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by benjohnson 5y ago
I keep an old phone around with a duplicate Authy setup. I also photograph the 2FA code or QR code and print it to a safe place.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Any god of a tradition that's been successfully around for a few thousand years would be a good start. Even if you don't believe in a deity, the traditions of a successful culture are worth considering given we only have a few yea
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by benjohnson 5y ago
If you're referring to the Christian tradition that the author brings up - it's usually men that are admonished by that tradition explicitly, because men need to hear it. Generally, it's considered that women and mothers don&
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Can confirm - recently was in a 1970 GM car and the windshield was covered in dead bug guts at the end of the drive. On the way home, my 2008 GM had nothing.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
This is a good fun - but there is a 13th century painting that does make you wonder a bit: https://home.ubalt.edu/NTYGFIT/ai_03_illuminating_love/ai_03...
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Backups are no longer sufficient - as the hackers now threaten to disclose stolen data to the public.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Generally - heterosexual men are attached to the female form. This attraction could very well have a biological component in that a species needs children to continue. Given these predicates, it's natural to expect that heterosexual me
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by benjohnson 5y ago
It's fair to say GM did copy it well in the Saturn experiment, but failed to bring it fully to the whole company. VW can't help themselves from making complicated things. Honda is onboard, but Nissan still thinks in terms of suppl
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by benjohnson 5y ago
I kid you not - Porsche copied Toyota and the Toyota Production System for good effect. https://blog.grabcad.com/blog/2018/10/08/porsche-and-lean-ma...
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by benjohnson 5y ago
I would encourage you to read it - it's a book that is part of our civilization now. It starts off with showing the horrors of unchecked monopoly capitalism. And then it switched to the remedy - a collectivist utopia. The horrors are s
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by benjohnson 5y ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/9563/ Frankly, it was probably good research. If it did escape, it's not a particular China problem - viruses have escaped labs over and over all over th
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Nothing. Because we Americans funded the lab. So the combined propaganda power of both the CCP and the USA will make this a non-issue. Everybody is also going to think I'm nuts - but we should be very very thankful that the first airpl
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Das Capital should be read by everybody - after they turn 40 and have some experience. In my opinion, it's a dangerous read, because it will turn you into a fire breathing totalitarian if you don't see the subtle flaws in it.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Perhaps 'pride' isn't a long-term useful label. I have chosen 'appreciation' for my ancestors that worked hard and contributed to our civilization. Once viewed though that lens, you being to see kindred spirits in
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Yes, Vietnam is awesome - and there's a lot of capitalism going on even if it's not official. But it's also no South Korea or Taiwan as far as development. The Vietnamese people are smart, clever, hard-working, and I really d
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by benjohnson 5y ago
As I understand it from the context - if you make yourself able to find flaws, you'll constantly find them, or think you have found them. If it's something you love, it may make it your enjoyment a bit less. For me, it's why
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by benjohnson 5y ago
As I understand it, the Bill of Rights was considered redundant by many people - and some thought that enumerating the rights line by line was dangerously limiting them.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
It's another layer of security. There have been exploits of OpenSSH in past so this may be prudent.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
As I understand it, a Chinese company now owns a large portion of Forbes https://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN16Z0BW
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by benjohnson 5y ago
It's happening here where I live - we have a locally owned grocery store has had to reduce hours, post a guard, and now is considering closing because of rampant shoplifting.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
It's been going on for a long time however - 1996 is a good example of the CCP influencing American politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_campaign_fi...
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by benjohnson 5y ago
There's a lot of room for hope - I don't really care* global warming, and I'm getting solar on the house in five years because it's disturbingly cheap and will be driving an electric car because they're less mainten
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by benjohnson 5y ago
And to add a bit of history - meat is also used for nut-meat.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Weird bit: Hyenas are genetically felines, but behave more like dogs than the cats we're used to.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
For culinary use, Tomatoes are a fruit. That may differ from the biological definition but that's ok.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
6. Put and end to our data hording. Turns out I don't need to keep all the data we have because it's now a liability.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
The same reasons usually apply to large BMW and Mercedes SUVs. The correct people own those so they don't attract the same Attention.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Used to be. Now they grab a copy of the data and threaten you with divulging it. That can be a huge problem.
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by benjohnson 5y ago
Agreed! This quote from Noel Coward springs to mind: "I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second."
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by benjohnson 5y ago
I have ideas that were considered mainstream ten years ago, but are now verboten and only shared in private.

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