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by zentiggr 9y ago
> Second, it is absolutely false that improvement is incremental. Consider the game of Go. For a long time, computers sucked at Go. Then we came up with Monte Carlo search about a decade ago and suddenly we were at strong amateur. Then d
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Can't help it... "Apparently, it runs on some form of electricity."
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Who said we have a free market? It is capitalism, because ISPs are using their financial leverage to their best interests.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
A point of history, per se: in this case, the terms were originated on the white side as slurs, and later they are used by each group to offend the other.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
In over a decade of fiddling with manual / desktop OS / Palm / Palm / Palm / Android versions of tool after tool, I finally realized the only important part of GTD is the "write down enough thoughts to ease the
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by zentiggr 9y ago
I have a very flexible list, I use it to remind me of the things I have some commitment to , and the rest of my time I do what comes up... not either/or.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
If lots of creative bits floating around in your head works for you, and doesn't distract from accomplishing the day to day things, then all good. The thing I've seen most about "GTD doesn't work!" feelings is the a
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by zentiggr 9y ago
How do you explain TMZ, People and the Enquirer / Globe / Weekly World News? Seems taht credibility isn't a necessary condition for popularity... at least not globally.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
:) Google Secretary = Google. Google Search = Duck Duck Go / StartPage / etc.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
> I think that, in a functioning democracy, laws are dictated by whatever views are currently held to be moral by the largest portion of participants in the democracy. Unfortunately, "participants" turns out to be decided by l
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Well, occasionally a bunch of us decide to be fire ants instead, and bite back. Messy but seems to be inevitable given that "profit motive" has no shame to be called upon.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Well said, that gives me a perfect frame to say that the inherent complication in handling the ship's trajectory is how rapidly the trajectory may need to completely change, contrasted against the reaction time of the vessel itself. Th
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by zentiggr 9y ago
TL/DR: I have to boil this down to a gut feel, but I'd rather fly a known takeoff/landing profile at any airport, than take a n-thousand ton vessel through a port departure/arrival, simply because the overall situation i
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Navy sub vet and almost licensed as a pilot: The small aircraft case - one mind, one set of hands, to reduce the feedback loop to fractions of a second overall. Things other than throttle/ailerons/elevators get timeshared in when
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Touched my first computer almost exactly 40 years ago. I can troubleshoot most hw/os issues with one ear and eyeball tied behind my back. Can program decently in many general domains. Never went past my associate's because the wor
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Honest question - how does this relate to some of the anecdotes in the OP - where someone referred to recruiter/HR as a desirable hire by a current employee gets denied because <some clueless resume scan criteria fail>? That&#x27
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Looks like my next search via duckduckgo will be "Windows browser -chrome -firefox". I saw you comment about thousands of hours of internal discussion... must not have thought to include users in that discussion or we could have s
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by zentiggr 9y ago
But terminology soemtimes matters, and some people who would otherwise think "What? Meditate? I don't have time for that nonsense!" will read this and think "Oh, yeah, that makes sense, of course I need monitoring, just
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Not a perfect solution, but sure. "You're the weakest link - goodbye!" <everyone else flinches and reviews infosec>
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Deliberate sarcasm?
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by zentiggr 9y ago
That honestly sounds borderline mafia or cartel style... "We're going to bribe you, you're going to take it, and since we all know it's illegal, you're on the hook with us all. Welcome to the game kid."
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Or... why would I help anyone who locks my options down as hard as Microsoft?
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by zentiggr 9y ago
What is this "Windows" "Store" you speak of? /s
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Just saw this tweet.... omfg wtf.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Well, it didn't until TPP, and what's to stop more agreements pushed through closed channels to make it truly global?
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by zentiggr 9y ago
So in other words, no this isn't yours, we're going to decide if you can have it. NIMBY.
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by zentiggr 9y ago
There have been third-party Xbox controllers almost since the console came out. No doubt ONE of them will gobble up a DoD contract to continue production if it's offered. (Former Submarine FT)
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by zentiggr 9y ago
Won't make much difference in this new world of "assume that SSN is compromised, now what do you use?" I'm already trying to figure out how to push locally for dropping SSNs from processes, no matter how Sisyphean it fee
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by zentiggr 9y ago
But they've spent their careers building up layers of untouchable-it is, and assuming since nothings bitten them before, they can do what they want... what's a minor investigation when you can grab a few mil? And get the probes q
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by zentiggr 9y ago
So since anyone who has access to the breached info can impersonate nearly anyone in the country... 1) Are we about to see the end of "Name, DoB, last four" as an authentication? (Damn well should if anybody can be me now) 2) Are

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