uxp8u61q (u/uxp8u61q)

uxp8u61q commented on Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC mfkl.github.io/2024/01/10... · Posted by u/2pEXgD0fZ5cF

tankenmate · 2 years ago

"is really clear that they never have (depended on Unity)"; I'd be happy to come to the same conclusion, IF there is evidence.

But most of your comments seem to be conclusions looking for evidence rather than the other way around.

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

The evidence is that VideoLAN still exists months after getting banned by Unity. If they "depended" on Unity they'd be bust by now.

uxp8u61q commented on Ask HN: Got a /22, cool things to do with it? · Posted by u/dosguy42

hendi_ · 2 years ago

If learning is "fun" for you, you can play around with BGP and build your own global CDN with Anycast.

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

Unless you actually have several machines spread around the globe, you're not building a "global" CDN.

uxp8u61q commented on "I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower" (2013) blog.zorinaq.com/i-contri... · Posted by u/jstanley

LarsDu88 · 2 years ago

Opposite? It's basically exactly what the OP was alluding to in 2013

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

OP claimed that pwsh was started because it was new and shiny and would lead to a quicker promotion than working on cmd. Turns out that the guy who created pwsh didn't get promoted, but actually demoted. If you can't understand that demotion is the opposite of promotion, well...

uxp8u61q commented on "I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower" (2013) blog.zorinaq.com/i-contri... · Posted by u/jstanley

LarsDu88 · 2 years ago

I'm not a user or fan of powershell, but let me tell you something funny... The creator of Powershell did it as a side project at Microsoft and got DEMOTED for doing it. That's about all you need to know about the culture of Microsoft in the Steve Ballmer years.

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

That's literally the opposite of what the OP claims, then.

uxp8u61q commented on "I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower" (2013) blog.zorinaq.com/i-contri... · Posted by u/jstanley

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

> That's literally the explanation for PowerShell. Many of us wanted to improve cmd.exe, but couldn't.

I stopped reading here. (Not really, I read the rest, but I could have.)

Powershell is a fundamentally new thing that's miles ahead of its competitors. They couldn't have gotten there by just improving cmd incrementally. If the authors confuses boldness with being carefree about maintenance, that's on them.

uxp8u61q commented on True Name – Mastercard (2022) mastercard.com/news/persp... · Posted by u/popcalc

silverpepsi · 2 years ago

When you eat at a sit down restaurant, part of the service is not forcing you to walk to the register up front to pay. Hence you leave your card with the waiter and they disappear with it for up to 15 minutes to process the payment at the terminal.

This is also their opportunity to copy your magnetic strip and/or add a tip without your permission. (Though the latter only happened to me once, I guess the former may have happened a few times over the years it's hard to know.)

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

In Europe they just bring the handheld payment terminal to your table...

uxp8u61q commented on True Name – Mastercard (2022) mastercard.com/news/persp... · Posted by u/popcalc

blairbeckwith · 2 years ago

> New research by Mastercard across 16 countries in North America and Europe revealed that 59% of people who identity as nonbinary say they feel unsafe while shopping

We should do what we can to make life easier for everyone, but we should stop encouraging and accommodating this “everything makes me feel unsafe” attitude. It harms everyone when we redefine safety to include awkwardness or very minor psychological discomfort.

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

Step 1. Go to google news or whatever news aggregation website you want.

Step 2. Search for "transgender attack".

Step 3. Take some time to digest the horrible news you're reading.

Step 4. Try to figure out the common thread between these stories. The people in question usually get outed in public during some kind of ID check, and got jumped by some intolerant moron who witnessed it.

This is happening. Today. Including in "North America and Europe". The people who say they feel unsafe because they feel unsafe for their physical integrity and safety. Not because of "awkwardness or very minor psychological discomfort".

uxp8u61q commented on True Name – Mastercard (2022) mastercard.com/news/persp... · Posted by u/popcalc

namdnay · 2 years ago

i thought the minor discomfort being referred to was that of changing your name and reissuing a new ID card. i can definitely understand how it would get grating to explain the change at every security check

uxp8u61q · 2 years ago

You should read more carefully. GP wrote "minor psychological discomfort". They're definitely trying to downplay the danger that transgender people sometimes get put in.