hipsterstal1n

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by hipsterstal1n 3y ago
> there just doesn't seem to be any way to preserve bits for the long haul, short of RAID Gentle reminder that RAID is not backup. Have at least three copies or backups of important files preferably in different locations. And keepi
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by hipsterstal1n 3y ago
And there is no telling who'll buy it... probably a company like Comcast / Xfinity which is already universally hated.
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by hipsterstal1n 3y ago
That's a lot of words to say "I knew what iCloud was 10 years ago, continued to use it, and I continue to reap what I have sown."
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by hipsterstal1n 3y ago
Most people believed it was on Google's side, possibly even on purpose to make people use Chrome vs. Firefox. It is no coincidence that the Firefox / Google Antitrust case kicked off two weeks ago and this magically started workin
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by hipsterstal1n 3y ago
> the current CEO has directed the focus towards revenue-generating features. They literally can't win. One group of vocal users is outraged by how much money Mozilla takes from Google while the other half screams about how Mozilla
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by hipsterstal1n 3y ago
This is peak performance.
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by hipsterstal1n 3y ago
I'm right there with you. It was definitely a difficult read and I often found myself going back a few pages and re-reading sections. Many times.
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by hipsterstal1n 4y ago
This is interesting and hits close to home. My dad and I are collectors of flown cameras from NASA missions. We have a few early digital cameras that flew on Shuttle missions in the very early 90's and they were modified similarly (min
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by hipsterstal1n 4y ago
As a fellow Rutgers alumni, I love the trolling effort but am disappointed it wasn't something like "Pork Roll", Danny DeVito, or "Bon Jovi" so we could have sentences like "Only after Bon Jovi could life as we
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by hipsterstal1n 4y ago
My father-in-law works for a defense contractor around DC and works with and travels to allied countries on classified + items. He has several stories of him and his colleagues at his office being on the receiving end of un-intended reply-a
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by hipsterstal1n 4y ago
> I can't believe Google is doing this Have you been living under a rock?
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by hipsterstal1n 4y ago
Programmer: Uploads code to Github for the public to see / use Github: Uses code uploaded by programmers to learn and make other code better Programmer: NO FAIR! My code can only be used the way I want it to be and my code is absolutel
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by hipsterstal1n 4y ago
> I recently quit a job that made me use a Mac after less than 3 months, and I'm not even kidding, that was part of why. Imagine quitting your job over an operating system.
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by hipsterstal1n 5y ago
It was definitely acting slow earlier today.
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by hipsterstal1n 5y ago
There is plenty of seating. There is a waiting section with benches, an Amtrak lounge, and a dining hall coming soon. Not to mention... the classic sitting on the ground.
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by hipsterstal1n 5y ago
Who cares?
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by hipsterstal1n 6y ago
This. Way before Amazon Prime, you could order from Newegg within New Jersey and with free ground shipping get it within one day, two days tops. It was magical to receive something so soon that wasn't from an over-priced CompUSA or Cir
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by hipsterstal1n 6y ago
Hostile is way too strong a word. Maybe user unfriendly since it is is built-in to the browser instead of an extension? But again, if you don't like it, don't use it. You don't have to go to Chrome where you have much worse u
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by hipsterstal1n 6y ago
I love this. I grew up using this and still have the software on floppies, I may try this out.
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by hipsterstal1n 6y ago
Exactly. Those that care and / or know enough to care are a tiny fraction of the population, in the same vein as those who care enough to use Linux instead of Windows. Google knows that with their high usage numbers (partly thanks to A
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by hipsterstal1n 6y ago
I tweeted about this a week ago being from the area. It helped the city get rid of officers that the police union were protecting not fire-able. Further, it helped the city (which had declared bankruptcy) get rid of police pensions negotiat
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by hipsterstal1n 7y ago
I know that public cloud providers like Rackspace and Azure insert their own accounts and services into cloud servers and VMs mostly under the guise of being able to support said servers and monitor them and their health. True data centers
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by hipsterstal1n 7y ago
It cost Newegg $60,000 to fight their patent troll. Gnome team is going to need a lot more then $20.