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by andyv 7y ago
I would say it is a free service because most people take very good care of their cash.
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by andyv 7y ago
That's why you only drink one!
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by andyv 7y ago
Yes-- That's why they want the big platforms and chat apps to voluntarily put backdoors in their cryptography.
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by andyv 7y ago
Try "Oh, he woundn't want that".
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by andyv 7y ago
Biometrics are a userid, not a password.
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by andyv 7y ago
Zen and art of Motorcycle Maintenance is the most readable book on philosophy I've ever read.
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by andyv 7y ago
I already feel stupid about using P-256 a few years ago!
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by andyv 7y ago
It looks like they're only supposed to look for murderers and rapists.
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by andyv 7y ago
Old quote, can't rememeber where I first heard it: "At universities, the employees get better parking than the customers". Although it wasn't true at my alma mater, where the only difference was that for staff and facult
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by andyv 7y ago
The neatest thing about "It's only a paper moon" was that it had almost none of the main DS9 characters in it. It was a Nog and Vic story, both only recurring characters.
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by andyv 7y ago
The US constitution says that presidential electors are chosen in a manner prescribed by the state legislature. They change the prescription, just as some have changed it now.
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by andyv 7y ago
If the popular vote favored, say Trump, and if California could change the election by pulling out of the compact, they would. In a heartbeat. That's why I'm not too worried about it. If it would really change the result, it&#x2
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by andyv 7y ago
I can't remember the book now, but it was about a 1984-like state. There was a passing reference to their revision of "The Wizard of Oz" in which the Wizard gave Dorothy, Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow tools (weapons) they need
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by andyv 7y ago
I had the same thought, but then noticed that the jackets are company jackets.
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by andyv 7y ago
Living in Phoenix amounts to becoming a desert animal of sorts-- you prefer to go outside at night. In the day, you sort of scurry from air conditioner to air conditioner. The non-summer weather is why everyone stays.
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by andyv 7y ago
Restaurants are notorious for failing. Even ones that are always full of customers can still lose money.
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by andyv 7y ago
Yea, I was thinking they shouldn't throw stones...
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by andyv 7y ago
"Seattle campaign finance program gives voters $100 to donate" ... Of their own money, lol.
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by andyv 7y ago
The SAT is (well, was) supposed to predict academic success at a college/university. The idea being that an institution could admit students who would likely graduate, as opposed to students who did not. It's heading away from th
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by andyv 7y ago
It was such a great documentary, I saw it twice. A tiny detail I picked up the second time around-- they gave Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin cinematography credits.
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by andyv 7y ago
I have a work friend who dislikes our company 401k plan. Every year, he rolls the money into another 401k that he likes.
52.
by andyv 7y ago
... and if you don't have anything of value, they came, looked and left.
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by andyv 7y ago
The ultimate remote embedded system!
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by andyv 7y ago
... And in 1942, the US had the 1940 census that enabled sending citizens of Japanese ancestry to camps. Today they'd use 23andme, and only your relatives have to sign up for them to get you.
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by andyv 8y ago
Sure, during a crash you have to draw down. But in a 10% growth year, you can get it back. Averages.
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by andyv 8y ago
Betting on the stock market (mutual funds) over timescales in decades is about the least risky thing you can do. You don't need a 5% return every year (that won't happen), you just need it to be the average.
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by andyv 8y ago
... and for about the millionth, time I'm glad the US has that pesky First Amendment.
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by andyv 8y ago
There was a part in Kon-Tiki where Heyerdahl says that after a month or so out in the ocean, they realized that it was easy to navigate between islands. First sail north or south to the latitude of your destination. Then sail east or west
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by andyv 8y ago
They are, but "Mormon" is being phased out in favor of "LDS".
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by andyv 8y ago
The 3270 was the terminal, not the mainframe itself. Many happy memories...

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