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by dev_dull 8y ago
They can also do things like re-zoning, or ending absurd and antiquated setback rules which require me to keep 700 sqft of dead grass in front of my house instead of more home.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Indeed they do. It starts off working fine, but then eventually it stops. I assume they're running some AI/ML against the traffic pattern to determine if it's a VPN. I think they're light-years beyond simple traffic bloc
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Telephones have taxes, but has anyone tried anything like this? Calling mother: 15¢/minute Calling children: 3¢/minute Calling policy: 25¢/minute
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by dev_dull 8y ago
> Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system and asked, “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event? How will these bunker building in
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Better than WSJ, which continues to let you use the service but threatens to send the bill to collections.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
I hate to say and use it, but my best tool in situations like this is disposable credit card numbers via the privacy app. I make a best effort to close the account, and if that doesn’t work I cancel the temporary credit card I used to sign
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by dev_dull 8y ago
This not only a problem with the EU, but with concentrated power in general. It wouldn't be cost effective to lobby every single government to pass this type of legislation, but when you concentrate it into a single place, suddenly int
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by dev_dull 8y ago
That’s a hassle and you never know exactly what you’ll get. Commercial TVs also don’t go on sale like regular ones do. Better to use a smart, safe connected device from a manufacturer that won’t sell your data (Apple).
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Exactly this. And use something like an Apple TV for connected watching through a company that actually cares about your privacy.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
And unfortunately they’re using a 13-yo for their chess pieces. I have to believe there’s better existing cases which can be appealed to test this law.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
I’m in a similar boat (ATT fiber) and really curious as well. I’ve considers pfsense with dual gigabit nic but honestly I’d rather have a dedicated box that can handle the routing and firewall features.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
It actually looks like two simultaneous cuts in this instance.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
The same thing happens when telephone service goes out because of a down power line. Nothing new here.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
What do you suggest happen? We levy criminal charges against them because somebody/something severed important fiber connections?
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by dev_dull 8y ago
> In the meantime, let’s give some other companies a shot. Dell and HP have gorgeous, reliable, repairable flagship laptops that are getting rave reviews. Right now, I think they’ve done more to earn your business than Apple has. But w
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by dev_dull 8y ago
A lot of fluff here without much change honestly. You can schedule rides less than 30 minutes so you don’t run out of juice but that’s it. I’d like to see charging discounts or something else to make it economical as well.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
> not AWS GovCloud which doesn't allow for safe storage of secret informatio Sure it does. I think this has a lot more to do with federal data requirements than technical security. E.g. data centers are all so many miles apart.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Not only that, but passionate IRC people still hold onto the belief that things like TLS are "useless"[1] 1. https://www.quakenet.org/articles/99-trust-is-not-transitive...
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by dev_dull 8y ago
If you contribute to open source software then you’re contributing to military projects.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
I want them to have these contracts because I want the smartest people on the planet working to defend our country. This is such a weird and controversial concept to so many people here.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Yeah no kidding. How can something about humor be so dry?
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by dev_dull 8y ago
> But even seasoned students of Civil War politics and history will likely be impressed by the range of attacks on the president. And, lest we think our own age has a monopoly on partisan nastiness This is true, and something personal
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by dev_dull 8y ago
There’s actually a huge difference in performing their job in a DC/NOC versus on Azure or other cloud providers.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
The new reality is that the barriers are gone. Ops must dev, dev must ops. Who can get away with a job that just requires them to open a Java IDE? Those jobs are just as extinct as a pure ops role.