The problem you have is you care which disk gets wiped, russian roulette is the best design pattern!

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$(ls /dev/sd* | shuf | head -n1)

…I shouldn’t need to say, but don’t run that unless you want to make your day a bit worse

Unironically probably for the best, anything top secret he would learn in those meetings would be in the hands of his autocratic handlers before the meeting was concluded.

Ah yes, the shart of the deal

Oh for sure, I completely understand that. But that’s just because they don’t have the spine to actually bite their bark—theory-wise though, it’s a pretty sound plan to end tyranny and people with more backbone could freely follow it.

Haven’t you had gun nuts banging on about what you do in this scenario for decades?

It’s about enriching the self. It’s about stonewalling or reversing social power.

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The difference is how much one is able to “enrich” their self, is determined by how much they’re willing to crush others to elevate themselves. The ultimate conclusion is concentrated power.

No, it’s just simply understanding the end goals of an ideology.

Right wing politics is ultimately about concentrating power in the hands of the aristocracy of the day or distracting the public whilst the former goal is furthered.

These goals are to the detriment of modern society and should be wholly resisted. The goals of modern society are to create the rising tide to lift all ships.

There is zero value in the right wing school of thought beyond the warning to not pursue it we all got ~80 years ago.

Knowledge is the cure to conservatism.

You cannot simultaneously hold right-wing views and know enough about the world to have any valid opinions about how it should be run.

The UK is a bit away from “about to go fascist”

Nigel (Nazi-youth-song-singing, frequent RT guest apologist for Putin & emphatic volunteer for 2nd in line of any future human trumpepede) Farage is as close to actual power as he’s ever been—which is not at all.

His party’s existence actually potentially helps more reasonable parties because he is splitting the right wing vote

Dare I say we would be entirely justified in calls to “lock him up” then?

He doesn’t know if he needs a trial any more so let’s take him up on it

Holy shit, they automatically activate it on computers without an account to back the key up to?

That’s just malicious

I think there’s an alpine build too if your system has low oxygen levels

Why not just IPFS? Have I missed something?

Well I’ll be, if it’s not the ideological purge!

And only about 3 months in

Most Java engineers I’ve ever met have Stockholm syndrome with the framework du jour.

Well that’s why I prefaced what I said with the point about not having enough detail for specifics. I went off a rough idea of what any typical smart home gadget I’ve come across would require.

Many consumers care about ongoing maintenance of the stuff they buy, especially smart home stuff. I know I personally wouldn’t touch a new product if I got any impression it would stop working or be abandoned in the future.

Apps sometimes break in some way with new OS versions and need changes to continue working correctly. New devices come out and the app might operate on assumptions that are no longer true, requiring improvements.

Security researchers might find a bug in your app/API/gadget and now suddenly you’re hosting a botnet whilst potentially being on the hook legally and financially. That’s gonna need engineer time to diagnose and fix, ideally proactively.

And yes you’re right, one engineer could do it all, I addressed that in my original comment. If one engineer can do it all well they are going to be expensive, the implication being you could get it done badly for cheap. If OP’s idea is just a scam product then sure, but I’m assuming they actually want whatever their idea is to be successful and not give off a half-arsed vibe to potential customers.

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Mfw I’ve been playing that happily on my steam deck for 2 years—was it just a Linux build before? Gonna have to check that now

Given we don’t know what your idea is it’s kinda hard to speak in specifics, but just on the software side you’re probably looking at three engineers minimum—app engineer (probably x2, one iOS one android), api/infra engineer & an embedded software guy for the device itself. At least the first two will need to be permanent as those things will need to be maintained over time. Any engineer that says they can do all three roles to a high standard is either lying or going to be very expensive.

Then you may start to need someone handling project management around those guys to make sure things stay on track and that’s before we get into the hardware side of things.

Depending where you are, an engineering team like that could easily get quite expensive quickly and some of these will be ongoing costs. So I guess I’m saying make sure you know what all of your costs are going to be and that your finances cover it comfortably before you commit to anything

20% can’t enjoy the game if they’re not able to buy micro-transactions

Wtaf