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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Always imagined that these places would have more in common with Westworld where we (the product) are there for the pleasure of the rich. This is just the latest installment of MZ's (literal) self-enrichment. OP have mentioned that peo
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Facebook usage isn’t a good metric. My first post was in 2008 but had been using the internet since the early 1980s. There were these early internet tribes called researchers ;)
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Star Trek, the Prime Directive and US Foreign Policy(dailymaverick.co.za)
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Viewpoint: Why Twitter got it wrong in Nigeria(bbc.com)
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Should I wipe my MacBook before repair?
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Inline with other comments here, I think that Mr Stephenson missed the point. *nix operating systems were and continue to be successful because they are a complete and powerful toolbox for computing at all different levels. And yes, if I ha
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Having spent a fair amount of time in Japan with the "hyper-advanced toilets", I would kill to have those easily accessible where I live now (South Africa). Not only did they leave my bum amazingly clean, a packet of toilet paper
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
The HalloApp blog [1] indicates that they will eventually move to a subscription-based service. [1] https://halloapp.com/blog/real-relationship-network/
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Is this the origin of garden gnomes? :)
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
I found the walking routes to be sub-optimal compared to Windy Maps[1] but that might be related to my location - South Africa. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/windy-maps/id1201228182
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Does anyone have pointers to info/articles about the countries that are on the "no VPN" capability list? Some of them make sense to me, i.e. China which has a long history of censoring their citizens. But in particular, I&#x2
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Maybe look into whether you can get a Skype number set up to receive the SMSs. Some countries/banks will work with this arrangement. But I feel your pain. It is very frustrating situation to be in.
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Or a nature documentary. It's only been in the past few years that we're more than a random fault or shark attack away from losing most of our bandwidth to the rest of the world...
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How to Avoid a Cosmic Catastrophe(scientificamerican.com)
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
This is a great little package. I added it to one of our back-end services' test suites and it definitely improved issues around tests interfering with one another. The challenge we had was that, if a test crapped out because one of ou
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
UML has been on life support for a long time because it served no real purpose for either engineers nor business users. Any UML diagram that accurately captured complex business requirements was no easier to understand than the pages of cod
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by njacobs5074 5y ago
Have so many great memories of playing this game with my family. What an absolutely fantastic project you made for yourself!
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
Paul Theroux is one of those writers who has faded in and out of my life over the years but one I always thoroughly enjoy returning to. His writing is like catching up with an old friend who never begrudges the years when you didn't ca
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
That's the great thing about conspiracy theories. They're like standards - there are just so many to choose from! ;)
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
It is great, I totally agree. The fact that it's OSS is awesome even if just from a learning standpoint. Regarding your latter thought, it seems to me that if I'm running a service like this on my servers, I probably don't wa
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
So the author's theories certainly resonate. I started my professional career in the mid-80s and yes, having facility with C and pointers in particular was critical. I can remember asking potential candidates around that time to explai
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
1. The powerful never willingly give up that power. 2. $13.5k/year still keeps you below the poverty line. In other words, if there is no job to be had and your $13.5k "AI grant" is your sole income, you're still fucked.
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
Seems to be struggling under the load...of HN art lovers? :)
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
As hacks go, it's a good one. I also like it because you don't have to be root to implement it and you don't have to reconfigure your file system params in ways that might or might not be great for other reasons.
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
So, I don't know if the author's intent is to describe a world that feels a little utopian or not. Aspiration is a good thing. And, I do agree that the work environment has become more fluid in terms of structure at many companies
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
I will not miss them one bit. I worked at Sun back in the mid-90s evangelizing and building customer solutions with applets. They were terrible then and quite frankly I'm surprised that they lasted as long as they did.
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
Well done! As soon as I saw the subject line, my immediate thought was "The Prince".
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
Looks like Authenticator App has a macOS version as well. OTP Auth seems be purely an iOS app. Edit: OTP Auth has a macOS version, too. Separate purchase.
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
I would gladly don protective eyewear before going to bed if it meant having a mosquito free night. I absolutely hate the little fuckers with a passion.
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by njacobs5074 6y ago
Wow. That's like a real-life "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel"[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mulligan_and_His_Steam_Sh...

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