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by worik 1y ago
> Being fired is not being held accountable, it is being terminated Termination is the end result of a process It is not unreasonable to think that is an accountability process of some sort...
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by worik 1y ago
Maybe not in films, but on TV is: https://thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctorwho/dinosaurs-on-a-spac... An unmanned spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction – unless the Doctor can save it, and its impossible carg
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by worik 1y ago
I agree wholeheartedly with everything said, fine sentiments, well said But I am unsure that this will convince anyone not already convinced. We need good political messaging to bring them, them all, down and to get economic freedom
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by worik 1y ago
Many commenter's here saying they cannot avoid Amazon. I am not here to deny their reality, but I have a different story I have avoided Amazon since ~2004 when I accidentally bought two box sets (double clicked) and there was no way to
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by worik 1y ago
I do not understand I cannot get one of these x86 computers for twice the price of a fully pimped RPi5 Even second hand they are usually twice the price $/mips may be a different story, but RPi5 has way more than I need, so I care abou
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by worik 1y ago
What about weapons? The point is being "GPL evil" is GPL. Taking the code, not obtaining the copyright, and re-licensing it is a clear violation of copyright law and immoral. We are not little children in the playground. Two wro
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DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks(bleepingcomputer.com)
5 points by worik 1y ago|0 comments
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by worik 1y ago
Very interesting I have seen a few of these, but only one (about a decade ago) that used legs not wheels Wouldn't it be better if the robot walked rather than rolled? You may be able to illuminate this for me...
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by worik 1y ago
I studied technical trading extensively for my MCom. thesis Conclusion: The EMH in its weak form is correct. Buy, and hold. Work for your money. Sleep well.
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by worik 1y ago
> every rust project starts with cargo install tokio thiserror anyhow. True, almost. Not mine Makes me sad
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by worik 1y ago
> Convince me I should fund people to focus full-time on things where they can't make a living I cannot do that. But given that we need the labour of about 10% (give or take) of people for society to function, we need to change our
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by worik 1y ago
> This should be obvious Yes They are different types They are different things They are related concepts, that is all
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I Made a Graph of Wikipedia This Is What I Found(youtube.com)
1 points by worik 1y ago|0 comments
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by worik 1y ago
Yes, I am in agreement I would like to add what many non-religious people (and some "out to lunch" evangelicals) do ot understand about churches (I guess this applies to mosque and synagogue too). The role of a church is social, n
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by worik 1y ago
> That's just life. There's no other answer here. Yes there is. Management. It is the manager's job to do the unpleasant duties What a naive dreamer am I. The less you are paid, the more unpleasant the task
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by worik 1y ago
Twenty five years ago, when I did Econ 101 I had it explained to me the theoretical underpinning for the fact that coffee shop chains are impossible Does Starbucks even exist?
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Biocide overdose blunder suspected in A321 dual-engine incident (2020)(flightglobal.com)
34 points by worik 1y ago|10 comments
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Tesla Launches Robotaxi in Austin(arstechnica.com)
3 points by worik 1y ago|0 comments
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by worik 1y ago
> but sure you can bring the value of the certifications into question Yes I do Valuable to whom?
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by worik 1y ago
WhatsApp is useful to Meta for contact harvesting and building social graphs. Dangerous stuff that only needs a small regime change to be deadly They kill based on metadata
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by worik 1y ago
Given the low pay and harsh conditions of the people who create the wealth of Amazon, I do not see confiscating it from the current owners as a Bad Thing There are probably better means to achieve better ends, but the status quo is very fuc
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by worik 1y ago
> the previous big scare was (is?) outsourcing, I was replaced by outsourcing Seriously. Fuck off
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by worik 1y ago
> Nobody is stopping you from creating a coalition of similarly minded shareholders Sweet lies.
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by worik 1y ago
Do we, or do we not, live in democratic societies? If we do then we must ensure that we get the social benefits from new technologies, and we suppress the harm. Does anyone still believe that "self interest" in the aggregate is w
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by worik 1y ago
> . I have a hoodie from AWS Re:Invent in 2022 that I'm going to have to throw out and replace because the sleeves are dying What is the use of the right to repair, if we do not have the imagination to use it? I patch my clothes
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by worik 1y ago
I understand Politics is "dirty", understandably. But people are mostly decent. It is the evil powerful hideous people that make politics dirty and life bad So acting as a decent considerate, loving even, person becomes a politic
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by worik 1y ago
Modern LEDs direct more of their light down, less up to the sky, so yes, much less light pollution Also they are better suited to their job so need less light. Sodium lights are nowhere near as flexible so are worse, mostly, on both counts
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by worik 1y ago
> Saddam Hussain was a genocidal, fascist lunatic. Yes. > The world is certainly a better place with him gone. Even if America didn't handle the subsequent occupation too well, i would argue (and you are free to disagree) that I
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by worik 1y ago
Wow! The comments here! Are we really such neo-phobe curmudgeons? Sodium hallide street lights preferred over LEDs? Golly Hacker News, get a grip and join the modern world!
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by worik 1y ago
> Curious is there is a single person on the planet that prefers the white (er, purple) street lights? Yes One at least, me (I've never seen this failure mode, so I mean the LEDs) I especially like the reduction in light pollution

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