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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Sounds like someone read Sam Harris' essay on free will.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
In the many years I've used github, I honestly never even realized they supported svn.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Supervisory boards are super common in Germany. I am not sure if there is some legal requirement that makes this the case, but you see it at many large companies.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
While you may be right, I can tell you from experience that what seems simple can sometimes be embarrassingly complicated at Amazon. I previously worked there and my team once spent 2 months adding a new option in a dropdown box. This was o
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Can you share some of those companies?
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
For all the talk of equity, this seems to be potentially a very inequitable policy. You can't block access at home, so this would most affect those who don't have internet at home or don't have a comfortable environment at ho
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
You don't have to get an online one. There are offline ones like KeePassXC which are a lot more convenient to use than a file.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
If this same person was deciding to spend 3-4 hours a day watching Netflix or playing basketball, this would not even be a question. He has a life outside of Congress and I see nothing wrong with using it to further his education.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Thank you for your service. Out of curiosity, are you doing software stuff in the military or is this just a side hobby? If the former, I'm curious to learn about what kind of work you do. If the latter, why did you not go full time in
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
I'm curious what you mean by stable here. Which other country would you consider stable and suitable to set up your manufacturing in?
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Haha, indeed. The "other" Lagos in Portugal.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Seeing storks with their giant nests atop utility poles on the drive from Lisbon to Lagos was one of the most unique and memorable aspects of my recent trip to Portugal.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Elon bought the company and took it public. Can't really buy traditional shorts on it anymore as it's a private company.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
I bought a Canon Maxify GX7020 a year ago and I've been quite happy with it. Ticks all the boxes of having printer, scanner, fax, and full duplex on both scanning and printing. Most importantly it uses ink tanks. They don't last a
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Might still be correct. Levels 1 to 7 are before reaching director. Once you get to director, I believe the performance expectations change. For example, I don't think directors need to be managed out as part of the quotas. I am guessi
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
I can only assume this is sarcasm.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Though somehow I still find it unsatisfying that these laborors rely on a single person's decision to buy a luxury item for these wages. I'm not anti-capitalism by any means, but despite the average person becoming better off, I f
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
This sort of reminds me of the Black Mirror episode "Be Right Back"
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
She did get into Stanford. Not sure if that's a great proxy for talent, but I'm guessing she was somewhat strong academically.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
While I think I get the point you're trying to make, one is a murder of a single individual in their embassy. The other is an all out war across a border. Not sure how they are really comparable.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Given the recent events of the last 24 hours, what's your updated view on this?
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
I lost my father to murder several years ago and have been waking up thinking of him a lot this week. Somehow I really found your post comforting. Thank you.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
That's fine, but it's one thing to say "I don't know, and therefore I assume it's insecure" vs saying "it's not end-to-end encrypted" I'm just humbly asking people to be clear about what the
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
All fair points.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
That's fair. Signal is open source and that certainly helps.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
I worked in tech, not legal. I have no idea about what is or isn't shared with law enforcement or anyone else. That's why I didn't address that part. The frustrating part is people making claims about issues where they don&#x
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
> well, you are wrong. For someone who is "not following whatsbook closely lately" that is again a bold claim to make. But anyway, business messages are also encrypted. Businesses are allowed to designate other accounts to rece
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
100% agree.
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Sure, that's a fair point. Backups were initially not encrypted, but as you mentioned, this option is now available. Without going into too much detail, I can tell you a huge challenge with encrypted backups is compliance - many people
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by xerxesaa 4y ago
Message contents are end-to-end encrypted (but not all metadata is). And no, they are not sent through an unencrypted side channel to Meta. I've worked at Meta on a team that does end-to-end encryption. The company is also very clear a

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