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If each post is encrypted and signed by the author, and Sig chains are verified by servers when recieving updates that each link in the chain is an approved follower, then while posts could be more widely reshared by recipients, they wouldn't show up as from the original author, because the sharer and the Sig wouldn't match.
Seems to me this would be equivalent to using a centralised system like Facebook, where anyone with access to your posts can just copy paste to re share them.
So the existence of that header actually makes tracking worse on the web
Does anyone know if it's possible yet?
I'm also a fan of having the address bar at the bottom for easier reach, though I admit it's a niche thing that sounds like a gimmick.
Then they multiplied the offer salary by 2.5X.
This dishonesty left me with such a bad taste in my mouth I no longer wanted to work for them and declined.
I've personally found honesty to be the most effective way to negotiate. Identify what you want, and what they want, then you've got nothing to hide and can have a grown up conversation to see if you can find a mutually beneficial agreement.
I often use Cmd-tab to switch between apps on the mac, and I noticed that this search pane shows up in the tab switcher, which can get in the way a bit.
* In vscode, cmd-tab to chrome
* cmd-E to search for something
* cmd-E to close the search (goes back to chrome)
* cmd-tab to go back to vscode (but this goes to browserparrot)
Alfred, a similar search app doesn't do this, and I quite like that behaviour. I found out how to change this, as a user, here, but it would be nice if it was done by default: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/92004/is-there-a-w...
Genuine question, are you sure about that? Assuming the stock is valued correctly, its value is equivalent to its future earnings, adjusted for time and uncertainty. Others who sell might bring the price down, but the real worth of the asset hasn't fundamentally changed, has it?
Contrast that with crypto, where the real value isn't grounded in anything except for supply/demand and it is worth only what others will pay.
I wonder if it will have any noticeable effect on Wikipedia though. By linking all of the conspiracy theorists to it, they might find that the articles get more contraversial editing going on.
His original plan was to donate 99% of his wealth to philanthropy. The problem was that would involve selling the majority of his fb shares, and he would no longer have control of the company. To solve this he would split the stock into voting and non voting rights which would allow him to sell the non voting ones and maintain control.
Now the claim is that the stock has increased so much this is no longer necessary. If I understand this correctly, that would mean that the excess shares he has over 50%, comprise 99% of his wealth, which can't be true because that excess is strictly less than 50%.
Or perhaps he's just conceded that he will actually give away control, it will just take 20 years to do so.
Now both whatsapp and Facebook have this, but surely they have the encryption keys too, or how else would they seamlessly fetch your messages and decrypt them when you get a new phone?
If they do, then what's the point?
But I say this from the perspective of the less oppressed gender. I think if I were on the other side, perhaps I would be disheartened by little things like this.
I think we all know when you stop to think about it, that when you're frustrated, or seemingly on the "losing" side it is much easier to become angered and increasingly frustrated by even mostly insignificant actions of those on the "winning" side. With that in mind, I find it's best to try to be extra compassionate when you find yourself on the fortunate side of chance.
Sorry to detour from technical discussion, and I see the title is now changed. Great blog post! Nice no nonsense expansion.
I for one have a lot of respect for this satoshi, and if they ever reveal themselves I would like to find out more about them, purely because they sound quite interesting.
Earlier this week Craig wright came out with a wild claim with "proof" that actually worked against his favour if anything. Most people see this as a selfish act to try to claim fame and respect, while having the audacity to claim that he doesn't want that. This naturally puts him in a very dislikeable position, and I imagine many people wanted to see how he would attempt to worm his way out of this mess he has got himself in, knowing full well he couldn't produce the goods.
You're right that it "doesn't matter" but then at some level perhaps nothing does... It all comes down to subjective interest at the end of the day.
I presume it encrypts on the client side, but whats to stop a man in the middle swapping the javascript so it sends the attacker your files?
In response to the questions:
1. For me, this depends on the subject matter. When its a new language I'm learning, there's no alternative to writing code. Languages can be very deep, and there is often a large amount of new content for your mind to overcome. Thus there are many places you can trip up when you wouldn't have anticipated it in your head. In these cases, I write code inline with reading about it.
When its about design, or a more high level subject, for example about testability, I don't usually write much code; the lessons learnt are more abstract. The code tends to require more work in these cases too, and I'm lazy. Having said that, my day job is software engineering, and combined with my side-projects there are plenty of opportunities to try out the new concepts I learn about in such resources - usually within the order of a week. This step is, in my opinion, vital. I believe you must put the concepts into practice at some point in order to truly feel comfortable with them, and the sooner the better while they are fresh in your mind.
2. I'm a first principles guy, so don't like building up knowledge on unknown foundations. I re-read until I understand it, and then advance. This of course assumes that the structure of the resource has been carefully considered, with few forward references. When the author declares that something specific will be explained in chapter X, I'm happy to take their word for it, but in the absence of such statements it makes for uncertainty. Thankfully, in my experience most authors I have read do take the time to add such assurances, so its possible to read in a continuous manner from start to finish.
3. In the past I have skipped the majority of these exercises. In this case psychology seems to be against us - we underestimate the unknown unknowns, so tasks seem simpler than they really are. For this reason I am actively trying to do the exercises properly these days. I tend to do the simple ones in my head, and the more complex ones in real code. The way I distinguish between simple and complex is "Can I write out the exact syntax of the solution in my head start to finish?".
First URL I typed in was news.ycombinator.com, which wasn't valid until I added the http://. I don't think most users would know to do that. Could you default to https / http when it isn't specified?
Is he really so naiive to think he can stop people from using secure encryption on the internet?
The unverified adoption of any job title of any company is still a pretty serious issue though.