j_not_j

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by j_not_j 5y ago
Nah, I don't think so. Google is a subcontractor. The owner of the website is using a service to track browser behaviour, and, perhaps erroneously, user identities. The service is famous, but not unique. What the subcontractor does w
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by j_not_j 5y ago
And none of the responsible GoC employees (I hesitate to call them "managers") was fired as a result of their mistakes.
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by j_not_j 5y ago
Actually, that guess is incorrect, it's got a native pthreads with SMP support. Just not great support (for example, OpenMP is not available). There is ongoing work to avoid the big lock and much of the network stack, for instance, is
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by j_not_j 5y ago
I'm guessing much of the OpenBSD trailing performance on many benchmarks is due to both memory allocation and filesystem performance. malloc has a lot of security features out-of-the-box; turning them off (don't do that at home)
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by j_not_j 5y ago
incose.org There is a useful (but general) definition there. It is not wrong to be doing system engineering in a purely software context. There is more to know.
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by j_not_j 5y ago
I actually had a situation where the dealer disabled the electronic keys entirely (and by accident). They had disconnected the battery for some electrical diagnosis and neglected to re-enable the locks. When I noticed this, many days later
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Apple tracking devices being used in thefts of high-end cars(toronto.ctvnews.ca)
55 points by j_not_j 5y ago|102 comments
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by j_not_j 5y ago
British actors are usually better actors too. Some US programs used British actors to "raise the game" for their US co-workers. Examples: The Americans, The Wire, Homeland, Deadwood, etc etc. And as a side-effect, the dialogue wa
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by j_not_j 5y ago
My 32-years of experience suggests: 1. Don't do anything that you cannot undo. Like, copy the /etc/passwd before running vi on it. Or yelling at a user. Or upgrading software or operating system -- have backups. 2. Have th
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by j_not_j 5y ago
Followed by trying to put the cards back in order after dropping them.
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by j_not_j 5y ago
all? there are 20. Edit: A textbook provoked the "Amazon Prime for Student" prompt. Deleted other items, and it proceeded. After placing that order, the "deleted items" reappeared. So I placed a second order for those