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by zgs 3y ago
I'm skeptical about one of the opening sentences in the article: "category 5 underestimates actual risk". Category 5 cyclones/hurricanes are already assumed to essentially destroy everything in their path. This will sti
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by zgs 3y ago
The obvious take out is that big pharma wants to sell you nutritional supplements... More realistically, we've been breeding our crops to produce more without regards to the nutritional content being produced. More will always involve
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by zgs 3y ago
With compulsory union membership, things are generally okay for the working class and bit less so for the business owners. With optional membership, those outside the union can be given better deals to encourage union members to quit. Once
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by zgs 3y ago
No more Ubisoft for me. Problem solved.
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by zgs 3y ago
Be a media whore and get lots of other people's money to fund your crazy ideas. One or two might be a success and justify your existence. It also helps to start out with a lot of money so you can make unimaginable amounts.
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by zgs 3y ago
Bollocks. There is lots of out of copyright content available. It just requires a person in the loop to assess the status. If it truely were impossible, then it sounds like they've just admitted that they should have licensed the con
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by zgs 3y ago
It's clearly to highlight the fact that road fatalities are pushing evolution forwards. Very forward thinking.
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by zgs 3y ago
https://english.news.cn/20220902/735703a45cfd458791179d4c0a8... - 201 wars started by the USA since world war 2 finished. That's only until 2001, there are many more since. Okay that's from a China based ne
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by zgs 3y ago
This is written from a very USA based ideology. Unlike the USA, China doesn't have a long track record of starting wars. China is unlikely to attack anyone, but clearly cannot rule out the possibility that they might and could. China
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by zgs 3y ago
The lovely series of mathematical videos "Dimensions" is relevant: https://www.dimensions-math.org/Dim_E.htm
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by zgs 3y ago
In a word: "no". Back when I worked at AusCERT, there was a really nasty remote exploit discovered in OpenBSD. It was responsibly passed on to the OpenBSD folks who fixed it in a timely manner. However, because the exploit was n
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by zgs 3y ago
Get yourself one of these and go for the gold: https://www.inkstation.com.au/3d-printing/pens
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by zgs 3y ago
This is really obvious. All two digits composite numbers must have a factor less than or equal to their square root. Square root of 100 is 10. Thus all composite numbers under 100 must have a factor under 10. There are only four primes
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by zgs 3y ago
Looks like Chrome is digging a hole they'll not get out of. I run Chrome as little as possible. Sadly, there are a few places where it is the best still.
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by zgs 3y ago
The inside front cover blurb for Bored of the Rings is quite entertaining and bears no resemblance to the contents in the slightest. By not reading the jacket, you'd miss this little gem. “Do you like what you doth see . . . ?” said t
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by zgs 3y ago
No?!
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by zgs 3y ago
Ignore their idiocy. Such folks cannot be convinced by mere facts.
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by zgs 3y ago
Why? China is not interested in fighting a war with anyone. That's the American rather than the Chinese way. The Chinese achieve their goals over decades and generations.
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by zgs 3y ago
Sadly, they aren't considered noxious enough to mandate their removal. Having pretty blossoms seems to help avoid the classification.
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by zgs 3y ago
I'm sure cockroaches will enjoy eating the microfilm when the capsule opens.
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by zgs 3y ago
The title should read modern GNU tools. Linux is a kernel and supplies nothing useful for command line lovers. Nonetheless, the more modern tools are generally better, faster and more feature rich. I'd pick them over the older versio
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by zgs 3y ago
Ha ha ha. Plenty of OSS is created outside the USA. Good luck applying any such mandates.
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by zgs 3y ago
$30 million per annum wouldn't even represent a bump against their revenue. Until the fines are revenue based, it's not going to matter.
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by zgs 3y ago
Most other countries had this fight decades or a century ago. A living wage and reasonable benefits is more than just compensation for a week's work.
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by zgs 3y ago
Seriously?? Outperforming optimised C is basically impossible for any JIT. Theoretically, a JIT can do better because it can know more specifics but in practice it just doesn't happen.
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by zgs 3y ago
In what way is Python a titan? It's a nice enough language & I've done real world projects in it. Lua is simpler and, with LuaJit, much faster and far more C compatible. C is still very widely used and generally comes above P
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by zgs 3y ago
Be careful following this advice. There are several issues with the suggested approach. The result is that it's nothing more than a layer of obscurity. As usual: "don't roll your own cryptography". AES-CTR isn't
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by zgs 3y ago
The obvious solution is get get an Android phone. It won't help much but it sure will annoy you with the the myriad differences. Better still, see if you can pick up an old Nokia 3310 second hand. It works fine as a phone, can do tex
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by zgs 3y ago
To be worthwhile, the fight should be to the death. No amount of money wagered would impact either of them. They'd have to travel to a suitable location but some still exist: https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/
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by zgs 3y ago
A guy I know once suggested a wet suit and a caffeinated bath. By the time you release you've had too much, you're not even halfway there.

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