I’m sure was covered in a comment on another thread—how is Mullenwag’s behavior different than other OSS projects wanting compensation when their work is monetized, especially from large well funded companies?
So, going to dox myself since there are likely under 50k of us on earth, but I'm palauan. I told my malaysian colleagues this and they mentioned this very thing to me about the word pulau. Palau is anglicisation of the palauan world "belau" although the
'b' can be a soft 'p' or vice-versa in the language depending on the word.
I haven't learned too deeply about what athropologists generally think of palau's original settlement and the carolines in general but likely my ancestors were part of the Austronesian migration as other commentors said, although most of the maps I see show it coming from the philipines instead of indonesia/malaysia, so it might be from the same original source albeit on different branches. We share some similar words (babii=pig and I find a striking similarity between "makan" and "mengang" which is palauan for "eating") but the language structure seems quite different to me than bahasa melayu/bahasa indonesia generally. Also, given the cross colonisation/migration of colonised people as labourers from before WWII, I'm not really sure which words are palauan or just imports from SEA generally in the modern era after european and japanese contact. For example, we eat rambutan which we call "rambotang" although I think the fruits were just imported by the colonisers.
That said, I now live in singapore and the first time I saw images of Batak houses it was jarring because they look a hell lot like our traditional chief houses called "bai" [1], and I had never seen anything else like them in elsewhere in the world. Due to historical reasons since the end of WWII we don't have many dealing with indonesia today.
> ...I had never seen anything else like them in elsewhere in the world.
The indigenous people of the Mariana Islands built somewhat similar dwellings atop a foundation of large stone structures called latte[1]. The latte today is a distinct symbol of Chamorro[2] identity (e.g. prominently represented in the flag of the CNMI[3] and surrounded by a mwarmwar, a symbol of Refaluwasch[4] identity).
P.S. Not Belauan, but sis-in-law is. Almost certainly just dox'd myself as well. I suspect the aggregate of us are truly ultra minorities in these tech backwaters.
These are both austronesian languages and you can see they inherit from "proto-Malayo-Polynesian" so there is indeed a link, even if this specific word may have evolved from something different.
According to the etymology section on the Palau Wikipedia article, there is no relation. Palauans calling themselves Belau makes the similarity less remarkable as well.
Having a billion will override any stigma of a convicted felon. Throw a few million at charity and you will be a celebrated and respected member of society. You will get more respect than most people who work a regular job without breaking laws.
>Throw a few million at charity and you will be a celebrated and respected member of society. You will get more respect than most people who work a regular job without breaking laws.
In the context of GP's quoting, you'd be a convicted felon, sure. But you'd also be a billionaire, and which point I'd not be terribly concerned about "stigma".
My understanding that being a convicted felon is terrible because it can make it difficult to ever secure a decent job. Does she ever need to work again?
Bingo. For as little as, say, $10 million, you wouldn’t even have to work again or voluntarily interact with other humans. So who cares if you can’t get a job due to “stigma”? I’d sit in my living room collecting my monthly interest checks, not giving a single shit about what anyone, including employers, thought about me.
Enough money insulates you from ever having to care about what anyone thinks of you.
Reality sadly goes much further than your imagination.
Dumping without desoldering, reflashing in place, generally speaking if you think it's theorically possible, someone probably have tried. If they have your device, you have already lost.
Supply chain attacks to computers have been documented in various countries. I don't think attacking the iPhone's NAND is practical, though, as it would also need to somehow bypass the signature verification system of the CPU, and even then everything on the chip would be encrypted before it hits the flash.
It's possible that there are bootloader exploits, but fortunately you can't beat these devices as easily as you can on PC.
We know, from multiple leaks, that clandestine services from multiple countries, including the US and China, have supply chain attacks, where they intercept computing equipment and install hardware backdoors into it.
Intercept an iPhone, replace the 128GB storage with a 128GB storage and some extra rootkit. Or anything else really.
For what it's worth, I'd advise against doing that as a parent. Giving concrete reasons for decisions helps kids understand that the rules imposed are not arbitrary, and helps frame the parent-child relationship as less antagonistic. It also gives the child agency, giving them opportunity to find alternatives which fulfill the criteria behind the rule.
That works during the easy years. Before long they start drawing comparisons between what they are allowed to do, or not, and what you yourself do. So then you are right back to "Because I said so."
"Daddy why can't I watch youtube?"
"Because it rots your brain."
"But you watch youtube..."
"Congratulations, now you understand that when you are an adult you will be responsible for the consequences and so you will be free to make the choice. But you are not an adult yet."
If YouTube actually rots your brain then it would be stupid to watch it yourself. So the kid would be making a solid point.
However the actual issue for me is that YouTube tries to keep you endlessly captivated with content regardless of quality or value. So it can ends up being a time sink, which at the end you feel like nothing of value was consumed.
So I tell my kids that, not that it rots their brain. And when there’s content we can both enjoy, we can watch it together. Or if they want to watch something specific on YouTube, they can watch that thing and then be done.
>If YouTube actually rots your brain then it would be stupid to watch it yourself. So the kid would be making a solid point.
Yet here in reality, people gamble, smoke, drink alcohol, smoke week, etc.
There are many things adults do that are bad for them, but might either be fine in moderation or just be a willing choice the adult has made to take the risk.
The problem with kids is that they cannot be left to choose to take that kind of long term risk because their brains aren’t developed enough to do so. It’s why they can’t consent to legal agreements, etc.
So it ultimately comes down to a list of things that they can’t do because they have downsides they can’t consent to and you would be a bad parent for consenting on their behalf. A.k.a “because I said so”.
"Why" is the laziest question a child can ask. I don't answer the question anymore I just ignore it. If they actually think ahead and come up with a more interesting question I'm happy to answer that.
It’s acceptable from toddlers but by the time kids a tweens/teens (maybe even a little earlier) they almost always know the answer and “why”is actually just a complaint.
Why in general can also be an emotionally abusive complaint, for example saying “why did you do that” is often not a question about someone’s genuine reasons but a passive aggressive expression of dissatisfaction.
EDIT: I think around the ages of 6-8 I would more often than not respond with “why do you think?” And later it became a game we would play on car rides where the kids are allowed to ask why until I either couldn’t come up with a reason or they repeated themselves. But reflexive “why” is bullshit.
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