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by nikcub 10y ago
A BIOS is 7bit ASCII - if you want anything more than that you need to load a ramdisk with drivers. If you're loading a ramdisk with drivers then you may as well also load a keylogger. You'd also need to recreate that ramdisk if y
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by nikcub 10y ago
I got the X - added it to my shopping basket as an afterthought and ended up using it as my primary WAN router (replacing pfSense on VMWare ESXi) I had someone tell me on Twitter to try out the better models because there is a lot you can d
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by nikcub 10y ago
Have you tried TypeScript on the backend? I've seen that a couple of times now recently - .NET shops adopting nodejs on the backend via TypeScript and the feedback has been positive.
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by nikcub 10y ago
The best side effect of buying proper WiFi gear is breaking up what is for most people usually an all-in-one device into devices - modem, router, access point - that are dedicated to each distinct task. The high-end gear many get for runnin
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by nikcub 10y ago
It's likely because of the conflict of interest rules which can go unmentioned in discussion threads Get someone else with a mild level of Wikikarma to add the same content
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by nikcub 10y ago
It doesn't need to be running unless you have guest portal. I recently moved my internal network to containers - forgot to move the controller and didn't even notice until weeks later.
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by nikcub 10y ago
I'm glad that infosec has broken out of the era of endlessly debating the imperfections and faults of every solution but instead can clearly recommend practical advice for everyday users that is easy to understand. Having the NYTimes a
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by nikcub 10y ago
There's likely no media coverage of the anniversary because only including major airlines is a very arbitrary cutting off point. The NTSB lists five major passenger air accidents since 2001: http://www.ntsb.gov/investig
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by nikcub 10y ago
Facebook stock has never had any meaningful voting right. The shareholders aren't losing anything they never had before. If you don't like it, don't buy the stock - becoming a shareholder and then complaining about voting rig
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by nikcub 10y ago
re: Uber's reasoning one thing to keep in mind: this is the last opt-in user privacy hurdle for Uber. From here, any change Uber or an acquirer make doesn't alert or ask users. always-on location tracking is ring0 of personal priv
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by nikcub 10y ago
Were it all about resources it would show up in the data with more investment in resource-rich nations, which it doesn't [0]: > According to her data, the top 20 African nations in which China is involved include not only commodity-
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by nikcub 10y ago
Another traditional US ally re-aligning itself between the two major spheres of influence. The balance will tip further in China's favor as the USA recedes further from global development. What's interesting is if you look at the
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by nikcub 10y ago
That number is depressing at first sight, and if you chart it you find that in the previous decade it has increased about 10% - in raw terms. But if you want the "glass half full" view - zoom out even further and chart further bac
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by nikcub 10y ago
You can't hand a nuclear weapon to Assange and have him fire it for you and then deny knowing anything about it :)
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by nikcub 10y ago
> Hyperbole aside
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by nikcub 10y ago
It's the double-edged sword with a lot of tech and you see it also with Tor and Wikileaks. It's great when it's being used against your opponents but you hate it when it's being used against your own side.
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by nikcub 10y ago
Trump had Facebook and HRC had Twitter. Hyperbole aside, we're probably better off using this as a tipping point for teaching people to think critically. For every online platform that controls political messaging there will be an alte
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by nikcub 10y ago
The argument isn't that they're worse off than Clinton voters, but that they're worse off period. This is the old American middle class that did well without a degree usually employed in manufacturing and who usually reliably
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by nikcub 10y ago
> I don't understand why you'd want to rise in Twitter. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cuplqd1XEAEre6n.jpg:large not bad work if you can get it :)
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by nikcub 10y ago
> They need to do more than get rid of the higher up executives. Adam Bain built Twitter's ad business from scratch to a respectable ARPU on a product that many thought was not conducive to it. It's arguably one of the only ach
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by nikcub 10y ago
The Mac Pro is competing against the sum of those other laptops. iOS vs Android isn't broken down per device and it shouldn't apply to laptops either. A better indicator would be comparing total sales with previous Pro models (not
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by nikcub 10y ago
> This campaign was all about emotion, not rationality. Keep thinking that and you'll lose the next election as well. Amongst Trump supporters I know it was about jobs, the economy, the wars and a feeling that politicians no longer
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by nikcub 10y ago
US domestic oil production isn't nationalized while in Norway it is.
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by nikcub 10y ago
Crazy to think they could both be wrong.
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by nikcub 10y ago
Paraphrasing Barry Humphries recently, on growing up in Melbourne in the 50's: "I grew up in a Melbourne that pretended to be a home county of England. An English garden, never an Australian tree or shrub to see. A picture of Chur
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by nikcub 10y ago
> The large cities of the Midlands and North (Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle) went for Brexit Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle all voted remain. Birmingham voted leave by 50.4%
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by nikcub 10y ago
It did happen with Vietnam draft evaders. There is an entire generation of former Americans born in Australia and Canada: like Mel Gibson and Stewart Butterfield of Flickr/Slack. Also with those fleeing communism as refugees or asylum
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by nikcub 10y ago
> can you explain how Canadian and European legal systems are so insufficient for seeking legal recourse for legitimate grievances that companies need to be able to sue either government in international tribunals? States can't be e
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by nikcub 10y ago
That's a good point - I just assumed the 512pixels article was the original since it was shared first widely on Twitter, but only just noticed that Macrumors doesn't reference or credit it. It's possible they both discovered
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by nikcub 10y ago
Whatever it did, it had the unintended effect of producing a desired result: the re-blogged content on Macrumors was buried in favor of the original source story. Switch it back on :)

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