JorgeGT

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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Before feeling bad for the man you see behind the wheel, take into account that in many cases it is not the individual taxi driver who took the loan; some companies and individuals used medallions as a mere financial product, buying them in
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Ferrari doesn't sell cars, Ferrari sells exclusivity. You cannot even purchase one of their top models right away, you must be invited by them to make the purchase: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring&
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
A local adversary (in your network) can know that you're establishing a connection to a certain IP in another country, but they cannot know what that particular machine is accessing in turn. [This is my threat model, I use this in publ
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
I also run my VPN on a cheap VPS. Dedicated VPN companies can easily come under attack/scrutiny, or could have temptations of selling user data if subscribers fall, but I doubt anyone is monitoring individual, ephemeral DO droplets&#x2
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Tip: use the codeword "keyhole" to browse interesting satellite reconnaissance photos: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78B04560...
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Spain: from what I see in the official medicine list, it is commercialized under the name "Altellus" and costs 42,09€ [$44.77]: https://www.cofpo.org/index.php/medic-es.html?id=1128
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Note that other types of engineers write code: CAD, CFD, FEM, etc. We don't develop software products, but we write code to pursue our goals.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Ah, I didn't know Google offered TOTP. I only had the option of mobile phone SMS 2FA.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
The most important image IMHO is the following, be sure to check it: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0XB_c8WIAAtEF8.jpg:large
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
HTTPS only means "you are securely accessing this particular domain" not "the operators of this domain are nice people".
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Well, Google TFA doesn't ask you to type your number (and others only some digits) so it probably would rise a red flag big enough to "awake you" from auto-pilot, I hope.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Sublime Text for LaTeX, MATLAB for the rest.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
If I'm not mistaken, didn't the protagonist receive a Voight-Kampff test in the original novel? I remember thinking at the moment that this was a reflection on how Philip K Dick wanted to assure us that humans were very capable of
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
I really like the unobtrusive Hangout's "orbs" desktop interface. Is there a similar interface solution for other messaging apps?
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
It is possible that something is disabling your WebGL support. You can check the status of your GPU support in `chrome://gpu` and, if necessary, use the "Override software rendering list" in `chrome://flags` to
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Interesting! They almost lynched the guy at the beginning but seems that there's progress.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
I've been able to run it on the Linux Subsystem for Windows with an X server, but there was still a few quirks I believe.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
> It's cross platform Are there Windows builds? There was a guy that did but he stopped at 2.0.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
But not for custom domains, sadly.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Not feasible if you have to foot the bill. But if you don't...
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
> he was extremely dubious about the claim that the final product met US production standards. I have my doubts about backyard foundry guys having traceable calibration paperwork for their ultrasonic testing equipment (which is the only
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
> So, I wonder if it's just a universal Spanish proverb? Probably! The older exact match I could find in Google Books is from 1846, in a Yucatán periodical: https://books.google.es/books?id=VNgtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA8&a
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
It's a very old Spanish proverb, so presumably only the Devil knows the origin ;)
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
Apart from the particular technical knowledge an older guy may have, the accumulated human experience (this is, how to interact, trust, judge, understand, influence and work with other human beings) is always a very valuable factor that the
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
> Couldn't you just require people to recuse themselves from hiring decisions involving relatives? They used to have this nice trick where you hired the son of your friend and your friend hired your son. But at least now there are s
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
I guess many people outside the US, like me, are discovering this. Which is understandable, given they have no reason to market this to me.
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
But it's not an easy problem. How do you grade from 0 to 10 good research from a candidate?
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
At least in my country, I'm thankful for these quantitative measurements, that difficult corrupt practices: Oh, I assure you he's a great researcher, just not in any measurable way. He's my nephew you say? Well, that's
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by JorgeGT 10y ago
If anyone is wondering "how much do points 1 and 2 cost?!" the financial overview of notorious not-for-profit publisher PLOS is a good starting point: https://www.plos.org/financial-overview Article Processing Fee
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Nobody punishes you for publishing in OA journals, what matters is the IF and JCR rank of the journal, not if it's OA or not.

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