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by arpa 5y ago
hello mso-styles everywhere
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by arpa 5y ago
problem with opinions is that they can be (and usually are) ignorant.
303.
by arpa 5y ago
To be fair, academia everywhere is exploitative and toxic to its members, with exceptions, perhaps, of top level administrative positions - see [0]. So this kind of exploitative and toxic behavior does not surprise one bit. Who wants to bet
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by arpa 5y ago
Obvious incompetence bordering on malevolence aside, isn't that also a violation of GDPR?
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by arpa 5y ago
It's apples versus oranges with rabbits in the middle.
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by arpa 5y ago
GP was asking why redis is not a reliable storage solution/database. Redis is great as an unreliable (not source-of-truth) storage.
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by arpa 5y ago
Data loss can occur between flushes to disk, for example (by default every 2 seconds / every I_FORGOT megabytes). Perhaps (most likely) it is possible to fine-tune the configuration to have redis as a very reliable data store, but it d
308.
by arpa 5y ago
That is true, but the SPDIF playback/record is essentially dubbing :(
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by arpa 5y ago
redis is not a database. It's a key-value based cache. If you're using it as a database, you're gonna have a bad time.
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by arpa 5y ago
hmmm, I disagree that it's not better. Select operation implies index scan most likely with O(log n), while GET operation is essentially O(2-3). And you also have to run DELETE on sql to remove the expired keys. Oh, and i'm not en
311.
by arpa 5y ago
True. However, since cache is usually transient, adding this key-value store/cache is as easy as "docker run redis". No need to provision block storage, and it's really lightweight in comparison. (that being said, I try
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by arpa 5y ago
As German engineers are known to say: "Why make things simple when complicated will do?"
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by arpa 5y ago
What really killed this format is the draconian copy protection that crippled the software for getting the tracks on device (for NET MD players). Other method(s) of getting sound on MD was essentially dubbing, like you would with MC. Other
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by arpa 5y ago
you also have a single point of failure, which is a double-edged sword.
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by arpa 5y ago
Hm. If exam is not measuring competence adequately, the exams validity is lacking, ergo, exam should be redesigned for better validity. Open-book exams with good validity exist, as do tests allowing scientific calculators and formula sheets
316.
by arpa 5y ago
neither do I, but that doesn't invalidate the lan/self-hosted server idea.
317.
by arpa 5y ago
unauthorized copying / distribution.
318.
by arpa 5y ago
hosting your own lan on openvpn is not trivial, but doable. Or, if you trust the provider, there are a few solutions such as Hamachi.
319.
by arpa 5y ago
wow, it must be nice to belong to .0000001%.
320.
by arpa 5y ago
I am currently in process of getting a very lucrative offer; one of my major considerations was that I've only been in the current position for 7 mo. Your comment was very reassuring for me. However, I have once been declined a positio
321.
by arpa 5y ago
We did - I remember playing Doom with my friend as a kid - one of us would do the walking, another would do the shooting, on different peripherals. The idea is pretty fresh on the consoles, however.
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Single-Instruction C Compiler(github.com)
1 points by arpa 5y ago|0 comments
323.
by arpa 5y ago
if I issued the cert myself, for sure I can ;)
324.
by arpa 5y ago
stop treating self-issued certs as inherently insecure, please.
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by arpa 5y ago
partitioning using prefixes?
326.
by arpa 5y ago
"Military grade" has very different connotations if you have been in the service. So yeah, great conversation starter, interesting worldview; can't say I share it though.
327.
by arpa 5y ago
also AI-assisted protein folding, AI-assisted genetic engineering and what have you.
328.
by arpa 5y ago
Reads like something Put(it)in or Lolkashenka says to justify their actions. "Actions of hostile foreign powers on our soil has forced us to shoot/beat/arrest our citizens." The only difference is that they didn't w
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by arpa 5y ago
Eggdrop with auto-greet message?
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by arpa 5y ago
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, eh?

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