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by ratsmack 4y ago
The whole thing has been surrounded by misinformation, misdirection and outright lies. I still don't think there has been enough credible information released to form a complete picture at this point.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
I guess that's a sign he needs to keep replacing people.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
That is an excellent write up, thanks.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
X86 addressing modes are an atrocity: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63571979/clarifying-thre...
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by ratsmack 4y ago
I have used the original ksh[1] for years, because it seem to have more features for complex shell scripts. It also supports real numbers for people that need math functions other than integer. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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by ratsmack 4y ago
The huge amounts of preservative used in our food chain has been even more devastating to our biome because we consume them continuously.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
"Usage" is different from "number of users". I believe you're conflating the two.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
I don't think too many birds were out flying in the dark, although bats may be out roaming around at that time.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
Respect really doesn't have a lot to do with it, being a professional at your position does.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
All he has to do is tweet something about Tesla... instant advertising.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
I can see where people that get a sense of entitlement, for whatever reason, would have a problem with it.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
> sort of a loon I prefer eccentric, which may be an advantage for him.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
Do you believe that Musk is not going to push his cars on Twitter? Seems to me that you have access to a fairly large audience on there.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
Every company I was with when it sold had lawyers come in and inform everyone that all processes are frozen, no equipment can move or be transferred while inventory is taken, everyone involved with computers surrender their passwords to the
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by ratsmack 4y ago
And why would that be the problem of the receiving end of the transaction?
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by ratsmack 4y ago
It seems the technology changes so fast that after two years most hardware is considered obsolete.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
Just a little side note... my company bought a VAX 11/780, serial number 13, which was the 3rd one DEC shipped (DEC kept the first 10 in house).
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by ratsmack 4y ago
The criteria for determining a recession has historically been "Negative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two consecutive quarters", which we have had. The current administration seems to redefine the meaning with a new word salad
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by ratsmack 4y ago
> (most recently “No Child Left Behind” and “Every Student Succeeds”) And now for the worst thing that ever happened to the government education system.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
This argument is parroted constantly regarding many things and not a shred of evidence is ever required.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
War mongers also cross the entire political spectrum almost like they're born with a death wish. It's too bad they can't be excised from the system before they gain too much power.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
1) You can now get the addictive drugs injected at your doctor's office. 2) ... and addiction plummeted. Hmmmmmmm... It doesn't make sense.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
Funny thing is that systemd just calls the scripts in /etc/init.d, but I'm told that it is an improvement.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
It appears that there was a bump up in the rate during the early 2K's. https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/us/ca/san-francisco/murde...
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by ratsmack 4y ago
It's pretty well established that addictive drugs cause users to commit petty theft to support their drug habit.
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by ratsmack 4y ago
>Now that he has been recalled in favor of a “tough” replacement... That was in June of this year. Do you really believe that the change will happen that fast?
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by ratsmack 4y ago
>San Francisco prosecutors will no longer ask judges for cash bail as a condition for the pretrial detention of defendants I wonder if the police have become apathetic about making arrests. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news
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by ratsmack 4y ago
>places like austin Not a lot of difference. https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/tx/austin/crime https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/san-francisco/crime
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by ratsmack 4y ago
>There is no evidence the work, performed under biosecurity level 3 precautions in BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, was conducted improperly or unsafely. In fact, it was approved by an internal biosafety review co
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by ratsmack 4y ago
The sugar industry has not been honest about the product they produce: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074...

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