skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not sure if this addresses the main point. Apple promised privacy, as long as you're not violating laws. The most recent move changed this: now you're a suspect by default, your photos will be scanned even on your local device, and you won't know what the criteria are to flag you, since they're hidden from your knowledge and you can't defend yourself against that hidden criteria.

So what's gotten better by this? In the kindest interpretation, you'll be safe from Fascististan's hashes. But what if Fascististan has been bribed by China or the US? And so on.

A line which should never have been crossed was crossed.
Absolutely. I use loads of those features including regexp in nano all the time and it works fantastically well. For me it's the fact that it's small (so available on nearly every platform) and the command interface is so quick. It's light, fast, and snappy to drive - no context "shifts" to get to commands, and I can do "power user stuff" with just a simple key shortcut _which is written on the screen so you can see it_ most of the time. It's easy, and that's worth more than a thousand vims. See also the success of Visual Studio Code.
This sounds as if we don't really trust encryption, which makes one wonder, why then go into all this trouble and encrypt the data in the first place?
> I wonder at what point we'll get to the trope of "non-approved Internet traffic is a crime"? Hopefully not in my lifetime but I believe we're bound to get there eventually.

I bet there are facebook lobbyists pushing for this today.
Facebook’s Attack on Research Is Everyone's Problem
That's a bit of a straw man argument. No need for anything so extreme. People are legally required to pay back the funding. If they don't then they will be arrested on return to the country. There are many similar schemes in place to enforce military service for example. As another example the US requires citizens living abroad to pay taxes. Of course some may choose to ignore it but given family ties etc I would wager in many cases the proportion would be small.
> and if it cone to market will cause a severe loss of market share.

AAPL closed 90 cents short of an all time high share price today. Why isn’t the market pricing in the loss of market share?
The Taliban simply need to show up, and the locals are submitting to them. Why?

* Because everybody can see which way the balance of power is tipping. The US is too weak to stay, and unlikely to ever come back. The Talibans are right there, hungry for blood.

* Because many would rather have Sharia law than US backed corruption. Mullah Omar was publicly executing bacha bazi perpetrators. 'One of the original factors mobilizing the rise of the Taliban was their opposition to the practice.' The US was turning a blind eye if not actively protecting them. In an infamous case, they pushed out a SOF captain and almost fired a decorated SOF sergeant for doing something about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Omar#Forming_the_Tali...

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/green-beret-who-beat-u...
In some widely influential toolkits, like Win32[0], this is just a part of the style state and even comboboxes without text fields are called comboboxes.

So the name stuck. It isn't really much different than calling them "radio buttons" even though they have nothing to do with radios.

[0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/abou...
> Putting this on the client device is dubious

Putting it server side is categorically worse. Putting it in the client SDK for iCloud (architecturally speaking) rather than on cloud storage or in the OS is clearly the better correct technical choice, tying surveillance’s hands in a way server side or OS would not.

Most every client SDK routinely checks content before upload, it’s a best practice. Careful examination suggests this was engineered better than that practice.

(Note: even tech trade posts such as LWN, Stratechery, or Daring Fireball trying to write well about this need to sit down a minute and have how it actually works walked through for them, as do many in this community.)

FWIW, I agree with much of the rest of your post except the rationale for low reporting counts.
The smart thermostats BGE offers allow only two overrides per day, iirc 30 or 60 min each. Not sure on that part, but the specific period isn't so much at issue as that somebody else has the privilege of deciding when I am allowed not to swelter.

(I saw some mention of a "smart switch" also installed under this program, which I assume is there to prevent "overriding" the meter by just yanking it off the wall and shorting the contacts.)
Nuking platforms isn’t the answer, the real answer is to educate the populace to recognize such phenomenon and train them to not be misled. Otherwise new outrage machines will just be created.
> I can see that there's not much difference between an ide and editor for new languages but why do people prefer text editing and prioritize typing speed where IDEs exist?

That's not why I use a text editor (Geany most often). I find the IDE to be complex and to bring on complexity. If I'm using a text editor the project has to remain simple. The best analogy I have was when I used Slackware. Ubuntu users would laugh because Slackware didn't have a package manager that resolved dependencies. Slackware users would laugh because Ubuntu had a packaging system so complex that it needed dependency resolution. Simply put, using a text editor imposes discipline that makes programming more fun for me.

I'm sure I would use an IDE if I were a Dilbert-style enterprise Java developer. The enterprise thing took all the fun out of programming so I took my career in a different direction.
Climate change will probably help increase life on earth, given it will likely remove the most invasive and bio-suppressant species on earth today, humans
How will anyone know what the OS is doing on a locked, signed, opaque, device? The company can do whatever pleases its masters and say anything they want.
The peak of the US "lead" would seem to be the fall of the Soviet Union. Vietnam etc. was long over by then.

