drunken-serval

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by drunken-serval 8y ago
The Mosquito could only carry half of the bombs of a B-17 and had almost half the range.
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
> Choosing to continue the tradition of naming things in a way such that only a relatively small chunk of society would immediately understand their meaning is something that I've never understood. Jargon has its place. In regards t
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
Not necessarily. The company I work for has a number of customers asking for blockchain but they don't know what it is. They just want it because it's the new cool thing and it will make them look up to date. The part of this tha
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
A code of conduct is absolutely required. My local hackerspace has a rule about proper footwear because some "functioning adult" didn't think he needed to wear shoes. On a shop floor with metal shavings. That's a liabili
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
Linux was always the clear choice if you cared more about control over the machine than other factors.
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
#2 never happened at any job I've had. It was always the entire team and we all had different projects. Sometimes entirely different applications.
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
I can't use albuterol due to side-effects. The CFC ban caused the medication I used to disappear completely. The alternative is half as effective.
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
Well, I get excited about this stuff. I really like Telegram because of the stickers. I get stupidly excited every time I find a new sticker pack I like.
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by drunken-serval 8y ago
> Shouldn't it be easy for the radar to detect if there are stopped obstacles ahead? No. It's very difficult. Radar reflects off of everything. The only way to get a useful signal is to look for things that are moving at a diff
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
Given these cars have been blowing red lights, the human drivers aren't doing their jobs and overriding the car.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
They were served a court order to stop serving Sci-Hub. They had attempted to argue common carrier in a previous case and were told by the court that argument didn't hold water.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
> isn't that straight-up corruption? Some companies will also give you these things if you complain enough or yell at the staff until they give in. There's plenty of people who get free upgrades and products simply by yelling a
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
Serious question, why not just use iPads?
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
It's the same in Ohio. Most buildings that ban guns don't have the proper signage.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
I have a computer on 10.10. Has this issue.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
Just FYI, this works on 10.10 (Mavericks).
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
It took 3 tries for me and then it worked.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
Anyone that runs a social website either already knows this or learns the hard way. The real issue is few people who use social website understand how difficult a problem this is.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
Unfortunately, not all people are reasonable.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
VW has agreed to pay out up to $25 billion in buybacks and fines.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
> And then it would be my opinion that an account shouldn't get terminated except due to actual (excessive?) fraud. Except VISA won't tolerant a fraud rate that requires 300% fees to cover costs.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
They were found 100% liable only after they were discovered obstructing the police investigation.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
Might want to read the entire article, it discusses that. The original author was more charitable and more effective in his charity towards others in the end.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
Sounds like a traditional Catholic upbringing to me.
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by drunken-serval 9y ago
> No one in our industry seems much to teach this skill. I wonder why. It's pretty simple. In a company of any size, customer support is a separate job from development. Asking a programmer to field support calls is like asking an a
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by drunken-serval 10y ago
I can't speak for jackets but I do help run a convention that bulk orders t-shirts. If you want one custom t-shirt, it's $20+/shirt. If you bulk order, it's $3/shirt for 300. We also get t-shirts for our staff, thos
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by drunken-serval 10y ago
> For that matter, a lot of us aren't comfortable with haggling and are only willing to buy a car if we can buy it like any other appliance at Walmart or Costco. I purchased a used Toyota Prius from a Toyota dealership like this. I
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by drunken-serval 10y ago
> I feel that the IT world is irresponsible in its collection of data, and doesn't treat it as the liability it is. A lot of that is due to a lack of training. There's two major ways new people come into programming. 1. Go to c
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by drunken-serval 10y ago
> Too many people are concerned with not missing their turn This is not a new problem.
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by drunken-serval 10y ago
http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/Greece/Taxes-and-C... It looks like property tax tops out at 2% annually of assessed value. This is similar to tax rates in Wisconsin, but if they play the same games in G

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