ConcernedCoder

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by ConcernedCoder 3y ago
I've played craps in las vegas, at a minimum: 1. you're required to throw the dice all the way to the end of the table so that they bounce back before coming to a stop ( this is to prevent sliding ) -- the ends of the table have w
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by ConcernedCoder 3y ago
The fact that my touch screen will often display a distracting message that reminds me that it's unsafe to take my eyes off the road while driving and require someone to touch the "ok" button to dismiss it is the epitome of d
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by ConcernedCoder 3y ago
so I worry a bit about energy density when it comes to accidents/battery breakage/fires/explosions/ect... anyone have any idea if these batteries are any safer than the currently used tech?
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
...and this is why I choose to work at companies that issue STOCK not OPTIONS as part of my compensation.
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
> Wouldnt they still be ahead? on paper, yes, you'd be ahead, but owning stock doesn't equate to cash, you'd have to liquidate by selling... in the interim, you'd still owe the tax bill, even though you haven't s
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
my spaceship hotrod https://scribblediffusion.com/scribbles/3swcsbjpnbcxhciz2opm... is ruined!
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
The real reason we don't have (socialized healthcare) which is the insinuation, is because of bribery (better known as lobbying), and predictibly, the top lobby sector is Health: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
the problem with that type of utility being that maybe the defendant was the only person who could "cash in" these bitcoins... an untimely traffic accident away from another 50k bitcoins "lost" without the password to re
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
age is just a number, some people may have a prejudice against larger numbers, and that to me, seems irrational
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
(shrug) I still use OpenOffice 4.1.5 day to day on windows 10, with no issues...didn't know about any controversy.
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
The part you're leaving out, is that once confronted with the fact that his old easy tricks don't apply, the well-seasoned fellow will draw on his years of experience to provide new tricks to save the day. I think your portrayal o
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
"paying bills at work" -- yikes!
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by ConcernedCoder 4y ago
The wikipedia article spells it out pretty clearly, and the pseudo-code is easily translated into any language, here it is in JavaScript if anyone is interested: sha-256: https://github.com/jeffallen6767/sha-256-js&#x2F
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
> Wondering if wheelchair users were hated back in the days when the law about wheelchair ramps was passed. Not as far as I know, nobody I knew was hating on any disabled people, but laziness, procrastination, and the cost of accomodatio
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
Not going to trade my browser's back-button for this...
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
I'm always amazed at the sheer magnitude of crimes commited by "businesses" with nothing but an eventual fine(s) as a slap on the wrist... Individuals are routinely dragged off to jail for doing much less to the public, if t
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
meta irony! The device that informed you that another device was tracking you is, of course, already tracking your every move.
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
how do I upvote a comment more than once?
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
Wait...so I can super compute AND heat my winter home at the same time?!?!?
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
I would love to know how they deal with structural degradation via neutron bombardment.
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
Thanks for the rabbit hole ( I've never really studied evolution outside of CS applications ). Your point of view about detachment makes quite a bit of sense to me, and if the spandrel idea proves true I guess we (Homo sapiens) will ju
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
It is difficult to imagine a system of evolution where "useless" survives in successful iterations.
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
..which are?
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
I'm sure marketing knows it's easier to sell remediation for "heartbleed" rather than "smurfkiss"
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
Roads, bridges, are already overwhelmed with traffic, and we have 1/2 of congress preventing federal spending on infrastructure -- this will be the next bottleneck... I keep hearing about a 60,000 trucker shortage, but with us "l
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
Question: why does china have the power to dictate who can attend (whatever) at the "United Nations" ?
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
very cool
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
There's been something amiss since going public, even handy features like dark-mode have been completely shelved... it's laughable really: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-63150
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
> I'd be more OK with this if crypto in fact solved a problem for most people. see: https://foldingathome.org/
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by ConcernedCoder 5y ago
holy crap the stuff in: AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\default\Web Data ... wtf are you thinking google?

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