Not saying Iraq and Afghanistan weren't unnecessary and expensive. The U.S. and the world would have been better off without them, probably. Saddam and the Taliban, Isis, Al Qaida don't look so dangerous in retrospect. But Islamic "extremism" was the big perceived threat back then, and you could argue that it is less of a threat today, so someones' version of a problem solved.
Because they haven't been just barely managing to survive for two decades.

They got their asses kicked in 2001-02, retreated to relatively safe territory in Pakistan. And then have been fighting for the past 20 years. They've occupied territory in Afghanistan for over a decade. It's just never included cities before now.

While their land in Pakistan isn't totally safe, it's their refuge. They have to worry about drone strikes and hush-hush raids, but they are relatively safe there.
You have to have a smart meter to qualify for the program, so it's not like they can't tell if you cheat from consumption data.
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include /usr/share/nano/*.nanorc

set autoindent

set minibar

set morespace

set historylog

set linenumbers

set softwrap

set tabsize 4

set tabstospaces

Now you got a full featured IDE.
Yes, because your sysadmins won't give you sudo, so you must scp a copy of nano into your home dir. Surprise, it's an AIX server running on Power, so your x86 nano won't run. Does building one from source count as hardship?
At 6°C (the very upper end of the IPCC report), the planet loses its ability to create clouds. Which itself means another 7°C due to the lowering of the albedo. Certainly a civilization-ending event, and perhaps a life-ending one.
I wouldn't say "this doesn't matter", I'd say "this makes it worse" because they're reaffirming that they want to push forward with this despite the criticism.
Please don't take my objection to how it's being handled as support for a forever war. I'm glad we're getting out, but as I said earlier, Afghanis that worked with us aren't receiving as much support as they should be.
In Australia, the cost for rooftop solar is about $1/watt. In the US, we're still higher from soft costs such as permitting, utility review and approval, and similar, putting the cost closer to $2-$3/watt (pre 26% federal tax credit). The NREL recently released an app that automates the permitting process [1], but there are still places to squeeze the fat out to drive the cost down.

Tesla's solar tiles are interesting, but cost prohibitive for anyone but the wealthy.

[1] https://solarapp.nrel.gov/

(i facilitate, pm, and help with rooftop solar installs as time permits in the US)
Who's audacious enough to claim that they want to "fix" the "Middle East" (a colonialist term by the way). Do people ever stop to think why it's in its current state to begin with? Who split it up divide and conquer style? It's those same people who want to "fix" it.
Hello! Know you know one who builds and tests on FF.
I subscribed. But is there any… Actual content on the site?
How are you still not getting this?: "search" and "spotlight" do not have the code to report anything to anyone.
This is as unhelpful as saying "don't have CSAM on your phone." As has been reiterated many times, the problem is not the capability it is claimed to start off with, it is how the capability will be evolved, abused, and exploited as time goes on.
The only reason WW2 was a success because it was a real war aiming at total defeat and destruction of the enemy including civilian population. "Liberation" wars where the population is supposed to be saved from oppressive governments always fail. Failed in Vietnam, Iraq and now Afghanistan. Military can't distinguish between "good" and "bad" and a big, confusing mess gets created.

WW2 would also have failed if the military had tried to avoid civilian deaths. You simply can't win a war that way,
>You can do a lot with thought experiments that show logical inconsistencies in ideas without any actual knowledge of the facts

Yes, what you're getting at there is "a priori" knowledge in epistemological-speak and I agree that it forms the basis for much of what we consider true.

But, even the ability to accurately conduct and assess the results of those experiments relies on some set of facts. Your physics example speaks to exactly that: i.e. there's a foundation of "rules" that underpins the field, much of which have been developed through rigorous observation, experimentation, mathematical proof, etc. These rules form the "accepted truths" through which we are able to think critically about new ideas.

So, while we can debate degree, it should be clear that there has to be some accepted base reality to make sense of anything. And, of course, in this thread analogies to science are a bit of a digression. That is, the topic is fact-checking sites, which are largely about dispelling disinformation/misinformation of the social/political variety. So, for instance, whether x politician did or did not do something can be important to know when trying to critically assess their fitness.
>how do they have weapons, transportation, logistics etc to be able to basically get their act together

Aid from Pakistani Pashtuns. Different country, same tribe.
What I want to know, and maybe it's listed somewhere, are users alerted when their photos are manually reviewed? If I get falsely flagged and someone looks at my photos I want to know. What are the security processes around the people reviewing? Are they employed in some low income country like most other moderation teams are?
Have we really been managing that well though? I feel like we haven’t made a great effort at this in a systematic way, with proper accountability of funds, and so forth. I also think this kind of effort may take more like 50 years (more than a one generation thing) to have a voting population and leadership that is ready to carry a stable nation forward.
The lesson of Gaddafi is that if you ever have even just chemical WMDs, never ever EVER give them up.

