SOMA_BOFH

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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
100% this
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
very interesting and innovative. great work.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
"Shackleton's Boat Journey" by F. A. Worsley is a first hand account of the journey, written by the Captain of the Endurance. No fluff in this book, it gets directly to the action. Worsley has a very direct writing style whi
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
>There comes a point where the money just isn't a motivating factor anymore clearly you've never been poor.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
amen. thank you. unfortunately similar challenges exist in industry enterprise environments. small companies can be immune from it.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
>the sheer incompetence of HR please expound. i am in a similar predicament and feel like a lone voice in the wild when trying to express this to my peers. i can't tell if they don't see what i do or if they are on board with
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
he shipped the manuals to russia through a third party to obscure his identity because he knew it was illegal. the reaction to the crime may have lacked proportionality but there are more details to the story.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
I wonder if this was due to engineers releasing it on their own or if management had their back.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
Yes, and validation as well. If backups are not tested by actually retrieving data on a regular basis, you might get a nasty surprise. The Legato NetWorker bug which resulted in 64 bit XFS inodes not getting backed up bit Pixar very hard ba
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
wow that looks like a lot of fun! nice work on the project and securing funding, congrats!
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
i didn't dismiss or justify anything. my comment was a simple observation of fact. calm down you two.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
sometimes powerful people in positions of authority are evil. it is heartbreaking.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
due to the seemingly incomplete ending of the book of job, many people suspect the original ending was too extreme and was omitted later. how extreme and in what direction has been debated for a long time.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
how does apple protect againat hash collisions?
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
no, you said it was "unlikely" all this aside, how about some sympathy for innocents caught up in this unconstitutional dragnet? does the 4th amendment even exist anymore once the feds get involved?
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
yes, until you run into a judge & prosecutor who are golf buddies.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
and how's that working out for these unfortunate folks?
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
>I’m not scared of corrupt dumb people regardless if they have a federal badge. i envy you
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
lol
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Dell won't ship energy-hungry PCs to California and five other US states(theregister.com)
11 points by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago|1 comments
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
it may be hard work but it's necessary.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
they should stop phoning home if the device is end of life.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
tell that to grandma who just wants to store her family photos. imagine if this mindset was extended to automobiles.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
they said the same thing about tylenol in 1982.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
this will be forgotten in six months.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
will do. you are correct.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
anecdotal
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
your anecdotal evidence is quite entertaining. please continue.
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
>There is a thriving tech scene in Europe please explain
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by SOMA_BOFH 5y ago
and as a result of this, you're more innovative how...?

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