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by trentnix 4y ago
I expect stuff like this will become compulsory in the near future. “For your own good”, of course.
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by trentnix 4y ago
This headline, “Quantum-Safe” Crypto Hacked by 10-Year-Old PC , was pretty awesome until I got to the "PC" part.
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“Pleasure flight” sounds a whole lot more scandalous than a sightseeing trip.
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And I'm now a subscriber! :)
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Thank you! I was looking for a link so I could subscribe but the OP neglected to provide one.
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Samsung asks permission (but makes no actual commitments) right before Washington votes on whether to subsidize chip manufacturing. Maybe I’m just old and jaded and maybe asking permission has nothing to do with posturing for DC money, but
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by trentnix 4y ago
It also provides insight into the type of talent you can expect to work with. I work best when working with smart people that I can learn from and that challenge me. On the average, those types aren't going to be found in workplaces th
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by trentnix 4y ago
Homeowners over 65 in Texas (along with certain widower situations and disabled veterans) are also eligible for exemptions that “freeze” the amount of tax they are required to pay (if the property is their homestead) irrespective of the app
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by trentnix 4y ago
Does it? I had an 80+ GB practically-day-one-download waiting when I bought Forza Horizon 5 for my XBox. The disc might as well have been a blank.
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by trentnix 4y ago
For example, Uber can be replaced with an open source, decentralized marketplace that doesn’t take 50% of all drivers’ revenue, but has a free market and ratings / reviews operated by the community. Sure! I volunteer you to build it
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by trentnix 4y ago
My reading list just got 10 books longer.
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by trentnix 4y ago
we have most probably reached peak oil extraction in 2018 We’ve been assured this is imminent for 50 (FIFTY) years. I’d bet the farm this prediction is dead-ass wrong too.
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by trentnix 4y ago
Blade Runner is best viewed on the biggest screen you can get. First time I watched it was on VHS on a small CRT and I didn’t get it. Now, on the living room big screen, it’s immersive and sublime. A theatrical environment makes all the dif
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by trentnix 4y ago
It's wall-to-wall virtue signaling. And no amount of "I don't want to see this" seems to move the needle.
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Wasn’t there an article a week ago about a new particle found “on a tabletop”? Feels like I'm being hustled.
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A lot of people are working lots of hours but their output doesn't match their effort. They "work" 12 hour days and only provide some fraction of that in real value due to distraction and procrastination and whatever else the
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by trentnix 4y ago
I'm not emotionally attached to Go, I want to learn rust, and I'm old enough to realize the search for the perfect tool is utter folly. So the inevitable religious wars that surround critiques like this don't move the needle
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by trentnix 5y ago
He wouldn't be commenting if it was really unrealistic.
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by trentnix 5y ago
When it’s used responsibly, it’s a great way to make sure union members are being treated reasonably and fairly. When not, it’s an easy way to extort your employer. Eventually, Pournelle’s Law Iron Law of Bureaucracy takes hold and the purp
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by trentnix 5y ago
If you can’t identify the interlocutors who aren’t sincere, the necessary discussion won’t go anywhere useful. And many of those discussing climate change are absolutely insincere. You see it here in these comments with “it’s the West’s fau
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by trentnix 5y ago
Fine. Let’s assume that’s true. The problem is still the same. How does China coerce the West to get with the program if the West refuses, for whatever reason. The problem is still the same.
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by trentnix 5y ago
If a neighbor doesn’t get with the program (such as China or Russia, for instance), how would you suggest coercing them to the same end? And a central authority doesn’t have to be hostile to neighbors to provoke war. It may be viewed as hos
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by trentnix 5y ago
“Extreme steps”, whether they admit it or not, is a reduction in the standard of living of many and handicapping the efforts to improve the standard of living for most. That requires the power of the individual to be reduced to empower cent
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by trentnix 5y ago
> I post this for all the well-meaning people who are out there insulting and hurting people they love because they don't actually know any better. No, you've decided to take it as an insult. You demand grace from them and gi
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by trentnix 5y ago
> Among the most toxic phrases to use with anyone who's grieving is, "I know how you feel." No. You do not. You CANNOT. It is profoundly insulting and diminishing to claim you do. I find this perspective arrogant, rude,
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by trentnix 5y ago
Nothing odd about it. You pointed out a lack of attention to detail. I’m guessing one will find other areas of their product that show a similar lack of detail and attention.
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by trentnix 5y ago
I can remember being on IRC in the mid-90s and hearing that a channel regular had passed away. I'd never met them, heard them, seen their picture, and never even talked to them privately. But somehow there was a real sense of loss and
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by trentnix 5y ago
Thank you for sharing such an honest piece. Suicide is a tragedy without peer, the result of pain, illness, and some part selfishness. I feel compassion for Pete and his fight with mental illness, sadness for the friends and coworkers left
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Exactly. I work remote. I am fully planning to work remote for the rest of my career. But I can imagine a number of scenarios where camaraderie, productivity, confidentiality, and quality of work are improved by having people in close proxi
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Can Be != Should Be

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