Over2Chars

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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I propose the death penalty for politicians who propose ineffective laws. (P.s. I'm not a politician)
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Real authoritarianism is easily found in Communist countries. You will be thrown in jail for six months for saying the wrong thing.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
The surveillance harms/thread of a Chinese state owned app need to be fully explained to really make sense. Unfortunately, going into the minutiae of app based surveillance technology would run head-on into other surveillance based tec
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
It says "The following is the dedication of James Lambert a soldier of the Revolutionary wars with the Americas." blah blah blah
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Indeed, I've seen "data center" maps, and was surprised they were just a tenant in some other guys data center.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I guess we can always try to re-hire all those "Sys Admins" we thought we could live without. LOL?
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
now?
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
You aren't familiar with Software Defined Chainsaws (SDC)s? It's all the rage. I recommend against Rust.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I suspect it might have something to do with the prevalence of earthquakes, the likelihood of said structures being damaged in earthquakes, and building codes (I've heard) that require re-building on a regular basis. When you build you
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
The topic was "is the world becoming uninsurable?" with some climate-panic being implied, oh gosh. If a country with 1/10th of the worlds seismic activity can have (earthquake) insurance, then well dammit, I think it can be d
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I like how despite my comment on Japan, I'm characterized as a geographically challenged American. How about you take your stereotypes and go have a nice burger at McDonald's?
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
In earthquake prone areas concrete and bricks fall over. You want that in hurricane prone areas.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Its a country built on seismically active volcanoes. If there's earthquake insurance in japan, it should be do-able. "In and around Japan, one-tenth of earthquakes in the world occur. " https://geoscienceletters.sp
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
No matter what happens with Devin specifically, I think this is a really important topic and I enjoy reading updates on this kind of review every time. Please keep them coming.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I would assume that earthquake insurance in japan is a reasonable model for "world insurance". It looks like it's a reinsurance program: https://www.mof.go.jp/english/policy/financial_system/ear
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
It needs to give him a job :-)
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I think wandering in the desert is done because there is a promised land. Yes, it doesn't mean that it exists. But if you don't wander, you'll never find out. You gotta believe
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
This is a duplicate of this identical post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41147651 Where's the "showing"? It looks just like link flogging to me. Here's a link for you. https://english.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Trump says he wants to bring manufacturing back. Let's see what happens.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Prove it please.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
If you had to write software to run the chain saw, and write software to coordinate socializing with your friends, and write software to enjoy the warm luxury of the fireplace, I suspect you'd feel much the same about your software. Sa
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I've found that a problem I've had is that a "2 minute task" is sometimes, for me, estimated to be a 20+ minute task. When I actually got out a watch and timed it, I was like "oh shit, that was not even a fraction o
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
If you want to go into cybersecurity here's an idea (I haven't tried it, so ymmv) 1) look up people who claim to be in cybersecurity on some site like LinkedIn - see what their titles are, where they work, and so on. 2) see if you
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Hilariously well written. "But the problem with checking if the user is a god, is that the user is a god. They can just tell you what you want to hear." NISUS: Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each. Next. Crucifi
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Google, the ad-monopoly pretending to be a competitive "tech company" to avoid scrutiny of it's monopoly [1] had a dizzying array of "tech products" it generated to maintain this subterfuge.[2] Other companies, buyi
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
Just say no to OKRs.
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I'm reminded of a company I used to work for that had one sales guy with with a phone, you called him and he would quote a price and ask if you wanted it. I sat across from him. He never left his desk. After a year, our company was bou
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
1) yes the burden of proof is shifted, but if the recourse is relatively simple administrative appeal (showing a source of income, a history of savings, a chain of withdrawals, to explain why you have $300,000 in small bills in your trunk)
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I have no way of knowing if this is true, but supposedly Musk gets down and dirty at the front line, on the factory floor, every single week trying to solve problems: https://techstartups.com/2024/12/20/marc-a
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by Over2Chars 2y ago
I doubt that's the whole of it, but I'm sure a past pattern definitely comes into play. As someone once said, we are faithfully true to our defects - we tend to repeat our mistakes. Someone who plays fast and loose with the law to

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