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If Microsoft had put all the work into improving the Win32 underpinnings instead of throwing it all away and inventing all new and incompatible APIs it would have been fine. Modern UI frameworks can be implemented on top of the basic Win32 UI elements or even Direct2D, and those modern UI frameworks don't need to live on the operating system side at all but can be linked into applications.

Windows basically has lost a decade chasing a pointless unification of desktop and mobile platforms. UWP turned out a turd, no matter how you look at it.
Ironic that the cookie-wall on this site commits offence #1 as outlined in the article.
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> Assuming your 52% figure is accurate (and I’m happy to take your word on that) that still means that roughly half of all vulnerabilities are not memory safety.

Sure, but that half is every other category of bug put together. I guess if your model is that every other class of bug will be significantly increased by a rewrite then maybe that logic makes sense, but that seems unlikely to me.
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Kinda related but the NYT somehow kept on charging me even after I froze and then closed a privacy.com card associated with the account (this went on for months). No idea how it happened but I eventually had to spend 30 minutes going through the maze to cancel.
They even recognize the entire point of NFT is artificial scarcity. How could something fly which has the word "artificial" in the name??? On the other hand, artists/creators could sell copyright along the digital artifact. Then it could be for real - as soon as you can hold a future-proof proof of that copyright, and not a mere URI to some random server storage.
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I completely agree. I think the lack of real, immediate issues (war, famine, terrorism, poverty) in the western world right now is leaving a lot of people with extra time and mental capacity on their hands to try to dig up issues where there aren't any. Everyone can take offense over anything they read, it doesn't mean it's grounded in anything or it makes sense. On the other hand there are people hovering the internets waiting for such a person, to jump to the opportunity and virtue signal how said person is seriously endangered and everyone should adjust to them.
Same situation. Impact on development velocity is staggering
So happy to see that happening. Companies are making a mockery of the laws with the tracking "consent" mazes, auto-enabled "legitimate interest" boxes, etc.

I am also amazed how it's possible to track customers across devices forever, but it seemingly isn't possible to remember my refusal and it is necessary to ask me again very often.

I really hope this reckoning is going to move forward.
> I'm sure 99.9% of people are tired of having to click anything the moment they visit a site.

When you think about it, this whole scheme really makes no sense. The web is already partitioned by tech giants. When I visit a new website, the first few seconds define my love-or-hate relationship with it. If the first thing I see is this crap, the website already has some negative points. If I see more bullshit, I just close the tab, there is so much to choose from, I don't have to put up with all this. Website owners should understand it and not actively try to put the visitors off.
Fine with me. The last thing I want to hear is an athlete talking anyway. They're good at the sportsball and that's enough. If I want to watch someone struggle in something they're not good at, I might as well watch a journalist play tennis! ;)
I personally prefer having personalised ads over vanilla ones. Especially if the data is not sold but merely used to improve ads.
If possible I try to pay where possible to not have ads in the first place.
Yes, and like anyone else in the entertainment business, they get to choose how and when they interact with the press. This is what you hire agents and lawyers for. Nobody expects Scarlett Johansson to give them the time of day right after she walks off set, why should it be different for high performance athletes?
In the meantime, disable cookies from your browser and use https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
Is that doable? My understanding is it would require a constitutional change in contrast to a simple law which is even more unlikely considering the current political climate. Then again, why bother with the district thing for non-local politics if you are at it in changing the constitution of a country.
> So technically it's easy to solve.

The problem is not the assignment of the dividing lines. The problem is getting millions of people to agree to a new and different system: the tyranny of the installed base. Writing and releasing the patch is trivial. "Solving" also means deployment.
I don't see anyone mentioning a definition of microservices... How can you talk about it if you don't define it?

I've split up an application for a project into separate containers with docker-compose. They shared some environment state with a dotfile. I don't have to reinvent the wheel and can just pull some services into it and tag them so I can easily rollback and roll forward. I can offload storage with Docker's storage driver. The services talk through sockets, so it's easy to verify the uptime. The services are implemented in different languages, because I don't believe that there exists one golden language that can solve all problems.

Is that microservices? I don't know, but it works really great and it doesn't feel like there's any overhead.

Another example. I work in a team where two services use JSON schema validation, and they can't be reconciled. Agreement between schemas takes so much overhead, because there are different expectations, leading to 90% of the time discussing schema changes in pull requests.
Yeah sorry but this just isn't true at all. When the browsers started blocking or otherwise crippling third party cookies by default a few years back, lots of companies changed how tracking works to get around it.

I know because I did it for a company I was working for.

