oldgrumpygeek

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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
Title is a little misleading. SpaceX wasn't left out of the agreement. The Air Force is providing funding to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman and ULA to develop the next generation of rockets and motors for each of these companies. SpaceX
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Ask HN: What is the current state of the “Maker Movement”?
1 points by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago|2 comments
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
As a security professional I think making the Government responsible for IoT security is a bad idea for two reasons. One, we've already seeing the Governments willingness to use cell phones as a means of spying on the public. Being in
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
I don't think the author realizes that she already has a single destiny, the pursuit of knowledge.
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
I've always had a problem with the "Handling Customer Complaint #2 Apologize Immediately" thing both from a customer service rep and customer stand point. As a rep I really don't like to apologize for something someone e
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
I think the biggest drawback for pre-fab housing in the negative image that it is somehow lower quality construction. Some people even confuse it with mobile homes. I watched a season of This Old House recently were setup a pre-fab house fo
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
Just my two cent worth but over the next five to ten years the lines between web and mobile are going to blur to the point they are one and the same.
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
I had a couple of resources I used, CodeAcademy and a basic Python course on Udemy. As far as books I used Python Crash Course and Blackhat Python. Blackhat was more learning to write my own tools for pentesting. I also looked at a lot of t
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
I'm not seen much traction on this story in any of the main stream sources this morning. Sorry if this is a duplicate post but I think this is important enough that it needs to get out there more especially with the events of the week.
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Before inauguration Trump saw evidence Putin ordered election interference(nytimes.com)
1 points by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago|1 comments
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
It seems like a bit of class warfare on the part of the Koch's. Without public transportation people in lower income areas can't get to better jobs, healthcare or schools. People in these areas also don't have access healthy
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by oldgrumpygeek 8y ago
When this bubble bursts(and it will) it will make the bank bailout like like loaning someone $20. The tax payers will get stuck with the bill while CEO's and Board of Directors pat themselves on the back and look for the next reason to