dixie_land

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by dixie_land 2mo ago
Also what really annoys me as a viewer is that even on a good series that has already been renewed, the waiting between seasons has crept up from 1 year (already bad) to multiple years. Then when the new season finally comes out (in two par
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by dixie_land 2mo ago
It's more than likely you're getting the first since Chinese factories simply make more of what the big brand has ordered and sell the rest to drop shippers
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by dixie_land 3mo ago
Fable got halted by US make it a moot point but none enterprise is happy about the forced (and unannounced) 30-day data rentention
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by dixie_land 5mo ago
Installing a self signed cert system wide to do MITM? Sign me up!
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by dixie_land 6mo ago
Exactly, you can build 12nm but you can't quadruple the speed of light
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by dixie_land 6mo ago
As far as travel and hotel goes, another huge benefit is that the router enables devices without captive portal support, on a recent trip I can use: - Fi base station for my dogs trackers (huge for me) - FireTV stick (no need to trust hotel
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by dixie_land 6mo ago
I named random Joe as the sole owner of "my" bank account and the bank wouldn't allow me to access "my" money!
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by dixie_land 6mo ago
> WA tax revenue is going to drop from this That'd be their next excuse to extend the tax to all
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by dixie_land 6mo ago
When did blatantly unconstitutional laws become modest?
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by dixie_land 7mo ago
SDE jobs are usually deliberately kept open to satisfy the H1B/PERM testing. Most big tech company does it so they can hire H1Bs and in turn do day 1 PERM sponsor as an incentive for H1B hires
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by dixie_land 7mo ago
Exactly they built one for the Chinese government. It's not if they have a back door it's who gets to use it
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by dixie_land 7mo ago
Was it ever?
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by dixie_land 7mo ago
This is an interesting point but if I may offer a different perspective: Assuming 20 working days a month: that's 20k x 12 == 240k a year. So about a fresh grad's TC at FANG. Now I've worked with many junior to mid-junior lev
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by dixie_land 7mo ago
Yup WSL feels closer to the Services for Unix which has been around since NT 4/5. It was sad to see WSL2 taking the path of least resistance, that decision has always felt TPM driven ("we got unexpected success with WSL and people
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by dixie_land 8mo ago
Great engineering work but as a user I don't get why we need these: I just want the OS native widget that allow me to play pause seek and maybe choose captions. Especially on iOS 99% of these web players behaves awkwardly when you trie
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by dixie_land 8mo ago
Looks very similar to the HBONE protocol the istio folks created for ambient mesh: https://istio.io/latest/docs/ambient/architecture/hbone/
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by dixie_land 8mo ago
I find it interesting that iPhone doesn't do a sanity check of these WiFi/cell fingerprinting based results against the GPS receiver it actually has. I can understand how WiFi only device would not have such an option, but why not
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by dixie_land 8mo ago
to be fair universities nowadays are more interested in supporting identity politics and liberal ideology than supporting science
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by dixie_land 9mo ago
I'm a gamer too and I worry that another likely scenario is all gaming moves to the cloud streaming model for maximum rent seeking :(
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by dixie_land 10mo ago
this is not true, `kubectl debug` attaches to the namespace of a container of your choosing (`--target` argument). You don't have to enable process namespace sharing at the pod level
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by dixie_land 11mo ago
Iirc you can also set that "green screen" as wallpaper and have video as desktop background!
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by dixie_land 11mo ago
We have wayyyyy too many MLEs coming up with these "different" ideas, manipulate AB to show a whooping 1% improvement in (random engagement KPI), get a fat bonus check for the quarter, then rinse and repeat.
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by dixie_land 11mo ago
hey now don't disparage plumbers they are usually certified and licensed, unlike engineers :P
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by dixie_land 1y ago
> unless you're suggesting providing 100s of different implementations of different parts of the operating system that people can choose from to run a specific game You just invented "run in compatibility mode"
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by dixie_land 1y ago
This is a welcome change but we can go even further: we should raise the bar for permanent immigration, but eliminate the intermediate steps in between (even green cards). If you are exceptionally qualified you should just become a citizen
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by dixie_land 1y ago
I think coyotes can get desensitized to humans. I live in a rather rural area in King county and we have packs of coyote that hunted down a deer one winter, and is generally weary of humans and dogs (the neighborhood has 2+ dog per househol
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by dixie_land 1y ago
Golden Computer Centre in Sham Shui Po in HK itself is a fun destination too.
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by dixie_land 2y ago
Yup, noticed I had it come n go over last year
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by dixie_land 2y ago
Funny you mentioned Mongolia. Republic of China (Taiwan) still recognize it as part of its territory (together with mainland China). It is the communist that ceded a lot of territory to the Soviet Union and the puppet state of Mongolia to a
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by dixie_land 2y ago
Maybe we shouldn't be supplying the machine (paying taxes) at all

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