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maemilius commented on Tribalism comes for pandemic science   thenewatlantis.com/public... · Posted by u/seinundzeit
salmon30salmon · 6 years ago
Well we were able to somewhat effectively isolate the entire country, so I would say have modified stay-home orders that target those who are most vulnerable. That, in addition to common sense acts like hand washing, isolating the sick etc. would go a long way to flatten the curve enough to not overwhelm the hospitals, which after-all was the original goal.
maemilius · 6 years ago
That raises the question of how to identify the sick. SARS-CoV-2 infections can be transmissible before the infected shows any symptoms, if they present at all.

Personally, I don't feel that there are many population centers in the US that are prepared to do the kind of testing that seems like would be needed to properly identify the sick.

maemilius commented on For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication   undark.org/2020/06/08/for... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
oasisbob · 6 years ago
In other words, you think someone in China ate a bat and made the world sick?
maemilius · 6 years ago
My understanding of the extant research is that SARS-CoV-2 jumped from bats to pangolins to humans in wet markets in China that sold "farmed" wildlife.

In short, yes. Wet, wildlife markets in China were the source of this outbreak.

maemilius commented on Huawei proposes to replace TCP/IP at ITU   internetsociety.org/resou... · Posted by u/zoobab
C1sc0cat · 6 years ago
Latency your forgetting Latency
maemilius · 6 years ago
A StarLink style satellite array actually has good latency even when compared to traditional fiber networks[1].

I recall some calculations that showed a decrease in latency over long distances because light travels slightly faster in a vacuum, there are fewer intermediate nodes over that distance, and a more direct path can be used than in our existing wired networks.

The biggest issue with current satellite connections is that the satellites are in geostationary orbits which imposes a minimum theoretical latency of something like half a second. It's physically impossible to send signals any faster[2].

1: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/musk-...

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Internet_access#Sign...

maemilius commented on Remote work means anyone can take your job   marker.medium.com/remote-... · Posted by u/deegles
ashtonkem · 6 years ago
My subjective experience is that boot camp grads are not as successful in the interview and job acquisition process.

Whether or not that’s due to differences in education or purely signaling behavior is something I have yet to fully make up my mind about.

maemilius · 6 years ago
I've had a similar experience at my job and I think it's actually both things.

On one side you have people that managed to claw their way through the boot camp but didn't actually pick up any of the skills; they memorized enough to get through instead of actually learning stuff. On the other side, you have people that did learn but aren't confident in their skills and so flub the interview when their confidence gives out.

I've watched the latter happen on more than one occasion and I really wish I knew how to handle it as an interviewer.

maemilius commented on May Sky Challenge   mayskychallenge.com/... · Posted by u/zooli
RawChicken · 6 years ago
Extra bonus if you praise the sun
maemilius · 6 years ago
If only I could be so grossly incandescent.
maemilius commented on Career advice for people with bad luck   chiefofstuff.substack.com... · Posted by u/undefined1
omniscient_oce · 6 years ago
You may like the Japanese phrase 一期一会 (ichi-go-ichi-e). To me it means that you should cherish each relationship and encounter, regardless of whether you know it will last a long time or not. You may never get the chance to experience that particular relationship again. I actually learnt this word firsthand from a man that it applies to, an middle-aged Japanese guy who was volunteering with kids near where I live. We got along well, laughed and ate, but he went back home and I will never see him again. But that doesn't diminish the worthiness of experiencing of getting to know him and enjoying time together, because all things have their place. I'm writing this as much for me as for you or anyone else here. Good night
maemilius · 6 years ago
My mom has a similar saying: "People enter your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime." The idea is the same: you should cherish the relationships you have - while you have them - and let them go when they're over.
maemilius commented on Yelp to stop auto-creating fundraisers after outrage from business owners   theverge.com/2020/3/26/21... · Posted by u/smacktoward
maemilius · 6 years ago
NGL, I'm not really sure why this is such a big deal. i understand it being done without the owners' express consent - that would piss me off too - but Yelp is just trying to help. I'd totally understand a "well, thanks, I guess, but what the fuck?" attitude than the vitriol the person at the end seems to be spouting.

