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by flaptrap 1y ago
A friend did pass on last year, well past average for death, and every year before that I told him that the bad news was the incurable diagnosis and no prognosis, and the good news was it was done by a VA doctor.
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by flaptrap 1y ago
The most efficient way to search is to read the text. Waiting for images to download and then admire them cannot improve that. It looks like Google has lost relevance and is telling us, again.
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by flaptrap 1y ago
The fallacy in the 'fair use' logic is that a person acquires a book and learns from it, but a machine incorporates the text. Copyright does not allow one to create a derivative work without permission. Only when the result of the
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by flaptrap 1y ago
After a quick look at the website, see "start for free" and then OP makes a payment. Perhaps the 100 email messages per day, but anyway, now that Twilio has set its hook in, it's dragging this chum and getting personal inform
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by flaptrap 1y ago
Old-growth forests are not susceptible to fires - or being chopped down - because either will destroy the forest. My grandfather made a career of "proper forest management" - including preserving some untouched tracts. "Selec
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Other browsers, just an ad to use one of five other browsers, and incidentally use Javascript. Always use noscript to reduce the attack surface. For the dyed-in-the-wool, lynx https://www.google.com , tab and type in test, tab an
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by flaptrap 2y ago
[from the FAQs] Where can I find the source code? The source code will be available at https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb . Commit notes and comments will also be available in the same repo.
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by flaptrap 2y ago
So install Linux and tell Microsoft to refund the Microsoft tax (aka license on Windows).
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Decades ago, a manager told me (in an interview) that it takes 5 years before Java developers are productive. I still disagree. It might take time to become a wizard but the priority in this business is to complete projects.
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Do not try to go back, even though developing software is enjoyable. Perhaps a horizontal move into management is possible; I have seen that. Found a startup if you have time and can afford it. It looks like you have all the growth opportun
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by flaptrap 2y ago
>reduce the risk of developing cardiometabolic multimorbidity in individuals without any cardiometabolic disease, Get funding for a study, run multiple regression against a large set of interviewees, find an outcome which satisfies the p
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Aside from convincing Microsoft that there is a good business practice to recover these lost data (did you ask a chat bot to disgorge its annals?), get busy about recreating those projects. The earlier you try it, the better the results.
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Not at all, but refer to the Polgar-Kasparov where Garry Kasparov swore he did not take his hand off the piece, and the next day after Judit Polgar had looked at the film, she blistered his ears. There are enough cheating without adding mor
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Also see https://scitechdaily.com/how-close-are-we-to-the-climates-po... , also with a Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research byline and referring to Nature Communications entry at https://www.nature.com&#x
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by flaptrap 2y ago
The brushes wear down. The springs atop them can need a little help: tap! Or, the solenoid can stick as its lubrication fails.
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Why was Russia flaring off natural gas in the period before the explosion, if Russia was not involved? Wikipedia: gas deliveries were suspended from August 31, 2021 and Germany "suspended" certification of Nord Stream 2. Ukraine h
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by flaptrap 2y ago
I've been using Linux on laptops since at least 2007. This one has extra M.2 and SATA bays, so, after a SSD failed suddenly in the prior laptop, I can have a mirror in place. I installed 2X4TB (with the unused Windows boot device in pl
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Who are they trying to fool? Wholesale expropriation after stripping the license and authorship, while those in the open source community observe both of them very carefully. Give credit where credit is due, including paying the creators wh
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by flaptrap 2y ago
One should avoid type-casting people. It is tantamount to being a slur all by itself. As far as discussing Elon Musk's whims, let's not feed the troll.
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Someone is trying to sell something. Fool me twice, shame on me. CSV is a convenient format but omits schema/subschema. CSV data are what you make it. With so many implementations so might as well be in twisty tunnels each a little dif
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Not bash either, yet see what people do with them. Going through K&R taught me C. Start with something accessible so you can see tangible results. Then you can learn the nuances.
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by flaptrap 2y ago
sudo: what, the problem is its attack surface is too big? Nothing like systemd's. Right now systemd, PID 1 won't finish on a Debian 12 (upgraded) which I am slowly debugging. Neither journalctl nor syslog record messages that flas
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Gnome's UI peaked at 2.32. Find out how the users operate and implement so users can work efficiently. Don't make changes just to make your mark or to make users work on the desktop like they see on a cell phone. That is so basic.
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Yes, the sender needs the recipient's public key. I did not find any service supporting this. Even Proton Mail ( https://proton.me/support/password-protected-emails ) writes, "To read the message, they must ent
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by flaptrap 2y ago
Holy S-Box, Hackman!
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by flaptrap 2y ago
I used DDNS to put a mail server up. The ISP didn't like port 80 for webmail so I had to use 8080. Later, I got a static IP. One Friday, I said to myself, Ubuntu must have fixed that upgrade bug (right?) and I spent the rest of the wee
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by flaptrap 3y ago
Las Vegas? "Pick a number. Roll the dice under the webcam ... you lose."
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by flaptrap 3y ago
First you look at the MIT license ( https://opensource.org/license/mit/ ): "Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all c
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by flaptrap 3y ago
Agreed that broad pressure tantamount to censorship is being applied to prevent criticism of Israel's campaign. I see no "terror propaganda" there either. What, people can't express a different idea or conclusion? As to
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by flaptrap 3y ago
Instagram still asks for a login, and if I log in, asks for a selfie. I never even had a chance to look at anything there. Instagram and Facebook don't even work on my regular browser anymore. Don't be evil - oh, that slogan is so

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