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by bin0 7y ago
Yikes. I'm not that old... right? Right?
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by bin0 7y ago
Site got slashdotted. Wayback machine copy: http://web.archive.org/web/20190622083122/https://noageismin... Also, can some one explain the "diversity link" on a bunch of these?
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by bin0 7y ago
> all people Really? All? And if not all, are we back to the ADA reasonable accommodation standard? What bugs me about the "accessible or bust" people is that they will deprive 99% of the population of something because 1% c
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by bin0 7y ago
Probably because most personal assistant people are female. Women are perceived as more helpful and less threatening, largely because we aren't wired to have to fight them. This was tested by Amazon and Microsoft when creating their
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Aerc 0.1(drewdevault.com)
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by bin0 7y ago
Any chance you can provide more information? Linode customer as well; slightly concerned.
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by bin0 7y ago
Companies make unenforceable claims all the time. That's why we've got courts. Theyr'e almost certainly never going to take any one to court, because if they did, it would get tossed out. They can't pull the same &quo
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by bin0 7y ago
I used to use google photos. But then, I found that it was building facial profiles of every one in my pictures, and creating "albums" thereof. I didn't ask for that, and it's creepy as all get-out. Good-bye, google
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by bin0 7y ago
Oh yay, a new interface to learn. Just what every body asked for, not. Companies do this all the time to justify higher prices. Some times, a well-done piece of software can just go into maintenance mode for a while. But do you know what
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by bin0 7y ago
From what I understand, whale oil is still one of the best choices in many machine applications (including cars) and wasn't really killed so much by synthetic lubricants as by the Endangered Species Act.
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by bin0 7y ago
Some one quoted a number that you need about $1mm in income to be in the top 1%. You know what's perverse? "Qualified investor" mark is at $1mm net worth. The best way to make money is to invest what you have, and this blo
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by bin0 7y ago
From what I understand, the helium shortage is mostly due to current price. Price will go up, more plants will go up, and there is plenty in natural gas deposits. The feds have just been dumping at artificially low prices. Prices are alr
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by bin0 7y ago
Random, only slightly-related question: has any one used suckless' surf? I've seen it recommended by the hyper-minimalist nuts, but am more looking into it so I can tweak it easily. I figure it would be a lot easier than trying
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by bin0 7y ago
Let's say he takes you up on that: * closes all canadian offices * shuts down all canadian datacenters * moves everything back to America What will canadians do? Easy, keep using Facebook with slightly higher latency. He'll put
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by bin0 7y ago
Not sure that this would be legal in many countries. Not showing up is not a crime. Besides, were I Facebook, I would put my best men to work on anti-censorship technology posthaste. Airlift in slips of paper with tor bridges written on
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by bin0 7y ago
> If every single little country was calling on them all the time, then yeah maybe, but this seems like one of those "pick and choose" situation where you should send the CEO and Founder. So legal authority is determined by the
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by bin0 7y ago
It depends, are you trying to say a head of state is better than an American citizen? Does not every man have equal intrinsic worth? Are you trying to imply that some foreign underling ought to have power to summon a sovereign American at
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by bin0 7y ago
You hit the nail on the head here. The canadians are doing the same thing the American Congress did recently: pulling in the big bad zuck for a stern talking-to. Notice that they passed no laws. It's televised political theater of t
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by bin0 7y ago
So? Maybe canada's laws say they can compel Zuck to show up, but America's certainly don't. Those are the ones that matter, as Facebook is based in America and Zuck is currently in America.
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by bin0 7y ago
> the correct amount of federalization... may be significantly greater than seemed Wrong. This is why the Constitution enumerates a few, very specific powers and says that the rest are reserved to the states and to the people. > Radi
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by bin0 7y ago
Depends. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Facebook runs servers in America (not canada). A canadian accesses their site and uses it. Is Facebook now "doing business" in canada? The problem with internet companies
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by bin0 7y ago
The real question is: can you re-write it in assembly and make it self-hosting?
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by bin0 7y ago
I hope you realize how dystopian that sounds. Do we need a Ministry of Truth?
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by bin0 7y ago
I would argue reducing federal control is step one. Local governments may want to take more power instead. Take Texas: many cities have become stark-blue due to immigration from south of the border. If they wish to pass certain policies,
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by bin0 7y ago
The question is not "do they have the right", but rather should they be prevented via the government. Seeing as a coal plant (the other likely option) has impacts all its own, I think not. It is the lesser of two evils, if not a
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by bin0 7y ago
I agree with that assessment. My experience has been reading a good bit into it. I considered learning it a few months ago, but wanted to focus on things that people were currently hiring for. Maybe at some point I will learn more, but I
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by bin0 7y ago
It announced "intent to acquire", and did not say.
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by bin0 7y ago
For what it's worth, I really hope people don't pay if they can avoid it. Guy I know consults for a company which recently got ransomware. They had insurance, payed $1.5 million, got their files back. FBI came in and figured ou
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by bin0 7y ago
Your parent comment has a point about performance; I don't see why he is downvoted. Crystal is cool, but it is still immature in terms of ecosystem, the language could change, limited library support, and most importantly, not many g
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by bin0 7y ago
> Accent is defined based on where you grew up from age 10-12. Not so. Maybe this is true in many cases, but I personally know of at least one outlier: a relative who grew up in West Virginia, lost her accent to work in radio and news,

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