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skoskie commented on Brennan Center for Justice Report: The Campaign to Undermine the Next Election   brennancenter.org/our-wor... · Posted by u/tastyface
antonymoose · a month ago
In my state I bring two forms of ID and a couple of bills to the DMV and I’m issued a same-day license?

How does that compare to a notoriously unfriendly nation like Germany?

In any case, my understanding is virtually any nation in Central and South America requires identification to vote. If the third-world poverty stricken nations make it work there is no reason the rich United States cannot.

skoskie · a month ago
And in my state I needed more documentation for an ID than was required for my passport. It varies wildly.
skoskie commented on PHP 8.5 adds pipe operator   thephp.foundation/blog/20... · Posted by u/lemper
hombre_fatal · a month ago
Functions also pollute the scope the same way. And you don't want to be forced to extract a function that is never reused just to hide intermediate values; you should only have to extract a function when you want the abstraction.

The pipeline transformation specifically lets you clean this up with functions at the scope of each ephemeral intermediate value.

skoskie · a month ago
That’s why we have classes and namespaces.

Anyone can write good or bad code. Avoiding new functionality and syntax won’t change that.

skoskie commented on Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (2014)   mako.cc/copyrighteous/goo... · Posted by u/pabs3
didacusc · 4 months ago
More annoying than that is the email monopoly operators deciding any non-monopoly email is spam, effectively driving businesses into their corporate packages. As a business, you have no guarantee that if you run your email server or have a hosting company run it, you'll actually be reaching customers.
skoskie · 4 months ago
Is this not the logical result of fighting spammers? It’s easier to trust messages coming from mega corp when you know mega corp has invested in mechanisms that ensure their systems aren’t being used to send spam. I certainly don’t like the negative impact on people who choose to self host, but I also don’t see it as an intentional effort to shut out legitimate emails.

Case in point a bit further down in the comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43902653

skoskie commented on FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users–We Want Lawful Access to All Your Encrypted Data   forbes.com/sites/zakdoffm... · Posted by u/miles
brarsanmol · 6 months ago
I was rather surprised that Apple kowtowed to the UK. Quite a shift from the rigid stance that they had with San Bernardino. I understand the situation is not exactly apples-to-apples (ha!), but it is similar enough.

This stance is even more confusing considering the company has spent the better part of the last decade advertising to customers that they are on their side for privacy and security juxtaposing themselves against Meta and Microsoft.

skoskie · 6 months ago
I’m bothered by the UK thing because beyond just the marketing, we had Tim declare that “Privacy is a human right.”

Marketing is BS, and I expect companies to screw customers and ideals (“Do no evil”) whenever it’s convenient. But I really thought Tim understood the assignment and would keep Apple on track for at least the duration of his tenure.

Now every nation knows they can pass similar laws and Apple will do nothing.

skoskie commented on Prism – One Card, Endless Rewards   useprism.xyz... · Posted by u/HarryET
skoskie · 6 months ago
The idea is pretty brilliant. I hope it takes off. Good luck.
skoskie commented on Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life   johnnydecimal.com... · Posted by u/debone
asystole · 7 months ago
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skoskie · 7 months ago
This product looks awesome and the mobile app looks exceptional. But if it’s not self-hosted and in some kind of standard format,you’re SOL when the company shuts down. Even though you can export your data, where are you supposed import it to?

Here are some possible alternatives: https://selfh.st/alternatives/notion/

skoskie commented on Apple to Debut 'Passwords' App, in Competition with 1Password, LastPass   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/mariocesar
appplication · a year ago
Yes, having a place to store security questions like whatever my favorite flavor of ice cream was 9 years ago (looking at you, United) would be nice and the main feature I missing now.
skoskie · a year ago
I still generate random passwords for the questions. I don’t like that someone who knows me well could use them to gain access to an account.

… but yes we definitely need extra fields for storing that and lots of other related data.

I’m a 1Password user and one of the features I really like is that it saves ALL of the fields from a signup form along with the password. That has saved me a couple of times where I needed to know some value I had entered at the time I created an account.

skoskie commented on Drupal Is Dying   medium.com/@maximetopolov... · Posted by u/mobilio
2000UltraDeluxe · 3 years ago
Joomla and Drupal both have their strong points, but nowadays most people will just install WordPress with a 1-click installer and add some plugin/theme that does whatever WordPress doesn't do out of the box.

It's nothing new and both project will stay alive, although with minimal updates. I mean, phpFusion is still alive after all these years -- just with a much smaller user base.

Eventually, I suspect, WordPress will go the same way and we'll have another shiny hammer, that makes every problem look like a nail.

skoskie · 3 years ago
Since Guttenberg WP has become a complete mess and most devs I know are migrating away from it. It’s definitely on the chopping block.
skoskie commented on Apple kills plans to scan for CSAM in iCloud   wired.com/story/apple-pho... · Posted by u/ashton314
AceJohnny2 · 3 years ago
I think this really demonstrates how companies aren't monolithic, even ones that take pains to present a unified front like Apple.

One group wanted to implement a tool to improve child safety, another team wanted to enforce user privacy. At one point, the former was about to complete their project, but was stymied by the second. Of course, it's surely more complicated than "one team" vs "another team", but the concept of conflicting goals within the same entity applies. It's not some top-down dictat.

skoskie · 3 years ago

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KarmaCake day406February 10, 2014View Original