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Doesn’t compiling the code into an executable inherently obfuscate it?
Good question, but no. Obfuscation is an additional step you can take to make it harder to turn that executable back into code.
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The mafia was also famous for its community outreach and charity, that didn't make it a net positive.
Yes, but the key difference is that the mafia is, by definition, a criminal organization and the upside is not linked in any way with being a mafia. Ads, on the other hand, do inherently have the positive quality of showing you products and could exist without their current downsides.
Is there anyone else out there who refuses to buy something if they first learned about it from an ad?
What's tragic here is that the author is complaining about one ad-infested, tracker-infested piece of trash of a product, on another ad-infested, tracker-infested piece of trash that is Medium. Why the the fuck people still write on Medium even though it prevents people from reading content after a few times without either paying or logging in is beyond me.
I feel you. I hate Medium, too. But I hate even more that this is the top most comment on hn, even though you admit to not even having read the article and clearly don’t know what it’s about. Sorry, I know this comment is OT as well…
How is it clear to you? I got the context from other comments... My point was not about the content of the article specifically, but more about the obliviousness of this (and many other) authors. It's like criticizing running an Alexa because it's like bugging your house while, at the same time, using Google's or Apple's thing. Total whoosh!
What's silly here is that you felt the need to reply on my comment as well, knowing that yours is not related to the original topic. Do you not see this as mildly duplicitous?
I don't use Instagram much, but I am on Facebook too often. The limitations of the advertising algorithms are very interesting to me. For example: I participate in ex-evangelical groups because of my childhood experiences. Also follow pages which discuss American Christianity from a secular or journalistic perspective, and in Christian groups which interpret their beliefs from a left-ish ideology. "Liking" any post f…
"And thus not flood people who dislike a thing with ads promoting the thing." But isn't that what these ads are about. They want to show the people who dislike a thing with ads promoting the thing so that hopefully one day they will like it. Sure it could make you hate it more, but unconsciously or whatever, you will be affected. I see ads for shoe brands I don't like or care about, but for sure, the next time I need…
And I don't think the ads are aimed at changing my mind. Most of these ads aren't coordinated branding campaigns. They're largely small-time $20 ads placed by individuals and normal-sized churches. That indicates a failure by either FB in targeting, or a failure in choosing audiences by the ad buyer. I suspect it's both.
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Good question, but no. Obfuscation is an additional step you can take to make it harder to turn that executable back into code.
So with obfuscation you can still decompile the binary into source code, but that version of the source code is much less human-readable and it would take more effort for a human to go through and understand it?
Java classes must still have names, and methods and fields must also retain type information for the JVM to work. Inside a JVM, classes and fields are accessed using names, and methods are accessed using name+signature, the signature being of the form "(Ljava/lang/String;II)V", that's a method that takes a string and two ints and returns void.
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If you don’t mind me asking, can you please share a product name or link? Sounds cool
As the other poster said, it’s Carv ( https://getcarv.com/ ) . It has helped me a lot to improve technique, I actually learned how to carv in skis, and I’m much more comfortable when going fast (my speed record is now 105 km/hr) . It’s beautiful having objective data to tell if you have improved and what did you improve, as well as what needs more work. For me it was a cheap buy as a private lesson one whole day woul…
What's tragic here is that the author is complaining about one ad-infested, tracker-infested piece of trash of a product, on another ad-infested, tracker-infested piece of trash that is Medium. Why the the fuck people still write on Medium even though it prevents people from reading content after a few times without either paying or logging in is beyond me.
> prevents people from reading content after a few times without either paying or logging in is beyond me. I don't think this is fair or accurate. Authors are choosing to put their articles behind Medium's paywall because they want to get paid. So when you see a paywall that's the author's choice. It's not any different than a Substack newsletter other than scale. So to say Medium is preventing people from reading...…
People feed the beast and then wonder why it's come back for more.
My biggest problem with both Facebook and Instagram is that I feel completely out of control over what I see. There is neither a way to avoid what I don't want, nor a way to ensure I see my friends' posts. The timeline shows me the same handful of people in mystery sort order mixed with ads, and then I later find out I haven't seen months' worth of someone's content when I happen to visit their profile. The only half…
It seems like they really do mangle the main timeline, no matter what you try to do. But a small workaround, if you are a member of any useful Facebook groups: there is a real, permanent sorting option. https://www.facebook.com/groups/[groupid-goes-here]?sorting_... Bookmark that with a group for a proper chronological view.
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