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931.
by imglorp 3y ago
And thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37394919
932.
by imglorp 3y ago
If someone is willing to steal from their customers and injure innocent, random public, then it seems like a small character epsilon to also steal from their employer and its investors.
933.
by imglorp 3y ago
And that's why we leap to Firefox + UBO. Until, of course, we get the modal of death: "For best and safest experience, must view on officially certified Google Chrome (tm) (r) (diaf)."
934.
by imglorp 3y ago
Would the UEFI malware affect a non-windows OS installed on that machine?
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by imglorp 3y ago
I once sold my house without a realtor. I hired an excellent RE attorney to handle only the paperwork for a flat rate -- way less than a realtor who wanted a whole percent to do the same job. Some parts of the system grudgingly took my mone
936.
by imglorp 3y ago
Right, it's not the computerization, it's the gamification, or to put a name on it - cost accounting. In both the pharmacy and travel examples, the computer workflow was a huge win for everyone until the investors demanded growth
937.
by imglorp 3y ago
Isn't this why Tesla offers its own insurance? Is it competitive and generally okay? Is it not available in the UK?
938.
by imglorp 3y ago
Recently, they switched to outsourcing some kind of tasks normally done by the in-pharmacy staff. Last time I was in there, the 5-6 people were standing around while they "waited for the cloud to catch up".
939.
by imglorp 3y ago
I was sighted volunteer on a call with a fellow using a treadmill touchscreen. He already knew the menu flow but the UX was dynamic and it wasn't his screen or he could put locator dots on it (Lesson to all designers! Hardware can hav
940.
by imglorp 3y ago
What if it never accessed the book, but read everything relevant like episode summaries, fan wikis, and forum discussions? It would still be as conversant. Is it still infringement?
941.
by imglorp 3y ago
Ignoring all the weird design decisions, STS was flexible enough to do a bunch of things we still don't have a replacement for, such as on-orbit service missions, satellite return (if we wanted, never used as far as the public knows),
942.
by imglorp 3y ago
Both. Some are fast and skittish, and if they launch, even a short fall would be fatal. Description of the bite is similar to a wasp sting; only dangerous if anaphylaxis.
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by imglorp 3y ago
See also the better known Cobalt Blue and Green Bottle Blue tarantulas, very pretty but not the best beginner pets. They shouldn't be handled and need careful climate. Other tarantulas are very easy, like Rosehair or Pink Toes. They ne
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by imglorp 3y ago
This terrible event, and the worst two US ones, Challenger and Columbia, were preventable, organizational management failures. When there's a big project with big money, there will be big pressure to skip steps and degrade sensible cau
945.
by imglorp 3y ago
And before that they thrashing around on which versions clustering features would appear in. That was an initial deal breaker for us because "Oops we don't know how to stay in business without changing terms" is a strong sign
946.
by imglorp 3y ago
Bernard Shaw famously supported spelling reform, first merely reworking the standard orthography and later, in the form of the phonetic alphabets Shavian and later Quikscript by Kingsley Read. They're both obviously more consistent tha
947.
by imglorp 3y ago
There's more malfeasance here. 5. They expansively tier their product line with minor variation to remove the idea of a standard offering. Eg there are some 33 sizes of M&Ms so nobody could say "get me a bag of M&Ms"
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by imglorp 3y ago
The fine should double every day of continued violation, if you want to get their attention.
949.
by imglorp 3y ago
Is this finding consistent with Wolfram's hypergraph?
950.
by imglorp 3y ago
While there's something to be said for ransomware targeting casinos, "because that's where the money is," that might also attract the wrong attention, and not all from the government. They might wish it was only from the
951.
by imglorp 3y ago
Recurring revenue. What's a dossier like that with on the market when it includes location, Bluetooth IDs of all occupants and private conversations? $5/mo? $10$?
952.
by imglorp 3y ago
Fast enough for most ultrabook users. Being fastest this year is really not a big deal. If you're doing heavy media, gaming, or compiling you'll be on a different form factor.
953.
by imglorp 3y ago
Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will -- Joseph Goebbels
954.
by imglorp 3y ago
I've had a positive experience with a pair of cheap moca adapters to get wired net to a far room in a house with old coax in the walls. Splitters are absolutely something to avoid. RG6 coax plugs are also notorious for getting right; d
955.
by imglorp 3y ago
At the Abstractions conference in Pittsburgh in 2016, Joe Armstrong was hanging out in the hallway with his swag bag, just a regular engineer complaining about Jira and his manager (he had no interest in managing) and asking people's o
956.
by imglorp 3y ago
I haven't seen a lot of nagging, usually it's a checkbox in an options page. Where are you seeing them?
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by imglorp 3y ago
I'd like to address the concept of "ads are creepy" which you will hear often. It's a false equivalence. Most prominently you'll see the flag under "privacy settings" something like "don't show m
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by imglorp 3y ago
The megacorporations are at war against humanity and won't stop until forced: they must profit and grow at the expense of civilization, climate, and biosphere. It's true the EU does not recognize it's in a war yet but they ar
959.
by imglorp 3y ago
This is a good point; English alone is an awful specification language. Everyone knows what you mean by "print the first ten prime numbers" but only by idiom and cultural context. This is why LLM is a good fit here, because -- whe
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by imglorp 3y ago
This one has onboard cameras and there are curated videos from other phases of flight at the OP link.

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