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by sigfubar 8y ago
- Leo Tolstoy
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Considering the security & privacy issues plaguing Android, there’s very little reason left to stay on that platform.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
screams into a pillow My least favorite job was at an investment bank where men outnumbered women 100:1. Urinals were always clogged with garbage, toilets were left unflushed, and sinks regularly filled up with human waste.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Double the term: once for the breach, and again for poor security review & architecture.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
An old (5+ years) ThinkPad will do just as well as a Chromebook.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
I’m not an investor in Twitter because I don’t invest in companies that are unable to assume an appropriate security posture. The same reasoning leads one to conclude that dilettantes who do hold Twitter stock deserve to get burned when poo
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Lots of things aren’t allowed.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Considering the degree to which most Twitter users are trash, I wouldn't mind losing a few of those. The rest will understand the need for security.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Force every single user to change their password right now. When a new password is entered, check it against common passwords, and reject bad inputs as needed.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Solid advice regardless of decade.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Your cynical view of the legal system is based in urban legend more than fact. Attorneys are businesses: yes, they'll gladly take a client's money in order to prosecute a losing case, but a good lawyer will show extreme skepticism
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Attorney’s fees will be awarded as part of the judgment.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
What did you major in, and how did that turn out for you?
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by sigfubar 8y ago
I know NeXT to nothing about this space, too.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Options, in the vast majority of cases, are worthless. We can trade anecdata all day, but each individual's personal stance towards options is shaped by their own experience and the experiences of those who they've worked with. I&
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by sigfubar 8y ago
You're not a developer: you're a product manager who outsources software development tasks to hired muscle.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Wow. I have 15 years of experience and am making under 220k in NYC. There’s no way I’d have offered that much money for someone with 2 years of experience. It just isn’t worth the price.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Rock climbing is the new CrossFit.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
If I were you, I'd invest a few hundred bucks in a well-made landing page w/e-mail subscription form.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
You're certainly entitled to your opinion.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
In addition, C++ doesn’t come with Rust’s awesome community and is missing all of Cargo’s benefits. Rust’s genesis as a brand new language acted as a crucible that melted away all kinds of molds.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Thanks, but I already enjoy my 40-hour, 10-day week.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
You’re overestimating the amount of actual effort most companies put into writing their job descriptions. The majority of such blurbs strive to fall close to a certain mean that is defined by a variety of canned phrases, one of those you se
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Allowing one's children to be raised by strangers is lazy and selfish. And absurd.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Does your definition of "coders" include those of us with at most middle school mathematics knowledge? I've tried some machine learning courses before, but couldn't make sense of the vast majority of information.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
I've done my best to construct a "humaaan" that matches my own appearance (30s fat balding Russian dude), but the closest I got was the pregnant hipster lady. Oh well.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
> A row of sparkling clean reverse vending machines greet customers Yeah, these won't stay "sparkling clean" for long. I used to make an effort to redeem bottle deposits: I'd pull up in my truck and attempt to unload
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Yes, that does sound horrible, but I’m not what one would call a suicidal person acting out of desperation. I’m also not an idiot. When the time comes, no one will be subjected to horrific images.
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by sigfubar 8y ago
My family doesn’t know this, but I have a solid retirement plan. It’s not really a retirement plan in the traditional sense, because I won’t be able to retire from the workforce and enjoy the spoils no matter how hard I try. However, when I
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by sigfubar 8y ago
Thanks for drowning the remainder of my Wednesday in nostalgia. Caldera OpenLinux was my first distro. I got its first CD bundled with some random book about Linux in 1999. The book came from a store that sold used books, so I was surprised

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