x3c

hace 3 añosdiscuss

Reminds me of ice-nine from Cat's Cradle.

hace 4 añosdiscuss

Being out in the sun itself would be a huge step up in quality of life of cattle. Doubt free range cows represent a majority.

x3c

hace 4 añosdiscuss

Withdrawing a service is very different from delivering a malignant service. McDonalds is withdrawing from Russia instead of serving contaminated Burgers.

x3c

hace 5 añosdiscuss

Regardless of multi-cloud deployment preferences, multi-cloud readiness has tremendous value in itself.

Biggest of the values is having the freedom and choice to pack up from one cloud and go to another at the drop of hat.

Another equally important reason is to provide some commoditization of cloud providers so they don't grow all powerful.

It also keeps cloud market open for new entrants that can come in with better/different value propositions than the existing players and stand a fighting chance of playing upon merits.

Unless you (as in general developer and not you specifically) want cloud providers to become massive rent seeking institutions, keep optionality in the ecosystem.

x3c

hace 5 añosdiscuss

There’s a difference b/w how things are and how things should be. The former doesn’t excuse away the latter.

x3c

hace 5 añosdiscuss

Great to see Social distancing related icons in the list.

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

More than the abstract notion of it being a communication platform, it's the specific usecases that open your imagination to the unlocks connectivity is bringing. Using WhatsApp to report timber theft is something I would never have guessed.

I thought you'd have guessed the spirit of the comment since you're so adept at guessing.

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

More than the statistics, it's the stories that open your imagination to the unlock connectivity is bringing. Using WhatsApp to report timber theft is something I would never have guessed.

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

Since I can’t edit the comment, I want to paste this here so readers are informed about the extra mile Github travelled as well.

  Advancing developer freedom: GitHub is fully available in Iran

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25648585

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

I doubt GitHub or any org is changing their SOP based on my comment. But the mere existence of a scenario equivalent to the one in question in the operating guidelines suggest there is room fur sanity to prevail in the interpretation of the law.

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

Not as per the letter of the law.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/...

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

This particular case was overreach by Github and not the US Lawmakers.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/...

  118. I have a client that is in Iran to visit a relative. Do I need to restrict the account?

  A: No. As long as you are satisfied that the client is not ordinarily resident in Iran, then the account does not need to be restricted. See FAQ 37.

Source: https://twitter.com/Hamed/status/1346433510786138114/photo/1

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

Sorry... webRTC doesn’t work on ios Webviews and hence non Safari iOS browsers. It should work in Safari. Momentary brain freeze.

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

iPad / Safari (and by extension, all apple mobile browsers) doesn’t support camera access from browser.

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss

They aren't mutually exclusive

x3c

hace 6 añosdiscuss