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My name is Martijn Arts (martijnarts.com), but I also still go by Totem or TotempaaltJ in places where I haven't been able/bothered to update my username yet.

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Would only be interesting with Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. support.

Big statement, maybe for you but for plenty people it seems to be interesting enough without those.

if you take the time to understand what this code does, you’ll learn a surprising amount about WebAssembly!

It's a shame the article mostly teaches about codegolf tricks, and the actual wasm info is left to a single commented code block.

Nonetheless an interesting article about JavaScript quirks though!

You don't need to delete data instantly, you just need to do it within a reasonable timeframe. So batching data deletion requests and running a clear out once a week should be fine.

You may even be okay to just reply to the user that you've deleted all active copies of the data and it'll be fully gone when your backups expire in 30 days.

IANAL tho.

Do you (or anyone) have suggestions on higher quality ethical discussions on this topic? I've found it hard to find these, but I love reading these perspectives and dissections.

If you buy a famous painting as an investment, I'd assume you have enough money to cover the taxes without having to auction it.

Accurately valuing the painting every year is definitely very difficult.

The same argument doesn't necessarily go for a farmer's farmland. The zoning could of course be calculated into the land value. But I'm unsure if farming economics allow for paying the taxes on those unrealized gains

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has drinking fountains at most if not all toilets[0]. There's been a short period recently apparently where they were getting replaced and so were unavailable.

The city of Amsterdam has 500 fountains or bottle filling stations[1]. The rest of the country has at least 2400 more[2].

[0] https://www.wateratairports.com/topic/schiphol-airport-ams/ [1]: https://www.waternet.nl/service-en-contact/drinkwater/gratis... [2]: https://drinkwaterkaart.nl/waar-kan-ik-gratis-water-tappen/

Here's[0] a breakdown from the foundation on that budget category. They also commit to breaking it down better in the future:

  Salaries, benefits, payroll taxes, payroll service provider fees: $1.17m  
  Travel, event sponsorship, & support: $192k  
  Legal and Professional Fees: $66k
  Fund transfer to the Grants Program from membership fees: $40k
  Fund transfer to the Specification work from membership fees: $20k
  Marketing: $36k
  General Admin: (software, bank fees, meeting rooms, etc.) $20k
It's mostly salaries. They employ four engineers (software, security, infrastructure) that work on Rust, who they pay "at or above the average in their local market."

[0] https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/335408-founda...

I used ProtonMail for a few years, but ended up switching to FastMail. Too much became too difficult due to the full E2EE, especially the calendar app was impossible to use together with other apps or even other people.

The email app was _fine_, but not great, and again E2EE was difficult to use with other apps. Especially on desktop I like using a dedicated app, and their bridge just never cut it for me in terms of stability.

The VPN worked well! I ended up switching to Mullvad, and have now moved to Mullvad-over-Tailscale, which works alright.

I never used their password manager (very happy 1Password user), their cloud storage (content with my Syncthing setup).

Mario meets Pareto 2 years ago

Excellent article! Super approachable and relatable, making it very good at explaining a useful model.

It immediately has me looking for other places to apply this. This'll be top of mind for a while!

RustPython 2 years ago

I think it's really cool that Python has a healthy third-party interpreter community. PyPy, IronPython, Jython, and now RustPython expand Python's accessibility. It's very cool to see how many people are working on this, and I wonder what kind of problems with CPython this has exposed also.

Power over fiber 3 years ago

Fwiw, Power over Ethernet or PoE has been a widely used IEEE standard since 2003. This is not specific to Cisco, or Meraki. It's common for VoIP phones, cameras, routers, intercoms, etc.