jimt1234

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by jimt1234 5y ago
Around 1983, me and a few friends were into "war dialing". We found a bank, did about a half-day of research (default logins for popular systems used by banks), and were able to get into the system. We all got bored and stopped po
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Management pays Kronos because they feel like there's no options, even though their product is terrible and can be easily duplicated. I know this because I attempted to do it years ago. I was tasked with working with a consultant from
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by jimt1234 5y ago
youtube-dl doesn't do anything that couldn't be done with a handful of curl commands; it just simplifies all the requests to the YouTube APIs. ... Oh shit, they're gonna come after curl next! LOL
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by jimt1234 5y ago
The current healthcare system in the US is just as bad for service providers as it is for service recipients, maybe even worse. My girlfriend has worked with children with special needs for around 20 years, mostly children with autism. A fe
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Is there anything to the theory that this situation is, at least in part, artificially created by businesses looking for an excuse to raise prices and increase margins? I've heard that, but I've never seen any actual supporting da
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by jimt1234 5y ago
I was born and raised in St. Louis. This whole situation doesn't surprise me one bit.
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by jimt1234 5y ago
there's also the time lost - time not spent with family or doing whatever else. that's priceless.
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by jimt1234 5y ago
I eat cereal almost every day. The only thing that's changed since I was a kid is the type of cereal. It used to be Trix and Froot Loops, then it was Honey Nut Cheerios, now it's Bob's Red Mill Homestyle Granola.
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Religion in the US has become too political. When I was a kid in the Midwest, the church told us to avoid politics. Then, almost overnight, "abortion" became an issue, and religious beliefs were no longer confined to church. Now w
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Great, now Amazon thinks your wife is pregnant. Expect endless ads for diapers. LOL
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Mentions of "tornado sirens" in these comments are triggering bad memories from my childhood in the Midwest. The house I grew up in had a tornado siren on our property, probably about 100 feet from my bedroom window. It was so f--
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by jimt1234 5y ago
I'm leaning towards #3. There just doesn't seem to be any real incentive for governments to look for cost savings, like it's all Monopoly money.
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Every incident review meeting I've ever been in starts out like, _"This meeting isn't to place blame..."_, then, 5 minutes later, it turns into the Blame Game.
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Or, at the very least, direct gestures like this, pointless or otherwise, at the IOC.
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Recently, I found a bunch of mp3 files on an old flash-drive. I copied them to my laptop and played them. After using music services (Pandora, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play, YT Music, etc.), I found the experience to be amazing. I forgot wha
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by jimt1234 5y ago
It was/is called the "1033 Program". Obama attempted to limit the program, not necessarily stop it. But, it didn't matter, because naturally, Trump reversed all that. And it's been a steady flow of military equipmen
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Reminds me of the 80s, when the LAPD used a battering-ram to bust suspected drug houses, leaving them demolished[1]. The only good that came of that was this rap song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IODrx7DmqDM [1] https:
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by jimt1234 5y ago
The militarization of police. Don't expect this trend to reverse anytime soon. :(
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by jimt1234 5y ago
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." I feel like it's the best of times to be in business for oneself. The ease of access to customers and services blows my mind compared to, say, 20 years ago. However, I
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Recommendation: "Dark Matter" ( https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Matter-Novel-Blake-Crouch/dp/110... )
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by jimt1234 5y ago
+1 for Paul Kersey LOL
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by jimt1234 5y ago
I feel like the Cybertruck is for the same folks that drove Hummer H2's back in the early-2000s, the "look at me" crowd. Elon is going after the "coal rolling" market. LOL
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Do any dudes actually use Pinterest? Seriously (sort of).
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by jimt1234 5y ago
I went through this with my sister 10 years ago. One thing that stands out: work. My employer was great, very supportive, no pressure at all. By contrast, my other siblings were constantly stressed out. They kept trying to squeeze in work a
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Same concept. American/Chinese movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farewell_(2019_film)
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by jimt1234 5y ago
I worked at BBB in the mid-90s, before I considered "computers" as a career. The experience really opened my eyes to how "scammy" the world can be. BBB is a for-profit company that, above all else, serves itself. I rem
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Excellent point. But I don't think anyone is gonna pay much for "Right-click. View source code. Done." LOL
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by jimt1234 5y ago
Wait. Are you my kid? Oh well, go to sleep. LOL
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by jimt1234 5y ago
See this comment I wrote 3 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17398314 Her brother was a good, hard-working, enterprising dude. The situation basically broke him, and not just financially. He was always a &quot
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by jimt1234 5y ago
The "college experience" was worth it for me. I hung around a bunch of losers and do-nothings in high school. When I got to college (by way of California community college), it was amazing to associate with people who had ambition

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