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by basetop 7y ago
Sadly. It disappoints me so much that linux hasn't been able to crack Windows dominance on desktop/laptop. I was sure that as more people became computer "literate", they'd shift to linux or bsd in droves. Boy was I
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by basetop 7y ago
As opposed to the swedish vegetables that flourish in the swedish winter?
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by basetop 7y ago
Good point. Also keep in mind the 5.5% of livestock emissions simply replaced the emissions by hundreds of millions of bison/buffalo, elk, deer, etc that we wiped out. So the livestock contribution is pretty much zero if you offset it
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by basetop 7y ago
I fixed that. Thanks for pointing it out. Not sure how I managed to spell it incorrectly once and correctly once in the same sentence.
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by basetop 7y ago
I completely agree. All these career advice and self-help are mostly useless. Pretty much success is "showing up" + "effort" + "luck". Luck is who you know, who your dad knows, how the economy is, where you are
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by basetop 7y ago
Eric Schmidt was the anti-privacy leader who dismissed privacy concerns. "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." https://www.eff.org&#x2F
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by basetop 7y ago
I think Fukuyama's "End of History..." died a while ago. Actually, it probably never existed and was simply idealized wishful thinking. As they say, there can be no peace without war. What's strange is that we know peace
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by basetop 7y ago
Well at least you can't accuse them of false advertising. Israel seems like one of those places where it's either a magical place or a complete disappointment. I've heard some say it's the best place they've ever vi
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by basetop 7y ago
I've heard of companies forcing you to leave early for security reasons, but I've never heard of companies forcing you to stay. That's close to blackmail, but I suspect it would be difficult and expensive to prove in court. S
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by basetop 7y ago
If it is on a massive scale, then how many "suspects" does britain have? Or can anyone be considered a suspect by a police officer? For all of britain's susposed outrage at facebook over their privacy violations, britain sure
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by basetop 7y ago
The article states "Researchers warn that their study could not prove causation.". What about Romeo and Juliet? What about the Bible ( Jesus )? What about Socrates? Our cultural icons committed suicide. And if this show was funded
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by basetop 7y ago
Interesting. It looks like Korea and Egypt are also moving their capitals. https://qz.com/1608402/indonesia-like-egypt-and-south-korea-... I wonder if it is due to overcrowding or to separate business and political cen
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by basetop 7y ago
That's amazing dedication. Congrats. Did your power bill increase noticably?
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by basetop 7y ago
Not sure how this is news. Learning anything, especially a new language, in middle age difficult. What am I missing here?
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by basetop 7y ago
Rather than a personal website, I think having an "nonpersonal" website ( or domain ) in order to learn and play around with technologies like ( web server, database, dns, networking, etc ) is better. Though I guess you could do a
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by basetop 7y ago
I'd stopped consuming so much cable news, it can rot your brain. And why did you edit out "China's human rights may be even worse" from your comment? That's certainly something that is up for debate. "English-s
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by basetop 7y ago
George Washington's nickname was Town Destroyer ( for wiping out native american towns ). https://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2008/06/27/tow... Thomas Jefferson on exterminating
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by basetop 7y ago
What's the point of having a database for a static site though?
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by basetop 7y ago
If there was demand for the services ( cooking, bike maintenance, simple math ), I'm sure schools would offer them. The point is who is going to pay to keep these schools open and pay the salaries of the teachers if people aren't
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by basetop 7y ago
Rather than working as a pen tester, I'd rather work on developing pen testing, auditing, intrusion detection software. A lot of security has been and is going to be automated. And pen testing isn't a "sexy" job. Not amo
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by basetop 7y ago
Hong kong was never "democratic". Britain ruled hong kong for about 150 years and never allowed democracy or elections until China forced them to return hong kong. Oddly enough, Hong Kong became a "democracy" under Chine
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by basetop 7y ago
It's not just the "influencers". It's the entire media system. 99.99% of traditional media and social media are just fillers with no substance or value. And we are nowhere close to peak. Look at the hysteria developing o
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by basetop 7y ago
The neverending mouse studies that rarely apply for humans. "Misleading mouse studies waste medical resources" https://www.nature.com/news/misleading-mouse-studies-waste-m... "Why animal studies are ofte
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by basetop 7y ago
The topic of this thread is "what caused major cities to exist". The argument of the article was access to major hinterlands via rivers is why cities like london, nyc and shanghai exist. As you proved to me, the hudson didn't
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by basetop 7y ago
In additional what phicoh said, it's also one of the most popular OS in the world. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3236064/minix-the-most-...
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by basetop 7y ago
These news organizations and politicians care so much about privacy that they all have facebook accounts? I've never had a facebook and never will. I care about privacy. I don't think they do. So that leaves me wondering what they
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by basetop 7y ago
I count 45 if we include variations like "Windows Defender AV", "Windows Defender Security Center", etc. Example from article : "Windows Defender ATP alert showing how detection of the Sharpshooter technique by Wind
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by basetop 7y ago
Isn't this just a rehash of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19759490 I wish one day real journalists will look into how the "anti-facebook" media blitz happened. I've never used facebook and I hate
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by basetop 7y ago
That's the exact opposite of what my history professor said. He said we only have a tiny fraction of roman documents and most of roman history has been "lost to history". Almost all the writings of romans has been lost and &q
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by basetop 7y ago
It probably won't for the long term. These "feel good" stories abound when times are good. Wait a few years and reality sets in ( even quicker if a recession hits ). Maybe if they copy B&N's model and turn themselves

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