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by Nicksil 5y ago
Now imagine the number of fatalities and destruction there would be if just anyone was allow to build a bridge.
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by Nicksil 5y ago
>It's all a racket. It's not. >I'm an unlicensed, non-PE software engineer. Am I allowed to call myself that? In many areas, yeah, you can refer to yourself as a software engineer, but the title doesn't mean anythi
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by Nicksil 5y ago
> The idea that one needs to stay in the good graces of the state in order to reference one's experience in their field as part of their political advocacy cannot possibly withstand genuine first amendment scrutiny, can it? Being li
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by Nicksil 5y ago
>I think licensing boards shouldn't be able to fine people for giving speeches. You'll be glad to know that this one didn't. The issue being presented isn't that someone gave a speech -- because that would be ridiculo
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by Nicksil 5y ago
>Yea that's the entire problem. How so? Do you prefer people without the requisite knowledge, skill, and experience to design and construct the infrastructure you and you family use on a daily basis?
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by Nicksil 5y ago
>I will guarantee you that is not how that vast majority of the population would interpret it. I disagree. >Very few people even know that there is such a thing as a licensed professional engineer. >Most reasonable people would tak
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by Nicksil 5y ago
If you have any plug-ins installed, try uninstalling/re-installing to see if one of them might be the culprit. What you're describing isn't normal behavior.
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by Nicksil 5y ago
David Beazley is a gem. There are 2 subsequent parts to this one, if anyone's interested, they can be found on the "Tutorials" page: https://www.dabeaz.com/tutorials.html Part 1) Generator Tricks for Systems
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by Nicksil 5y ago
You've just described the Zoo Hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis
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by Nicksil 5y ago
> That puts you in the minority of tech users, at least, if not computer users in general. Is that an anecdote or is that assertion derived from some study? I, too, close all windows/processes when I'm through with use. The ove
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by Nicksil 5y ago
Settings: caret_extra_top caret_extra_bottom caret_extra_width
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by Nicksil 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Californias
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by Nicksil 5y ago
https://news.yahoo.com/reparations-black-lives-matter-holds-...
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by Nicksil 5y ago
Ask HN: Why Isn't Paulgraham.com on HTTPS? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25214264 Paul Graham still does not offer HTTPS on his site https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23059825 Ask HN: Why Doe
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by Nicksil 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits
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by Nicksil 5y ago
Here's the thing, though: You, me, and most of those working in this industry know how this sausage is made thus will avoid it at all costs. The few billion others don't and won't. Facebook, Google, etc. know this.
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by Nicksil 5y ago
This article ought to generate a bit of well-deserved flak concerning `bc` Edit: And `uname` geeez. All-in-all, not a great article.
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by Nicksil 5y ago
>Remember when the Monsanto lobbyist/scientist said that their glyphosate pesticide Roundup is so safe you can drink it? To his surprise, he was offered a glass of it, and refused it, saying "I'm not stupid", and &quo
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by Nicksil 5y ago
>Absolutely nothing docker has done contradicts this. Sure it does. It updates the software automatically with seemingly no way of stopping the behavior without first paying a fee. Regardless of the intent of the individual installing th
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by Nicksil 5y ago
Professional engineers, too.
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by Nicksil 5y ago
The title of this article makes no sense. In the article the author conveys a positive feeling toward GDPR and negative toward the site owners creating a miserable experience. Greedy, unethical, sloppy site owners are what's ruining th
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by Nicksil 6y ago
That Google would even know the contents of my files -- much less potentially make a decision, based upon subjective analysis, to penalize me for those contents -- is such a foreign and insane idea to me.
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by Nicksil 6y ago
I think some of what you're seeing is that any of this kind of stuff exists at all. That any level of monitoring and tracking behavior exists without clear and explicit permission from the human/agent; The attempts at making thi
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by Nicksil 6y ago
And for some, the reason they're billionaires is because they constructed this boat. They don't mind.
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by Nicksil 6y ago
I'm a little lost. Current title is >Patagonia cuts ties with tech bros; won't add logos I read the linked text, but didn't mention anything about tech, bros, etc. I'm likely missing some obvious context, but have no
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by Nicksil 6y ago
It's cultural, is it not?
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by Nicksil 6y ago
Bootstrapping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(compilers)
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by Nicksil 6y ago
It seems there's a line which requires such permission: https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/blob/master/external_js/c... document.execCommand("copy"); I personally do not know
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by Nicksil 6y ago
>Careful, Greenwald has gone a bit off the rails recently. In its present form this is just poisoning the well. Surely you can discuss your issues with the article or, at the very least, substantiate your claim.
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by Nicksil 6y ago
To the people repeatedly killing this topic: Please provide your reason for doing so and let's discuss our differences as opposed to shutting one-another out.

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