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Comment · 2 months ago
Start charging more, cut down on CI, figure it out. You don't NEED to give away so much if it means your service is going down.
Comment · 2 months ago
Yes I was (and am) precisely the same way. This is why I think I'm so awful at foreign languages.
Comment · 2 months ago
> key organizer for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda.

Yeah, I don't see a problem here. Due process, slippery slope sure... but this was a cut and dry case. I've got better things to do with my time than be concerned with this.

Comment · 3 months ago
NixOS. Why would anyone use anything else except out of ignorance? Maybe QubesOS makes sense.
Comment · 3 months ago
I'm working on rustledger https://rustledger.github.io a plain-text accounting software (Beancount spec implementation) in Rust.
Comment · 4 months ago
Happy to let you know once I finish the LSRM course at rainbow aviation next year when I'll work on experimentals and Rotax engines. I'm waiting for the MOSAIC refresh that's expected this year to take the new course.
Comment · 4 months ago
So the logical entailment here is what? That everyone should have the dexterity of a dental surgeon so we can save the 7000 dental surgeons 3 months of training? Am I missing something?
Comment · 4 months ago
So right now, A&Ps make about 120-150 per hour, and they have the skills to get hired at dealerships where the hourly is above 200. There are not enough A&Ps.

I understand the logic you're using when you say you're happy that the standards are high. What you don't understand is how many A&Ps pencil whip annuals, or overlook corrosion or other safety issues all the time. They are overworked, and spend their time focused on a lot of box checking things that do not matter much and not enough time focusing on the things that do.

Let me make it clearer. If you used the same standards for your car, you'd have to get it fully reinspected every year and fix everything. A little corrosion on your hubcaps? Replace all of them (at 20x the cost you're used to). A chip in your windshield (replace the entire windshield at 10x the cost). Etc etc.

Source: I am studying for the A&P and I own a Cessna 182. The regs really do need to change for smaller certificated aircraft (such as changing annuals to semi-annuals). Look up Mike Busch and his videos on what reforms should look like.

I just had my plane in for an annual. No significant issues. Took 5 months. My plane was in the shop for 5 months. Remember, this is required ANNUALLY. That's how bad the shortage is right now. It's bad enough that I'm willing to take 6 months off work to go __become__ an A&P so I don't need to deal with them anymore.

Comment · 6 months ago
Hey I'm working on a rust implementation of Beancount, if you get a chance check it out. https://rustledger.github.io .

I'm also hoping to put together a standards body that can formalize plain-text accounting standards too so others can more easily implement their own systems that conform to the standard.

Comment · 6 months ago
This is just untrue. If someone cheats in lightning, and you demonstrate they cheated as you describe, then you get all of the locked BTC as a reward. This is on layer 1. Essentially you can easily prove your nonce was signed more recently.
Comment · 7 months ago
If you had that system, and I was Elon Musk's kids, I would feel entirely justified in paying half the taxes society expects me to pay. Let's see if that logic works both ways.
Comment · 7 months ago
Actually, yes, I do think that netflix could do their job much cheaper. I use putflix, which uses put.io for $0.99 per month. Better quality streaming than netflix, no forced ads, and they can make it work for $1. Maybe it's the model where my monthly subscription pays for their entire catalog that's broken. Maybe it should just be a la carte licensing.

Either way, until the industry lets me pay directly to the org that literally made the movie, I'll just pirate.

I do want to pay the artists that make the films. I think the most viable way to do this is via cryptocurrency associated with social media accounts, and then validate ownership by having owners post a magic validation link. This way I can send artists money and it's on them to go get it if they want it.

Comment · 8 months ago
> Proton only has access to your IP and device ID, not your data.

I like Proton. I use Proton.

However, the problem with proton is that if you access your email via a web browser, there's nothing stopping protonmail (to my knowledge) from reading your email from within their webapp via JS. This type of attack could be targeted at the behest of authorities.

So, actually, Proton COULD read your email (IFF you use webmail).

Comment · 8 months ago
Seems like a very poor choice to build in a headphone jack. Why not just use usb c to headphone adapter?
Comment · 8 months ago
So you think the data is wrong?

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