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by eplanit 6y ago
I saw him speak at BlackHat in 2008 when he presented that work -- _everyone_ was there. It was an amazing presentation, and I was properly filled with respect for Dan. So very sad that he's gone so young.
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by eplanit 6y ago
Because mobile computers are the antithesis of personal computers -- you don't get to really own and control the very expensive device you bought. That people accepted this is an example of how truly powerless (or just ignorant) consu
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by eplanit 6y ago
True wisdom here. Heed it, younger people!
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by eplanit 6y ago
We're due and ready. China seems ready, too, and without them we're ready for civil war on our own. It's tragically, unfortunately true, that a (big) war would be like a reset... economic rebuilding follows, but in what kin
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by eplanit 6y ago
"Would you buy a meal if the restaurant refused to tell you the ingredients? Would you buy a car if you weren’t allowed to look under the hood?" Ok, but I'm not buying the website, just using it.
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by eplanit 6y ago
Exactly. The sample image in TFA won't display in FF on my android phone. A new road to hoe for avif
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by eplanit 6y ago
You're right. I've returned to buying only physical media -- haven't purchased an online format for 6 months+. I agree, we got played. About a year ago, Amazon changed the verbiage on the ui from "you own this movie&quot
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by eplanit 6y ago
It's true. Folks should look up the Venona Project and the decrypted intercepts from that era. Far beyond Hall and Sachs spying at Los Alamos, there were indeed many spies throughout the government (it was the height of the Cold War,
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by eplanit 6y ago
This isn't parody/sarcasm?
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by eplanit 6y ago
That's exactly what was explained to me when I joined IBM in the 1980s: "It doesn't matter if you're on the moon... if you have an idea, IBM owns it".
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by eplanit 6y ago
What if it is somebody's fault? Wouldn't you want to know their error or action in order to prevent it in the future?
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OpenSSH 8.6 Released(lwn.net)
86 points by eplanit 6y ago|22 comments
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by eplanit 6y ago
It seems like half of the rules are about political correctness, a quarter about consistency, and the rest about proper usage. I can picture the "committee" that produced this. It has some good points, but is good material for pa
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by eplanit 6y ago
That describes it exactly -- thanks for finding that.
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by eplanit 6y ago
I have noticed a recent decline in the debugging features of FF -- downright buggy. View source shows a form I used 3 pages ago, not the form rendered. I now switch to chrome just for debugging.
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by eplanit 6y ago
History.
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by eplanit 6y ago
It's amazing that now a whole generation has not had that experience (at least to a far, far lesser degree), and probably doesn't realize that that's how it was.
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by eplanit 6y ago
> I don't have the personal skills to "sell" myself Your comments do just that, though. Perhaps writing is a good medium for you to make the point to others -- I recommend you do more of it. It makes a great first impres
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HPVM – Heterogeneous Parallel Virtual Machine(publish.illinois.edu)
2 points by eplanit 6y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 6y ago
That thinking is the same as "either you're with me, or against me".
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by eplanit 6y ago
Exactly, but if the city doesn't have their back, and they're liable for any mistake -- why take the risk? It's hard to have it both ways.
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by eplanit 6y ago
With this, police will soon stop intervening to stop crimes from happening, and will instead focus their attention on after-the-fact data gathering and reporting. I can't blame them, but quality of life for law abiding citizens is lik
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by eplanit 6y ago
Yes. I'd be happy to pay a buck or two per month instead of ads or gimmicks. An old fashioned model but I think they could still make a fortune on that small of a fee alone.
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by eplanit 6y ago
I just went to Donorbox to cancel my $10 monthly donation. Clearly, they don't need such humble support anymore. What's after cryptocurrency, ads?
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by eplanit 6y ago
"Amazon is not commenting on those issues with anything in mind other than its own interests." Isn't that what any company should do?
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by eplanit 6y ago
I'm glad she found relief, but it's odd that there wasn't illness in many more people. The symptoms are very extreme... then I caught the clue: "I work full time as a program manager while attending law school to become
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by eplanit 6y ago
I keep 2 to 3 empty water bottles in the car just for the purpose of peeing -- they're very practical and convenient. Then they get tossed in the bin a the next gas station. Much more convenient and sanitary than finding and using a
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by eplanit 6y ago
And note that it's not racist to name a variant by where it is found, but it is racist and xenophobic to name the original form similarly.
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by eplanit 6y ago
Did Deepak Chopra write the article? It's like "when you're nowhere you're 'now here'". It seems so clever... at first.
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by eplanit 6y ago
And governments are also largely immune (pun intended) from prosecution once their error is revealed.

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