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by targ65 4y ago
“ This issue was initially discovered in 2016 by a RedHat kernel developer and disclosed in a public email thread, but the Linux kernel community did not patch the issue until it was re-reported in 2021.” Insane.
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by targ65 4y ago
Side note but I take offense reading things like this: "The company bet big on formalizing its program of worker misclassification, teaming up with Lyft and other gig-work companies to spend $225m to pass California's Proposition
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by targ65 4y ago
So let me see if I get this. Uber has been struggling to become profitable and this blog has gone to town many times making fun of Uber for not being really profitable. Finally, Uber does the only thing that can get it profitable: raise pri
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by targ65 4y ago
whose bills though? most people find one of the most high paying jobs they can, then adjust their lifestyle to that income, then if they miss the mark ('lowball offer') they have to keep looking. lifestyle regression is exceptio
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by targ65 4y ago
When are we going to admit that DeFi is a regression, not progress, versus the status quo financial system? Crypto is all about disintermediation. But that doesn't work when people's money / savings are on the line. So we can
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by targ65 4y ago
Olympic sports medals is a vain metric that all it does is hide the fact that authoriterian regimes are destroying their countries and pressing their people. In the Ancient Greek times the Olympic Games were an opportunities for friends an
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by targ65 4y ago
Crypto bros say it's worth tolerating 100x cost (technical cost, energy wasted, etc) and 100x more complexity (as one example, we are 7 years in and ETH is about to be 'reborn' the right way, with the transition to proof of s
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by targ65 4y ago
What are the chances that this doesn't end in disaster? Honest question.
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by targ65 4y ago
Like another comment here mentioned, housing is complicated. People don't want to live in a random house in the middle of nowhere ('roof over your head'). Some people prefer to be homeless on the street versus getting to a ro
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New York is roaring back from the worst of the pandemic.Why isn’t San Francisco?(sfchronicle.com)
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by targ65 4y ago
"Let’s say you want to make a $100 payment to a merchant. Using your credit card would cost the merchant $3, which is then passed along to you via hidden costs. " You also get 1-3 credit card points, which for you is extra money t
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by targ65 4y ago
> How did this get to the front page? It’s Sunday.
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by targ65 4y ago
Does this remind anyone else of FileMaker Pro? I remember I used FileMaker in my teen years (mid 90s) to build an application to help my parents manage my condo building expenses. Very simiilar concept but of course the world has changed si