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Comment · 7 months ago
Not sure exactly what you mean, but I run a setup where everything is mostly containers, except for HA which runs in a VM as a native install. I would prefer to run other services that connect to it separately (in their own Linux VM+Docker).
Comment · 8 years ago
I didn't see anything with a cursory glance but are they considering allowing Eagle libraries to be used? This would be great but something I would assume that Autodesk would hate.
Comment · 8 years ago
The corrolary of an alarmist report is a dismissive viewpoint. Theres evidence here that FDM printers emit toxic fumes. If you want to believe it's really not so bad, fine, close your made up mind. If there is a chance that filament fumes are harmful, people need to be made aware. They're setting these things up in grade school STEM/STEAM programs; there is potential for real harm here and not pursuing more research is irresponsible.
Comment · 8 years ago
The author is the one "peddling" the idea that loss aversion is a phalacy but at least he seems to (ironically) recognize that his argument is in itself part of the social/argumentative part of science. Even so, this article seems to draw conclusions as if they were widely held beliefs (I'm not qualified to speak to these claims until I do my own research).
Comment · 8 years ago
Right, seems like a better way to describe this is to say "Watching sports activates the same neural pathways as playing sports".
Comment · 8 years ago
It's disappointing that you have to take it there but you're probably not alone and Amazon/Twitch have probably considered something like this and decided against.

This is incredibly disingenuous, throwing the entire services credibility into question. If streamers realized they were being manipulated, you can bet the backlash would be huge. It also creates a slippery slope; "data shows that if there is an uptick in users at their 3rd hour of streaming they're more likely to continue streaming for another 3 hours and pick up roughly 10% more viewers". These are people -- tricking them into helping to increase your websites monetization is just unethical and wrong.

Now, if you could provide this kind information to streamers and offer guidance, well, then it is their choice and done in good faith (no manipulation required). Companies (and the people behind them) don't have to default to the 'let's be evil' approach to be successful.

Comment · 8 years ago
Where is that quote from? I've read Thus spoke Zarathustra and am considering which of his texts I should read next.
Comment · 8 years ago
Enjoyable read but quite the dire ending. Of course that's the point; this essay wasn't meant to bring you happiness.
Comment · 8 years ago
It's another Window tethered to your trackpad. Probably my cynical side talking but I don't see how this will save me much time from using Spotlight, Alfred or Launchy. And yes, I have a touchbar and feel much the same towards it.

On the flip side, having all keys as little oleds that can be remapped to anything I want is something I would likely use constantly.

Comment · 8 years ago
Completely borked on mobile (Safari); views are squished with main circuit view being impossible to make out details.
Comment · 8 years ago
Trying to understand the cloud strategy here; does Github run on Azure, GCP or AWS?
Comment · 8 years ago
I've just started using Signal and was surprised by how good the call quality is. For those that aren't aware, Signal calls are encrypted, so you effectively give nothing to the cell carrier when you make a call through it (except that you used some data).
Comment · 8 years ago
I too have experienced cyber-ennui, mindlessly half entering website addresses into my navbar. Cn-enter. Ha-enter. Fa-enter. Eng-enter. What am I even reading, I don't really care about the latest drone or how to optimize my website using Lambda and API gateway, and yet, despite keeping my IDE open so "there is no excuse", I just can't help but succumb to the mindless ether...

I've thought about this a bit and I feel like anything worth doing requires hours of my concentration, which I don't usually have. Bite sized chunks of knowledge 'productivity' feels like an accomplishment, or, at least serves as a facsimile. The internet is, in some ways, like an artificial sweetener -- it tastes sweet but never actually satisfies you.

Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
The other attack they described ("DolphinAttack") is intriguing. I've yet to read the paper (but plan to), but the idea of Voice control being ever more present and likely extending to control of more parts of our lives (Banking, Vehicle Controls, Home Security...) could make this a pretty effective attack vector.

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