The United States will not attack a country that can actually deploy a WMD on it's forces and especially not on its homeland. Even back in the day it was obvious Saddam didnt have WMDs because he didnt use them when America invaded.
You need to read what they are doing. It's on-device scanning. You have no privacy or choice. May as well have a Facebook Phone.
That’s a smart plan. Apple didn’t misunderstand the criticism, they just have ulterior motives. It’s the only rational explanation.
first tomatoes, now mangoes...

is there some black market for produce from countries that don't lobby my poverty-stricken representatives?
> What I thought were people looking down on me were in fact people looking at me with hopeless pity

Or maybe they actually were looking down on you. When we feel bad in response to someone else, we're not usually misinterpreting the emotional cues.

It's not just what they say -- it's the way they say it.

Which is why the term "constructive criticism" exists. If you want to help them, then make them feel good by expanding their knowledge. But support them in their own choices and autonomy.
It's kind of a misnomer then, isn't it? He's not preventing anybody from doing anything, just forming a preconception based on what I think a lot of people would agree is sound logic:

That on average, people whose first instinct is `nano` to edit a file in Linux have less experience than people whose first instinct is `vi(m)` (or, selfishly `emacs`).
True but the actual snopes article does directly make an argument that the rate of rape in sweden is not materially higher than in other european countries
Nano is OK, I guess, but it's a bit bloated. Now ed(1) -- that's an editor!
Not an acceptable method of sanitation above certain classification levels, only physical destruction of the medium is sufficient.

There are shredders and V-shaped vice/press devices built for this purpose and such facilities will have them ready and waiting to be used.
My sympathies, Sweden.
Of course it matters- if Apple does a 180º reversal I'll applaud and buy more Apple products. I want companies to be able to acknowledge mistakes unequivocally and fix them.

If Apple says "we heard the backlash, we're sorry, we'll never do it again", I'll be more of a supporter than I had been before.

Until they do, trust lost.
Tech folks drastically overestimate how much the average person cares about privacy.

Plenty of people believe that the Facebook and Instagram apps are recording audio 24/7 and target you ads based on the speech the apps hear. That doesn't stop people from using the apps.

A few years ago some of the most famous people in their world had their iClouds accounts hacked and had their naked photos leaked. That is a lot of people's worst fear. People literally commit suicide over this sort of thing. It didn't hurt the iPhone's market share.

People largely don't care.
It's a typical "We're sorry you got mad" non-apology that deftly avoids admitting fault for the thing people are actually mad about.
From what I’ve gathered sterilizing immunity is not the norm for people who have had COVID-19 (and apparently most other disease). It can only be achieved by vaccines developed for this purpose.
Same reason everyone else should be. Why are they special?
You don't patent a "concept." You patent an invention.

I'm not familiar with that particular case, but I really doubt that a clip from 2001 was dispositive of anything. Unless the patent really was as broad as "a flat computing device."
I may be misremembering, but the biggest differences I remember between vi and vim as a semi-casual user is vi defaults to not supporting arrow keys, and doesn't tell you the mode it's in.
> Not sure on that part, but the specific period isn't so much at issue as that somebody else has the privilege of deciding when I am allowed not to swelter.

You signed up for a discount for them to have permission to adjust your AC condensing demand run time when necessary, correct? I have never heard of a mandatory residential load shedding program in the US, but that doesn't mean they might be out there.

https://bgesavings.com/programs/ac/

> BGE‘s PeakRewards Air Conditioning program helps prevent the need for additional power plants, keep down the overall cost of electricity and ease the burden on Maryland’s electricity delivery system as the state’s population continues to grow. Plus, participants receive up to $100 in BGE bill credits each summer (June – September).

> The PeakRewards program is completely voluntary and is open to all BGE residential customers with central air conditioning or an electric heat pump in good working order, regardless of their choice of electricity supplier.
Serious question: why make something you're good at easier for others? The only effect would be to depress your own salary.
That would seem to require an outside source of entropy to drive the randomness who created that and where does it come from?
i had a mango at my Pakistani friend's house when I was 8 and have been chasing that sweet, stringy, savory taste ever since

i can't understand a mango that you can slice

its gotta be soft like a marshmellow
...if you use iCloud Photos.

How is it day 47 of HN arguing about this and you all still can’t get basic facts right, and oh boy, you showed me downvoting me twice in 60 seconds for pointing out a lack of fundamental comprehension of what you’re actually upset about

This community is obnoxious
Nobody is going to throttle the ac to your million dollar home unless it’s Cali and even then probably not. Likely will only affect poor people.
I mean, the US invaded Afghanistan for harboring terrorists and refusing to give up Bin Laden.
There are different models of centralisation, and yes, trust is a factor in several ways.

