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by andirk 3y ago
Or Mamma.com , "the mother of all search engines!" Although these days it can't even find DogPile https://mamma.com/search/dogpile .
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by andirk 3y ago
Never heard of Microsoft Bob but after glancing at its Wikipedia article [0], it sounds super useful for beginners! It's Clippy's dad. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
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by andirk 3y ago
> including (ominously) high-paying, scarce jobs You mean like being a CEO and getting a bunch of money where the only credential is having previously been a CEO regardless of success in previous role? I think LLMs or even chat bots coul
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by andirk 3y ago
"But it doesn’t work the other way: most people who prioritize other things can’t fathom why anyone cares deeply about design/UI/UX because they don’t perceive it. Thus they chalk up iOS and native Mac-app enthusiasm to being
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by andirk 3y ago
I believe it was mostly seized by the FBI, and if they're anything like the CIA [0] (which they are), we won't know until shit hits the fan. That is straight up someone else's money who was not part of any organized crime or
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by andirk 3y ago
I agree JS spec is like C, whereas some JS frameworks like Typescript are more like C++ where it's 100% using JS but w/ brevity to the end user. Think: Note: I'm a moderate JS dev so correct me if I'm wrong.
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by andirk 3y ago
It's mostly outdated now, thank goodness, but anyone born after 1990 should read it cover to cover to appreciate the current state of JS and why we got here. hasOwnProperty?? Lol Looking at the book now, I still like some sections like
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by andirk 3y ago
Don't use?
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by andirk 3y ago
TLDR; People are willing to pay high fees to get their meme art on the blockchain aka the blockchain is getting more popular therefore fees have gone up. The issue here is that this meme art popularity has almost nothing to do with the bitc
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by andirk 3y ago
Bitcoin is a great storage of value for now. Mastercard is also very useful for transactions. The US military burns more fossil fuels than any entity on earth, and that's how your USD is protected.
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by andirk 3y ago
The longer we use the "Artificial Intelligence" label, the more we will be misguided in addressing the current issues. Having "black box" algorithms has been an issue for years, and I believe transparency in code, much l
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by andirk 3y ago
Requiring hardware to order a meal at a restaurant is classist period. We all think everyone has a QR code readable device and a credit card so it's no sweat. I have those things but not always on me and it is laughable when I can&#x27
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by andirk 3y ago
Or virus.exe as seen on Office Space.
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by andirk 3y ago
What about getting ahold of the binary or whatever raw version of Windows you can get (C++, assembly?), and look at the diff from before this change and after. Would that drastically narrow down what you should look at? Moreover, if there i
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by andirk 3y ago
No. You need 2+ credit cards and ~2 bank accounts all that have existed for several years. "Carry a balance" of ~15% of your total credit limit BUT you need only _for the owed money to show up on the paper statement_. It's we
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by andirk 3y ago
San Francisco had a tsunami warning siren that was sound tested every Tuesday at 12pm for 30 seconds. It was fun! It needed repairs so they dumped it. Few weeks later there was the 1st tsunami warning in ages but it went thru telephone sinc
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by andirk 3y ago
At my doorslam job, they hired a Director of Engineering Architecture or whatever title. He had a strong background in security, they said. Yeah well turns out his background was he led the offshore team that built an anti-virus company&#x2
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by andirk 3y ago
You are not mistaken but interacting directly with traditional on-chain transactions is there if you want, possibly a little slower and/or more expensive. I see traditional (haha, talking about crypto having traditions already) on-chai
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by andirk 3y ago
Good mention. Recently I was saying a gal I know's friends are "all yes men" when they discuss personal issues w/ each other. I was suggested a better term is that they are "supportive". Same thing, but yeah, t
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by andirk 3y ago
You should watch collateral murder and a million other thing released that #1 show atrocities, and what you take is a red scare cry? Nothing to see here because Russia?
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by andirk 3y ago
A very social person is probably less likely to speak out against their peers because they have become friends with them and their power somewhat lies in those people liking them.
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by andirk 3y ago
So like stonks. Glad I didn't listen to you when I started picking up those "chain of hashes" at 700 USD. There are so many valid arguments against crypto, but this "these people are all suckers but I am smartest!"
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by andirk 3y ago
All I can find is a website made by crypto bros. Do you have a link to the courses?
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by andirk 3y ago
I agree. I misunderstood profit as gross income, and even with a quarter of negative profit, a business may very well be doing fine depending on their profit margin (electronics ~2-10%).
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by andirk 3y ago
Amnesty International (tho I really don't like their fundraising tactics) and Doctors Without Borders don't send money to sociopath's accounts. They pay for housing for board certified medical doctors who decided to make $0 a
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by andirk 3y ago
Sounds like they are there as a _reactive_ force meaning they act on something happening but they don't seek out issues. They are likely lightly trained and their presence is half the battle. As another commenter mentions, cops are sen
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by andirk 3y ago
The judge said it was to like "send a message". That's a threat, not justice. No person in this society thinks what he did is worse than every crime for which a person sees freedom again.
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by andirk 3y ago
To be fair and malicious to Apple, they oppose _other people's_ side loading.
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Keep in mind you are selling the bitcoin to someone who wants that bitcoin
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by andirk 3y ago
Yup, says "an emboldened Democratic-controlled legislature likely held enough votes to overturn a veto this year." My guess is he's a lying sack but regardless he could have vetoed it to embolden his Republican constituents.

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