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> a crappy but cost-effective approach with a high margin of error may rise to prominence. The tech startup that eventually creates that will call this "efficiency". This type of '…

> What practical advantages are there? The major advantage of a language that isn't Turing complete is not having the major risk inherent to Turing complete languages: asking if an…

Sun Ra, "Nuclear War" It's a motherfucker don't you know If they push that button Your ass got to go What you gonna do Without your ass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsPrINajncU

> The problem is that the people using said libraries don't know what they're doing. I would like to suggest that the problem is that the skilled people that understand how to writ…

A single-browser web, like any monoculture, dramatically increases the potential damage of common mode failure. With everything - even important infrastructure and services - becom…

> is relatively high entropy at That is only true if-and-only-if we pretend those 13 bits are the only identifying information being sent to Google when requesting a font. The HTTP…

The solution to this type of intentionally incompatible product is to return to a legal and cultural environment that respects adversarial interoperability[1] . If a company doesn'…

> based on their facial expression Phrenology is still pseudo=scientific bullshit even when the calipers[1] are replaced with an "AI" black box of software. > Just need software th…

Sci-fi is often a metaphorical representation of society. However, it's shocking how many episodes of Max Headroom have become literally true.

> I could not enter my own apartment because my phone was dead Whenever I hear about "smart" devices as a replacement for something that is safety/security critical (like a lock), …

Max Headroom , Episode ABC.1.3: "Body Banks": Paula: "...what's that?" Blank Reg: "It's a book!" Paula: "Well, what's that?" Blank Reg: "It's a non-volatile storage medium. It's ve…

While other comments have discussed the technical utility of symbols, I believe symbols can also be seen as useful syntactic sugar that helps communicate intent . Strings used for …

> first they become the dominant acme provider The traditional way a big tech company becomes the dominant provider is to embrace an open interoperable protocol to minimize the fri…

Using language like "fire fast" might presuppose a situation where someone is going to be "hired" - possibly involving a lot of work, life changes, and moving/other expenses - only…

http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/d... "The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security" > #1) Default Permit > #2) Enumerating Badness

http://web.mnstate.edu/alm/humor/ThePlan.htm In the beginning, there was a plan, And then came the assumptions, And the assumptions were without form, And the plan without substanc…

While some people certainly seem to subscribe to "feeling their masculinity/world-view is threatened" interpretation, the fundamental problem that q lot of people don't seem to und…

Regarding the creation and removal of a tempfile (line 72 & 85): local tmpFile="${TMPDIR:-/tmp/bash-web-server.$$}" # ... rm "$tmpFile" To avoid collisions when the PID is reused, …

If they are making false claims about you that cause serious damage to your reputation (like telling the FBI you look like a terrorist), then sue them for libel .

> "What due diligence and groundwork have you done to prove that they are in fact a terrorist?" The solution is to make this question their (Clearview) problem. If you are offering…

Also, after scrolling up, there is a 'settings' button (gear icon). Along with various options (including alternative shaders!), at the top there are 8 empty circles that are worth…

Tom Scott's speculative fiction about the end game of a DRM-based future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E "Welcome to Life"