"Centralised" needn't be "a single centre serving an entire camp", though that's clearly one model. It could also be nodes distributed amongst every-so-many refugees, based on a full-utilisation estimate. Say: every family does laundry 1x weekly, for 2 hours, within a 12-hour day, 6 days a week, giving one washing machine per 36 families. Hypothetical though plausible numbers, modify assumptions to arrive at different values. If a family has 4 members, this would be about 7 machines per 1,000 camp inhabitants. Are we comparing 250 x $30 hand laundry systems (1 per family) vs. 7 x $100 laundry systems (plus power and water)? The electrically-powered machines would be 1/10th the total cost, though requiring greater coordination and infrastructure.

The service might be fully staffed, or a family member would operate the washer. The risks for a full-service laundry are of loss of clothes to the refugees. The risks of a self-service laundry is abuse or damage to the equipment to the providing and/or managing agency or operators.

One problem facing refugee camps is that they're organised on the explicit assumption that they are temporary, and that there isn't an economy --- people not only don't work and produce goods and services, they often cannot by camp and government regulations. A resident-operated laundry might be sensible, but prohibited.
> If a resident of Australia vpn’s Into Germany to watch an Aussie programme then an Australian network loses a viewer for at least that content, but a German who’s paid for it in Germany?

At one point I understand a double digit percentage of Ebay's entire revenue was people selling US Hulu pre-paid cards to viewers outside the US.

Bypassing financial geofiltering is easier than bypassing IP based geofiltering generally. But, ultimately, generally speaking studios nowadays expect you to do both, not one or the other, so Netflix adopting models on payment territory would not mean they didn't have to block VPNs any more, it means they would have to do both like everyone else does.

Also, having spent some time trying to build this product myself and failed, you are vastly overestimating how reliable international payment identification is on country of origin. Like a lot.
> Respect the local culture but smash hard some cultural practices.

These are not merely in tension, but actually completely incompatible. We can respect local culture or try to impose one that we like better, but you can't do the first and also the second.

> Would it be incredibly hard to do without abuse?

No, it would be abuse.

> Is it questionably moral?

No, again, it is unquestionably immoral.

> War is awful, it should happen as infrequently as possible, but if you're going to do it, you better have a plan for winning the peace.

Sometimes, you just need to accept winning the war. Disrupting al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and providing a deterrent for the Taliban letting a similar group base out of there in the future was a win. The fantasy of then forcibly-but-on-the-cheap implanting a pro-Western liberal democratic regime and society in Afghanistan was...insane. Unrealistic fantasies about “winning the peace” we could do with fewer of.
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Updates could always have changed that, on any closed-source system.
Thanks for the replies.
I posted on the offical discord and reddit not any interest so far, a friend suggested this site, so here i am. I'll just need to be patient now and see what crops up.
I wanted to thank you for your advice and the time you took out of your day to respond with such a thoughtful reply. I really took it into account with my decision making. Just today, I decided to take a more coding-oriented position and turned down the management roles.

I'm saving your reply into a Word doc so that I can use it going forward. What stood out specifically was your first sentence - I'm not tired of writing code and still feel more passionate about developing rather than managing. It pays less but I feel as though I will be happier in the end.

In any case, I wanted to thank you kind stranger, for your words!
Customer support is a computer with a mere human overlay. A profound statement.
My dirty software engineering secret is that I don't know how to use vim. Like at all. I've been a developer for over 10 years at this point.

The only thing I remember is that some combo of hitting the escape key and typing :wq gets me out of it. When I get a new machine I have to immediately change the default editor for git so I don't get totally stuck if I need to edit a commit message.

I also use a GUI text editor for git...

I really appreciate that nano has it's shortcuts written on the screen for me to use. It's my CLI text editor of choice for that reason.
I always wonder if Android was a success for google from a pure business perspective. Did it really help them make more money?
A tool is a tool, not a work of art. Tools are supposed to be used. Therefore, flaws in them need to be fixed.
>Anyone have theories/guesses on how the Taliban are able to pull this off?

No one in the US agencies who planned the pull-out and advised the Biden administration, apparently.
Just put a heated blanket on it if you need to override
I bet state sponsored hackers already have CSAMing capability. This change will make them much more effective and streamline prosecution of their victims.
May a 'gatekeeper' give me a nod in the right direction
I think it dominating Reddit for last week might be bringing a lot of attention too.

Kind of surprising how tone deaf Apple's response has been despite this.
This was actually really helpful and a fun read on my favorite physicist! I appreciate your response, this helped me come to a decision!
There's low net-reason for them to trust incumbent institutions.

I don't blame them one bit.

Also if you're young & non-overweight, the personal risk is negligible.
> It's either that or getting shut out of markets gradually by law enforcement and governments.

How come that's not happening to desktop Linux then?