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by throw16180339 2y ago
N.K. Jemisin's SF short story Emergency Skin ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Skin ) is pretty much this.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
I haven't paid a lot of attention to them recently, but Cisco Systems used to be quite successful at acquisitions.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Yes, that's what I was thinking of.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
IIRC, didn't they move drivers back to userspace in Windows Vista or Windows 7?
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by throw16180339 2y ago
https://archive.ph/gZvrj
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Most stories critical of Musk are flagged regardless of the topic. It's not done by dang - he regularly unflags them.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
The Culture Transplant by Garett Jones
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by throw16180339 2y ago
In order for him to be prosecuted, several highly unlikely things have to occur. Trump doesn't pardon him. I can't really see this happening. If they have a falling out, then Elon will just pay him off. It's not like Trump
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by throw16180339 2y ago
J. R. R. Tolkein can join the line ( https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ace_Books ).
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by throw16180339 2y ago
He's worth billions, so that's not going to happen. We're stuck with him unless an assassin gets lucky.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Others disagree that you were reasonable and civil.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Why would I assume otherwise? They aren't neutral observers from a trusted third party. Neither Musk nor Trump has a track record of honesty, and both have used their power for personal gain. A recent example is Musk moving NTSB announ
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Demographic changes also make it much harder for the Democrats to win in the future ( https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-future-crisi... ).
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by throw16180339 2y ago
They're taking orders from bad actors, it's absurd to assume good faith.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
The goal is to enrich themselves, weaponize funding, and shut down parts of the government that they dislike.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Trump is provably corrupt, so why should I give his accomplices the benefit of the doubt?
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Most stories about Musk are flagged regardless of the topic. He might be using bots, he's certainly petty enough to do so.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
HN doesn't have callouts. If you want dang to see your comment, email hn@ycombinator.com.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
There are no remaining checks and balances; the Republicans control all three branches of government and will pardon everyone involved.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
They ain't seen nothing yet.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
When you're helping a fascist destroy our government, you've earned everything that happens to you.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
India is one of them.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
FWIW, most stories about Musk are flagged regardless of the topic. He might be using bots, he's certainly petty enough to do so.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Our school used macOS classic, so I used Quitter ( https://www.pliner.com/oursoftware/quitter/ ) to wreak havoc by closing programs on remote machines.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
There's always recursion.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
You're mistaken about this. IBM's z-series had 5GHz CPUs well over a decade ago and they haven't gotten any slower.
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by throw16180339 2y ago
There's an additional hoop to jump through for Outlook to actually search your whole inbox. Here are the steps ( https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/ou... )
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by throw16180339 2y ago
Trump's plans to prevent California from receiving disaster relief are only the beginning; the Republicans will spend the next four kneecapping blue states while trying to move the country towards Gilead. I'd favor secession if I
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by throw16180339 2y ago
> In my mind the American Republic died when the insurrectionist leaders didn’t go to jail. That was the point where I stopped investigating Republican positions. Their subsequent actions have demonstrated that it was a waste of time in
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by throw16180339 2y ago
That's apparently what the majority of the country wants.

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