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by balozi 1mo ago
I hope all the cool people doing all the cool things in current year are not doing cool vandalism just because its a cool thing-to-do that they saw on Reddit in current year. Other cool things cool people are into in current year; Cyber tr
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by balozi 2mo ago
The obvious question to any business leader is "why?" Why deploy resources to a project? Is this project central to our current or future revenue streams? If not, toss it out.
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by balozi 2mo ago
What are they scanning? Are they just trying to figure out what devices are in range?
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by balozi 3mo ago
For what its worth Ross Perot had an ominous take on the effects of free trade back in the 90s with his "giant sucking sound" observation.
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by balozi 3mo ago
This is what lawmakers that don't want to deal with the real life issues do. They work on nonsense laws while citizens live in squalor.
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by balozi 3mo ago
I gave up on and unsubscribed from the Times about 20+ years ago. Even back then the unsubscribe process was painful. I guess nothing has changed.
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by balozi 5mo ago
A half decent Board of Directors at The Onion mothership would have asked the question: Is this what we should be spending time and money on?
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by balozi 6mo ago
What recourse would Illinois have against open-source operating systems? Anyone can roll their own Linux distro and share it with whomever they want.
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by balozi 7mo ago
Some of the "news" items these days read more like suggestions.
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by balozi 7mo ago
As presented, that dude's story as makes little sense to anyone familiar with the immigration process. There is more to this story, I wish the reporter would just tell it.
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by balozi 8mo ago
Decarbonization needs to happen anyway - that statement is issued as if its fact. A realist would would posit that energy independence, or energy security and its underlying national security implications should be arrived at by any means
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by balozi 11mo ago
There is a reason they publish opeds right next to hard news. Its not by accident.
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by balozi 11mo ago
Concerns about inconsequential water usage at datacenters is a far more welcome problem for the the industry than the other real issues they could be dealing with. People distracted by water concerns will not notice the very real energy usa
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by balozi 1y ago
Federal subsidies don't stop at paying for much of the bus purchase costs, they are also paying for much of the roads and bridges the busses run on. Subsides cover of the operating costs, especially labor and energy. And at the very en
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by balozi 1y ago
I'll argue that this Woit post is no better. Its lazy. What was the point?
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by balozi 1y ago
Obviously, the next move is to build and sell the new iPhone Air 2 which has a two-day battery and improved camera system.
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by balozi 1y ago
For better or worse the man is exposing the mindboggling scale of deindustrialization that was hidden underneath America's transition to a "knowledge economy". Decades of failed economic policy has led America to this point.
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by balozi 2y ago
Technically, they are leaving the front door open to all interested parties
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by balozi 2y ago
New allies, same as the old allies.
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by balozi 2y ago
The cynic in me sees people building careers off promotion of pseudo-science, and other on the creation of content around said pseudo-science. Reminds me of string theory for some reason.
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by balozi 2y ago
What does it mean when I get better and better at picking blues/greens on second or third attempts? Does it mean my ability to pick colors can be somehow influenced or improved?
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by balozi 2y ago
Patreon also stands to gain from this change. Come think of it, the new arrangement is a win for everyone involved - except the actual patrons ofcourse.
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by balozi 2y ago
Heaven knows Apple would never give me anything for free. So, Apple will have to PAY ME to try their beta product. The era of free work is over.
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by balozi 2y ago
I totally agree. I have also been captivated by the oral arguments. To the extent that I find myself pre-researching some of the cases' background beforehand. Makes for compelling entertainment when you have a sense on why the justices
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by balozi 2y ago
Well...they will just sell your $900 debt to a brass-knuckled debt collector for $19. That's what I would do.
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by balozi 2y ago
A major vendor did something similar to us about a decade ago. Brand new notebooks bricked after the vendor's tech support directed us to install a "required" system update. Vendor claimed that they we're not liable for
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by balozi 2y ago
Call it what it is: censorship. Also, there is an interesting recent study from a group at Vanderbilt University that looked at the effect that European speech regulations have in muzzling of online speech. Featured in Reason Mag. Preventi
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by balozi 2y ago
Instead of spending money on Wegovy, spend the money on Novo Nordisk stock.
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by balozi 2y ago
Oracle is working its way to some Washington suburb. Somewhere in Northern Virginia. Returning home.
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by balozi 2y ago
Say what now? Public safety and personal safety are two very distinct concepts that often coincided. But not always.

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