Instead of being able to use a simple tracking pixel hosted on a third-party server we changed to having websites embed JavaScript hosted by us so we could set a first party cookie.

I don't think any respectable tracking uses third-party cookies these days because they just don't work well at all anymore.
LQR does not include integral action by default
Telematics solutions improve the safety and security of fleet trucks
Gadgets have stopped working together, and it’s becoming an issue
Russia is effectively a country powerful enough to want sovereignity but powerless to be able to enforce its will outside even in its immediate borders (compare to the US which enforces its will globally).

Putin is a strongman that aside from keeping local "oligarchs" happy, has raised incredibly Russian's GDP and economy from when he got in power, and reverted the "sell everything to the highest foreign bidder" course that Yeltsin was praised for.

That's the problem with Putin, not his rule, that annoys the west - which is also why they never have a problem with allies that do the same or worse. Pinochet was celebrated by the west, and accomondated by the UK until his last days, for example. Ditto for rich journalist-killing oil heirs, and so on.
The US does its best to prevent allies from having any kind of military technology outside of US control, particularly if it's effective. Allegiances aren't set in stone and the US won't take the chance to see that tech used against them.

[0] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/03/12/01/1226207/galileo-sys...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/08/world.internation...
> Especially if the data is not sold but merely used to improve ads

Which is never. It's disingenuous to even pay homage to this idea being possible in practice, as it makes the space seem a lot less seedy than it is.
It really shouldn't. Words that have a defined meaning and that are used properly shouldn't be banned from use.
>Russia is a direct threat of invasion for most European countries
lmao
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My question is why most companies which focus heavily on research and future are not established as non profit entities?

It seems many lifestyle startups can benefit if they become non profit entities?
Yeh I'm gradually moving from Google to OneDrive for photos. I'm a office 365 subscriber anyway, but the Google photos interface is a little better and Google's sharing facilities are much better. OneDrive need to work on that. But if I'm going to pay someone, it's going to be Microsoft.
The "independent" media tell them so.
Oh fuck off, Wikipedia is one of the very few ethical resources promoting factual information on our planet at this point. Seriously, fuck this “news report.”
Who lives vicariously through sports reporters though? If she wants to connect with fans she can do an AMA, IG Live, stream on Twitch, whatever. There's no reason why she needs to hand her time over to magazines or blogs asking the same repetitive questions when she can reach her audience directly without the middle men.

"Traditional" press isn't needed to grow a brand anymore. Social media is key.
They took Finland.
Give new meaning to the term "we are cutting over".
But, unfortunately, even if you auto delete cookies, by accepting or not objecting "Legitimate interest for anti-fraud purposes" allow browser fingerprinting scripts to be run and does not require cookies to be present.

Yes, the advertising companies are that evil.
High-value targets have been travelling with powerful RF jamming equipment for some time now. The only decent response to the drone threat has been "jam the control signal".
Ideally there would be a standardized opt-out button with a recognizable icon in a banner of limited size at the top
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For comparison the USA...

Therein lies my problem. You are going to compare one of the wealthiest, most powerful countries in human history, with South Africa?
Stack overflow has no obligation to function corretly with any arbitrary extension(s)?.
I believe that would require a change to the constitution, which is currently politically impossible, as it would require Republican support, and it is Republicans that created the current extreme gerrymanders and benefit from them.

The only way I could see something like what you suggest happening would be for the Democrats to gerrymander the blue states to even things out, and then a better solution could be agreeable to both sides.
Is there a halfway decent cookie manager for Safari (macOS, maybe iOS)?
A softball is not even a unit of measurement :-)

I had to google what it is.
People using "paralyzed" or "blinded" in a more metaphorical or abstract sense is very common, and has been for some time: paralyzed by indecision, blinded by love (or lust), etc.

This argument that we may only use words literally feels very Drax-like: "Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it."
> the market seems to have decided that simple microwaves must be small microwaves.

Maybe I'm living in the wrong area of the world, I've never seen a differently sized microwave no matter the price category. They all are about large enough to fit a decently sized dish. Sure, the pizza from the local place won't fit, but that's not a microwave problem then.

> Want to heat something for 2 minutes 30 seconds?

Not really. In the 15 years I've had my ~$35 microwave (without a single issue I might add) I was never in a situation where I'd need much precision. Not to mention with every microwave, no matter the model, you need to have a feeling for how long to heat what in the first place. A lot of precision comes from that rather than beeping second counters.
You just shifted the question from "Why do we have an inverse square law for radiation" to "Why do we live in a 3d universe".

