ciarannolan

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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Didn't help Iran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I'm not sure I completely understand your point, sorry. I'm saying that it makes no sense to lose on purpose just to say you "played fair".
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly paradoxical idea that "In order
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> If US social media companies are banned in China, that means the US needs to allow Chinese social media companies to operate in the US. Actually lol'd at this. "If they're not willing to play fair, then _we_ must play fa
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled revised plans to travel to the Moon and Mars at a space industry conference today, but he ended his talk with a pretty incredible promise: using that same interplanetary rocket system for long-distance tra
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
All the references like "Please contact sales@spacex.com to evaluate how Starship can meet your unique needs" are pretty funny. I'd like to imagine some mid-level manager working on his little satellite project browsing this
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> The depiction of police (allegedly) escalating the situation with threat of deadly force, especially with kids present [...] Not "allegedly". There is video: https://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/status/133
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
+1 to The Fire Next Time God gave Noah the rainbow sign -- no more water, The Fire Next Time I found the book to be much more intellectual and insightful compared to modern pop-race-psychology or whatever the latest wave of books should b
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I feel strongly that it was one particular option that you listed, but I think this is a fair assessment. Wonder why it's being downvoted (maybe I'm missing something from this story too).
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Microsoft only grossed $100,000,000,000 last year. What makes you think they can afford more than $500 for a bug bounty?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Redact ---> print ---> scan ---> distribute. I think US courts and lawyers are finally starting to learn this.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> Didn't they champion themselves as the bastions of free speech at one point? Didn't liberals too?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
They make the mobile site shitty to use on purpose, so that you download their app and let them harvest even more information about you.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> At this point I'm convinced Reddit's platform is being used as a propaganda tool, with the goal of bombarding users with the same views in every major subreddit. +1 It's not even subtle anymore. You can predict with 99%
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> "SEC filings: The parent company of Dominion Voting Systems received $400 million from an Investment Bank in Switzerland that is 75% owned by the Chinese government. UBS Securities is a Swiss investment bank which owns 24.99% of U
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
People with this ultimate victim attitude are absolutely toxic to employ and work with. I go out of my way to screen them out of hiring in technical roles.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> only ~94% effective Lol.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
It just old and sick people dying, don't worry about it!
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
+ Tableau
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> So welcome, Microsoft, to the revolution. We’re glad you’re going to be helping us define this new product category. We admire many of your achievements and know you’ll be a worthy competitor. We’re sure you’re going to come up with a
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Right, still a little odd to have... > FOR A FREE CAR INSURANCE RATE QUOTE THAT COULD SAVE YOU SUBSTANTIAL MONEY WWW.GEICO.COM OR CALL 1-888-395-6349, 24 HOURS A DAY ...on the homepage of a quarter-trillion dollar company, with no other
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
There's an ad for Geico insurance at the bottom, lol. What's the deal with that?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
What is the purpose of this? Are there clear objectives or reasons why I'd sign my name?
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Rope Trick Effect(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by ciarannolan 6y ago|0 comments
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Is this the highest ranked comment in this thread because GP is a weirdo or because his experience rings true to many other people reading the comments? (or, hilariously, both)
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
The data was so interesting that they removed most posts related to race from their blog. I genuinely still wonder why.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> [...] requesting "Thank you"s for responding to emails. What does this mean?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I assume these are high-level security personnel at Apple HQ. It doesn't seem unreasonable to have armed security at a place like that. > A grand jury alleges that Thomas Moyer promised to donate 200 iPads worth $70,000 to the Santa
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Apple Exec Indicted for Allegedly Trying to Bribe Officers with iPads(forbes.com)
4 points by ciarannolan 6y ago|1 comments
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
The factions against this kind of government spending also happen to be the same ones who blow up the debt and deficit on tax cuts for the rich when they're in power, then bang on the table about how it's the most important issue

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