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931.
by axus 3y ago
There are a lot of oil producers I consider shameful, but I'm still going to buy gasoline every few weeks.
932.
by axus 3y ago
It sounds more official than discord.gg
933.
by axus 3y ago
“Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
934.
by axus 3y ago
Hopefully that OpenELA uses MariaDB and not MySQL.
935.
by axus 3y ago
It's more like "Read this 50-page employee handbook and send us your signature acknowledging it. You must do this every year." (It is the mostly identical to last year's version but with the employee monitoring added to
936.
by axus 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
937.
by axus 3y ago
According to the article: UPS "now expects its adjusted operating margin this year to be 11.8%, down from 12.8% expected in May. The drop also reflects a fall in shipments as the economy weakens." Their shipping prices are determi
938.
by axus 3y ago
They are funded by the US Cable TV industry, so there is some room for bias. C-SPAN radio gets a good mix of callers, though you wonder if lobbyists have found a way to astro-turf that.
939.
by axus 3y ago
My experience in the US with Amazon drivers is sometimes similar, except for walking through the plants. I don't think the professionalism is necessary to receive my package on time and in good condition. When I've been outside a
940.
by axus 3y ago
While at the grocery store this week, they happily announced that the credit-card processing system had just come back online. It had been down for a few hours for the entire store. Having the option to pay in cash was important even if i
941.
by axus 3y ago
The Chinese Communist Party are also a bunch of prudes, so we're in good company!
942.
by axus 3y ago
The topic after Durham was about RuWiki. Apparently the director of "Wikimedia Russia" was banned from making edits due to "Long-term abuse: creating a Wikipedia fork which includes stolen content from Commons as well".
943.
by axus 3y ago
It's good news that the frauds are being pursued. I'm surprised it hasn't been a larger topic in the politics, maybe it will be next year.
944.
by axus 3y ago
After reading the article, I think the turning point was when Terms of Service were unilaterally changed to forbid selling his service to new customers. If he'd been permitted to keep selling to new customers, he'd have been able
945.
by axus 3y ago
The car keys should probably contain the master private key , and the mechanic could use that to authorize third-party components and modifications to the car.
946.
by axus 3y ago
As long as keep remembering to not do what Experts Exchange did, they'll get by.
947.
by axus 3y ago
Police working conditions can be very difficult. Imagine you are moderating 4chan, but in person with public safety on the line. Sometimes teaching conditions can be like that too. A major difference is that police often evade consequence
948.
by axus 3y ago
I think they were talking about BBS interface vs. forums, and you're talking about Usenet (the actual topic of the article).
949.
by axus 3y ago
The recent news that Greenland was ice-free at +1.5C has increased my pessimism again.
950.
What is the difference between .so and .so.1 files?(serverfault.com)
4 points by axus 3y ago|0 comments
951.
by axus 3y ago
That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, he deserved it.
952.
Ukraine seizes 150k SIM cards from bot farm(bleepingcomputer.com)
14 points by axus 3y ago|6 comments
953.
by axus 3y ago
I wonder why. I had the same problem and assumed they'd just bought some premature technology and never upgraded since.
954.
by axus 3y ago
Wow it's been 45 years since they stopped shelling Taiwan, you're kind of bringing up old history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis#In...
955.
by axus 3y ago
Reward boring and interesting results equally? Finance more independent attempts to reproduce interesting results?
956.
by axus 3y ago
It seems like expanding the "national self-exclusion scheme" to online spending is a good idea. Opt-in for the people who need it, and casino taxes pay for the government to maintain the data and API.
957.
by axus 3y ago
That is a well-paid rubber duck, and if they're helping the company make money then good for them.
958.
by axus 3y ago
They want to install security patches, and not change anything else. 8 years ago was Red Hat 6.7 and 7.0. Windows Server 2012 R2 and 8.1 were 10 years ago.
959.
by axus 3y ago
I thought RVs had to worry about electricity and sewer hookups for anything over a few days.
960.
by axus 3y ago
Sen. Marsha Blackburn said “fair use” protections have become a “fairly useful way to steal” intellectual property. Some people would like to use this situation to get rid of "fair use".

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