best CPUs for Workstations
I have a Ryzen 2700X. Is Ryzen 9 3900X going to be a good upgrade for me?
rational_indian··on Time is the only real currency we have
I don't think this is a sound argument. How does it demonstrate attention being not equivalent to time? At best it shows the professor's attention / time / money can be wasted by dull students. Was this ever under dispute?
rational_indian··on Gigatron TTL-Based kit computer
Please tag this with [2018]. Many may have seen this already and might be wondering if there's something new this time.
rational_indian··on GuiLite: Small, cute GUI effects you can reuse
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rational_indian··on Cockpit voice recorder of Lion Air jet depicts pilots' frantic search for fix
Why not? I thought this is precisely what gyroscopes did.
rational_indian··on Cockpit voice recorder of Lion Air jet depicts pilots' frantic search for fix
Can't the IMU sense if you are generating lift (or not)?
rational_indian··on Jack Dorsey gives 1% Twitter stock to employee equity pool
>Note: I don't truly understand how to use Twitter...

Does anyone?

rational_indian··on Create Your Own CPU on an FPGA
This is not written in Verilog/VHDL. I doubt they will be able to pass this off as their own work.
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