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901.
by mcculley 4y ago
The utility from which I buy electricity charges me per kWh consumed. They earn more revenue when I use more electricity. If they charged a flat $100 per month like my ISP, they would, like my ISP, cap my usage.
902.
by mcculley 4y ago
I have long thought that ISPs should charge by bandwidth used. It would incentivize improving infrastructure. Any ISP that would charge by bandwidth used would want their customers reselling bandwidth.
903.
by mcculley 4y ago
It is worth your time.
904.
by mcculley 4y ago
I had a Mercedes lease for three years with the same problem of automatically playing the first song as sorted alphabetically. In my case, it was "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash. That song loses its humor after you hear it a few
905.
by mcculley 4y ago
I love that there are now versions of Windows without windows.
906.
by mcculley 4y ago
In order to make it fair, you would have to hobble every test taker to use pen and paper. I remember writing essay answers with pen and paper and also with a typewriter and using Wite-Out. I would not want to compete using those tools again
907.
by mcculley 4y ago
It is the duty of every capitalist to exploit market inefficiencies once they are discovered. How else would the VC funds learn?
908.
by mcculley 4y ago
https://github.com/zxing/zxing/wiki/Barcode-Contents#wi-fi-n...
909.
by mcculley 4y ago
The paper describes observations of both mice and humans.
910.
by mcculley 4y ago
Every time I have allocated labor on a software project, I was mostly playing a zero-sum game. I am surprised to learn that Apple does not have such problems. Regardless, I was just lamenting that we don't (yet) have a feature that sho
911.
by mcculley 4y ago
I am aware of that option. It is on the screen I just described. That is really just for saving bandwidth where it is expensive. It is in no way intended as a security measure.
912.
by mcculley 4y ago
I guess my point is that instead of making a special mode that is only useful for a minority of users, it would have been really nice to get a feature that everybody should be thinking about and using.
913.
by mcculley 4y ago
> (Though to avoid permission fatigue for the average user, perhaps make it something only users that care can deny) Yeah, I would not want to have to approve every app. What I would like is a machine readable description of the app&#x27
914.
by mcculley 4y ago
iOS has APIs for VPNs and “content blockers”. But as far as I know, such a filter has no access to know which process/application is trying to make a connection. Little Snitch on macOS has to install code into kernel space. (Or at leas
915.
by mcculley 4y ago
Where do you see this in iOS? The Settings app has many permissions for applications, but no "Internet" permission.
916.
by mcculley 4y ago
The App Privacy Report is great, but too late. It shows you what an app did, not what it might do.
917.
by mcculley 4y ago
I use Little Snitch on macOS, but it is not available on iOS, so far as I know. Normal apps on iOS do not have enough visibility into the system for that.
918.
by mcculley 4y ago
This is great but too big of a hammer for most use cases. What I really want is a per-application firewall. For example, say I would like to install a photo editing application. It would need access to my photos. That is fine, so long as it
919.
by mcculley 4y ago
Florida has been selling swampland to gullible retirees from other states for a long time.
920.
by mcculley 4y ago
Organizations that need good people will try to improve the ones they have. While some organizations have dead wood that cannot be improved and must be replaced, great organizations play the long game and try to develop people.
921.
by mcculley 4y ago
> Oceangoing, Self‐Propelled Vessels of 1,000 Gross Tons and Above that Carry Cargo from Port to Port Okay, yeah, I believe there are that few vessels of that type and size. There are many more types of vessels. I operate a tugboat compa
922.
by mcculley 4y ago
Is even that true? Do you mean vessels that can go beyond coastal waters? Do you mean only cargo ships? There are more than 100 Jones Act vessels operating between ports in Florida alone.
923.
by mcculley 4y ago
There are many applications which are network transparent and would need extra code to know how to optimize when the other process happens to be on the same machine (e.g., using Sys V IPC or Unix domain sockets). There are good reasons to o
924.
by mcculley 4y ago
> "Fewer than 100 Jones Act vessels are in operation today." This is a ridiculously incorrect statement.
925.
by mcculley 4y ago
Processes communicating over TCP via localhost should not need ethernet frames.
926.
by mcculley 4y ago
Many sole proprietors execute under their SSN. Most will not bother to acquire an EIN.
927.
by mcculley 4y ago
This differs vastly by locality. In some places, taxes fund libraries entirely or in part. In others, NGOs fund them. There is often a local non-profit that raises money to keep a library running.
928.
by mcculley 4y ago
An individual can sell custom/branded merchandise on CafePress. If CafePress is sending more than $600 per year to an individual, they have to issue a 1099, which has to have a TIN, which is going to be an SSN for most individuals.
929.
by mcculley 4y ago
It is nice where it works out. Some organizations have staff working manual labor who are not as literate or articulate with written communication. Some organizations are competing at a pace where a rival organization can beat them with a w
930.
by mcculley 4y ago
I normally eat only once per day and occasionally go 2-3 days without food. I use these electrolytes: https://www.hammernutrition.com/endurolytes-fizz I notice a big difference in energy as long as I am drinking plenty of w

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