Same goes for the Noether theorem. It shifts the question from "why do we have certain conservation laws" to "why do we have certain symmetries".
There are dozens of threads where people from eu try to find an explanation. It's always "it sucks". Nothing else.
I never said or implied the opposite. "Great like Amazon" is not the same as "exactly like Amazon".
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Oh yes! I have thought about the subscript/superscript thing, but didn't think of these other things. That would actually be great.
Those Hobarts are usually rated for 1 kg of water. So this gives around 2.5 kg doughball. But they are rated for it so you can do it reliably. Without worry. But this is like 3 loaves of challah or 4 artisan breads.

For dedicated dough makers - spiral, fork or diving arm mixers are the standard. But planetary mixers are good if your dough is side affair or you need to whip some eggwhites from time to time.
>if it buys you a NATO umbrella

A NATO umbrella is something that is enforced upon you, not something you "buy", unless one is stuck to cold war logic.
People also put their lives on the line for cellphone towers in South Africa.
I don't know where you're sitting right now. I'm sitting in Europe, and credit card transactions are quite common where I live. Europe is a big place. Even within the EU there is plenty of room for difference.

A generalisation like this is no better than the frequent occurrence of HNers posting articles headlined with "the nation" which mean "the USA".
Thus we see the profits inherent in the protectionist scheme of certain things for sale being by prescription only.
Looking at this exact section:

> If you accept that (and you should), the only question left is whether the benefits actually exceed the costs. Now we're just haggling over the price, as Churchill said.

The author tries to appear neutral, but their preference is obvious for me.
Aren't a soccer and football field around the same length?
No, signatures are a stupid relic of the past that needs to die out as soon as possible. But anything delivered in-person should be authorised with a one-time code that you get with your order confirmation and everything else (if small enough value) should be placed in a secure area (like a mailbox).
> Self medicating drugs with high abuse potential is very risky.

Granted, but is it more or less risky for a person to remain severely depressed, if regular medications don't work?
No, my car is kinda old - I use a Bluetooth FM Transmitter to broadcast the music to my car stereo! hahah :)
I mostly agreed with this point of view until I saw Rafael Nadal’s (post match ha) interview on the subject. Ultimately these press conferences are another avenue to put a spotlight on the sport and it’s the popularity of these top players that bring in fans that write checks for the top ~500 players in the world (plus all the staff around players and tournaments). If a player doesn’t want to participate it only hurts the sport which will eventually hurt you if you want the sport to grow/survive.

Honestly, if they didn’t change the rules because of her, it would eventually happen due to other players following in her footsteps. I’m sure nobody really wants to talk to the press, even after a win (especially when there is another match the next day). I’ve seen so many good moments in those interviews and even the salty people that lost usually have great gems that add something to the sport and make you interested in the next tournament.

Storylines are what make sports interesting in the first place. If there are no stories, a sport is doomed to die IMO.
I once suggested my driver to drop me off before the destination as it was more convenient and he said no, that he really had to go to the exact agreed upon destination. I presumed it was for insurance purposes, like if something happens in the interval I was supposed to be in the car.
Maybe even integrate that in the browser's privacy overview?
Lets say you have two passports. One Irish and one Russian. If you use Russian passport to enter Iraq, will you still have trouble with ESTA with your Irish passport?
Personally I find one representative per 700,000+ constituents a little unrepresentative. I don’t call my representative “local” if they are representing more then a few thousand. I wonder why we bother with single party electorates at this point, and not just move to all proportional voting.
Maybe that's possible in theory but I've never encountered a statically language where I consider the testing frameworks "good enough".
Does France require this information for French citizens who no longer live in France, but moved to (for example) the United States 20 years ago?

Or, as in the case of a former partner of mine: She was born in the US, from Belgian parents who worked there for a few monhts, then moved to Belgium before her first birthday. When FACTA came into play she was in her thirties, and suddenly all banks were required to submit information about her to the US. Some (Belgian) banks told her they would cancel all services as long as she remained a US citizen.
Sure! I just think the field is immature and dominated by anecdotal evidence, and especially only short term evidence. Plus I think there's some survivorship bias, people who don't have live changing experiences on these drugs rarely post about it and even when they do I doubt it'd end up in the New York Times.

I'm just trying to temper my expectations.
Such a lovely story. So great.
So does Woz.

Even if either one or both were also a principle engineer for Intel, that'd still be a spurious, appeal-to-authority because they weren't a modern enterprise sysadmin, IT manager, or equivalent with visibility into what works and what doesn't in the real-world at scale.

Lionization in one or two domains for a limited time doesn't breed domain expertise across other areas for longer times. For anyone to be called, or call themselves, a polymath within the past 100 years is absolutely absurd. There are too many bifurcating domains splitting and branching too quickly for anyone of integrity to claim to "master" and stay in mastery of them.

