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by theyregreat 9y ago
The mob is fickle, and prone to learned helplessness, which invites corruption, bureaucracy and the fall of “Rome.”
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by theyregreat 9y ago
There’s no simple, panacea, technical solution to prevailing ignorance. Granted people can have their sentiment adjusted by captological factors, but people need to dig into issues, do credible research, learn about history and cultivate be
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Undocumented migrants are treated just about the same at the five mega-processing plants. Amputations without access to workers’ comp. are common.
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and whatever inspector we would have to deal with and we should leave an envelope with a certain amount of cash, and he told us what the cash amount should be for each inspector. And how to do it all! Bill: He was one of those guys, after
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by theyregreat 9y ago
China also affects Hollywood movies whom self-censor in order to not offend Chinese censors.
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by theyregreat 9y ago
To build a particular working GCC, dependencies (binutils, MPC, MPFR and GMP (and sometimes ISL)) need to be within a particular range, preferrably within the same time era. Also note that old compilers will often contain unpatched security
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by theyregreat 9y ago
That’s incorrect. There are over 5000 Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO’s) in the UK.
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Alexa is a stool pigeon.
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If money were no object, Xeon Platinum 8180m ($13k retail).
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by theyregreat 9y ago
Bitsquatting, rowhammer and silent corruption. Basically, ECC should be the universal standard in all network gear, servers and endpoint (user) devices. Not creates an attack surface and opportunity for data-loss. https://cr.yp.t
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Are there any macOS terminals like iTerm but with performance and resource efficiency as the top goals?
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Combine H1B with debt like for cars, education, housing, etc., and that’s full-on indentured servitude. People under such duress maybe convinced to work for $30/hr or less.
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(SECDED.) RH and bitsquatting are two reasons ECC should be the standard, not the exception, in all manner of consumer endpoints, network gear and servers.
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“Selfish” conflates two simultaneously-weighted perceptions “this person should give me more” and rational self-interest / getting or not getting a better “deal.” Likewise, “unselfish” conflates two simultaneously-weighted perceptions
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Every large org project I’ve seen fail does so for three large categories of reasons: under-management (delegating too much authority, project management and lack of accountability over to vendors), vague requirements (ie vendor becomes mor
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Then pay contractors to blow torch rip-replace the tip of the screwdrivers after each screw turned. See also: scrap-heap piles of new engines and wheel rims left in Afghanistan that were billed to the US military, the metal of which was sol
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Damn right. Security forensics should operate more like the NTSB. There are policy, cultural, process, organizational, team and more factors to consider in the totality of MECE-like structured forensics with hopefully a report and recommend
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by theyregreat 9y ago
Sounds like he’s running for a Trump appointment.
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That Louis Rossman guy does component level repair and you might be able to squeeze some coin out of repairing and selling it. I’m considering just gifting an 2010 water-damaged MBP 13 as support for his great content. Lenovo’s are sturdy a
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The cheapish $999/$1099 mid-2012 A1278 4 GiB 500 GB HDD 13” MBP non-Retina can do 16 GiB and two 2.5” SSDs if the vestigal optical drive is removed and replaced with an adapter. Mine even run with TRIM just fine.
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Soon to be former Apple (13” MBP A1278 16 GiB 2x2 TiB SSDs) owner here: Lenovo X270 - 20-ish hour battery life - Awesome water-resistant keyboard. Did I mention it’s one of the best laptop keyboards IMHO? - Lightweight - Portable size for t
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by theyregreat 9y ago
Depending on the state, getting a Destructive Device tax stamp and local law enforcement approval, Americans can currently privately own fully-functional, diesel-powered traverse, towed, anti-aircraft 40 mm auto-cannons if they were made
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by theyregreat 9y ago
If you want excellence, demand the unreasonable.
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If it weren’t sarcasm, Poe’s law would be invoked. Sometimes even Godwin’s law on really interesting days.
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It’s more likely a confluence of supplier/s, retooling and new hire temporary chaos.
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It sounds like “kitchen chaos” startup mode while their “TPMS” workflow, tooling, fixtures and techinques get figured out for higher capacity, routine production. Unionizing is important because people shouldn’t be treated like animals and
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by theyregreat 9y ago
If it makes rats sexually attracted to cats, it may not be such a trivial disease.
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The root of the US problem: it’s turning into a poor country because the vast majority of the greedy rich people hoarding trillions, that used to go to middle class as wages and to general government funds, and their corrupt politicians ena
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Life isn’t a movie: there are no mandatory self-fulfilling prophecies and learned helplessness is optional. Also, you can break by the bystander effect by actually doing something. Most people just pretend homeless people don’t exist, don’t