pacala
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Comment · 6 years ago
That's because sooner or later every species enters an equilibrium state with the amount of energy available in the ecosystem. In the process it may out-compete quite a bit of other species, and so we speak of 'invasive species'.
Comment · 6 years ago
One reason for 'even'. Silicon Valley contains some of the richest zip codes, richest corporations and highest paying jobs in the country. Yet all this monetary wealth doesn't seem to help with a major humanitarian crisis unfolding on its doorstep.
Comment · 6 years ago
Researchers say there are three possible explanations for the anomalous data. One is mundane, 99.98%. Two would revolutionize physics, 0.01% and 0.01%.
Comment · 6 years ago
I don't understand. There are dozens, if not hundreds, or even thousands of bits to use to identify any given browser, but providing one extra such bit that politely asks 'Do Not Track' is now a problem because it makes tracking slightly easier?
Comment · 6 years ago
It's not a black/white situation. It's a 'argue in front of a judge' situation.
With sign: Unassailable evidence that tresspassers are informed they are not welcome.
Without sign. Owner word vs tresspasser word.
The latter is a weaker stance.
Comment · 6 years ago
Great point. There are 'No Soliciting' signs and laws.
https://banneradviser.com/no-soliciting-signs
> In a nutshell, no, door to door solicitation isn’t illegal. But if you have a no soliciting sign posted on your property, and the salesperson is refusing to vacate the property, they can be assessed trespassing fines and possible legal charges.
Comment · 6 years ago
If everyone has a lock on their door, then people will just ignore it and break into the house anyways.
Comment · 6 years ago
1 extra bit is the last of my concerns, there's plenty of bits to uniquely fingerprint a browser anyways. I'd gladly trade one inconsequential bit, which requires malicious intent to misuse, to keep my privacy safe when dealing with honorable entities like, I presume, Google.
https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2018/07/26/this-is-...
What goes into one's fingerprint:
1. navigator.userAgent, 2. navigator.language, 3. navigator.doNotTrack, 4. screen.width, 5. screen.height, 6. screen.colorDepth, 7. Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone, 8. navigator.platform, 9. navigator.hardwareConcurrency, 10. GPU vendor and renderer, 11. isTouch, 12. storage types, 13. font-list, 14. canvas-hash
Comment · 6 years ago
Does Google Chrome set DoNotTrack by default in incognito mode? If not, why not?
Comment · 6 years ago
Having used both Python and Typescript recently, I largely prefer the consistency of Typescript. [Hey mom, I like cherries better than strawberries]. Having said that, I'd love to have named function arguments in Typescript. Props workaround is, well, a workaround.
Comment · 6 years ago
One of the greatest boons of static typing is formal documentation of data structures and interfaces. Catching errors early is a bonus :)
Comment · 6 years ago
Typescript greatest features are optional types and the extensive type inference. On small projects this can work well, but on larger ones I can see overly rigid style guides requiring typing everything explicitly in triplicate becoming cumbersome in an Enterprisey way. Curious what people's experiences are.