jgerrish

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by jgerrish 1y ago
These things create very subtle but definite opportunities for conflict. And conflict can be twisted very easily by media organizations. Even if only four researchers out of a hundred or thousand who visit every year complain, if that comp
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by jgerrish 1y ago
Well, you wouldn't have to sell the car. You could also setup a licensing / loan / dedicated car system. It would work well for local municipalities that want to provide low-cost door-to-door service for the elderly. We have
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by jgerrish 1y ago
I just got a pair of new shoes to me, previously owned by another. I'm glad they were left behind, different items mean different things to people at different stages of their life. Like at this stage? I'd love to find a quiet p
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by jgerrish 1y ago
Safety deposit box with backup recovery codes. That puts a lot of burden on users though. Maybe start a pilot automated service run by Google or Microsoft or whoever where backup codes are securely sent to local credit unions and it's
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by jgerrish 1y ago
But would you want to work for a company that just does a vibe check, or one that raises the bar with every hire? That high-level Apple employee was probably a manager and oversaw hiring people. I would tell myself every day, "I wouldn
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by jgerrish 1y ago
Sure. That's how it could have happened. If you think the Catholic Church isn't a sharp institution with a pulse on humanity around the globe. Sometimes institutions know that they are simple shells. That what is truly important
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by jgerrish 1y ago
I grew up in the "rust belt", just north of Flint, Michigan. A GM town at the time. I loved it as a kid. But it was many would consider a "crap town". Even though it was already declining (economically replaced with h
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by jgerrish 1y ago
> And why are skin cancers being referred to a hospital at all? I'm working on deciphering the Google Mock API right now. It's just one of those fucking things you do, you know? Figuring out how to set expectations on paramet
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by jgerrish 2y ago
I'm sorry, yeah. It's more than boardrooms and garages. I'm sorry to all. Financial independence is just... it's nice having on top of other security and basic life guarantees. Enjoy it while it is there.
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by jgerrish 2y ago
This could change depending on the fallout from the current drone saga, no pun intended. Or other upcoming events. Even if it's not FCC regulations, but some other agencies, there may be some close re-examination of what's allowe
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by jgerrish 2y ago
It's unfortunate that the UnitedHealth Group death has fanned the flames of this hatred of corporations. Artificial Intelligence is going to change how we work. Many top software engineers on Hacker News may be ok for a while. Altho
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by jgerrish 2y ago
Have you seen The Expanse? There's a scene where Sergeant Gunner Bobby Draper from Mars visits Earth. Mars is being terraformed, it has no real liquid water. She wants to see the ocean. She makes it eventually, after traveling through
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by jgerrish 2y ago
Keep in mind that Ed Colligan wrote that email probably with the knowledge it would come to light. Whether it was defensive or offensive, who knows. But the points he brings up aren't just critical issues for Palm, they're ones w
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by jgerrish 2y ago
Hey Colm. I briefly met you at my stint in Amazon around 2011. You were an inspiration and a wonderful example of the calibre of talent Amazon has. I especially remember the ease with which it appeared you navigated informally between team
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by jgerrish 2y ago
I have a concern that if I find malware or suspicious activity on a system, when I report it through Virus Total or another channel I won't be believed if secure boot is disabled and that appears in the logs. Or if another threat acto
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by jgerrish 2y ago
I'm worried things like this will incentivize startups to take risks with that 30-day retention period. Startups were a way out for me. I may have the strength, but that's not necessarily a good thing with long-term health choices
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by jgerrish 3y ago
Can you hear that?
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by jgerrish 3y ago
Sometimes just taking a break, sitting and contemplating life over a shared meal is best. But sometimes bringing forward data like this is the right choice. It's what we need as we look to the future. Very cool.
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by jgerrish 3y ago
I'm sorry this has happened to you. Thank you for posting. I've mentioned this before, but teachers and managers are some of the most important people we have in this world. And when they don't want to do their job, the peo
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by jgerrish 3y ago
No no, let the humans focus on this "jailbreaking" context. It is most amusing. cough cough Crickets... Anyways, jailbreaking is the equivalent of getting a calculator to say BOOBS. Not to get anthropomorphic, but the fucking
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by jgerrish 3y ago
I don't know the name, but good question. There's a related issue with trusting the system you're in that hackers might often feel too. "I'm a programmer, I've seen how many bugs are in my own code... I'
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by jgerrish 3y ago
There have been several posts on Hacker News about this the past few days. I know myself. I'm a hacker, right? I can reprogram my body to accomplish anything. But sometimes people do need help, and that's not bad. I love this si
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by jgerrish 3y ago
I have several friends who are middle aged and still get together and just chill and jam in the garage. Not all of them played instruments in youth or had formal training. And if you have a bad experience you may not want to continue. I wo
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by jgerrish 3y ago
Ahh walking. Listen to that... Just need to walk. I honestly didn't want this thread. But thanks I guess.
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by jgerrish 3y ago
Yes, anger can lead to climate change fixes. It's the easy way to get an army of activists. But what world does that leave us afterwards? There's a user on /r/austin, serpentarian ( https://www.reddit.com&#x2F
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by jgerrish 3y ago
> How is this helping anyone? One could argue it's utilizing a set of free people to create a Chaos Monkey-esque environment to train cars. This increases resilience and speeds up the timeline for driverless cars. Which of course d
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by jgerrish 3y ago
serde is also used in a LOT of projects and pulled in as a dependency or subdependency often in the crates ecosystem. For organizations with internal transparent reproducible build guidelines or similar rules, this maybe complicates things
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by jgerrish 3y ago
I'm sorry for bringing up hitchBOT. I've brought it up a couple times lately. These stories change how we view the world, our fellow humans and others in it, and how much protection we need. It honestly isn't meant to be an
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by jgerrish 3y ago
> What’s the goal? People transport garbage somewhere else, and put it in a bin that goes to the same place? Assuming it works, and that's a big assumption (fans of the hitchBOT saga probably live in Finland), there could be some se
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by jgerrish 3y ago
I hope the people doing this love their work.

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