I don't really care who they are: if they don't have sufficiently-current experience with enterprise-class gear, then random people have absolutely no place making claims about UPSes with supposed endorsements from dead dudes.
Having worked at Martin-Baker for quite a few years, I can confirm that most ejection seats are pretty uncomfortable. The main issue is that adding too much cushioning means that during the ejection, the g forces compress the padding, moving your centre of gravity, and causing the rocket motor forces to rotate you more than it should do (as the thrust is now offset). So yeah, most office chairs are better!
We used to have a Do-Not-Track header, which all websites promptly ignored.

The hard part is having a legally-binding standard

Given the current available API, I'd imagine the law-maker could have decided to write in the law 'consent must be collected through a javascript window.confirm() popup'
I do admit that this is a valid viewpoint. But also, the problem is that the choice is between “the data is collected” and “the data is not collected,” and ads being relevant is just a proxy for that. Even if a company was actually responsible with data and had a proven track record in data security, it just seems like unnecessary risk for something that is not very important to the end user.

I’ve learned to love more direct advertising. Granted, I will admit that NordVPN and Raycon may not provide the best or even in some cases most honest products, but the model they are using to advertise, by having reputable creators appeal to their viewers in enjoyable ways (see, for example, the way Internet Historian uses his signature video editing style and makes the whole ordeal of an advertisement into an over-the-top joke; people end up looking forward to these ad reads) is pretty solid, and it might have more room for growth with creators seeking more direct monetization with both their fans and sponsors alike.

Compared to that, even the most relevant ads generated by some algorithm will always feel impersonal. It’s a giant machine to me.
This.

I am sure there are significant legal, technical and logistical challenges to overcome to do this, but are they insurmountable?
> I really didn't care much about such imprecise language

But it's not imprecise, it's just metaphorical.

Someone saying they're in hot water does not literally mean they're currently standing in a cookpot or hot tub.
I find it odd that it's still news that improved ventilation helps prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission. I've been reading articles and studies that point this out since at least April 2020. This is not news. Yet it seems that a significant portion of people are still not informed about it.
This is already covered in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27340769 which also links to original article.

Save a click away from techcrunch, as its ironic that they are also not compliant.
2019/2020 is the latest released annual report, so I'm not sure how you'd compare against unreleased figures.
People spend more on pets than art in everyday life too
There are only a few dozen countries that allow people to express those attitudes, or even recognize the right of people to harbor varying attitudes in the first place. No matter how much you might not believe in God, there are plenty of places where your life will be in danger for expressing that attitude, so you don't.
It's a dark pattern, and it's arguably illegal under the GDPR.
Not sure how switching from Google to Microsoft is a good idea.
The BBC does not operate in the EU, except to serve an ad supported version.
I'm unsure how to do it with iPhoto. My guess is it syncs up to Apple cloud, from which the NAS should be able to sync? At least once it's off the phone you don't have the sandbox, which is a bit stronger on Apple devices, IIRC.

My cameras are all Androids, so I use FolderSync to put things in the cloud. It being Android there's still a filesystem that it can scan. I use an app on my QNAP to bring them back home.
"The inevitable has occurred" says "we all knew this was coming one day, and now it finally has".

Whereas the reality here is "this happens all the time, including a minute ago".

They're very different messages.
Yeah, since the mid 1990s people had been predicting that anonymous electronic money would lead to the collapse of society because people would create assassination markets:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_market

Guess what, eleven years later society has not collapsed and there are no assassination markets. Turns out that murderous psychopaths are not as commonplace as the statists would have us believe, and those that exist are not really into it for economic reasons.
Should have happened a long time ago. Hit everyone who resorts to these pathetic dark patterns with a company-ending fine. If all the buzzfeed and gawker clones pull out of the market, even better. Two birds with one stone.
Spacecraft can use https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_...
to heat up electronics.
Imagine how many meetings there have been where companies have decided to violate the GDPR by various half-assed implementations of cookie banners.

I'm guessing people here on HN have been in such meetings. How does that discussion actually go? "We could put up a clearly compliant 'Reject all', but it would hurt our bottom line too much, so what can we do instead"?

Also: it's interesting to see the design of the OneTrust tool that (apparently) is popular for creating a cookie banner.
It seems like a hundred options, where most combinations would form non-compliant solution, and are only there to give sites the ability to trick users by dark patterns. E.g. why would "Show reject all" even be an option? Who actually needs help from a third party tool to be not-quite-compliant?