zero_deg_kevin

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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
I suspect insuring planes flying to/from/through Belarus just got a lot more expensive.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
I was all for this truck until I saw the range. As someone who has to run the heat in their car 3/4 of the year, I don't consider an EV with a sub 400-mile rated range anything but a toy.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
What happened in Texas was the sum of all of its past elections and policy decisions. Texas has the government that it wants and rightfully deserves and I’m not about to interfere with that.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
Are we still pretending that EM hasn't been openly using the assets of a publicly-traded company to manipulate cryptocurrency markets?
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
1/6 looked pretty easy. It also looked like it was pretty easy to catch the most gods-awfully expensive intelligence agencies in the world completely flat-footed.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
They keep getting shut down because they cost money to run.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
The future of work is whatever employees will tolerate. CEO’s are less than worthless without competent people to boss around.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
I find it hilarious that this article is on a SaaS site's blog and has no sign-in button. Maybe I missed the "why this doesn't apply to this site" portion of TFA, though.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
I love being involved in public contract disputes between media licensing companies! May financial ruin visit all parties involved.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
Maybe we’ll see a UMN clause added to popular open source licenses to combat this sort of behavior. Maybe it’ll be “don’t do this” or it’ll go as far as “don’t do this or your right to legally use this software is terminated immediately.”
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
They’re now proof points that governments can reduce police fatalities by training their police to use more than guns. This hopefully makes it a little easier to sue a city into the ground for failure to adequately train its police force.
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by zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
I suspect the point of contention here is that people expect their unsubstantiated nonsense to be taken seriously, treated with respect, and accepted by the general public.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
And Rogan knew exactly who he was signing with (a risk-averse media company). Two parties voluntarily decided to do business according to some mutually agreeable terms. None of this should be surprising or outrageous to anyone...but, here w
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
Because the problem is significantly more complicated than sequencing and folding.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
If I took the time to ask probing questions every time someone makes a bad first impression, I wouldn’t have time to work, eat, or sleep. My heuristics have served me well, and I’m sticking with them.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
I see things like that and assume that everyone involved in writing, reviewing, and processing the position it advertises is either incompetent, negligent, or playing a game. Ultimately, I don’t care to know why, because there are other job
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
I think some of the "why" has to do with it being time-consuming and expensive. There's also the "hur-hur n00b, your spec can be wrong, so verification is pointless" crowd that pops up any time the subject comes up.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
Most US federal and state taxes can be computed by a rules engine. The big annual challenges are: updating the interviews, QA-ing the rules/engine, fed/state rule-making delays/defects, and ensuring that required printable fo
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
I’d love to see a diagram or patent filing for the tilt mechanism if one can be shared. I’m only used to ones that can be described as “fussy” and “high maintenance.”
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
The people who brought us the F-35 want more money to build another new airplane? If the alternative is surrender, then I surrender without hesitation. The Air Force should just order fewer lattes, take a 20% budget cut, and do the best the
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
Because US laws have all sorts of rigid, incomplete, flawed, and contradicting provisions around whom is legally allowed to kill whom and under what circumstances.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
The project needs to be finished if for no other reason than the US refuses to learn from anything other than spectacular failure. SLS hasn’t even reached F-35 levels of mismanagement and we learned nothing from that.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
Right? You’d think that not having any kind of internet presence and making no discernible effort to take credit for the work would be enough of a hint. It’s hard to be that low profile unintentionally. What does it take to be left alone? W
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
If you like this, the Henrietta Lacks (Miguel from this story, but with less sonsent) story is also worth a read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
Glenn sure is good at getting people riled up. I got a heart rate alert reading this bit, so it’s working. It looks like life after editors, fact checkers, and company lawyers is treating him well.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
I made it about 200 words before the anticipation of a sales pitch or call to action drove me away. I don’t know if they’re selling something, but it feels like it, and I don’t want it.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
I haven’t found a detailed comparison, but I learned today that El Paso, TX requires utility operators to winterize. Comparing El Paso to similar cities in Texas should provide a more definitive answer.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
If what you described were even possible, I’d buy a new Dishy McFuckface every month if it meant never talking to Centurylink again.
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
Are customers being asked to pay 20% more? 20 whole percent more?
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by zero_deg_kevin 6y ago
I do expect SpaceX to eventually start acting like a legacy communications provider. They don’t seem to be right now, which makes them the most compelling choice on the market for me.

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