lochlainn · HackerTrans

This feels like a non-solution; implying that working harder solves mistreatment simply glosses over the work that women do, and could implicitly associate harassment with "poor performance".

lochlainn

8년 전discuss

Apple doesn't really need to mess with the tech behind Shazam too much, I've personally found it to be lightyears ahead of the competition. I switched to Soundhound for a few years back in 2010 when both were relatively new, but the difference is unbelievable now. Shazam can get popular songs in less than a second, it's like some sort of musical L1 cache.

lochlainn

9년 전discuss

I've been using DuckDuckGo for about a year now. I would say it has complete parity with every search engine other than Google, and only seems to miss things when I do very specific searches. A common example is looking up an error in dmesg: I can usually get a specific bug thread on Google, but only more general results on DDG.

lochlainn

9년 전discuss

I think an interesting extension of this study would be looking at how other sites were affected by these bans as well. There could well be a mass exodus to a different site, like 4chan or Twitter, where the community reforms.

lochlainn

9년 전discuss

>> falsified fire safety data

In a situation where something that severe (and malicious) is found, what would even be the short-term response? Are the management of the plant completely replaced?

lochlainn

9년 전discuss

If you want to do a simple test, you can just generate some images with ImageMagick:

  $ convert -size 512x512 canvas:red canvas_red.jpg
  $ convert -size 512x512 canvas:blue canvas_blue.jpg

lochlainn

10년 전discuss

I think this isn't necessarily true, especially in an era where returning to underground/cult IPs that didn't sell well is becoming a more common strategy. Shenmue 2 and Nier were both games that didn't make back nearly enough to support the developers, and yet they both have anticipated sequels on the horizon that devs/fans/news outlets are taking seriously.

lochlainn

10년 전discuss

Does anyone feel like Apple might start abusing the "open letter" format whenever they're in hot water? Since they're so famous for ubiquitous brand representation, it automatically grabs your attention when a letter written by the CEO himself is posted. Even if it's subconscious, I'm sure some people (me included) read the letter and think that if it's important enough for Tim Cook to write passionately about, on the main site of his company, then Apple's probably in the right.

I wonder how many more open letters we'll be seeing in the next few years.

lochlainn

10년 전discuss

It has been done before (http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page), but the simplicity of jailbreaking the Wii, plus its ability to connect to the Internet, make it much more viable for anything more than a simple project.

lochlainn

10년 전discuss

Probably the weirdest password requirement I've seen was the one for my college's email: it had a maximum of 10 characters, and required it to contain no dictionary words or reverse dictionary words. I never figured out why they would have such strict requirements, and also force it to be so short.

lochlainn

10년 전discuss

Nothing but positive experiences with youtube-dl, invaluable piece of software IMO.

For people interested in tools like this, or for people who want to just watch videos without downloading, I would also recommend Livestreamer. I use it to watch Crunchyroll streams, and I avoid all the strange issues that come up with their terrible player. No more skipping to random sections of the episode. https://github.com/chrippa/livestreamer

lochlainn

10년 전discuss

There was also a terror attack this morning that has relevant articles on the front page.

Perhaps adding a tooltip would be a subtle way to provide more info.

lochlainn

11년 전discuss

Do you have any more information on this tactic? It's fascinating, I didn't realize that there was actual intent to it.

lochlainn

12년 전discuss

I think a lot of it stems from an attempt at simplicity in design. At the time, Windows Mobile was offering a fully customizable filesystem, but Apple wanted to go the route of simplicity when they introduced Apps with iOS2. You tap on them and they work, delete them when you don't want them, etc. Everything is so isolated as a result, and combined with the lack of any sort of Downloads or file creation in the traditional sense, it sort of makes you feel like the data of your apps is stored in really remote, weird locations you can't ever access.

Simplicity like that was part of what made people think not just of productivity but also of fun when they looked at a smartphone imo. Still not very fun to deal with. (Never write a document on your phone. It's not worth it)

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