cybert00th

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by cybert00th 5y ago
"Here's What You Need to Remember: Men like Denard but perhaps a little less theatrical—many of them South Africans—took the next logical step. They founded businesses with boring-sounding names but a deadly purpose: to fight Afri
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by cybert00th 5y ago
There's no way I'm changing my lifestyle so a bunch of PH.Ds and tenured Profs can retire on the Costa del Sol.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Yes! This is excellent news! Finally, things have progressed to the point where the once far out predictions of the 1970s, may actually begin to become a reality!
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by cybert00th 5y ago
It's real, I'm due to start a better role in a boot strapped company, that's just received VC funding; and for nigh on double my current salary. And all because a colleague goaded me into reassessing where I was and where I w
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by cybert00th 5y ago
July 2020 and I had my first interview in August (unsuccessful), then another in April (also unsuccessful) until I was offered the one I'll start soon.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
(UK based) About 18 months ago, poor promotion prospects and minimal yearly wage increases brought me to the point where I realised I was punishing myself waiting for things to improve. So I polished my LinkedIn profile and made myself visi
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Getting laws changed is hard, educating others is easier, and if we all made the effort, the law change wouldn't be necessary.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Education is key here - we the tech-savvy, need to make more of an effort to educate those less so, on how to remove files from their devices that could prove compromising in the future. Naturally, I understand that what I've just said
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by cybert00th 5y ago
The change of title from the article to this HN post is noted. I guess it was worth a try.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
It amazes me that we can create a crisis out of such a small measurement
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Alternatively: a palm and its print are easily fooled I'll see myself out
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Not sure whether to laugh or cry
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by cybert00th 5y ago
The elephant in this room is that the UK is slowly turning into a 3rd world country.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
> But it is still worth contemplating a world without Sci-Hub—that is to say, a world in which Sci-Hub would be unnecessary. The “effective nationalization” proposed by Wiley and by the academic publishers themselves might just pave the
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by cybert00th 5y ago
That last sentiment would be very nice indeed, but I fear this is what we'll get instead: https://xkcd.com/927/
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Ugh I lost interest once the profanity started - which is a pity, as the author was just starting to sound like they had some good points to make.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
I say, more strength to her elbow - even while understanding the ultimate futility of what she is doing given the nature of what Wikipedia actually is.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
So, accidently on purpose? If true then, how very ironic. What concerns me is, these people say "trust us", but then things like this happen, and then their subsequent behaviour belies their request that we trust them. And until w
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by cybert00th 5y ago
As a family we switched to Telegram about 18 months ago, and so far we've not found a reason to switch back. Indeed, as often as I can, I encourage others to make the switch too - to Telegram or Signal or any other secure messaging app
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by cybert00th 5y ago
So let me see if I have this right - Fastmail will give the Australian government access to your private correspondence, but only if said government proves to Fastmail that you've been involved in a crime? So their default position is
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by cybert00th 5y ago
My family and I have been using FF and ad-blockers for so many years now that we've forgotten what the 'real' web looks like. And it's all thanks to people like Raymond Hill.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
British Petroleum ceased to be back in the 2001. Continuing to call them that is puerile at best and purposefully disingenuous at worst. Both of which detracts from the overall points the author is trying to make about the overuse and misus
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by cybert00th 5y ago
If we're honest with ourselves then we'd have to admit this was going to happen. After all, no government voluntarily downsizes itself,so it follows that they wouldn't let go of powers they gave themselves to deal with it.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
I've heard it called drive-by management - same thing, different smell.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Welcome to 1984, Orwell was right after all.
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Hindenburg Research was right then. https://hindenburgresearch.com/nikola/
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by cybert00th 5y ago
My first thought too after reading the article!
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Couldn't agree more. And about time too
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by cybert00th 5y ago
What!? It didn't before!? I want my money back! Oh, wait...
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by cybert00th 5y ago
Voluntary first, but after a while it will become compulsory - like night follows day. Count on it.

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