Consider table saws. SawStop built its brand on not cutting fingers off, which is scary enough. But it turns out that kickback causes a lot more injuries and that's not really addressed well by any tools.
There ought to be a market for MEs to design power tools that are safer for consumers. So where is the obviously-named "KickStop" table saw? Maybe the decline in the middle class makes that market too small to consider such improvements.
I think trying to avoid talking about SHA1s of content makes everything blurrier, not clearer. Because them people say things like this, which really don't make sense and instead seem like speculative SF:
> A commit is its entire worldline
Honestly, most Git problems I see stem from long-lived branches. Git flow is a common culprit.
I think any article on HN is really just a jumping off point for people to talk about themselves. Everyone's had old computers, so that's easier to talk about.
> the government wants computers to stop running programs that break the law
I thought the government was more concerned with surveillance than law-breaking programs. Or were you saying that they want us to stop running things like VPNs?
<tinfoil>In the world of global governmental (often extra-legal) surveillance, aren't attempts to be anonymous likely to make you a person of interest?</tinfoil>
They are too scary.
Consider table saws. SawStop built its brand on not cutting fingers off, which is scary enough. But it turns out that kickback causes a lot more injuries and that's not really addressed well by any tools.
https://www.sawstop.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulvP8Vv9SrE
There ought to be a market for MEs to design power tools that are safer for consumers. So where is the obviously-named "KickStop" table saw? Maybe the decline in the middle class makes that market too small to consider such improvements.