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johnchristopher commented on Show HN: Interactive systemd – a better way to work with systemd units   isd-project.github.io/isd... · Posted by u/kai-tub
IgorPartola · 7 months ago
What do you mean?
johnchristopher · 7 months ago
It's a reference to an XKCD comic https://xkcd.com/1172/ that pokes fun at users with strong attachments to some software behaviours and/or interfaces.

Also, it looks like you are one of today's lucky 10,000 ! https://xkcd.com/1053/

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johnchristopher commented on TikTok goes dark in the US   techcrunch.com/2025/01/18... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
joenot443 · 7 months ago
That's a lot of confidence, you must know something I don't. I'm but a bystander Canadian without much of a dog in this race, but it's a pretty serious allegation to suggest that tomorrow's World's Most Powerful Man is on the ByteDance/TikTok payroll.

Are you able to expand a bit?

johnchristopher · 7 months ago
I am amazed people are staying so calm and civil in this comment thread.
johnchristopher commented on TikTok goes dark in the US   techcrunch.com/2025/01/18... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
simonmysun · 7 months ago
> China doesn’t allow US social media companies to operate there.

This statement is not entirely accurate. It is possible for a US social media company to operate in mainland China, provided it complies with local regulations, including hosting its servers in China and adhering to censorship requirements. For instance, LinkedIn operated in China until August 2023. However, it may ultimately prove unfeasible due to factors such as user preferences, the volume of censorship requests, or even perceived unfair competition. Since at least 2010, when Google faced demands for compliance with Chinese censorship regulations, the requirements for foreign companies to operate in China have been clearly outlined.

No comment on these policies, but it is undeniable that businesses operating in foreign markets must comply with local laws. However, by intervening in business activities, undermining corporate property rights, and contradicting its own stated principles of free market economics and international trade rules, the U.S. has demonstrated economic nationalism. I can't tell who is playing defect in this case.

johnchristopher commented on Show HN: Interactive systemd – a better way to work with systemd units   isd-project.github.io/isd... · Posted by u/kai-tub
IgorPartola · 7 months ago
When it comes to starting and stopping services I want the verb to go last. Way easier to press up, backspace backspace backspace o p to change service ssh start to service ssh top. This is a frequent pattern I follow as I start/stop/restart/reload. Having to go back at least one word adds keystrokes that aren’t necessary.
johnchristopher · 7 months ago
Do you use your space bar to handle heating ?
johnchristopher commented on Show HN: Interactive systemd – a better way to work with systemd units   isd-project.github.io/isd... · Posted by u/kai-tub
johnchristopher · 7 months ago
> If you ever became frustrated while typing:

Hey, that's me ! (And I love systemd !)

I haven't installed it yet so quick question: can it connect to remote host ? I often use systemctl --host <hostname> status foo.service (status, timers, logs etc. )

johnchristopher commented on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday   reuters.com/technology/ti... · Posted by u/xnhbx
tivert · 7 months ago
> In English, it seems to be called rednote.

I know someone who speaks Chinese and uses that app. The name in Chinese Xiaohongshu clearly translates to "Little Red Book," and they're confused how anyone got "Red Note" out of it.

> My guess is, at the end we will see maybe some million users from the USA and some more millions from around the world moving to this app, and maybe bringing a new interaction between the countries, but the majority will end up somewhere else.

If that happens, Little Red Book will trigger exactly the same law that's banning TikTok.

johnchristopher · 7 months ago
> > In English, it seems to be called rednote.

> I know someone who speaks Chinese and uses that app. The name in Chinese Xiaohongshu clearly translates to "Little Red Book," and they're confused how anyone got "Red Note" out of it.

I'll tell you a funny one like that in another language:

Instagram reels are well... short-form videos usually with music/audio and effects.

It's pronounced something like "real" but longer.

Anyway, in French that word "reel" is printed the same but since most people don't practice spoken English it's read and pronounced "réel". Something like ray-hell (notice the é). And it annoys me to no eeeend :D.

So, among French-speaking community management crews and social network teams you hear "réel"/ray-hell all the time instead of "reel".

And how do you translate "réel" into English ? You guessed it: it's "real".

johnchristopher commented on You can't optimize your way to being a good person   vox.com/the-highlight/387... · Posted by u/rntn
roughly · 8 months ago
That's a good way to phrase it, and something I agree with. I'd heard the phrase "epistemological modesty" a while back, and it goes nicely with this - I think a great deal of harm is done in this world by people looking at other people suffering and either convincing themselves or being convinced that there's a greater systemic reason why those people need to suffer. Epistemological modesty suggests whatever grand designs we're contemplating are likely wrong, moral incompletionism suggests they can never be fully right, and both together suggest it's immoral to ignore suffering today because of some imagined future for some other people.
johnchristopher · 8 months ago
> I think a great deal of harm is done in this world by people looking at other people suffering and either convincing themselves or being convinced that there's a greater systemic reason why those people need to suffer.

Is that the "just world hypothesis" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_fallacy ?

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