Surprised to see few grappling with this reality. Twitter is like state affiliated social media now. What real barriers can remain between anyone's twitter data and a hostile state regime that's promised to abuse it's…
Honestly, I'd get the F off twitter, because it's now in control of a state actor. Any barriers, legal or otherwise, that existed between twitter and the state should be assumed gone once the new administration…
Even worse... X as the new state affiliated/controlled 4chan. A truly nightmare scenario.
They have shareable block lists - like starter packs, but for blocking accounts. We'll see how that works out as the network grows.
It's never been up in the first place, for those of us who are waiting for python package support. Poke, poke!
Here's my little folk "wisdom" addendum to your great point: * Try to replace any judginess you feel, with curiosity (Easier said than done - but a little humility is a great first step towards getting to that curious…
He tried to back out of the deal, but his hand was forced. , wasn’t it? He basically bought it by accident. Maybe he thought he could really do something to improve and then sell for a profit. But really… it’s like the…
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/externality.asp Some basic economics 101 reading can set you straight here. It's a legitimate function of government to craft regulation when there are negative externalities…
> Those who have banked a lot on talking up globalization for the past 20-30 years will get there too. It will just be a slow process of very gradually tweaking their position a little bit every year at the maximum…
I think the timing was the most important factor. Perl was everywhere (on Linux/Unix). Then Python came along an offered enough net benefit over Perl that it really started to displace it, and became the defacto…
It's a media-driven moral panic, more or less. There's a whole cottage industry of media orgs and personalities making lucrative livings by selling cancel-culture moral-panic content to audiences who are addicted to it…
Yea, generally when people feed animals it is harmful to the animal or potentially dangerous for humans in a variety of ways or you turn the animals into pests. Is there something special about crows where these things…
That kind of cynicism is also a seedbed of authoritarianism, ironically. It's rocket fuel for demagogues, who swoop in and exploit it and turbocharge it even more (see Trump). They say the old system isn't working, they…
What does "not covered in media" mean to you? While this topic doesn't dominate the news cycle, I've seen plenty of reporting on it.
A lot depends what the business costs are of that wrong %5. If the actual business costs are less than the price of a team of developers... welp, it was fun while it lasted.
This is a rational reaction. It's also a great example of the chilling effect on speech, that cancelling can have. And when the chilling effect is strong enough, it atomizes and isolates individuals, makes them feel…
Forget grayscale, E-ink is going color. Early color devices are on the market already. And there are displays in the works that are fast enough to render video. I'm really looking forward to the future of e-ink displays.
One would hope not, but it makes connecting to less trusted networks much more risky than it needs to be. And I'm sure that's something users will regularly do. Software updates are infrequent and they certainly aren't…
Wow, I didn't realize it exposes root ssh over it's wifi interface. I just tested it and it works. I don't like that at all. The documentation makes it sound like it only exposes ssh through it's ethernet over USB…
It's not for every use case, but Big Query is often a very stupidly cheap datastore. Query results get cached, and repeats don't incur a charge unless the data has changed. It's not a datastore to power a crud app, or…
I generally reach for pip-tools, when I need to pin versions in a requirements for a deployable app, like an api. It's by far the simplest option I've found. If your project is a library, just use setup.py and express…
The first link a friend shared with me to Parler was to a post by what looked like a qanon troll bot. Or who knows, maybe it was just a genuine believer. Either way, its unlikely that this network will elevate any…
Mastadon? Its nearly there anyway.
Parler doesn't solve any of the alleged problems with centralized tech platforms. It just erects another centralized service with yet another promissory note to be nice and stuff. They are simply cynically using the…
A lot of print publications will require a phone call or email to cancel even though you can manage all other aspects of your account digitally. It's a great way to ensure I'll never return as a customer. On the other…
Surprised to see few grappling with this reality. Twitter is like state affiliated social media now. What real barriers can remain between anyone's twitter data and a hostile state regime that's promised to abuse it's…
Honestly, I'd get the F off twitter, because it's now in control of a state actor. Any barriers, legal or otherwise, that existed between twitter and the state should be assumed gone once the new administration…
Even worse... X as the new state affiliated/controlled 4chan. A truly nightmare scenario.
They have shareable block lists - like starter packs, but for blocking accounts. We'll see how that works out as the network grows.
It's never been up in the first place, for those of us who are waiting for python package support. Poke, poke!
Here's my little folk "wisdom" addendum to your great point: * Try to replace any judginess you feel, with curiosity (Easier said than done - but a little humility is a great first step towards getting to that curious…
He tried to back out of the deal, but his hand was forced. , wasn’t it? He basically bought it by accident. Maybe he thought he could really do something to improve and then sell for a profit. But really… it’s like the…
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/externality.asp Some basic economics 101 reading can set you straight here. It's a legitimate function of government to craft regulation when there are negative externalities…
> Those who have banked a lot on talking up globalization for the past 20-30 years will get there too. It will just be a slow process of very gradually tweaking their position a little bit every year at the maximum…
I think the timing was the most important factor. Perl was everywhere (on Linux/Unix). Then Python came along an offered enough net benefit over Perl that it really started to displace it, and became the defacto…
It's a media-driven moral panic, more or less. There's a whole cottage industry of media orgs and personalities making lucrative livings by selling cancel-culture moral-panic content to audiences who are addicted to it…
Yea, generally when people feed animals it is harmful to the animal or potentially dangerous for humans in a variety of ways or you turn the animals into pests. Is there something special about crows where these things…
That kind of cynicism is also a seedbed of authoritarianism, ironically. It's rocket fuel for demagogues, who swoop in and exploit it and turbocharge it even more (see Trump). They say the old system isn't working, they…
What does "not covered in media" mean to you? While this topic doesn't dominate the news cycle, I've seen plenty of reporting on it.
A lot depends what the business costs are of that wrong %5. If the actual business costs are less than the price of a team of developers... welp, it was fun while it lasted.
This is a rational reaction. It's also a great example of the chilling effect on speech, that cancelling can have. And when the chilling effect is strong enough, it atomizes and isolates individuals, makes them feel…
Forget grayscale, E-ink is going color. Early color devices are on the market already. And there are displays in the works that are fast enough to render video. I'm really looking forward to the future of e-ink displays.
One would hope not, but it makes connecting to less trusted networks much more risky than it needs to be. And I'm sure that's something users will regularly do. Software updates are infrequent and they certainly aren't…
Wow, I didn't realize it exposes root ssh over it's wifi interface. I just tested it and it works. I don't like that at all. The documentation makes it sound like it only exposes ssh through it's ethernet over USB…
It's not for every use case, but Big Query is often a very stupidly cheap datastore. Query results get cached, and repeats don't incur a charge unless the data has changed. It's not a datastore to power a crud app, or…
I generally reach for pip-tools, when I need to pin versions in a requirements for a deployable app, like an api. It's by far the simplest option I've found. If your project is a library, just use setup.py and express…
The first link a friend shared with me to Parler was to a post by what looked like a qanon troll bot. Or who knows, maybe it was just a genuine believer. Either way, its unlikely that this network will elevate any…
Mastadon? Its nearly there anyway.
Parler doesn't solve any of the alleged problems with centralized tech platforms. It just erects another centralized service with yet another promissory note to be nice and stuff. They are simply cynically using the…
A lot of print publications will require a phone call or email to cancel even though you can manage all other aspects of your account digitally. It's a great way to ensure I'll never return as a customer. On the other…