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by 1996 6y ago
> I am very aware of what idiots will pay for brand names, but that has nothing to do with any sort of inherent or quantifiable value a product has. I think we, as a society, need to get better at calling people out for being beyond irr
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by 1996 6y ago
> How good are these shoes exactly to justify all this effort and $220 price tag? The same question would apply to those spending over $220 on mechanical keyboards: these keyboards are good, but not k times better than the keyboard that
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by 1996 6y ago
Is there anything simpler/cheaper that can go into a wall socket and be queried over bluetooth? (or join an existing wifi network)
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by 1996 6y ago
So it becomes read only when helium leaks out?
185.
by 1996 6y ago
Is MAMR energy assist similar to SMR - requiring nearby information to be rewritten?
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by 1996 6y ago
I find that comment insightful, as religion may have a part of "blame" for people who disagree with the practice. However, other non religious system (communist USSR, post-revolution France) did or still do the same: they did run
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by 1996 6y ago
Phonex, Soundex and Levenstein distance are great algorithms that hopefully more people will find out about thanks to this great article!
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by 1996 6y ago
> What is the actual purpose of buying BTC? $$$$$$$$
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by 1996 6y ago
So true! I wish South America, Europe and Asia (all culturally quite close to the US culture) would get enlightened about free speech, if only to carry on the torch should the woke cancel culture win.
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by 1996 6y ago
Then just don't use it, do something else (the author suggestion of XRP is funny!), and let us who work in crypto make money by catering to the market needs (Some companies are already pricing in BTC)
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by 1996 6y ago
That's a great opportunity to learn to say "no" and how to demonstrate in various degrees of politeness that your time is not free. The most liberating moment was when I learned to say "I don't care about that"
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by 1996 6y ago
Very interesting work, but I see 2 major weakness: (hinted at the bottom of the introduction) > So. During hibernation we freeze userland. We then reset PCR 23 and > extend it to a known value. We generate a key, use it and then encry
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by 1996 6y ago
> Maybe to you those deaths were worth it so you didn’t have to wear masks? That’s horrific, and I don’t know how to respond to that. I suppose we are different Yes, we are different, because they are fully acceptable to me. Even 2x, 3x
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by 1996 6y ago
Just in case the new administration adds restrictions that make it worse (ex: curfew), I'm considering alternatives.
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by 1996 6y ago
It does, thanks a lot! I'll look at the price of used LTO-6 or 7 - a used 5 1/4 unit could easily go in a server that has a LSI 9223 8i SAS with only 4 drives connected. (so the second SFF 8087 is empty). If not, a NEO will be gre
196.
by 1996 6y ago
Serbia called and want its bombed army back.
197.
by 1996 6y ago
Can you recommend some tape backup? Ideally 1 to 4Tb/tape
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by 1996 6y ago
> The USA fucked up somewhere along the way and taxed the poor (those <1million a year) and this is why you are posting what you are posting. More taxes are ok if they are on the rich Speak for yourself! I prefer not to be taxed, so I
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by 1996 6y ago
> Since covid, talking to my friends in the USA about Australia feels like punching down. Funny, talking to my friends in Asia (to which I consider Australia/NZ to be a part of) it feels the exact same way! I can tell them how I go
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by 1996 6y ago
With a Swiss passport and the place of birth being Switzerland, nobody will ever ask them. If they are asked if they have other citizenship, they can always say Germany - end of the inquiry.
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by 1996 6y ago
> Spain does not recognize it unless you're Puerto Rican. So if you parents aren't from PR, or if you do not speak spanish or what? > Source: I tried it and went through the process. I'm from mainland US, lived in PR an
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by 1996 6y ago
I'd rather be part of the noise than part of a community that admires snitching
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by 1996 6y ago
The mention of Puerto Rico giving citizenship after 1 year is funny. I thought it was part of the US! I wonder what the conditions are for PR citizenship!
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by 1996 6y ago
> A lot of Hams enjoy tracking down hidden transmitters, we even set up "games" to practice doing just that, we call it a "Hare & Hound" practice. Hams really seem to enjoy being snitches! I'll keep playing w
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by 1996 6y ago
The dead comment below you says: > I have some stoner friends from high school who were really smart and gave up in college and now work mediocre dead end jobs and live in really low cost of living areas. > They're happy. They&#x
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Reverse Engineering Strike Commander(fabiensanglard.net)
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by 1996 6y ago
But... but... but.. it's just a bubble of beanie babies, right?
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by 1996 6y ago
Resiliency is incompatible with optimization: if you have spare capacity, you are leaving profits on the table. If you enforce the power plants must work at 0 or below, you are wasting money 99.9% of the time. The only solution is to displa
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by 1996 6y ago
> I sincerely hope this post has been written ironically. I'm sorry if it came as hurtful or mean. This was not the goal. I just wanted to share how it works, and why it's done, in the hope it could help others. > It may mak
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by 1996 6y ago
You don't get it. It's about signaling. I sometimes hire. When I do, I want people that will do what I say. For the interview part, if they have the basic competency I want, I couldn't care less about the actual skills of the

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