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by firebird84 6y ago
The unfortunate part of this is that in a world where manufacturers compete independently on chargers, I think it will be a race to the bottom. Even apple users may accept the drastically lower cost of a $10 charger vs. Apple's. I expe
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by firebird84 6y ago
The problem is if they have the space for a USB-A plug, realize that tons of NEW consumer devices still use that! Apple can convince its customer base to buy dongles, but will all Windows PC users be happy with that?
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by firebird84 6y ago
Having a tipline isn't so bad on its own, but then the problem becomes: User leaves unverifiable tip, what do you do with it? It's not like you can break the encryption...
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by firebird84 6y ago
Can you elaborate?
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by firebird84 6y ago
konnected.io looks fascinating. It seems to focus on wired systems, but I believe the system I own is just an "old" wireless system. I'll look for something similar for wireless systems. At least what I want seems possible!
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by firebird84 6y ago
I was literally going to call them today to monitor my house's pre-existing ADT (DSC I think?) system out of practicality. Now, I'm not so sure. Edit I wonder what modern solutions exist in this space for takeover of old systems
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by firebird84 6y ago
In the US creditors have liquidation preference in bankruptcy. You give that up if you convert to shares but gain some measure of control if the company is still solvent. It's a tradeoff I'm guessing. It's possible they have
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by firebird84 6y ago
His statement about bigcos doesn't really jibe with mine. Bigcos are just as concerned with opportunity cost as startups, at least if they're concerned about earnings at all or are run well. You will not have headcount to attack a
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by firebird84 6y ago
Why don't we just take delivery of futures contracts directly? Isn't this a great time to fill the reserve?
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by firebird84 6y ago
I had to spend some time searching myself. I used to use Comodo's free certs back when they were still called Comodo. All these changes seem to have made things difficult.
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by firebird84 6y ago
Did you try instantssl? https://secure.instantssl.com/products/frontpage?area=Secure...
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by firebird84 7y ago
Behold, our 29 electoral votes (and counting, yay reapportionment!) and DESPAIR.
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by firebird84 7y ago
Some people would balk at the idea since they have bad credit and no bank account, and hence have to fork over a fee to walmart/publix/your local check cashing place in order to make it liquid. Cash works for everyone. I agree, ca
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by firebird84 7y ago
I purposefully ignore certificates when looking at CVs. Once upon a time, I actually looked at them prejudicially, because the kinds of candidates I saw with certificates were generally inferior and couldn't code their way out of a pap
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by firebird84 7y ago
Turns out this was an issue with Firefox's automatic certificate selection logic. I changed it to ask me every time instead of automatically selecting certs, and once it saves my selection it's back to normal. I'm not sure ho
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by firebird84 7y ago
It's already installed, that's not it.
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by firebird84 7y ago
New version gives SSL_ERROR_UNKNOWN_CA_ALERT on my client certs. Guess I have to go back to Chrome now...
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by firebird84 7y ago
A larger fine was priced in because investors were uncertain of earlier estimates of the fine being accurate. When the settlement news was announced, the stock bumped because it was better than expectations.
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by firebird84 7y ago
They may be distinguishing them based on their type of customer, rather than their quantity of traffic. Other CDNs may tend to exclusively pursue much larger customers like big banks, governments, etc., while Cloudflare from my understandin
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by firebird84 7y ago
Under the "Risks" section they specifically mention their competitors: The market for cloud computing platforms, particularly enterprise grade products, is highly fragmented, competitive, and constantly evolving. With the introduc
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by firebird84 7y ago
It will probably return to the pre-ACA regime where maintaining continuous coverage of SOME sort will preclude an insurer from using "pre-existing conditions" to deny coverage. COBRA is useful for this especially for those who los
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by firebird84 8y ago
Can also use checkerframework to statically analyze your code for NPEs. It effectively augments the type system to require you to handle nulls where appropriate. It doesn't recognize I/O boundaries for you, you have to make sure
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by firebird84 8y ago
All the doctors I meet are generally VERY risk averse. I explain something similar and they're quite happy to keep avoiding it.
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by firebird84 8y ago
When there's a hurricane incoming during the season, I check more often than that, at least every time the NHC has a new advisory. I imagine severe weather events cause huge surges in activity, it's probably not normally distribu
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by firebird84 8y ago
I think there needs to be a larger effort to shame the banks into fixing their MFA support. Some of them sign onto FIDO2 for example but don't enable it for their customers. I've looked for every bank I do business with and NONE o
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by firebird84 8y ago
Just clarifying something you alluded to: Signal claims that Whatsapp actually uses the same protocol, so naturally the key exchange is very similar.
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by firebird84 8y ago
They may have to present all offers, but they don't have to present them in the same light. When I've been presented offers they DEFINITELY tell me about the strength of the buyer, what kind of financing, and what the deal terms a
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by firebird84 8y ago
I clearly missed the boat on that one, when did they start doing that? Mine is still swipe + chip only.
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by firebird84 8y ago
It sounds like they were offered that in lieu of a less favorable outcome...Also 3 weeks per year of service is in my experience less than standard.
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by firebird84 8y ago
They are not. The head is a small target. Most shooters are trained to aim for center mass, i.e. the torso.

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