I think this too easily skips over the fact that the abstractions are based on a knowledge of how things actually work - known with certainty. Nobody in CS is approaching the computer as an entirely black box and making up how they think or hope it works. When people don't know how the computer actually works, their code is wrong - they get bugs and vulnerabilities they don't understand and can't explain.
Readit Newskogir commented on “The Mind in the Wheel” lays out a new foundation for the science of mind experimental-history.com/... · Posted by u/CharlesW
kogir commented on Fun with Logitech MX900 Bluetooth receivers (2006) nynaeve.net/?p=5... · Posted by u/userbinator
I really miss the feature of CSR devices that allowed keyboard and mouse use before OS boot, and wish any modern Bluetooth receiver was capable of it. Is it a patent issue?
Am I misunderstanding this? Isn’t this just the view, rating, and comment data required to offer the service?
Building an interface to search that data is exactly how you’d evaluate a recommendation engine.
While I’m all for physical controls, especially ones that self-adjust to reflect the state of the remote device at all times, I wonder if the author just doesn’t know you can finely adjust volume in iOS control center by force/long pressing and then dragging.
kogir commented on Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says apnews.com/article/micros... · Posted by u/cbg0
No one is getting a competitive advantage by bundling curl, which is the entire point of this argument.
wget begs to differ.
Kidding aside, where exactly does it end? How do you consider when you’ve hit “too much” and how many pieces must be split out when you do? Should every product in the Office suite be offered only individually?
This seems to cover many common pain points, but I’ve written my fair share of .NET serializers and for anything I build now I’d just use protocol buffers. Robust support, handles versioning pretty well, and works cross platform.
I’d like to know their reasons for making yet another serializer vs just using pb or thrift.
i like this. i've wanted to do this. but what might be the "right answer" to an inquisitive border force who ask why you have device(s) that are factory fresh?
I’ve never actually been detained or questioned (but know people who have).
If I were I’d tell them the truth that I feel more vulnerable during the chaos of travel and don’t want any risk that a lost or stolen device could leak anything personal.
Would this satisfy them? No idea. Getting stopped at the border is legitimately a single small concern of many more likely scenarios.
I’m probably a little odd but I wipe my devices before international travel. All my travel documents are printed. If they want to steal a device, I’ll just replace it.
When I arrive safely I restore from backup and nothing is lost except an hour or so.
kogir commented on Why CockroachDB doesn't use EvalPlanQual cockroachlabs.com/blog/wh... · Posted by u/michae2
Why is Cockroach adding READ COMMITTED? Is using a lower level of isolation better for performance or just reduces the amount of serialization errors and retries that need to be done?
READ COMMITTED is great for applications that need a coherent snapshot of the database but not necessarily the absolutely most recent data, which in my experience is actually most apps.
It allows readers to see valid data (relationships are correct), while not blocking writers. It can be the difference between constant deadlocks and super-high throughput without lock contention.
kogir commented on Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included · Posted by u/thih9
Everything works fine via iCloud private relay. No account or other mitigations required.
So perhaps it’s not VPNs that are blocked and instead the traffic you’re sharing an IP with.