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resizeitplz commented on Dikembe Mutombo has died   nytimes.com/2024/09/30/sp... · Posted by u/chirau
wwarner · a year ago
ok, but i'd wager brain cancer (the cause of death in this case) lacks this correlation. And yes RIP, Mutombo seemed like an exceptional person.
resizeitplz · a year ago
All other factors being equal: Taller person = more cells = more cell divisions = more chances for cell mutation = increased risk of (any) cancer. (credit/source: Hank Green and possibly SciShow on YouTube)
resizeitplz commented on Show HN: The first open-source Infrastructure-as-Code framework   cncframework.com/... · Posted by u/zoomzoom
resizeitplz · 2 years ago
Wake me up when this can run two stages: TF/OT/Pulumi/etc to provision infrastructure, and then Ansible/Salt/etc to configure them.

Glibness aside, this looks promising, I would love an orchestrator for both infrastructure and configuration management though. From the readme, I'm guessing that's somewhat doable with the `Toolbox` feature; be cool to have native integration for more tools though.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the scope/intention of the tool though.

resizeitplz commented on The dual nature of Japanese Knotweed   worldsensorium.com/the-du... · Posted by u/dnetesn
err4nt · 2 years ago
It just occurred to me - we only call these 'invasive' not because they invade nature, but because they invade the spaces we as humans have carved into nature. If our presence wasn't there, perhaps the natural ecosystem wouldn't have space or room for some of these species to enter, but because of human activity, a space is carved out for these other species to grow in, and that's what causes us the stress.

Isn't it weird how we're so acutely aware of the effect of the species that invade our space, but so ignorant so often of our effect on the same spaces when we invade them?

I think I learned something valuable today chewing on this article.

resizeitplz · 2 years ago
Invasive species aren't 'invasive' for invading human space. They're invasive for invading other species space.
resizeitplz commented on IBM nearing a buyout deal for HashiCorp, source says   reuters.com/markets/deals... · Posted by u/ridruejo
sylens · 2 years ago
If you were looking to standardize on IaC today, after reading this news - would you go with Terraform or OpenTofu? I honestly can't get a good read on how this will affect the future of Terraform.
resizeitplz · 2 years ago
Pulumi, cloudformation/arm-bicep, etc?
resizeitplz commented on The Tech Industry Doesn't Understand Consent – Opt-Out Is Not Consent   soatok.blog/2024/02/27/th... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
AdamH12113 · 2 years ago
Imagining an opt-in policy highlights how unethical these AI data-harvesting schemes really are. It's blindingly obvious that almost nobody would actively choose to donate their work to enrich AI companies without getting anything in return.
resizeitplz · 2 years ago
Guess I'm 'almost nobody'. I see zero issue with AI farming Stack Overflow, Twitter, Reddit, and the like - publicly accessible forums. The value to me was in the discussion. It's happened; I've extracted my value from that engagement. If an AI company can also extract value from that collection of discussions, it costs me nothing and I expect no compensation.

Thought AI companies farming copyrighted work on the other hand, that's a different story.

resizeitplz commented on Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu   overkill.wtf/nintendo-sue... · Posted by u/brandrick
gjsman-1000 · 2 years ago
Nintendo can't prove the leak wouldn't have happened without Yuzu. But they don't have to. They can simply show that Yuzu made it infinitely worse. Also, suing Yuzu does not preclude suing emulator makers or flashcart makers - they can all be sued as they all have culpability.
resizeitplz · 2 years ago
With apologies for the pedantry, they didn't make it _infinitely_ worse. They may have made it _significantly_ worse.
resizeitplz commented on A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued   washingtonpost.com/techno... · Posted by u/helsinkiandrew
rtpg · 2 years ago
Really surprised at how rural postmen are using their own cars. This must be a huge issue! Imagine having to probably double or triple your driving time because you don't drive a delivery truck!

Though OTOH I don't know how well such delivery trucks would handle less maintained roads.

(Aside: I've always wanted a way to just signal to delivery companies that I'm fine picking things up, just tell me when they arrive at the sorting center. I live close to them, so it's easier for me of course)

resizeitplz · 2 years ago
> I'm fine picking things up

If you know it's being delivered through USPS, have it delivered to 'general delivery'[1]. Problem is Amazon and many others don't let you choose your shipper and most post offices (reasonably so) don't accept general delivery from 3rd party carriers.

Alternatively, ship it to a UPS store that offers 'Package Acceptance' service. They charge per-package - usually $5-$7 though I've seen some as high as $15. Or you could open a UPS POBox if you receive enough packages to make it worth the cost.

[1] https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-General-Delivery

resizeitplz commented on ICE faces heat after agents install apps, VPNs on official phones   theregister.com/2023/11/0... · Posted by u/Bender
iAMkenough · 2 years ago
Since it's not clear without reading the article, VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.
resizeitplz · 2 years ago
It might be possible that on an international TECHNOLOGY forum, a significant percentage of users know what 'VPN' (a tech thing) stands for and don't know what 'ICE' (a government office (off topic) of a single nation (limited scope)) stands for. Context matters. ICE isn't within either the regional or topical domains of common conversation on this forum.
resizeitplz commented on Supreme Court Narrows the Scope of the Clean Water Act   npr.org/2023/05/25/117815... · Posted by u/nozzlegear
sundaeofshock · 3 years ago
> Most of this country (by area, not population) is increasingly resentful of the federal government's actions,

Land doesn’t vote.

resizeitplz · 3 years ago
The Senate approves judicial nominees and land very much does vote for the Senate.
resizeitplz commented on Show HN: NESFab – Programming language for making NES games   pubby.games/nesfab.html... · Posted by u/pubby
benj111 · 3 years ago
Why spaces and not tabs for indents?

I know this conversation has probably been had many times before. But if I prefer a 2 space tab, and you prefer a 4 space tab, we both get them how we want them with tabs.

With spaces, I have to put up with your stupidly wide indents, and try not to scratch my eyes out from the pain.

resizeitplz · 3 years ago
A question as old as time (or as old as the existence of code editors). 4k results on Hacker News alone - and surely thousands, if not millions more, across the internet. There is no right answer, just differing preference.

https://www.google.com/search?q=spaces+vs+tabs+site%3Anews.y...

u/resizeitplz

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