tycho-newman (u/tycho-newman)

tycho-newman commented on How I ditched smartphones discuss.techlore.tech/t/h... · Posted by u/sipofwater

mnky9800n · 5 months ago

I've always wanted to make a two-factor authentication device that has a camera, QR reader, and an e-ink screen for listing the codes that otherwise does nothing else. but ive always been a bit limited because I don't really know where to get started making hardware. but i feel like 2-factor authentication is the number one thing preventing me from getting rid of my smartphone which is kind of silly because why do i need some massive super computer in my pocket (at least from the perspective of the 1980s) to have an alternating cypher to login to websites on my laptop.

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

Years ago I had a little token that printed auth codes. They were everywhere. I had it on my keychain. I recall thinking it was nifty.

tycho-newman commented on Apple M5 chip apple.com/newsroom/2025/1... · Posted by u/mihau

strawhatguy · 5 months ago

That's confusing "consensus building" with "effective". Killing a private api is pretty effective. And consensus building doesn't always build the best software.

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

I think the consensus sought here is narrow enough.

tycho-newman commented on 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence alecmuffett.com/article/1... · Posted by u/alecmuffett

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

Parliament can make any law.

tycho-newman commented on People want platforms, not governments, to be responsible for moderating content reutersinstitute.politics... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

We only tolerate totalitarianism in the private sector!

tycho-newman commented on Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs businessinsider.com/compu... · Posted by u/nradov

ponector · 5 months ago

>> India is a cool place. Lots of Americans would do well to live and work there.

Would be interesting to see US people to live there on $30k salary.

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

Lots of Americans live on that right now. It would go further in India.

tycho-newman commented on Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs businessinsider.com/compu... · Posted by u/nradov

_Rabs_ · 5 months ago

H-1B's are absolutely exploited. I'd personally testify to the abuses at financial companies. Hearing threats of "If you don't complete this by tomorrow, you can expect to be back in India by next week" From one Indian to another too...

It's awful to witness it. Please don't spread misinformation that "They are not taking abuse or being exploited" That is extremely disingenuous.

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

It sounds like you object to the exploitation rather than to the H1-B.

tycho-newman commented on Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs businessinsider.com/compu... · Posted by u/nradov

oytis · 5 months ago

What's the problem with Indian visas? At least on a cursory glance looks straightforward

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

Nothing. American workers will rarely consider offshoring themselves. Which is a shame.

tycho-newman commented on Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs businessinsider.com/compu... · Posted by u/nradov

gjsman-1000 · 5 months ago

> And don’t try to convince me that a Java developer from India possesses skills that our university graduates don’t.

Everyone defending H1Bs forgets why we even have an economy. America never signed up to be some hegemon that needs to compete with the entire world. America exists for the sake of Americans, not the world, first and foremost. We can help other people after that point. You get revolutions and revolutionary acts when it feels that the opportunity for foreigners and the aristocratic is exceeding opportunity for the normal everyday people born here, and that is a legitimate injustice.

tycho-newman · 5 months ago

Maybe we should let people work wherever they want?

The tech companies will just offshore the jobs they’d otherwise use for visas. India is a cool place. Lots of Americans would do well to live and work there. They’d probably even be a bit happier. But they can’t because of visas.

For most of human history, you were free to decamp to greener pastures. Cultural chauvinism still existed and thrived in this more porous world. Why do we accept limitations on our freedom of movement?

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tycho-newman · 5 months ago

Simpson Tide predicted this.

tycho-newman commented on Oldest recorded transaction avi.im/blag/2025/oldest-t... · Posted by u/avinassh

ants_everywhere · 6 months ago

One of the theories of how writing was invented was via transactions and accounting.

You start keeping items in clay jars. You eventually mark the jars with a depiction of what's in it. Those marks begin standing in for the items themselves when communicating across languages or keeping records of how many items and jars you have.

tycho-newman · 6 months ago

Writing probably arose from reading animal tracks in soft mud.