turc1656

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by turc1656 10y ago
HAHA. That was good. Made my day. Thank you.
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by turc1656 10y ago
Occam's Razor corollary: If it is possible, they are under a Star-Trek-like prime directive not to tell us they are from the future or change anything. Occam's Razor corollary #2: no one wants to visit this time period because, co
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by turc1656 10y ago
Because we're in 1985 while they are in the new 1985A where all the changes happen.
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by turc1656 10y ago
Good point. Yes, for me confidentiality is the primary concern. I run my own data duplication tasks to close the integrity gap. And availability is largely a non-issue for what I'm doing. That's why I choose many times to not u
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by turc1656 10y ago
Yes, I'm reminded of this fairly well known quote within the security world - "security is a process, not a product". I do not trust anyone to house any data of mine that I consider too important or sensitive to put at risk -
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by turc1656 10y ago
Good piece, but there is another major factor that is missing entirely - the impact of debt financing and continuously rolling bonds. In addition to what the article mentions, this is the other factor contributing to the slow death of our
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by turc1656 10y ago
Now I have the Dog Pound Hop (the intro song) stuck in my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVRJ8TiicM4 Love that rockabilly beat. Can't be sad when listening to that.
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by turc1656 10y ago
> Isn't "Overseer" is a really, really fucking bad formal job title for anyone at any organization? Yeah. At my company we just include anyone who would fit that billing as a member of the Panopticonal Oversight Committ
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by turc1656 10y ago
If you don't already know anyone who works in Dev/IT at any finance-related company in NYC, I would say your best bet is to go to networking events. There are always events all over the city every week. I get emails every week a
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by turc1656 10y ago
I don't know enough to say whether or not it's the best but...NYC is great for developers of a certain personality type. Specifically in the finance industry. There are a lot of corporate HQ's here that maintain large syste
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by turc1656 10y ago
"But privacy and rights activists worry such powerful technology can wind up in the wrong hands, leading to abuses." Am I to believe that this firm is the right hands? Or government? Please...all hands are the wrong hands. Thes
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by turc1656 10y ago
Absolutely. In fact the original name of what we call Economics today was actually "Political Economy" and has its roots in moral philosophy. Rest assured, there is very little of anything resembling science going on. It's
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by turc1656 10y ago
The general consumer really needs to start caring about this kind of stuff and start demanding more secure devices. They should refuse to upgrade their phones to the next model until devices are reasonably secure. Problem is that the aver
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by turc1656 10y ago
Laws differ by state. https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state#D...
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by turc1656 10y ago
Totally agree. I find that process extremely annoying as well. I usually never buy from those sites unless I absolutely cannot find the product at a similar price elsewhere. Although, shipping prices can vary based on the total purchase s
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by turc1656 10y ago
Thanks for the SFW version. Nice to see that uMatrix is doing it's job quite well and as expected. FWIW, Spotify doesn't seem to get recognized properly. I am definitely logged in and it should show up when all my browser protec
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by turc1656 10y ago
I understand the desire for instant gratification, not to mention the desire to be free of the money pit called the USPS. That being said, physical media has far superior audio and video quality. A Bluray disc vs streaming 1080p ( especial
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by turc1656 10y ago
I'm not too worried. I'm sure the feminists are going to condemn these companies and call for the resignations of the executives and stage protests over this blatant inequity. And the media will plaster this all over the news to
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by turc1656 10y ago
Yes, this is how it should be done. Actually, if I ran a company, I would go further. There would be no affirmative action or quota nonsense. Best person for the job, that is all. I care only about ability, work ethic, and whether they
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by turc1656 10y ago
"Right, which is why fields that are predominantly women, like therapy, nursing, and pornography are so well paid and well treated." Wow. Ok, first of all, nurses get paid a median salary of around 65-66k. The 2015 salary report
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by turc1656 10y ago
Totally agree. Have you ever seen the movie The Imitation Game? There's a great quote from Turing's character when he is talking about being picked on and beaten up by bullies at school - "Do you know why people like violen
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by turc1656 10y ago
HAHAHA! That was great.
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by turc1656 10y ago
I posted a follow up while you were writing this. Check out that comment. TLDR - it most likely includes overpriced data storage.
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by turc1656 10y ago
Yes, mass consumer devices have economies of scale that exceed VieVU's capabilities. No doubt about that. But that might account for 20% of the cost and at face value given what the article stated, the product seemingly costs many mu
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by turc1656 10y ago
I did a little more digging around and something doesn't add up. VieVU advertises a $200 price tag for the camera and a $55 per month data storage fee per camera. Doing some quick math with those assumptions, that works out to a 2 yea
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by turc1656 10y ago
Can no one at the NYPD or anyone employed by the city of New York do math? $6.4M for 5,000 cameras is close to $1,300 for each camera. WTF? Brand new flagship smartphones which have thousands of patents and countless additional features
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by turc1656 10y ago
Twitter has very limited use. It's good for news/media companies to announce headlines and perhaps for businesses to reach customers with product announcements or recalls. But in terms of having any sort of meaningful discussion
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by turc1656 10y ago
Oh gee, you mean to tell me the criminals in uniform out there to "serve and protect" us suddenly stop violating our rights when they MIGHT be held accountable? I say "might" because there is still no guarantee since th
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by turc1656 10y ago
This shit needs to stop. Immediately. Like most people, I have no problem with the government using probable cause to get warrants that are in search of something specific (none of these grab-all bullshit orders). If you have a legitimate
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by turc1656 10y ago
sorry, i should have qualified that i was referring to FIAT money. otherwise, it would have no intrinsic value. The examples you give are all physical items that have intrinsic value because they can be used for something other than being

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