SixSigma

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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   I still regularly use my 8-bit from 1983 but that's irrelevant. Linus could die tomorrow, and then what?
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   > I consider this to be a failure of Git. Surely it's a failure of source code as streams of text. If each function was versioned with dependencies then this problem would be eliminated. Replaced by other problems.
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   Let's go the whole hog. s/nixon/goebbels/ and there's no need to imagine it http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   Do they still use FastCGI ? I doubt it You want to make your way in the CS field? Simple. Calculate rough time of amnesia (hell, 10 years is plenty, probably 10 months is plenty), go to the dusty archives, dig out something fun, and go for
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   Not if https://www.icij.org/project/luxembourg-leaks/new-leak-revea...
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   > Apple is doing nothing more than not paying the taxes they are not supposed to. Well they did take part in secret sweetheart deals with Luxembourg that were designed to specifically route tax from EU countries into Luxembourg tax shelt
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   Well, Apple followed the law. But the law was changed in their favour by Luxembourg in a deal to deprive other EU countries of tax by creating sweetheart deals. Jean-Claude Juncker, the current president of the European Commission, who was
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   I think one could draw the inference that the possibility of cash rewards invokes System 2, not the complicated nature of the rewards system.
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   by SixSigma 10y ago

   So all your products are made with child labour and indentured slaves ?
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    I live in the North, it used to be a powerhouse of textiles, coal and steel. Now it's just a shell of the glory days, there is no growth. It was no surprise the people here voted for Brexit. The SE sucks the wealth fro mthe nrest of th
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    So Linux will die when Linus dies ? That's a good reason to not use Linux
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Under the presumption that the value of killing you / not being killed by you / committing a crime punishable by death etc. remains the same.
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Yes, that is a depressing place - more slaves now than in all human history, if one counts indentured labour and other forms rather than "owning" someone by outright slave trading.
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    > its historical engines of wealth and power. slavery, rum, tobacco, wool, sugar, coal & sea power
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    The "savers" in the OP are not individual citizens domestic savings but money that would be used for speculating with investment. With record low interest rates, any project that gives an ROI worth gambling on is worth borrowing f
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Just read CNN for half an hour, that's all the proof you need. The Trump thing is this article is pure editorialising. The AP news wire this story is based on has nothing of the sort. http://bigstory.ap.org/article&#x
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Oh, CNN. Not a credible source, that's just editorializing. Can you quote a member of the Chinese govt. saying so ? "Motives unclear" yeah ok, must be Trump's fault.
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    What he mentioned was : > But here's the gripe: the software to talk to it is only available on a mobile device. ONLY. talk is ambiguous
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Twitter is very politicised though. The ban hammer is not wielded impartially.
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    > But here's the gripe: the software to talk to it is only available on a mobile device. ONLY. So "talk" here means "change settings"? That's what confused me.
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Soo .... it's a cell phone that needs a cell phone to work ? Sounds more like a bluetooth headset that you wear on your wrist
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Let's not forget that high ranking officials in the US govt. used Yahoo to send classified information to print at home.
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    you get what you measure
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    10e14
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Never before have so many Mac users switched to Microsoft Surface Pros
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Those $100-330m college stadiums are going to look pretty stupid with 20k people in an 80k stadium too, if RL audiences shrink the same way. http://www.therichest.com/luxury/most-expensive/college-foot...
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Would you rather have advertising that you might be interested in or for soap powder ? I assume we'd both rather have zero advertising while trying to watch television. I do find a real difference between general broadcast TV adverts,
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    A long time ago I came to the conclusion : One day I will be old and unoccupied, work will be behind me, my capacity to produce will be reduced, I will be more inclined to consume. If TV programmes and films of today are any good they will
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    by SixSigma 10y ago

    Huff is not really a credible source