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  • Standards are used to increase interoperability between systems. The more different standards a single system needs the harder it is to interface with other systems. If you have to define a list of 50 standard you use, chances are the other system uses a different standard for at least one of them. Much easier if you rely on only a handful instead


  • I think it is reasonable to say: “for all representation of times (points in time, intervals and sets of points or intervals etc) we follow the same standard”.

    The alternative would be using one standard for points in time, another for intervals, another for time differences, another for changes to a timezone, another for …




  • groet@infosec.pubtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldIt really do be like that tho
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    1 month ago

    Except at some point a politician would look at the big pot of gold and decide that its a good source of money to fund their new political project. So the insurance reserve becomes a normal part of the state budget. Then the fire happens and to offset the huge hole in the budget, social services and schools are shut down.

    Just because it is state run doesn’t mean a rich person wouldn’t misuse it to enrich themselves and fuck over poor people.


  • They do better about privacy because they make enough money from their inflated prices and blind brand loyalty where they dont have to become an ad company like google. Google is very good at protecting their users data from third parties, as long as they can still collect all of it.

    Apple (currently) doesn’t collect a lot of data which allows them to design products with security as a primary component instead of as an afterthought