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by mcculley 4y ago
Thank you for documenting it!
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by mcculley 4y ago
The warning looks like this: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare... EDIT: Formerly I asked: What does the scary warning look like? Is there a screenshot of an example? I would li
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by mcculley 4y ago
We should reconsider the entire notion of the limited liability entity. Everyone who profits from the tobacco industry should be potentially liable for their actions. I am amused every time I hear concerns about AI alignment and the threat
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by mcculley 4y ago
Why assume bad faith?
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by mcculley 4y ago
The author has an underlying misunderstanding as an axiom. > “The second important property of consciousness that any theory needs to explain is that consciousness is a single, cohesive experience. My consciousness is of my entire self.
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by mcculley 4y ago
I also remember the term from 25 years ago. For newcomers to modern systems, it is a misleading term.
937.
by mcculley 4y ago
Would “factory reset” mean reverting to the version of the OS installed at the factory? That is no longer a viable option. “Erase all content and settings” is clumsier language but more accurate.
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by mcculley 4y ago
* by ensuring that others pay more in property taxes * by ensuring that others cannot build, increasing value of your investment * by leveraging the deduction for mortgage interest The system is working as designed.
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by mcculley 4y ago
Is there a proper term or category for a monitor meant for high end installations that has no branding on it (e.g., as one would put into a display at a museum)? I refuse to buy something with a logo on the front of it.
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by mcculley 4y ago
Not just wealthy couples. Most parents want their children to be heterosexual and bear them grandchildren. Having successfully procreated, they are more likely to have natalist genes and inclinations.
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by mcculley 4y ago
I was in one of these programs in middle and high school (1985-1990). My experience was that only a very small subset were selected to be tested. Most of the "gifted" students were born to parents who knew how to advocate for them
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by mcculley 4y ago
It is not a zero-sum game. Some money spent on labor adds more jobs than others. For example, if I employ people building a road to nowhere, I have only employed the builders. If I build a road that is needed, more economic opportunities ar
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by mcculley 4y ago
> It freaked me out to think they already knew my address by just installing the browser Did you really think that? I would have considered it to more likely be a coincidence.
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by mcculley 4y ago
I would imagine it is just because it would require more complexity in the kernel. One would need to create a queue of tasks to be performed during cleanup and have the path through the exit system call know to push work onto that queue. It
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by mcculley 4y ago
> human extinction and the mere collapse of our civilization How do you imagine human extinction being an outcome? It seems to me that the worst case scenario is large loss of population which would decrease greenhouse gas output. There
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by mcculley 4y ago
My experience watching my mother slowly die was that the cancer was easily beat. It was the COPD that caused the most suffering and eventually killed her.
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by mcculley 4y ago
I went through the exact same scenario with my mother. I toy with the idea of spending my retirement tormenting tobacco corporation executives and shareholders. I welcome any ideas and assistance.
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by mcculley 4y ago
Also, some people don’t have an “inner voice”. I don’t hear words when I read them. Sometimes I miss puns if I don’t go back and sound them out.
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by mcculley 4y ago
And yet, some countries and cultures have safety nets that work. It is not surprising that the government functions like the people that elected it. If your community is comprised of assholes, you get cruel policies.
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by mcculley 4y ago
I pay for The Economist. I used to enjoy getting one well edited update per week that was not full of ads. But now that I don't read the paper version, I have to use a website full of ads and trackers. I will happily pay for a news pro
951.
by mcculley 4y ago
I have implemented it for two businesses, a software consultancy with 32 employees at the time and a tugboat company with 50 employees at the time. It was tedious, but we had no real obstacles.
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by mcculley 4y ago
They mention forged social security cards. The government has a system for verifying them, E-Verify, provided for free to employers.
953.
by mcculley 4y ago
The simplest first thing that U.S. companies should do is implement E-Verify and require that all subcontractors do the same. This publication does not even mention E-Verify.
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by mcculley 4y ago
The end user need not know it is QEMU atop Linux. They see and use DOS.
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by mcculley 4y ago
I have a weird old nylon cutting machine connected to a DOS machine over a serial port. It would not work with a USB/RS-232 adaptor?
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by mcculley 4y ago
But a proper host install is not possible on modern hardware.
957.
by mcculley 4y ago
Maybe, but wouldn’t the customer have to know how to run QEMU? I am imagining a customer who wants to just replace an old machine while changing as little as possible.
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by mcculley 4y ago
Maybe it is for customers running weird old legacy hardware (e.g., lab devices, manufacturing, that only runs on DOS).
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by mcculley 4y ago
We need a UL/Consumer Reports for Internet-connected devices that documents and certifies their use of personal data and bandwidth. The regulators are not going to be able to keep up with the changes.
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by mcculley 4y ago
I have flown enough as a passenger with a single pilot to know some of those things. While I have held the wheel a bit, I have no formal training and no experience taking off or landing. If I were in the same situation, I would tell ATC, &q

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