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601.
by macintux 1y ago
Any judicial system is a source of injustice, hopefully just at the periphery, but there needs to be some way to recognize and correct grievous errors.
602.
by macintux 1y ago
As we’ve learned from victims of pig butchering scams, denial of the obvious runs very, very deep. Pride and confidence and lack of self reflection will make it very difficult for Trump voters to change their minds.
603.
by macintux 1y ago
For all his flaws, Nixon had a far thicker skin than Trump and infinitely more integrity.
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by macintux 1y ago
When the Department of Justice has been taken over by sycophants and the Supreme Court has surrendered, nothing is illegal for Trump.
605.
by macintux 1y ago
In fairness, as I understand it room temperature superconducting would change everything . Small wonder people were excited.
606.
by macintux 1y ago
Or the millions who believe the government should not be leaning on networks to shut down their critics, and the networks should not be cooperating.
607.
by macintux 1y ago
Yep, this should be merged with that discussion. I’ve flagged it, hopefully the mods will take action, no point in having two identical threads.
608.
by macintux 1y ago
And living off the land was much easier (not that it was ever easy) when there was land to live off of.
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by macintux 1y ago
In the late 90s my then-wife was watching over my shoulder one day and saw the domain “freshmeat.net” pop up as a possible auto-completion in my address bar. She was justifiably suspicious until I showed her it was just a software distribut
610.
by macintux 1y ago
Those organizations didn't have instantaneous global reach. Now everyone does.
611.
by macintux 1y ago
Openly being psychopaths & narcissists hasn't impeded today's autocrats. Apparently it's a positive indicator for many.
612.
by macintux 1y ago
I like airport newsstands because they remind me a tiny bit of my rare trips downtown as a kid, when there were one or two places still open that sold magazines like The Atlantic and The Economist. Such a delight at the time.
613.
by macintux 1y ago
No kidding. I just wanted to find out what apps are compatible with CarPlay. You’d think that would be a simple filter. If it’s there, I sure can’t find it.
614.
by macintux 1y ago
Reminds me of Bruce Wayne from the dreadful DC film. > He has the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even a one percent chance that he is our enemy we have to take it as an absolute certainty... and w
615.
by macintux 1y ago
Growing up, smoking was quite common. A lot can change in 20-30 years, so I'm cautiously optimistic that maybe vaping will eventually become as socially unacceptable as smoking.
616.
by macintux 1y ago
We really need a Tech Writer Hall of Fame. W. Richard Stevens, Andrew Tanenbaum, P.J. Plauger. Others?
617.
by macintux 1y ago
I’m currently working at one of the world’s largest consumer banks, and for a company that really should care about the accuracy of such things, I see “EST’ frequently all summer long.
618.
by macintux 1y ago
People don’t need guns to kill, either, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t make for more effective weapons.
619.
by macintux 1y ago
Many years ago I took a look at my high school senior yearbook for the first time since I’d graduated. I spotted a note from a girl asking me to call her after graduation. I didn’t remember the name (first name only), and the phone number w
620.
by macintux 1y ago
I experienced deja vu today when an upcoming festival’s website encouraged me to install a custom app for the event on my phone. Felt very 2010(ish).
621.
by macintux 1y ago
I feel strongly that a string time value with no specified timezone is dangerous. You have to make certain it is always handled as UTC, and if you export it to another system without making the timezone explicit, or anyone who is unfamiliar
622.
by macintux 1y ago
These are strings. And not Postgres.
623.
by macintux 1y ago
I work with a development team who manages data integration and migration for massive datasets, and they have sensibly set a standard that every date/time value they store in their databases will be UTC. But they explicitly or implicit
624.
by macintux 1y ago
Once upon a time I stumbled upon a small book of maps showing the time zones in Indiana each year in the mid-20th century. It was fascinating to see how various towns and cities would jump back and forth between Eastern and Central year to
625.
by macintux 1y ago
When I was a kid, I remember the cashier at a department store checking a book for my mother’s credit card number. I misunderstood the nature of the book, assuming it was a list of valid card numbers. It was, of course, the opposite, so whe
626.
by macintux 1y ago
Yep. The cameras keep me upgrading every other year, otherwise I'd probably wait 3-4 years at least.
627.
by macintux 1y ago
Yeah, this should have occurred to me. I guess for me it's alien to think about logging into Google.
628.
by macintux 1y ago
Good point, I guess this is the obvious answer.
629.
by macintux 1y ago
Just because you buy them doesn't mean that you have to use them. Squatting on them is no more harmful (except financially) than leaving them available for potentially hostile 3rd parties.
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by macintux 1y ago
> 1. NEVER EVER login from an email link. I receive Google Doc links periodically via email; fortunately they're almost never important enough for me to actually log in and see what's behind them. My point, though, is that ther

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