lcall

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by lcall 4y ago
Mine (in profile) helps me say many things that I think are very important so I want to say to everyone, but others don't necessarily always want to hear. I can write it, organize it for skimmability, and post it, and just include my
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by lcall 4y ago
I replied just below, to another comment, with an idea. Not fleshed out well, but oh well.
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Maybe defining the interesting axes (for each, one for whether it is considered a goal, the other for whether it has in fact prioritized that goal in practice; not saying whether it succeeded in others' eyes), and for each axis give a
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by lcall 4y ago
Your comments and much of this thread have been helpful to my understanding. (Like the Rust book!--thank you!). I also appreciate your effort to be kind/respectful/understanding, elevating the conversation, where others might ha
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The full statement (linked above) covers it better than the short quote.
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Due to the extent of Church operations and the ongoing costs, they feel it is wise to save for a rainy day (as they also advise others). More details in my comment elsewhere on this page.
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by lcall 4y ago
One article I saw quoted somebody, saying they thought they wanted to prevent members from mimicking the Church's investments, as it would not necessarily fit their personal situations. That is just one idea.
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by lcall 4y ago
I've been around the Church for a long time (and interacted a very little bit with senior leaders), and was a Church employee before health issues ended that. I very highly doubt that anyone "will lose your ... pension if you st
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by lcall 4y ago
The Church runs many institutions of higher ed, including one that is open globally over the internet with vastly cheaper tuition depending on the student's country's economy (also accredited), as well as extensive humanitarian ai
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The answer says they "regret mistakes made". (Thoughtful comments appreciated with downvotes; thanks.)
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The Church's statement: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-issu...
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by lcall 4y ago
The Church's statement: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-issu...
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by lcall 4y ago
Another: break hard things into small enough steps (and possibly write them down so you can forget all but the one you are working on). If the next step is hard, break it into small steps, etc. And pray humbly & with willingness to be
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by lcall 4y ago
And for me, one thing at a time. (very helpful) Still, planning is often worthwhile.
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Not true. How I learned, at site in my profile. Really. (thoughtful comments appreciated w/ any downvotes.)
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by lcall 4y ago
"Keep God's commandments" (like the 10, and others such as all-around honesty, diligence, humility, kindness, and reading scriptures very regularly for guidance). I have found by long, oft-repeated experience and observation
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by lcall 4y ago
Excellent article; thank you. I have written similarly in my notes, focused on the code maintainability (or component quality) part, but not in a shareable format yet. It is a sort of maturity model (I hope eventually to turn it into a gr
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by lcall 4y ago
Life can have purpose, and a sense of peaceful progress, that is not completely wound up in career, but can be served by one's career. I wrote a lot more at my web site (in profile; tech-simple; no sales), like under "Things I wa
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by lcall 4y ago
Sometimes we do need to set boundaries for safety. I've written more at my web site (in profile, nothing for sale, tech-simple), about having peace and hope when things are hard. There are opportunities to build good things and have
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by lcall 4y ago
Yes and family members are the most important of those. The most challenging and potentially rewarding.
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It is a great help in my marriage, which I value more than any job or money. Some recommended books: how to win friends and influence people (carnegie), crucial conversations, critical conversations, and some specific skills I picked up alo
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by lcall 4y ago
If I didn't have a purpose in life already, I might think of reaching for the stars -- literally. Make human society better (constitutional and principled behavior, honesty, Golden Rule, etc, but without restricting freedom, i.e., as
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by lcall 4y ago
Joy. "Men are that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:24 or so, in the Book of Mormon). Money doesn't drive it, but is a tool only. I have much more at my web site (in profile), including how I know this for myself. We can
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by lcall 4y ago
Yes, among other protections that are even more convenient or built in. https://www.openbsd.org/security.html
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by lcall 4y ago
It certainly has chroot jails, and many other protections. You might find interesting: https://www.openbsd.org/security.html . ps: see also: https://man.openbsd.org/?query=chroot&apropos=1&sec=0&am
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by lcall 4y ago
There is a package repository where many of the packages have been "pledged" and "unveiled", meaning that they execute with fewer unneeded privileges. And a general lack of privilege escalation exploits in base. And pr
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I replied to a similar question just above, for what it may be worth.
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I guess that is possible if you try to do so -- compile your own stuff, or download and run it. But if you act normally instead, installing just what you actually need, from the package repository (where most things are "pledged"
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If that were true you might also expect FreeBSD and NetBSD to have similarly low levels of exploits, and my general impression (not research, just reading around) is that they have had more exploits in that timeframe (privilege escalation b
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by lcall 4y ago
No other general-purpose OS that runs on my laptop has the track record of OpenBSD: only 2 remotely exploitable security holes in the default installation since ~1996. And then the other mitigations let you control carefully what more atta

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