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mpitt

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About mpitt

Holistic computer whisperer

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/mpitt; my proof: https://keybase.io/mpitt/sigs/YGZ2qMTKrnZ9yUGifUn_J3yQW4uGG9AF1VNRGb3G60w ]

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    "Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul" by Giulio Tononi Having just finished "On the move", Oliver Sacks' autobiography.

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    Huh, could be that the doc is outdated then. Thanks for the info, maybe I'll give it a try after all!

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    Interesting, from the doc[1]: "Because of various issues Invidious must be restarted often, at least once a day, ideally every hour." [1] https://docs.invidious.io/installation/#po…

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    Same idea: 0 calories does not mean 0 calories https://youtu.be/EN6COaYLS_A

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    Big "one study says" energy in most of the points here. I also think it would be more honest to write the percentage of people who chose neither of the chocolates in the same size …

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    That sounds great in theory, but what happens if your dev/ops ratio is something like 15/1? How do you put an ops person in every team? I think it's the right answer but it seems i…

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    Amazon.com uses Fastly https://www.streamingmediablog.com/2020/05/fastly-amazon-hom...

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    One of the newest kids in the block is Loki (by Grafana) [1] We're starting to explore it in production and it's looking very promising. Much, much simpler (especially to integrate…

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    Consent is one of the legal bases for processing personally identifiable information[1]. There are five more, among which "legitimate interest" can cover a variety of cases. [1] ht…

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    Comment #22407648

    jgc is not a "random" Cloudflare person ;)

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    Comment #13352132

    > wget ... --no-check-certificate Why? Oh why?

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    Comment #13025416

    This video from 31c3 explains some reasone why it's not that simple. The speaker is the author of the OP. https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6344_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201412281...

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    Comment #12853026

    According to the FAQs they use Stripe.

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    Comment #12642760

    Why GPL v2?

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    Comment #12127859

    > It's dirt cheap to automate them away Have any examples?

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    Comment #12043968

    Whoops! It actually said 2061 but my fingers autocorrected that for me :/

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    Wow, I know Google knows a lot about me, but apparently it can predict that I'll use Telegram on March 15, 2016 at 4:53 AM! (Either that, or my phone briefly had a very incorrect t…

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    Comment #11954290

    I think it refers to the background radiation increase due to atomic bombs, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel Edit: a nice plot https://commons.wikimedia.…