jplayer01 (u/jplayer01)

jplayer01 commented on Love Bug worm's creator tracked down to repair shop in Manila bbc.com/news/technology-5... · Posted by u/known

jonhohle · 6 years ago

Whoosh! I believe the comment you replied to was a dad-joke level double entendre.

> When did NT start having start menu?

Windows NT 4 in 1996 had a similar shell to Windows 95.

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

> Whoosh! I believe the comment you replied to was a dad-joke level double entendre.

That was a master level dad joke. I didn't realize either until reading your comment.

jplayer01 commented on Love Bug worm's creator tracked down to repair shop in Manila bbc.com/news/technology-5... · Posted by u/known

jwilk · 6 years ago

> he tweaked the code, adding an auto-spreading feature that would send copies of the virus to victims' Outlook contacts, using a flaw in Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system.

What's the flaw?

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

Beyond the fact that W95 was a terrible POS security-wise, I can't find any more detailed information with a brief Google search. I wish there was a site that did in-depth analysis of how a virus worked and presented that technical information for public readers.

edit: Although, this is decent https://malware.wikia.org/wiki/ILoveYou

jplayer01 commented on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubu... · Posted by u/uncertainquark

trianglem · 6 years ago

Because there are so many different Linux distorts out there. I feel like at least one of them should be as newb friendly as possible.

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

That doesn't answer why it's okay to not give an option for advanced users. Even they want to use Ubuntu.

jplayer01 commented on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubu... · Posted by u/uncertainquark

dima55 · 6 years ago

snaps are intended for non-power-users that don't want to deal with dependencies. Those users want things to mostly work without worrying about murky downsides. Auto-updating is exactly the right behavior.

If this is of concern to you, why are you using snaps? And why Ubuntu? What's the value-add over Debian?

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

The concern is that there's no simple way to disable auto-updates. If you want Ubuntu to turn into Windows, why not just use Windows?

jplayer01 commented on Notion encourages busy-work medium.com/diesdas-direct... · Posted by u/_ttg

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

I like Notion and I can't stand it. The interface is entirely unsuited and too slow for what it's trying to do.

jplayer01 commented on Why does `True == False is False` evaluate to False in Python? (2013) stackoverflow.com/questio... · Posted by u/2arrs2ells

tfigment · 6 years ago

I'll be honest that I'm not a Clojure user, even with context I have no idea read that. Like every other language you have to be trained to read it correctly and is not intuitively obvious to everyone.

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

The rules are extremely simple and easy to grasp. And once you've grasped it, you'll never have to think twice about it.

Parentheses take precedence.

The first symbol is the operator (add, subtract, sum, multiply, etc.).

Everything else is operated on from left to right.

(+ 2 5 7)

2+5+7

It's also not a Clojure thing. It applies to all Lisps or related like Scheme.

jplayer01 commented on Nvidia Releases Low-Cost, Open-Source Ventilator Design blogs.nvidia.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/bcaulfield

newacct583 · 6 years ago

That's a somewhat cynical take, and I don't think any public policymakers would agree with your framing. What you're saying amounts to "We don't need more ventilators because all those people are probably going to die anyway and it won't save many lives."

A better reason is because we beat the outbreak. A few areas like Milan/Madrid/Brussels went past their health care capacity and could have used more hardware. But they're all past peak now, and everywhere else (almost -- there are a few worrisome spots in the US still growing, and the developing world is still a big question mark due to lack of testing) managed to reach peak without hitting their limit.

That's good news. We won. It's certainly not a problem that some of the efforts turned out not to be needed. It's like a war effort: everyone had a part to play, we needed to be conservative with our risk analysis and try different things.

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

You've completely misunderstood his argument.

It's widely accepted and known that fatality rates once you're put on a ventilator (due to Coronavirus) is ridiculously high compared to when you're put on a ventilator for other illnesses (something like 80% vs 20%). It suggests that ventilators might not be the right solution to what's happening to these people. So some doctors have been questioning the wisdom of continuing to use ventilators, and some doctors have been looking to alternative solutions that might have more success and better outcomes. One idea that was floated was CPAP (though I don't know what happened to that).

Nobody here is saying "ah, ventilators aren't working, fuck it, let everybody die". That's offensive to everybody here and a bad faith argument that isn't constructive in any way.

jplayer01 commented on Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use forbes.com/sites/thomasbr... · Posted by u/rock_artist

nogabebop23 · 6 years ago

Why would they go to all that trouble? Just 1. keep sending any and all data without any obfuscation 2. blanket denial of any wrong doing, regardless of how obvious 3. decent hardware for zero down on a contract

profit!!!

your way is so much more work...

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

Plausible deniability. They can turn around and say it's racism. It's their (and the Russian) MO. As long as there's no absolutely clear, unmistakable evidence, they can spin spin spin and too many people will buy their bullshit. It also provides a cover for politicians to not do anything. I see it here and elsewhere. People jumping to China's defense at every opportunity even though they deserve zero trust.

jplayer01 commented on Google Meet premium video meetings–free for everyone blog.google/products/meet... · Posted by u/yarapavan

bdcravens · 6 years ago

Freedom and privacy are often at odds with security in most areas in life. During war-like situations, security (speaking in the general sense, rather than purely technical) becomes a greater concern, so those companies that have positioned themselves that way will have increased opportunities.

jplayer01 · 6 years ago

There are other solutions around authentication that would be perfectly fine and still privacy-conscious. It's just that anything other than forcing you to login using a Google account doesn't mesh with their strategy of ensnaring users and adding to their all-encompassing profile of you.