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by devsda 1y ago
> In fact they do distribute and contribute to lots of GPL software, including Linux. systemd author is employed by Microsoft. Depending on your views on MS and systemd, that's either a net positive or negative for the linux communi
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by devsda 1y ago
American universities are in demand among foreigners because they are a gateway to network and life in the US. If it's a choice between say Princeton in the US and Harvard outside the US, Princeton will be the choice for many.
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by devsda 1y ago
> I almost have to tip toe and pee into the the air in projectile. Sounds like an alternate origin story of your username.
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by devsda 1y ago
May be it's the angle, but it looks a little too closer to a toilet bowl than a urinal. Occasional spills are probably easier to manage compared to a misunderstanding over it's purpose.
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> actually an "annual plan, billed monthly" and thus that if they cancel after one month (for example) they'll be billed for the remaining 11 immediately I don't know if this is a recent policy change, but it is not t
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> That dual interview question "what is your greatest strength? what is your greatest weakness" is a very bad question. Is there a 'right' answer to this question that's honest and isn't phony ?
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I'm guessing that's because "talking out of one's ass" [1] applies to current version of this technology more than the others? 1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/talk_out_of_one%27s_ass
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by devsda 1y ago
> Don't be so pessimistic, how about these uses: I suspect, these examples are chosen specifically because their failures modes can be lethal ?
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by devsda 1y ago
I would have made it needlessly complex by gluing a set of strong neodymium magnets on the exterior and a set of small flat magnets on the screen side to avoid the risks of drilling and protruding bolts. Of course gluing or taping are also
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> I need 8,276 consents from other public bodies, planning, transport, the Environment Agency or Natural England > That’s one different consent form for every 25 meters of track. Mind boggling. I can easily imagine Sir Humphrey lectur
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by devsda 1y ago
Its possible. He is following the same tactics as when he was head of MS [1]. 1. https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-the-world-loses-under-bi...
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If/When it becomes a real crisis, I'm sure other countries with nascent space industries will then be asked to limit their launches to avoid space debris and when they occasionally launch a satellite you can bet there will be deba
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by devsda 1y ago
I'm curious, does it end only at Oracle? What about Google, Facebook & Microsoft. They do some things that are disliked by many. Should we consider that the engineers who work there are indirectly condoning the no-privacy, ad-infes
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> everyone who worked there has a black mark on their CV I hope this is hyperbole. Rank and file employees are not responsible for corporate policy or direction, especially in places like Oracle.
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We have ours connected but block all traffic to internet. Have a dedicated AP just for the tv and it has only LAN access to stream content through dlna or mirror phone screen using miracast.
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by devsda 2y ago
This is fine for online meetings but for in-person meetings, it is a minefield of interpersonal relationship risks if not used discreetly. Can't predict how the other party reacts. I have had a mix of colleagues with diverse backgroun
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by devsda 2y ago
Yeah. Where I live, we are always reminded that our conversations with insurance provider personnel over phone are recorded and can be referenced while making a claim. Imagine a chatbot making false promises to prospective customers. Your c
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by devsda 2y ago
During the time I was working on a mature hardware product in maintenance, if I think about the number of customer bugs we had to close due to being not-reproducible or were only present for a brief amount of time in specific setup, it was
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by devsda 2y ago
Reminds me of how nobody is too excited about flagship mobile launches anymore. Most flagships for sometime now are just incremental updates over previous gen and only marginally better. Couple that with the chinese OEMs launching better or
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by devsda 2y ago
Yeah, I clicked the "Show me" half expecting a popup asking to subscribe to a newsletter for "updates" on more parts. OP, this is just feedback and I hope that you'll continue documenting your rust journey even if i
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by devsda 2y ago
There are ways around it. If they look into specific customer's usage it is looking at customer data. If they look at more customers it will just be called anonymous analytics. Then you slice and dice the analytics data to extract what
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by devsda 2y ago
Ability to reset to original out of the box firmware is not only about failsafe. It's also a protection from "bug fixes" taking away features you had out of the box. I'm still pissed off about LG removing record to disk
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by devsda 2y ago
If someone says there is an x% chance of an event happening, is there a value of x other than 0 & 100 where they can be wrong? What is the value that someone can derive out of such predictions ?
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Isn't the training data a moat by itself? Due to sneaky website scraping by OpenAI many sites now have their content locked behind login, have their APIs severely restricted and watchout for scraping. Unless you want to build a specia
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by devsda 2y ago
It doesn't matter what I think or believe. What matters and what we know is that nearly half of America's electorate does not think that these allegations have any merits. The rest are free to believe or speculate whatever they wa
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"Trump is an alien impersonator trying to destroy humanity from within to make it easier for the aliens to colonize earth" That is also a probable explanation for what's happening, if you believe in UFOs and aliens. Sorry, I
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by devsda 2y ago
> The death penalty necessarily means in our imperfect information world that innocent people will be put to death. Unfortunately, the governments and law enforcement community's answer to this problem will not be "may be we ne
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> It is a strategic choice. If a person did not commit a crime and if their strategic best choice is pleading guilty for the crime that has x% probability of receiving death penalty, it says something about the whole process.
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> There is a prominent subset of the tech crowd who are ladder climbers - ruthlessly pursuing what is rewarded with pay/title/prestige without regard to actually making good stuff. I think the hiring and reward practices of the
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by devsda 2y ago
It might be nothing technical. Some developers avoid paying for the Apple dev program on principle. Joining it could be seen as supporting Apple's attempt at building walled gardens. There's also the operational challenges for ope

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