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[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Because other CPUs don't have this problem. If the game engine is problematic then many other CPUs would show something. The game engine is just the trigger, much like a seizure can be triggered on some people by flashing lights but not others.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

A monopoly run by the government can operate at a loss no problem. Why? Because their job isn't to make a profit first but to serve the people. Can any private business operate at a loss? And IMHO, utilities are the prime example of what should be owned by the government.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 32 points 2 years ago

And when government fucked up those management, you as a citizen should held your government liable. People shouldn't be afraid of their government, the government should be afraid of their people. Also, the government's main priority is NOT to make a profit but rather serve the people. So there is a (theoretical) obligation for the government to make sure every citizen has access to their service even if at a loss.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Abuse of technology is not the fault of the technology itself. You didn't blame the gun for misuse of guns by the police do you? IMHO, this tech is better than the government having EVERY car GPS tracked

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To be honest, there is no good silver bullet solution. I've come across that problem too once and in the end I decided to just simplify my program. But my journey takes me to cap'n proto which IMHO is very ideal but it rarely has updates and the ecosystem around it is lacking. If you need to support many languages, then protobuf is the best. If you didn't mind it being open source, there is ZeroC ICE (mumble use this intensively). I pray that one day there is something like cap'n proto but also works for an embedded system.

Edit: Forgot to remind you that this is meta for programming.dev. You should check out other communities to ask this question. Mod may remove this.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I think his point is that funding doesn't equate to it being shit

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

... combine multiple physical disks into one.

Isn't that RAID 0 and generally a bad idea? Since one disk failure can bring down the whole system.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

How does this differ from Nix package manager? I haven't read Nix's implementation detail yet (just the concept) but maybe someone can fill me in or give me the tl;dr?

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I've also read the article. I am just being cautious on how it can be used for other things that cause privacy concern. And so far, I've come up blank too.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My bad, I worded that badly. What I meant is that the website now has access to those features via the browser (js or some other mechanism). Now suddenly fingerprinting a device can be made easier.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Be careful since it is a double edged sword. Device bound session means the browser has the capabilities to differentiate devices, and thus can be used for more accurate tracking information. Of course I'm not saying it is not useful, having created a fair share of websites myself, I know the pain of authentication on the web and how it can be challenging to secure from tons of possible attack vectors. And in my experience, the weakest link is always the user.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Fair enough. I guess it can be implemented someday if enough people ask for it since the back end is there (PIO core). The only thing left I guess is making the repo have offline capabilities so people can mirror it too. But I think it should be left as a separate project.

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