Chrome will save credit card data on request, it’s incredibly convenient if you do a lot of online food ordering.
Convenience is often the biggest enemy of privacy.
Readit NewsDrdrdrq commented on Ask HN: Developers who switched careers, what are you doing now? · Posted by u/kirso
Product Management. I hate it, but I was too stupid to get into FAANG as an SDE and my personality type better matches the role. I love coding and have done it my whole life and for 10 years professionally but at the highest level I’m simply not as smart as other people
IIUC, you live sw development but you took the job you hate just because it is at FAANG? If I may ask, why would you want to be there and nowhere else? Asking because there are quite a few great jobs around for devs, so the decision seems pretty weird to me, which probably means I am missing something... :)
Drdrdrq commented on On the Weaponisation of Open Source beny23.github.io/posts/on... · Posted by u/beny23
> it's not something you can worry about if you want to retain your sanity.
I build my nodejs/npm stuff in containers. Actually I build almost everything that way.
There are a lot of advantages in addition to the security gains, such as that I don't need to rely on every javascript programmer in the world understanding semver (they don't, and I have wasted more of my "sanity" on tracking down API changes and sloppy type contracts than I ever have spent cleaning up after malice.
That's a nice idea, thank you! No more worrying about node versions either.
Drdrdrq commented on On the Weaponisation of Open Source beny23.github.io/posts/on... · Posted by u/beny23
That is a great summary :) and it highlights the value proposition that I was missing:
Version Control for Cloud Configurations
It is also awesome, easy to use and very convenient. If you are configuring anything through AWS web GUI, you should give Terraform a go, you won't regret it.
(not affiliated in any way, just a happy user)
Drdrdrq commented on The Open Source Initiative Did Not Win Neo4j vs. PureThink writing.kemitchell.com/20... · Posted by u/joeyespo
All of the high-profile orgs I am aware of who once called their licensing "Apache + Commons Clause" have since changed the names of their licenses to something else.
The argument that "Apache + Commons Clause" is a "combination" is straightforward to counter. The "Commons Clause" is not additive — it fundamentally changes the license, making it more restrictive and taking away potential uses. Consumers could not count on being able to do the things with software under such a license that they would ordinarily expect to be able to do with "Apache" licensed software, which damages the "Apache" brand.
In any case, it's not clear that it's worthwhile to go up against a sympathetic defendant like the ASF and make such an argument for limited benefit.
What did they change the license to? If you have some examples, I would be curious to see how they handled that.
I was under the impression that it was Commons Clause that people started avoiding in favor of other "cloud protection licenses", both to avoid possible confusion and because Commons Clause got visceral reactions from some members of FLOSS community. Unfortunately, other similar licenses are less recognizable. The whole point of generic licenses is that they should be well known, widely used, and the legal departments already know their tradeoffs. If each company writes their own license then this makes it difficult for other companies to use their software, because legal departments need to check every license separately.
Is there a generic license that is the same (in spirit) as Apache + Commons Clause?
Drdrdrq commented on How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M fullstackeconomics.com/wh... · Posted by u/spansoa
I try to make clean commits that do one thing only. If I have trouble writing a meaningful commit message, it means I have failed and should do a better job next time.
That said, I often make a messy "wip" commit that I push to my branch, just so that the work doesn't get lost. But I always undo such a commit and clean it up.
Also, I always use git add -p, so that I can break changes into multiple meaningful commits and review them one more time before pushing.
Drdrdrq commented on SNMP Is Dead (2018) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=McNm_... · Posted by u/teleforce
So, 4 years later, and SNMP is still alive and well. It has (a lot of) rough edges, but it works, is ubiquitous and all sysadmins know how to work with it. Not even such a bad standard once you get used to it. I can't imagine anyone running a (smallish, not G-size) corporate network without it.
Drdrdrq commented on SNMP Is Dead (2018) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=McNm_... · Posted by u/teleforce
Agreed, the replacement is lightweight agents that can stream useful data to a place where it can be consumed. I feel like this is where most people are going given the offerings we see from datadog, sentry, splunk, etc...
So, like... SNMP Traps? :-)
That aside, I am not advocating for less choice, merely observing that in many cases users willingly give up their privacy (or other rights) for convenience. Your reaction to my observation actually proves my point.