knightofmars

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by knightofmars 6y ago
> But the entitlement (“you’re gonna take the job I’ve been working towards for years and give it to a new ‘diversity’ hire!?”) is the problem, especially in the upper ranks. Thank you for pointing out this exact mindset. As a cis white
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by knightofmars 6y ago
While, like most things in life, it's not a guarantee, doing basic research about the farms and the cooperatives that produce the goods will provide some insight. Almost anything is better than a CAFO (Concentrated animal feeding oper
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by knightofmars 6y ago
FT was a major leap forward in Video Chat. It completely changed the game.
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by knightofmars 6y ago
You are absolutely correct. Healthcare drives towards monopoly for the very reasons you describe.
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by knightofmars 6y ago
tl;dr?
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by knightofmars 6y ago
And here's the example comment that highlights the varying moral compass that seems to exist in defining what one perceives as "thrown under the bus" vs "holding accountable". What are your political leanings, if y
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by knightofmars 6y ago
Possibly. There is a level of accountability that seems to happen with the Democratic party. Not to say absolutely but it has happened. https://www.vox.com/2018/5/21/17352230/al-franken-accusation...
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by knightofmars 6y ago
>In which case we've just set up a punishment system where poor people go to jail and rich people don't. One could make a good case that this is already the state of the justice system in the United States. The simple act of b
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by knightofmars 6y ago
Under funding and subsequently under staffing federal organizations to "defang" them or to show them as being ineffective to support a position of reorganization and subsequent merger with another organization to alter who has ove
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by knightofmars 6y ago
Wealth-X is the company that did the initial research. I would say, yes that they are indeed attempting to shape public perception. "Wealth-X partners with prestige brands across the financial services, luxury, not-for-profit and high
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by knightofmars 6y ago
>Now that facemasks are normalized in the American public, surely this tech is pretty inert now? No, facial recognition is based on the distance of points on your face (nose, center of eyes, eyebrows, etc). A mask only covers the lower
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by knightofmars 6y ago
"I distinguish four types. There are clever, hardworking, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and hardworking; their place is the General Staff. The next ones are stupid and lazy; they m
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by knightofmars 6y ago
Including all of the leadership telling everyone else they aren't important.
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by knightofmars 6y ago
https://www.jazziz.com/the-hunting-of-billie-holiday/
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by knightofmars 6y ago
Customization for a customer is an area that needs extreme care. It's very easy to accept that "one little change" to get ink on that sales contract. And at times is a reasonable thing to do. But it can lead to a number of ve
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by knightofmars 6y ago
I believe this is how you learn: * I watch you do it. * You watch me do it. * Then I do it. I have to watch someone else undertake a task to understand it. After, I attempt to undertake the task and receive feedback from the individual who
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by knightofmars 7y ago
"It took everything in me to not write back saying..." Sometimes it is worth writing back. Because people often don't realize there are flaws in the process they are using. Either they will ignore the feedback and it's
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by knightofmars 7y ago
This is often why individuals in DR/BC and security (a CISO for example) leave a company. They do their jobs and come up with recommendations and other steps that need to be taken to implement best practices in this area. When these
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by knightofmars 7y ago
It may look like a solution to an individual or to a small group of people within a company. But the following reasons are examples why it may not be. * paying double (more than one department paying for a SaaS product that would accommoda
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by knightofmars 7y ago
These two sections call out the root of the problem. Both point to a lack of a holistic approach to managing an organization's software licenses. "According to research firm IDC, 60% of U.S. technology spending occurs outside comp
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by knightofmars 7y ago
When dealing with decades old legacy data models sometimes it's what you have to deal with.
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by knightofmars 7y ago
Because it is a major security issue to not keep up with library upgrades and general maintenance. It's in the OWASP top 10 for a reason. The Equifax breach is a perfect example of why ignoring library upgrades is a high risk behavio
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by knightofmars 7y ago
First, thank you for responding and second don't take my idiotic self-amusement with the downvote/upvote nonsense as anything other than my own failure in that moment. > Care to elaborate? This was in response to the comment by
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by knightofmars 7y ago
Having been exactly where you are now, I completely accept your apology. I'll say this though, don't write off online debate completely. Yes, it can devolve sometimes but I've genuinely had some great online conversations wit
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by knightofmars 7y ago
You're right I got carried away there. The up/down vote system amuses me a bit too much sometimes. I'll file this one away to remember in the future.
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by knightofmars 7y ago
I see you removed your post. If you'd like me to delete mine I will. Just let me know.
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by knightofmars 7y ago
>But I know how these debates go; they're a waste of oxygen... And I guess you don't actually debate. I speak with friends on both sides of the political spectrum, specifically conservatives who have read the Mueller report an
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by knightofmars 7y ago
Got it, you're admitting you were wrong through your actions. Thank you for that, it's refreshing to see people that are willing to accept a different viewpoint and adjust their own beliefs when new information is provided.
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by knightofmars 7y ago
Examples are not facts. Saying that "The Russian hoax couldn't stick." is a personal interpretation, because it falls on the narrative that Alexander Downer (once leader of the Austrialian conservative party) is somehow part
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by knightofmars 7y ago
Haha, down-vote to that one too. Feel free to address the original criticism, I'm waiting to have an actual debate instead of an naive emotion fueled down-vote fest.

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