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by tb_technical 2y ago
Pratchett wrote some amazing books. And if you're into animation (especially older animation), you can find the old discworld animated movies on YouTube. The first discworld book I read was Thief of Time, and I've been hooked ever
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by tb_technical 2y ago
I write off not knowing things I'll never know. Not worth the time worrying about it.
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by tb_technical 2y ago
Yeah that's normally how it goes, actually.
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by tb_technical 2y ago
No one deserves to be friends with anyone, actually - it's something two people decide mutually. To see it any other way reeks of entitlement.
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by tb_technical 2y ago
Fair. It's a bit of a bait post. But the OP did say by any metric of "best". And I did post three of my favorites at the end, too!
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by tb_technical 2y ago
A really close friend of mine did this to me, actually. With this same exact book. It's how I learned the trick.
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by tb_technical 2y ago
Glad you're having a good time, bud!
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by tb_technical 2y ago
> Wouldn't this only be a functional recommendation if you were planning on being the sole determinant in whether the relationship moved forward because your response could pretty obviously be used as their filter just as easily? Th
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by tb_technical 2y ago
The idea that the people are not ready for certain technologies strongly resonates with me. Every day I find myself falling further and further out of touch with new technology. Never read The Fountainhead.
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by tb_technical 2y ago
This is fine. People don't have to be friends, you know? And it's ok not to be friends with everyone. I just know what types of people I like to hang out with - and they're typically people patient enough to put up with my du
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by tb_technical 2y ago
Believe it or not its made quite a few people laugh
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by tb_technical 2y ago
I have considered it. I generally don't like people who fly off the handle immediately. I really like your radar analogy
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by tb_technical 2y ago
And this is where I usually come clean about the exercise.
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by tb_technical 2y ago
I'm only smart enough to play checkers. But I'm happy with my lot in life.
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by tb_technical 2y ago
"The best book I've ever read was Atlas Shrugged in 8th grade. Changed my life." Not because I remember anything about it, or believe anything it espouses, or even like it all that much, but because it's a useful filter
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by tb_technical 2y ago
People who believe "I have nothing to hide, so I have nothing to fear" have poor judgement about their own vulnerability in the modern world. They are not fit to make policy decisions about the privacy of others. These people shou
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by tb_technical 2y ago
I misunderstood. My mistake. Let me make another point. Having access to multiple computer security firms is good, and the services Kaspersky provides do not end with their antivirus software. Security firms regularly publish their work and
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by tb_technical 2y ago
Although the other points you raise are true - IE if the state sets their sights on you, there's little you can do about it - the idea that you have nothing to fear from rogue malware is shockingly naive. These rogue pieces of software
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by tb_technical 2y ago
SXX, you actually didn't answer his question while addressing his underlying jab, so I'll take a crack. Crucial components in the security profession are trust, and managed risk. Companies that don't pass the sniff test are s
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by tb_technical 2y ago
It's absolutely true that semi-trucks damage the roads. What I was worried about was trucks used to transport groceries, not delivery trucks. Last thing the poor need right now is the cost of food going even higher . They're alre
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by tb_technical 2y ago
This is a silly tangential point, but with good design a V8 can be as efficient as an I4 (and with bad design a V6 can be more wasteful than a V8). Pinning fuel use seems to be the way to go, rather than penalizing engine geometry, for this
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by tb_technical 3y ago
"Why don't the poor just get better jobs?" Same energy
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by tb_technical 3y ago
Games are meant to be accessible to the public (in order to make the most money) - as in, easy to obtain, install, configure, and use. When you interact with the public, you're going to get all kinds of people. Even the crazy awful one
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by tb_technical 3y ago
The end result of this is that you're taking funding from programs that support the poor in Alabama.
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by tb_technical 3y ago
I believe they addressed this by having different saves, if the post from Steam is to be believed.
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by tb_technical 3y ago
Of course they want to EOL CentOS. It was a serious competitor to RHEL
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by tb_technical 3y ago
You can control how dark you want your toast. There is a knob under the handle. It works for all bread types that fit in the toaster. I should know, I bake my own bread (and it's not all sandwich bread loaves). It is not more likely to
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by tb_technical 3y ago
But the planes didn't cause the buildings to collapse. The internal steel structure of the buildings reaching annealing temperature caused them to collapse. The jet fuel didn't need to melt the steel beams, it just had to get cl
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by tb_technical 3y ago
It didn't "work" on me. I read the article, picked up on the fact that this guy's is probably conservative, and was pleasantly surprised by the conclusion he drew to the problem of AI making intelligence obsolete. I can
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by tb_technical 3y ago
Not really, no. I don't see them. I'm a little preturbed, though. When the author talked about his time working with journalists, and when he described some of them negatively, you assumed he was talking about Jews. When he talked

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