Thrillington

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by Thrillington 9y ago
The Cortex-A series are big processors. They're generally used when compute power is more important than power consumption. While it's a promising benchmark, the RISC-V will need to compete with the M-series (and other 8/16 b
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Sure, if your only goal is to maximize profit extraction and wealth consolidation.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
The very next quote debunks the interviewers statement that you've quoted. When Netflix moved into streaming there were not competitors. Lots of people saw a market there, but companies didn't start popping up until Netflix showe
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by Thrillington 9y ago
The law is a bunch of words that can be interpreted many different ways. The judicial branch is in charge of that interpretation. That interpretation is based on the wording of laws passed by Congress combined with the prescident set by pre
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by Thrillington 9y ago
They're more analysis defeaters than killswitches. Some testbeds will respond to all dns lookups as valid. If this is the case the binary assumes its in a testbed and exits to avoid analysis.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
In short, things are fucking amazing. Life is pretty awesome, if you choose to focus on the awesome things. That only works when you have the luxury of making that choice. I recently rejoined the workforce after taking about 18 mo
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Don't forget referring to adult women as girls!
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by Thrillington 9y ago
My wife made the observation a few years back that anytime she thought, "fuck it" while procrastinating or avoiding responsibilities that you could replace it with, "fuck you, future self" That phrasing helps immensely.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Every new method of radically increasing information transfer speeds is ripe for monopoly.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Um... What? You do understand that a view of history is necessary to solve our current problems right? Studying how 17th century paintings reflect a culture on the cusp of global access to addictive substances is helpful for modern humans t
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Extracting value through code is not an inherently positive moral exercise. It may improve the world. From my perspective code that is built to extract value eventually attempts vendor lockin to create a long term revenue stream.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
We would be better off going back to the antitrust monopoly busting of the initial 1930s new deal anyway.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Maybe PC hardware vendors has some automated kernel testing. I think it's different with embedded. The SoC company I worked for a couple of years ago didn't have anything like that.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
With most people, I'd agree with you that local engagement would be more effective. Doubly so in the homeless hating bay area. However, Chris' access to capital, which equates to power in America, makes it more successful for him
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by Thrillington 9y ago
That sounds more like a systemic problem where companies profitability is put forward as an excuse for anti-social behavior.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
You're being overly pedantic and on top of that you're plain wrong. Physical media here is a collective noun, so "is" is the correct word.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Echoing faebser, it took me over 20 months to get over my recent burnout. It was a financial difficulty, but with the extra time of not working I was able to cut household expenses by about 60% (though those have crept back up since I'
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Isn't that the right thing to do for truly sensitive passwords? I'd much rather transcribe my financial account passwords to paper, or not log in for a couple days than have multiple months where a vulnerability might be exploitab
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by Thrillington 9y ago
Absolutely not true in my experience. A cell phone reminder for a one-off is easily missed during my morning routine. A physical motion and/or out-loud speech associated with the event cements it much more effectively.
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by Thrillington 9y ago
And filing in Texas is the same for patent prosecution. The plaintiffs know what to expect: interpretations from the bench that heavily favor them. It's not well developed law when the decisions are so disproportionately weighted towar
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by Thrillington 10y ago
It's morally bankrupt, but legally correct.
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by Thrillington 10y ago
This is Hacker news comments. Workers are just suckers who haven't figured out how to suckle from the VC teat.
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by Thrillington 10y ago
Timescales are a bit off for that rule though. People are generally better off in a few years from now, unless they've been paying that extra prosperity to as monthly interest on their debt.
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by Thrillington 10y ago
I know you acknowledged that's anactodal, but we lose an hour at the end of flu season. You're more likely to be sick during this time of the year. The clock change has nothing to do with it.
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by Thrillington 10y ago
THANK YOU. Finally someone who realizes luck is just floating around out there equally available to everyone and it's just the people who work hard enough on their bootstraps that see success. Gotcha. </s>
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by Thrillington 10y ago
So where, exactly and precisely, is the line between "extra" and "normal"? If you think about it critically for just a second you realize there is no line. Accessibility is an absolute in the United States. If you disagr
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by Thrillington 10y ago
Drug abuse is a real thing and has extremely negative effects for individuals and those in their lives. That being said, it's a public health issue, not a criminal one. Abuse can also be significantly curbed by open and honest discussi
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by Thrillington 10y ago
Possibly a really fun last day at work
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by Thrillington 10y ago
1k is 6 months salary in Malaysia. I've met tons of people who would make an attempt for 25k, which is half the median salary in the United States.
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by Thrillington 10y ago
It would be so weird if journalists still had this thing called integrity where they raced to verify, not release, speculation about a breaking story. I guess we're well past that now though

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