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CraneWorm commented on Medical student surgically implants Bluetooth into own ear to cheat in final   independent.co.uk/asia/in... · Posted by u/softwarebeware
CraneWorm · 3 years ago
> Students getting caught in mass cheating or deploying sly means to not get caught is not uncommon in India where competition is fierce as aspirants outnumber the number of vacancies for a job and seats in colleges for courses.

I'd like to read a long form piece on this subject. What's being done about it? India is a huge country, they need specialists no doubt!

CraneWorm commented on Smart-TV blocklist for Pi-Hole   perflyst.github.io/PiHole... · Posted by u/LeoPanthera
syshum · 3 years ago
sceptre seems to be the last brand offering dumb displays

I am just waiting for the first "smart" computer monitor

CraneWorm · 3 years ago
you can buy monitors running android now :)
CraneWorm commented on Investigating Influencer VPN Ads on YouTube [pdf]   cs.umd.edu/~dml/papers/vp... · Posted by u/zdw
edgyquant · 3 years ago
My biggest issue is they always go with the claim you can watch Netflix etc from other countries but I can’t even watch Netflix for my own country with Express or Nord VPN as it detects them and won’t allow it. These are the two most advertised VPNs and it’s blatantly false advertisement.
CraneWorm · 3 years ago
It's a mixed bag, the so-called "obfuscated servers" can sometimes allow you to watch region-locked content on Netflix.

But they (Netflix) are definitely trying to combat these attempts and you can get cut off in the middle of the movie...

Pirates offer a superior service every time, until this is solved nothing will change.

CraneWorm commented on The campaign to shut down YouTube-dl continues   eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03... · Posted by u/DiabloD3
irrational · 3 years ago
So, if I don’t use Windows then I’m fine?
CraneWorm · 3 years ago
as long as you pirate stuff you should be golden
CraneWorm commented on Serious flaws in the way Samsung phones encrypt key material in TrustZone   twitter.com/matthew_d_gre... · Posted by u/caaqil
philistine · 4 years ago
TCL and many other manufacturers use Roku For their OS. I’m on my second tv with it, and have never connected either to the internet, without any issues.

That’s what you want.

CraneWorm · 4 years ago
Sencor used to offer big (as large as 58'') TVs, some of them even dumb as bricks

I'd argue this is what parent wants instead...

CraneWorm commented on NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android   newpipe.net/... · Posted by u/marcodiego
toqy · 4 years ago
Never heard of it. Does that work on a child’s iPad and expose videos via an interface that they can navigate?
CraneWorm · 4 years ago
It's just a command-line tool to download audio/video from youtube (and many other sites). You'd need to setup the iPad thing yourself, maybe using something like Plex?
CraneWorm commented on NewPipe: A lightweight YouTube experience for Android   newpipe.net/... · Posted by u/marcodiego
marcusjt · 4 years ago
You need YouTube Premium to be able to download videos to watch offline (plus see no ads)
CraneWorm · 4 years ago
WTH, you don't, just use youtube-dl
CraneWorm commented on Why I Like Java (2014)   blog.plover.com/prog/Java... · Posted by u/lycopodiopsida
marcosdumay · 4 years ago
> mediocre drone that cares only about cranking the lever and spouting code

He says that about Java alone. He very clearly says it doesn't apply to Perl or Haskell.

Also, there is no judgement on the coder, he states that anybody, good or bad, caring or uncaring creates mediocre code on it.

And, well, it fits my experience.

CraneWorm · 4 years ago
his description of perl is even less charitable
CraneWorm commented on Why I Like Java (2014)   blog.plover.com/prog/Java... · Posted by u/lycopodiopsida
CraneWorm · 4 years ago
> Different languages have different failure modes. With Perl, the project might fail because you designed and implemented a pile of shit, but there is a clever workaround for any problem, so you might be able to keep it going long enough to hand it off to someone else, and then when it fails it will be their fault, not yours. With Haskell someone probably should have been fired in the first month for choosing to do it in Haskell.

So much unnecessary hate and stereotyping. And I bet they were thinking they're tongue-in-cheek-but-still-sounding-clever.

Also, interesting choice of programming languages, neither Python, PHP nor C got any flack, Javascript was spared but Java, Perl and Haskell are evil and using them makes you a "mediocre drone that cares only about cranking the lever and spouting code" (I'm paraphrasing the article here).

Choose your technology, learn your tools...

> I enjoyed programming in Java, and being relieved of the responsibility for producing a quality product.

Although, with that mindset, maybe forego programming altogether.

u/CraneWorm

KarmaCake day1595March 6, 2015View Original