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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
"I mean you're not helping. Why is that, Leon?" Such a great movie.
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
In today's climate, I would advise people not to change jobs unless it's an outstanding opportunity.
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
I'm just one data point, but after quitting a 12-year position writing RFID related apps, I'm raising chickens and writing. There are no jobs for me; even for positions that totally align with my skills, the employers express no i
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Good point, but I wonder if some of the attitudinal jets could be employed to push it upright, assuming there's any fuel left (and power).
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
From the article: The Perseverance rover is currently too far away to attempt to image the helicopter at its final airfield. I wonder if the rover couldn't proceed to the location of the helicopter and get some high res images f
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
I think China's difficulties stem from an excessive speculative bubble in real estate, based on the notion/hope that manufacturing and technology industries would continue high rates of growth. Oklahoma's main economic basis
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Having grown up in Okla. City, I am surprised and proud that they're contemplating this structure. If it comes to be, it's a sign of a can-do attitude that this region has always boasted. However, in recent years, earthquakes have
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
During a recent stretch of non-Prime membership, I found that Ebay sellers often were equivalent or 5% above Amazon prices, so if I was in a hurry, go to Ebay. Otherwise, just add to Amzn cart.
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
A wireless charger phone mount for the car, about $23, barely counts as a purchase of any significance considering I bought a sushi takeout today for $27. We in my house have enough stuff and nothing is needed. My kid went to the mall and g
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
I wonder if Microsoft owning 49% of OpenAI vastly simplifies such a situation. Or maybe further complexifies it. It's fascinating to watch, anyway.
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
A friend of my wife’s fell for this exact thing, and lost her life’s savings. She’s not a stupid person; has a masters degree and writes children’s books. Kitboga, Harvey Denttt, Scam Sandwich and numerous other youtubers seek out these sca
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
And EV mandates that are going to end ICE production lines in a few years. And millions of Chinese EV's at bargain prices, poised to enter the U.S. market. It does seem like not very prudent for the union to demand a 32-hour work week
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Mr. Murdoch is 92 years old; it seems to me he doesn't need to explain to the world why he is stepping down from a major role.
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
In the early 90s, at a large financial company I worked for, the system user name/password for a Sybase db was sa/sa. It was so convenient. Of course this was the primordial days but still.
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
You're right, but I was thinking of searching for known passwords. For example, if an Oracle db accessed by developers is tekla / tekla1234, then scan for the string "tekla1234". It should not exist in any file. If it
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
I’m taking a cybersecurity course right now and this article is timely and informative. I’m a programmer with a lot of Java and database experience, but not really knowledgeable about security practices. Maybe security certification should
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
The town of Nagi in Okayama prefecture is bucking the trend; they have many families with 3-4 children, and their overall birth rate is well over replacement levels.[1] They get delegations from all over Japan as well as Korea, eager to lea
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
"the upper end of their salary range is $80k" In my experience quite recently, the smaller non-FAANG technology jobs are in the $100K to $120K range. FAANG jobs, if you can get one, are more in the $150K and up range.
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
I am saying that he initially tried to move to China of his own volition in or around 1950. He was detained, probably because the U.S. was currently engaged in hostilities with China-allied forces and then with Chinese troops directly. His
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
He was not deported. He was stripped of his clearance during the ”Red scare” era, then decided to return to China of his own volition, but was held under house arrest for 5 years until 1955. At that time, a prisoner exchange with captured A
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
The most significant part of the headline was left out: House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial A consensus about climate change is essential to move from division and obstruction t
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Twitter has never been a hugely profitable business. They lost quite a lot of money in 2021-22, though 2022 had a fairly profitable couple of quarters prior to the acquisition. Musk made a leveraged buyout, which saddled the company with de
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
I think it depends on the particular discussion. In the pre-acquisition days, there were thousands (probably millions) of automated accounts posting garbage. Many of these have been removed. I recall that when Trump had an active account, h
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Twitter's doing very poorly right now, financially speaking. Musk & team are working on adding new features: long form video hosting, long form text, encrypted messaging, P2P video conferencing, payments, and I think he's plan
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Just out of curiosity, what prevents you from creating a Twitter account? Does it enable tracking or some other undesirable side effect?
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
I asked an innocent question, and got a lot of lengthy, technical responses. The platforms I mentioned service _billions_ of users. It seems to me regardless of your opinion of "closed" or "insular" or "shoves ads&q
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
The Wikipedia Twitter page has a lot of followers, but engagement is very low, and most of the tweets are random topics. What advantages does a mastodon feed provide? In my opinion, if Wikipedia is seeking more social media engagement, they
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Car theft, at this point, is mostly a law enforcement issue. A very active, motivated anti-theft team can shut down theft rings and at least keep it down to a dull roar, versus almost total negligence in cities like San Francisco. I'm
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Well I'm glad things were calm. I doubt we'd see a breakdown of civil order all that fast, but if we had a solar event or an EMP event that pretty much took out global communications and transportation, that's going to be one
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by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
Okay that explains the down votes. But it's naive to assume people will behave in a civilized manner when civil authority breaks down. Water is a major issue. We have some bottled water in the garage, maybe enough for a couple of weeks

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