code_beers

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by code_beers 8y ago
Fast forward a few months, criminals are just wearing ski masks when they steal cars, and you’ve given up a significant amount of your privacy for absolutely zero benefit. Not a good plan, in my opinion.
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by code_beers 8y ago
What about a computer or tablet with a cellular modem on a cash-paid plan and a Skype account or similar service?
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by code_beers 8y ago
Hmm. You first, let’s see how it goes.
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by code_beers 8y ago
I’ve never fallen out of love with coding, and I can’t imagine that happening. At its core, it’s logical problem solving, and that’s what I was born to do. I’ve DEFINITELY fallen out of love with companies, languages, platforms, etc. though
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by code_beers 8y ago
It’s unsurprising job-hopping is so common these days. Sometimes it’s the most practical way to get a long (granted, unpaid) vacation and come back to a raise and a new environment.
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by code_beers 8y ago
Who’s to say it’s a “glitch” and not a feature? What if this “glitch” provides greater resilience to climate change, and we edit out the very thing we need to keep eating despite our past mistakes? I would like to see a greater understandin
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by code_beers 8y ago
Not at all, and I did not intend to give that impression. But that “list of hard problems” contains things which are MORE LIKELY THAN NOT to kill us all. Climate change, in particular. I don’t advise inaction. But I’d be a hypocrite if I sa
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by code_beers 8y ago
The article could have definitely been more specific. Good thing there are citations with all the specifics you could ask for...
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by code_beers 8y ago
No citations from you either. How about some peer-reviewed studies proving their long-term safety rather than ad hominem attacks on an author pointing out scientific studies proving actual harms? I’ll say it to you, too: Read the damn citat
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by code_beers 8y ago
In isolation, sure. How many of these little doses of toxins from hundreds of food additives does it take before the diet as a whole is toxic enough to have an adverse effect? Is anyone even watching the combinations found in typical diets?
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by code_beers 8y ago
That talking point has already been attempted by others. Using one term, genetic modification, for several completely different processes doesn’t hide the truth, it just confuses people. And no, grafting entire sections of bacterial DNA int
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by code_beers 8y ago
...What future of humanity? Call me cynical, but we seem absolutely bound on wiping ourselves out one way or another. Our focus on money above all else is killing us all. We’re playing useless games, winning useless tokens, and spending the
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by code_beers 8y ago
The DNA doesn’t, no. But what does DNA do? For one thing, it contains instructions for constructing proteins. Proteins which you ingest with the DNA as part of the food. GMO foods have been shown to produce malformed proteins, and some of t
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by code_beers 8y ago
Yeah, I would have expected this to go the other way around. “Parallels bought Corel? Corel still exists? Why would Parallels even want them?”
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by code_beers 8y ago
I don’t remember what I drink right now, but it’s about $16 for a tiny tin at Sprouts, which is very expensive (Edit: it’s Aiya Ceremonial Grade). I’m planning on ordering some from a supplier who ships directly from Japan soon - likely O-C
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by code_beers 8y ago
The article says they are 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Yet you say you still think they are “worse for you”. Regardless of accessibility, I just can’t see that being a sensible statement. You can’t say whatever psychological harms may
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by code_beers 8y ago
What on Earth does that even mean?
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by code_beers 8y ago
I agree. I am very dependent upon matcha green tea. If I don’t have at least two cups per day, I feel terrible. But when I do take it daily, it provides an incredible amount of clarity and energy. I’ve come to accept the downsides - and the
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by code_beers 8y ago
I’ve entirely given up when I encounter a Google captcha. It thinks I’m a robot 90+% of the time and takes so long it’s just not worth it.
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by code_beers 8y ago
I’m thinking about the content creators, they have a warm spot in my heart, but it’s not my job to figure out their business model for them. They sent me their web page, and I get to choose how it’s presented - otherwise, I have no control
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by code_beers 8y ago
It’s actually worse than you think. Amazon often stores their “sold directly by Amazon” inventory with “fulfilled by Amazon” product sold by third party sellers. This would make getting a knockoff just a matter of bad luck, even if you orde
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by code_beers 8y ago
I don't understand the point of buying an eBook with DRM. I'm going to run into an issue trying to get it to work on one of my devices at one point or another. The lack of a DRM-free option is what would tempt me to piracy. And ca
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by code_beers 8y ago
I had suspected this, just from the juvenile tone of the conversation. Those who raised legitimate questions about GMOs were dismissed as "afraid of science" from all sides pretty much immediately. I find largely unregulated scien
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by code_beers 8y ago
I wish I shared your optimism.
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by code_beers 8y ago
Not really. https://gizmodo.com/for-20-years-the-nuclear-launch-code-at-...
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by code_beers 8y ago
Why exactly would I choose a company which will professionally handicap me for the rest of my career, locking 60% of my income potential at what it is now and leaving me to sort through how to have a career without getting sued? Ain’t gonna
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by code_beers 8y ago
So what, I’m only expected to bring 40% of my abilities to my next job? That makes mathematical sense, but it’s impossible in practice. It would be like trying to use 40% of your arms. If an honest engineer sees a problem which is exactly t
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by code_beers 8y ago
Interesting, thank you for the details.
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by code_beers 8y ago
That’s such a red herring argument, and based solely on current headlines about Google. And Project Dragonfly is generating PLENTY of protest of its own.
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by code_beers 8y ago
Tech protestors: “Wartime service is currently voluntary, get your own damn engineers.”

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