Am I just missing something? Why wouldn't these businesses want people to help them out in this? Is it just the lack of notification and consent gathering?

maemilius commented on Ask HN: What's the best corporate password manager?    · Posted by u/flippyhead
cybrdemo · 6 years ago
We use keeper at our company too and find quite the opposite experience.

The browser extension worked the best of any we trialed (this includes Dashlane, LP, Bitwarden, and 1Password).

Our users found the 2FA to be self explanatory and liked the option to use Yubikeys (when the platform supports it) and defaulting back to TOTP when not available.

The UI is simple and clear and as you pointed out the records are flexible.

Sharing is easy and the most robust of any solution we tested. (see what happens when a user you didn't intend to share with gets ahold of the share link in LastPass).

Data replication between uses and devices was near instantaneous with no user action to ensure the vault was in sync.

Additionally, we subscribe to BreachWatch and have gotten immense value in knowing that our users are not using breached credentials.

One final note from an enterprise perspective, the admin console for Keeper was clearly the easiest to use with the most features of any of the solutions we trialed.

maemilius · 6 years ago
WRT 2FA, my problem is more in using it than managing the available options. As I mentioned, mine is constantly misbehaving and, without any action on my part, hasn't requested any of my configured 2FA options in, now, multiple days. I'm guessing I must have somehow changed the "don't ask me in" dropdown without meaning to.

WRT sharing, I can agree with that. LastPass's sharing isn't as robust, though I don't recall ever using share links. I don't like that Keeper doesn't tell you what record you just received, though. I already have many dozens of records and it can be difficult for me to find new ones that have been shared with me.

I've never had an issue with data replication on LastPass and haven't needed it with Keeper (I only have it on one machine, anyways).

I can't speak to the Admin UI's of either, though. I've never used them in an org setting. The closest I've come to that is the family account I manage via LastPass, which I imagine isn't the same as what you'd get with a full enterprise account.

All that aside, I'm glad that it's been working well for you and your org. I'm sure Keeper is fine (particularly on Windows or Mac) and that my experience is atypical, but it's still my experience with the thing. Unfortunately, I hate it.

maemilius commented on Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond   lunduke.com/posts/2020-03... · Posted by u/sabas_ge
catalogia · 6 years ago
> "Code of conducts" inherently drive power away from the contributors to some sort of moderator enforcing the CoC.

Could we have both? e.g. CoC moderators elected by contributors from the ranks of contributors?

maemilius · 6 years ago
You're still centralizing a power. It would probably be better to have some rule that's based on quorum and consensus than specifically elected people. E.g. at least some percentage (say 60%) of active contributors must weigh in and some percentage of those (perhaps a simple majority) must agree that a violation took place.

Granted, that's still open to abuse if the quorum requirements are small enough (how small would depend on the quantity of abusers), but I feel it's more in spirit than centralizing the power into a sub-group.

I will further grant that it's likely that, in any group, only a subset will care enough about these things to police them, so the point may be moot.

maemilius commented on Ask HN: What's the best corporate password manager?    · Posted by u/flippyhead
kipchak · 6 years ago
Has anyone used Keeper Password manager by chance? We use Azure AD for primary sign in authentication which it apparently integrates with for automatic signin and user permissions management, and the pricing seems good.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/saas...

maemilius · 6 years ago
I use Keeper at my current job and find it to be a horrendously bad UX.

Off the top of my head:

1) The browser plugin is horribly written and has cause me numerous problems (Linux latop, YMMV), mostly related to performance and memory usage (both very bad).

2) Horrible 2FA management. You can configure Keeper to not ask you for your 2FA on a device for an hour, 30 days, or never again (iirc) and sometimes it'll just stop asking (like it did for me just now) or switch to a different 2FA for no obvious reason (I have both a security key and OTP).

3) Personal Opinion: I hate the layout of the "vault" and the browser extension's windows. I find all of them to be clunky and hard to use.

On the plus side, I do like how the actual records work. Most fields are optional and they have a decent custom field system. So, you can store pretty much anything in a reasonable way (from database credentials to PII, if you're into that).

u/maemilius

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