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by _cudgel 11y ago
You know, it makes sense to me that increasing supply should drive down demand and hence prices. But I frankly don't care. The entire piece reads like an excuse to not do things for the poor. How about we actually do things FOR THE P
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by _cudgel 11y ago
I'd take fewer people online in general. The number of people that are glued to their smartphones because of all this supposed progress frightens me.
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by _cudgel 11y ago
As a crotchety old timer, I agree completely.
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by _cudgel 11y ago
Neither can they ;)
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by _cudgel 11y ago
You're absolutely correct. The cost of my AWS deployment in service of my personal email, and less than 5 other people comes in at ~$5.06/mo. The time, however, is the real cost. If/when I gain significant users, Fastmail
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by _cudgel 11y ago
I think it's important to note that, for the most part, both patriotism and religion need to be deeply ingrained in a person at a very young age for them to defend either so blindly. US families take care of the religious aspect; US pu
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by _cudgel 11y ago
EC2 blocks/throttles outgoing SMTP by default . As with so many things in AWS, it's left up to the customer to inform AWS that a) you're running a mail server, b) what the purpose/use case is and c) request they configu
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by _cudgel 11y ago
Hilarious! This reminds me of "Kill all the poor".. https://youtu.be/owI7DOeO_yg
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by _cudgel 11y ago
> There's a reason that these alternatives are winning. Yes, and that reason is that the current crop of up-and-coming developers have the same problem as past generations: They'd prefer to implement their own solutions vs. lo
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by _cudgel 11y ago
My advice here is straightforward: fuggedaboutit. Adults curse; sometimes too much. It makes them look stupid, too. But there's no need to be both annoyed and offended. Be annoyed, sure, but then perhaps consider that you're s
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by _cudgel 11y ago
> it never had any deep emotional or cultural impact to those who saw it in the first place. How could you possibly know what had a deep emotional impact on anyone other than yourself or possibly the people you interact with most closely
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by _cudgel 11y ago
The paradox is that IMO the simplest way forward is... I feel like this statement is the crux of the issue. Have you considered that your opinion is simply wrong?
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by _cudgel 11y ago
s/Customer/Citizen/ and you've hit on a large portion of the problem with representative democracy.
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by _cudgel 11y ago
What do they fear? A public relations nightmare? Because they sure as hell aren't going to go to jail for any of this. Neither the Justice Dept. officials, nor the Judge authorizing this, nor the police carrying it out will have to
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by _cudgel 11y ago
> I don't understand why the US allows it, and it screams of corruption/bribery/etc. Seems to me like you understand it completely. The US is, like most countries, mired in a bit of corruption/bribery/etc. I am
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by _cudgel 11y ago
Thanks -- this is exactly the sort of follow-up I was hoping for!
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by _cudgel 11y ago
I'd also like an answer to this question, as well as an answer to the question of what, in exacting detail please, was so wrong with the previous system it needed to be torn out and replaced? I definitely tend toward the curmudgeonly,
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by _cudgel 11y ago
This is partly a side effect of the, at this point, long-running trend of employers not training people on anything, let alone proper management. I've had some awful managers in my career. One was formerly an elementary school teacher
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by _cudgel 11y ago
Try these options: set-option -g mode-mouse on set-option -g mouse-resize-pane on set-option -g mouse-select-pane on set-option -g mouse-select-window on
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by _cudgel 11y ago
I believe you're misreading this. He isn't trying to imply Siracusa has autism, but rather is implying that the level of detail in his reviews is similar to what one might expect of someone who does have autism. This is a signif
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by _cudgel 11y ago
Isn't this entirely off-topic for HN?
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by _cudgel 11y ago
Why is it that, at a certain level, intelligent company leaders seem to stop thinking of their employees as individuals and instead start thinking of them as company assets? I think this is directly related to the language used within mos
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by _cudgel 11y ago
I would encourage you to read this: https://medium.com/matter/the-shut-in-economy-ec3ec1294816 I suspect these people your age making a lot more money lead lives similar to what's described in this article. These
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by _cudgel 11y ago
Or maybe, just maybe they'll stop using these absurd time-wasting devices and re-engage with the rest of humanity via physical interaction.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Did I mistakenly go to Tumblr?
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I came here to say "that and $5 at starbucks would buy you a cup of coffee"... but I see your boss already mentioned that. I will say this: Congratulations! You appear to have set a goal and attained it! This is a good thing f
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I use and have been using Amanda Network Backup for ~5 years now, and am extremely happy with the results. Some of the highlights of my decision to use this tool include: - Uses native OS tools (tar, gzip, gpg in my case) for the actual ba
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Could you point us at that exposure? I'd like to read it.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Predator Drone.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Likewise, I always find these write-ups fascinating, well written, well planned, etc. I really appreciate the extra effort involved in making all this public!

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