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Why not just use 4G all the way?

If it's the price tag, this is something companies could fix.

Re:How the FBI tracked down the Twitter hackers on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:25PM (#24023173)
They could just pay back the exact amount, and that's it.
Re:How the FBI tracked down the Twitter hackers on Saturday August 01, 2020 @02:22PM (#24022700)
Very alienating how they disclose names even before their guilt is proven in court.

Also, I read they're considered adults because the crime was so serious. Come on. Just send the BTC back and that's it. This shit is a proof-of-concept and we should be thankful nobody started world war 3 on Twitter.

There's zero harm, just improved security at Twitter.

Re:Is It Okay to Go to the Beach? on Monday July 06, 2020 @05:58AM (#23746231)
The issue with herd immunity are the unknown long term risks. Just imagine this stuff wrecks your immune system a couple of months after infection. Or, that immunity goes away after some months.

There's no guarantee that herd immunity helps. On the other hand, we could be working all hands on deck to arrange our lifestyle AND protect from infection.

Re:Is It Okay to Go to the Beach? on Monday July 06, 2020 @05:03AM (#23745969)
As long as there is a very volatile equilibrium, I'd wish we play safe -- because there is absolutely no cost associated with wearing masks.

We've seen that local outbreaks happen, and that local authorities hesitate to take action.

Re:Is It Okay to Go to the Beach? on Monday July 06, 2020 @04:59AM (#23745949)
Meck Pomm country wants to get rid of wearing masks.
Re:Is It Okay to Go to the Beach? on Monday July 06, 2020 @04:03AM (#23745688)
I didn't mean to yell - I'm simply astonished. A mask costs like 0.15€ or 0.17$ (based on Taiwans price with overall comparable price levels in Germany). Two masks a week, that cost is next to nothing.

I think the response in Germany is quite good compared to many others.

My main issue is: we compromise on having some infections and deaths, rather than compromising on wearing a mask.

Re:Is It Okay to Go to the Beach? on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:15AM (#23745185)
Would be ok if everyone was wearing a mask. You go to the bathroom, cough cough, you go to the restaurant, cough cough, and you're driving back home with your friends in the car, cough cough. If we tried to reduce infection during these occasions, there maybe wasn't even a need for much lock-down.

Germany is about to get rid of wearing masks in stores. That's like turning off the firewall because the attack is over. It's preventive, so you need to wear a mask before sth happens.

I'd be very happy if there was an experiment, just for 4 weeks everybody should wear the damn mask both in private and public, and see what happens.

How can so many people fail to grasp the concept of prevention?

I feel like in Linux distributions, there's some default, and when questioning this default, the answer is "well your use-case is different".

After like 15 years with Linux, my personal conclusion is that the default very often makes no sense for any use case.

Would it make sense to split configuration from the software package itself and provide profile packages with sane defaults for servers, desktop and laptops?

Re:I'm booting my Raspberry Pi 4 from a USB SSD on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:41AM (#23478335)
Something I never understand:

Why is this not the default?

So many people struggle with the same stuff over and over again, yet, there's no mechanism in Linux distros to package default settings for a use case.

Re:Ask HN: What's the greatest lie of open source? on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:25AM (#23123096)
That it's more secure.