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by kogus 10y ago
As with everything biblical, there is an interesting discussion about that very topic: http://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/4163/if-god-...
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by kogus 10y ago
For the record, steel production has not left the US (although many of the jobs have due to automation). The US is #4 in the world for steel production[1], although China produces about 17x more. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2
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Watched: Police are stockpiling databases with personal information(data.postandcourier.com)
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by kogus 10y ago
Total data loss isn't the worst case scenario, in my opinion. Quietly interacting with your site, contacting your customers to abuse their trust in you, etc.
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by kogus 10y ago
Ok, I have been to Elizabeth City before. A former employer held a job fair at ECSU once and I volunteered to man our booth. So much of Northeast NC is in a beautiful setting, but economically crippled. We lived in Murfreesboro until abo
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by kogus 10y ago
Roanoke Rapids? I used to live near Ahoskie, but the downtown there could not have been described as "vibrant" at any time since about 1980.
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by kogus 10y ago
Maybe I'm being nitpicky, but this line really bothers me: Under Sec. Clinton, State Department officials approved almost every single proposed CIA drone assassination. They only objected to one or two attacks. One or two? Which one i
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by kogus 10y ago
A special case where UUID keys are extremely helpful is when you have to convert your data from one system to another - customer "105" can be different in different databases, but customer "7C823BE3-CB5B-4E34-BE8D-4B5A71945D3
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by kogus 10y ago
What does it take to get listed in the Visual Studio extensions dialog? If there is a review process, it should probably include a requirement that "transmitting your code across the wire" requires explicit consent each time, or
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by kogus 10y ago
You are correct to point out that moving large scale physical manufacturing is a massive undertaking. Building a factory in a new location is the least of your worries; available skilled workers, supply chains, transportation networks, var
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by kogus 10y ago
Nice work! I'll be trying this out. The instructions should add that Hain must be restarted after installing the plugin.
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by kogus 10y ago
Good advice. If this sort of thing is appealing to you, then read Code Complete by Steve McConnell. It's basically an entire book full of very solid advice of this sort.
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by kogus 10y ago
Like him or not, I think it's fair to say that Trump's messages have been very carefully crafted indeed. It's not just a matter of "any press is good press". He's not as dumb as he seems.
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by kogus 10y ago
I used to work in the IT department of a steel mill. A racoon once got into a power transformer station behind the mill and managed to ground something that shouldn't have been grounded. The mill was down for 12 hours as a result. It
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by kogus 10y ago
How does this reconcile with this article? https://www.f35.com/news/detail/f-35-chief-software-bugs-no-...
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by kogus 10y ago
I like how "most people want it" is somehow a secondary reason to a vague theory of Orwellian mind control. People want it. Therefore it is policy. Period. As for why they want it, and the politicians who manipulate their fears
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by kogus 11y ago
Thanks for that, I really enjoyed it. Back when Java was new and cool...
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by kogus 11y ago
I disagree. I think government authority is the sole foundation upon which all lobbying is built. If the government has no authority over something, there is no value in lobbying the government for help with that something. Example: The gov
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by kogus 11y ago
Quite a leap upward from the original: https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/04/our-dedicated-server/
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by kogus 11y ago
That's a better statement of my own version, which has been: Now that we have bulldozers and cranes, is there any point to getting physically stronger?
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by kogus 11y ago
I am reminding myself of this XKCD comic: https://xkcd.com/386/ , but at the risk of wasting our time... You said that in Somalia, the government is accountable to the citizenry. Yet you suggest that that's legiti
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by kogus 11y ago
1 - To whom do you suggest the government should be accountable? 2 - I believe a search warrant is a completely valid and enforceable way to compel information, including in this case. But if Apple cannot comply without endangering every i
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by kogus 11y ago
I don't see the point you are trying to make. I'm simply suggesting that "treating the government as no better than a customer" is probably a healthy attitude. In general, I think society is a lot better off when the g
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by kogus 11y ago
He didn't say it was objectionable. He just said it treats the government like a customer. I, for one, would like to live in a country where the government is a servant, not a master.
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by kogus 11y ago
An image of the actual charred remains, and audio of Komarov as he died? I love NPR, but this is bordering on snuff. It seems far more graphic than is necessary.
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by kogus 11y ago
This article (from 2007) has a map that stuck with me. It shows the decreasing range of permissible movement over the past century in Sheffield, England. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-462091/How-children
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by kogus 11y ago
Copyright applies to all creative works. Changing those laws to protect a handful of valuable properties is a global solution to a local problem. According to the article: ...Disney has ingrained Mickey Mouse so deeply in its corporate i
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by kogus 11y ago
We have it in my neighborhood (South Carolina). I haven't seen anything truly negative there; it's mostly PSAs from the local police + [who can recommend the best painter / plumber / roofer] + [complaints about random n
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by kogus 11y ago
That's a pretty cynical attitude. It's definitely possible to work for a for-profit company and still care personally about the success of whatever they are doing. You don't have a moral obligation to bend over backwards fo
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by kogus 11y ago
I think this is a false choice. To a large extent, the web is native, and the browser is the operating system.

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