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by iokevins 11y ago
Today I learned: "PuTTY is a Win32 Telnet and SSH client. The SSH protocol code contains real-life use of this coroutine trick. As far as I know, this is the worst piece of C hackery ever seen in serious production code."
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by iokevins 11y ago
Initialism key-- LSA: "University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts" SES: "socio-economic status". Interesting insights, in my opinion. However, alleges most University of Michigan academic
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by iokevins 11y ago
TL;DR: Bill Gates shares, "I knew everybody's licence plate so I could look out at the parking lot and see, you know, when people come in." Paul Allen confirms Gates would "prowl" the parking lot on weekends to docu
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by iokevins 11y ago
From Wikipedia: The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) reactor is an experimental stellarator (nuclear fusion reactor) built in Greifswald, Germany, by the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP), and completed in October 2015. It is a further deve
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by iokevins 11y ago
TradeWars 2002, The Pit, and Legend of the Red Dragon reminds me of many pleasant Friday nights, in high school. Thanks for posting this.
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by iokevins 11y ago
Does the 2001 documentary film "Revolution OS" represent the source of this claimed Richard Stallman quote? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_OS#Quotes If so, it seems the film has Torvalds making the
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by iokevins 11y ago
From the article, something I had not known: "Before the nineteen-seventies, the N.R.A. had been devoted mostly to non-political issues, like gun safety." That seems to fit with the limited number of rural individual gun enthusias
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by iokevins 11y ago
Congratulations on choosing a healthier diet; controlling sugars definitely helps, as well.
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by iokevins 11y ago
Standing desk user here, since 2009. I'm in general agreement with the OP. MY "PROS" o Standing eliminates post-lunch lethargy, for me o I perceive an increased focus while standing o I still feel a bit of back soreness while
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by iokevins 11y ago
LEAVES OF ABSENCE 1. School Activities Leave (SB 579): employees have more flexibility to take time off for school or child care related activities 2. National Guard Leave and Protections (AB 583): affects members of the National Guard, of
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by iokevins 11y ago
For a comedic take on Yakuza (in part), "A Stranger of Mine" (運命じゃない人 Unmei janai hito) represents a 2005 Japanese film by Kenji Uchida, starring Yasuhi Nakamura, Reika Kirishima, Sō Yamanaka and Yuka Itaya: https://en.
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The cause: "The direct cause of the 2015 split was money. The Yamaguchi-gumi levies a tax on all of its affiliated factions to the tune of 1+ million yen (~ $8,100) a month. However, not being able to bear such an expense any longer, c
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by iokevins 11y ago
Scott Aaronson summarizes a number of the responses: http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2612
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by iokevins 11y ago
Confirmed as Adelson family (son-in-law, and so forth), by the paper itself, on December 16, 2015 - 1:51pm: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/adelson-son-law-...
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by iokevins 11y ago
Refreshing; kept nodding my head, in agreement, as I went along. Thanks.
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I'm in complete agreement with your statement--that was my intent; I regret the confusion. Thanks.
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Speculation: "Because the newspaper is a prominent platform in a key electoral state, some wondered whether there could be a political motive behind its purchase. Some in political and media circles suggested that the casino magnate an
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by iokevins 11y ago
Onion articles: the OP links to a adaptnetwork.com article, which references an upworthy.com article; both conclude by directing people to sign petitions at wilderness.org.au, to generate signatures against British Petroleum, which plans to
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by iokevins 11y ago
Thank you; I think we're in agreement, regarding a desire for co-worker competency. I think your comment helps with demonstrating the limits of what Carmack describes as, "break[ing] through your defenses". Gulit/shame &
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by iokevins 11y ago
The linked article mentions the Colcom Foundation funded this research, along with the Carnegie Mellon University Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research. Can anyone speak to whether the Colcom Foundation raises any
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by iokevins 11y ago
"An idiot wrote this code" and "this code is crap" both represent moral judgments. That is, implied wrongness/badness/and so forth, with respect to the evaluator's values. People judged that way commonly r
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by iokevins 11y ago
Not disagreeing with you. It's a thing (someone at the linked site called it a "frablet"). Opinions will vary. Some consumers preferred the integrated Samsung approach, went with it, and have had a bad time.
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by iokevins 11y ago
Thank you; upvoting for support. Wishing you health.
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by iokevins 11y ago
Note: late 2014 incident, with Samsung releasing firmware fixes throughout 2015. It seems not all users report resolution, as of this post, due to Samsung delivering firmware updates only to fridges with certain newer panel display boards,
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The article states the numbers: year-over-year, for the six month period of January to June: 252 (2014); versus 327 (2015, +75). It continues: "In an average year, there are 500, according to the Centre for Suicide Prevention." Cu
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by iokevins 11y ago
Toomas Hendrick Ilves, the current Estonian President, represents a cybersecurity expert. Things like that can mean a big deal, with respect to policy. I lived next door, in Riga, Latvia, for several months, in late 1997; during that time,
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by iokevins 11y ago
"People assume it must be like closing your eyes or being in a dark room, but it's not like that at all. It's a complete absence of light, it isn't black or any other colour I can describe. "Instead my mind gives me
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As a non-expert, I ask, "What's a solution that meets the needs of all parties?" The mine went from private to government to private hands. The people and workers need the basics, at a minimum: water, clean air, safety, healt
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by iokevins 11y ago
"Sick comedy was, in retrospect, a sign of artistic life in a conformist era. Lehrer ate up the notoriety, but he did not so easily find a place in the era that replaced it." Also: Tom Lehrer is still alive. Great article; lots of
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TL; DR: For one year, a late-30's academic and his artist spouse document the use of Airbnb, as a tool to facilitate law-abiding, temporary living, in varied New York City neighborhoods. Airbnb comes out looking responsive, to lack of

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