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by blantonl 2y ago
No one is safe from a nation state that is weaponized against you. Just look at what happened in Saudi Arabia and the billionaires there.
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by blantonl 2y ago
He was a market maker where there was very little liquidity. Given that, all valuations in this world are subjective at best. He just made more liquidity than most, so the process of spitballing valuations became more focused on one indiv
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by blantonl 2y ago
Just enough admiration by the author to make someone think they should be like this guy, and approaching life like him is appropriate. Walking away after reading that article, I don't know whether or not to be appalled, or intrigued by
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by blantonl 2y ago
I remember we thought it was straight up wizardry when we could get two OS/2 Lan Server servers to communicate over a network that we didn't control via Netbios over TCP/IP. It was like the dawn of a new age!
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by blantonl 2y ago
This really brings back some memories. My first career in IT was supporting and implementing an OS/2 Lan Server based banking implementation for a regional bank in the south. The bank deployed what was essentially a massive flat toke
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by blantonl 2y ago
Every company should strive to be an "engine of financial performance." What other expectations do you have of Intel? The amount of engine metaphors I could toss into this discussion are endless.
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by blantonl 2y ago
Yes, I am definitely implying that a connection only exists in a two way relationship. Don't be obtuse.
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by blantonl 2y ago
Pagers don’t “connect” to networks.
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by blantonl 2y ago
Not these pagers
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by blantonl 2y ago
Pagers just simply have an address (called a Cap Code) to receive messages. It's like a mailbox number. A pager can be programmed with usually up to 4 Cap Codes at a time. If I was speculating on what happened, I would bet that the p
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by blantonl 2y ago
Pagers don't have SIMs, they are simply programmed with a "Cap Code" which is basically the address of the pager. Pagers can be programmed with multiple cap codes, and can function differently based on which cap code address
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by blantonl 2y ago
Is one not allowed to evaluate their relationship with technology over time? Maybe Amazon will provide us an option to turn off the ads after enough outcry?
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by blantonl 2y ago
I've had a number of Amazon Echo devices in my household for years, using the platform as a smart home devices. But lately they've been opting each device automatically into new ad related features, and now I see "Sponsored&
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by blantonl 2y ago
"Check yourself before you wreck yourself"
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by blantonl 2y ago
I do all the direct customer support for my 2 businesses (radioreference and broadcastify) which typically equates to 20-30 Zendesk tickets a day addressing login/password issues, payment issues, technical support etc. Boy can I relate
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by blantonl 2y ago
These systems are so vastly complicated, old, and rarely if ever launched. These aren't like data center generators which have testing schedules etc, and STILL there are failure points. I really wonder what the failure rate would be i
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by blantonl 2y ago
yup, this was it. Thanks!
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by blantonl 2y ago
There was a command line tool available where you could enter a few attributes (such as a username) and the tool would plow through just about every online service to find and report data. Anyone remember what it was?
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by blantonl 2y ago
Forced valor
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by blantonl 2y ago
"Low income residents" in this context almost certainly means "low income families" or more succinctly, parents.
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by blantonl 2y ago
I always get a kick out of these projects because they really do challenge the user to start at a disadvantage to get value out of things like this. Almost absurdly so... I guess it's only a matter of time before someone posts how the
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by blantonl 2y ago
There is a decent argument to be made that LSA pilots are kept to a safer regime. I only fly in excellent weather and during the day, which eliminates a large majority of the risk profile in aviation. The LSA that I fly, while not IFR cer
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by blantonl 2y ago
light-sport rating, it encourages more people to be in the (already congested) airspace system who haven't really gained all the other skills necessary or experience to be there. LSA pilot here. I'm curious to know what skills
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by blantonl 2y ago
Looks like the common race to the bottom is happening: which is the lawyers have taken control.
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by blantonl 2y ago
It's bots all the way down...
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by blantonl 2y ago
The issue was exactly the same with Ida and New Orleans in 2021. Areas of the New Orleans metro area were without power for 3 weeks or more
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by blantonl 2y ago
Solar installations in suburb cities in Texas are extremely common.
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by blantonl 2y ago
It wouldn't have helped. Trimming trees is preventative maintenance so that simple wind gusts don't trip lines when branches encroach on power lines. The only way you can prevent damage from falling trees is to completely remove
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by blantonl 2y ago
Yeah, well what about existing infrastructure? Most new construction already buries the last mile of power. But if you do have above ground power lines feeding your house, how likely would it be that you'd be in favor of having your e
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by blantonl 2y ago
There's nothing wrong with it. But it would take lifetimes of money and time to retrofit a city like Houston to move all power infrastructure underground. And there is no way consumers would ever sign up for the cost to do so. It wo

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