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by posixplz 7y ago
Makes me appreciate working for a large cloud with a core value “don’t be a jerk.”
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by posixplz 7y ago
You’re correct. Other folks seem to be using non-Rust mental models for semicolons.
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by posixplz 7y ago
Well, as with all things based in technical nuance, it depends on your definitions. Sure, control planes and data planes should be logically separated. But as you build and ship compelling products, your developers will gravitate to using
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by posixplz 7y ago
The authors emphasized in multiple places that moving off COBOL was a first-order project requirement. I did find it interesting that the original system, and delivered overhaul, both ran Oracle databases. Overall transactional volume is lo
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by posixplz 8y ago
Nothing, really. The bottleneck for cell data throughout (and latency) is backhaul. Improving backhaul isn’t sexy like changing the “4” to a “5”. Improving backhaul is a very expensive (and slow). And counter to one’a business goals - telec
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by posixplz 8y ago
It’s also illegal to take “almost free” gasoline at a pump that’s erroneously listed $0.02/gal. While one would pay the unrealistically low price listed on the pump, one knows — or rather, a reasonable person would know — that it’s an
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by posixplz 8y ago
You want to know how we save the planet? Force people, including the working class, to stop relying on dirty fossil fuels. If there’s no forcing function, nothing will change.
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by posixplz 8y ago
That’s ridiculous. Identity proofing is required for securities trading, banking, airline travel, car rental, etc etc. Those industries seem to be doing just fine. To say that KYC/AML is the main force behind the bitcoin sell-off is an
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by posixplz 8y ago
That was incredibly hard to read - filled with grammatical errors and fake insight. If the intent of this post was to start an HN conversation about interview red flags, the submitter should have created an Ask HN. The linked page is likely
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by posixplz 8y ago
I agree completely, having worked at a few Seattle based cloud providers. Perhaps TK’s personality did not fit with the new direction of Oracle, centered around OCI and its ethos. Disclosure: I work at OCI.
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by posixplz 8y ago
Seriously? Both authors work for the Cato Institute. The Cato Institute was founded by Charles Koch, and originally called The Charles Koch Foundation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute
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by posixplz 8y ago
Gold also has intrinsic utility to industry. The same cannot be said for Bitcoin.
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by posixplz 8y ago
In America, it’s common to be able to vote on 20+ items in a presidential election. Plus, each state is responsible for conducting its own elections.
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by posixplz 8y ago
> The reason you need to be careful is that under many jurisdictions, your company is liable for considerable penalties for failing to adequately protect client information and you don't want to become a casualty in the fallout tha
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by posixplz 8y ago
Yep, Jamf and McAfee are both trash-quality software that significantly reduce the overall security of a system. McAfee is a well-known story: their AV unpacks and analyses potential malware via a kernel module. Wtf? Jamf's code qual
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by posixplz 8y ago
Sounds like a good place to use QubesOS.
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by posixplz 8y ago
10% more overall transaction volume is huge , especially for something as illiquid as real estate.
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by posixplz 8y ago
> Nothing to be bragging about IMO. Agreed. For decades, wages have not outpaced inflation for the majority of workers. Don't expect the trend to reverse any time soon. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20
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by posixplz 8y ago
To be fair, when the IC bought their own AWS cloud, Oracle had just unveiled their Bare Metal Compute product. Only in the last year or two have they begin to offer virtualized resources in their cloud. AFAIK, the virtualized offering runs
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by posixplz 8y ago
Have you used the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure product, formerly Bare Metal Compute? It's not a low quality product, by any means. I'm not sure I understand your criticism, unless the point was to be intentionally nebulous.
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by posixplz 8y ago
> The practice of securing government grants and not creating much wealth from them has a long history. This is true, it does -- in Congress. (Pork barrel spending, logrolling, etc.) However, in the executive branch, this is unquestion
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by posixplz 8y ago
Yes, previous commenter is doing just that. It's called whataboutism, and it's one of Trumputin's favorite distractions.
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by posixplz 8y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=vacancy+tax+vancouver
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by posixplz 8y ago
British Columbia does this. The Vancouver housing market has seen major shifts because of their vacancy tax.
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by posixplz 8y ago
Mutual strict TLS is quite common in medium and high security environments.
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by posixplz 8y ago
What could possibly go wrong? If a refactor is sufficiently canonical that "try it" is acceptable, and you have little/no edge cases, then it should be trivial to write a good test for the same code. After all, what does a te
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by posixplz 8y ago
That's tough, especially because emacs + org-mode is most usable when combined with a few melpa packages. Even if you could get emacs installed, you'd (probably) want melpa packages to make it more usable.
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by posixplz 8y ago
Yep. I'm amazed by how many different hacks, tools, and one-offs get proposed in threads like this when an amazing plain-text note/organization/GTD/life management ecosystem already exists and is supported by endless con
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by posixplz 8y ago
As opposed to all that private information going into Microsoft's databases? Microsoft has similarly aggressive data mining projects and is always looking for large sets with which to train AI.
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by posixplz 8y ago
Facebook, for one. While the SEC can undertake the tedious process of clearing all individuals with knowledge of the breach, a more effective tactic would be to look at suspicious trades and investigate potential insider knowledge. In that

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