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by function_seven 3y ago
I can't prove it, but I know what happened. Low-level software engineers are all afraid to push the STOP button. They slightly softball their estimates, the impacts of their bugs, etc. Their supervisors soften it up just a bit more bef
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by function_seven 3y ago
Any details on the defeat device? VW's code looked for things like (lack of) steering input, the fact that the car is stationary during the tests, etc. What did Cummins' device do? If their statement is that they saw "no evid
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by function_seven 3y ago
Literally importing the wind from one place to another. What a time to be alive!
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by function_seven 3y ago
I think that’s the best thing I’ve ever read. Thank you.
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by function_seven 3y ago
"Wait... something is modulating that sine! The frequency is rising."
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by function_seven 3y ago
It was a really jarring moment when I forgot my phone a couple weeks ago. I listened to FM radio for the first time in years. The oldies station. The one my mom listened to all the time that played a mix of Big Band, Doo-wop, and some 60s r
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by function_seven 3y ago
The VoIP gateways we were installing a few years ago still supported pulse dialing on the FXS lines. Those gateways supported all sorts of archaic and arcane POTS features. All the classic feature codes (like *69) had support. I think it co
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by function_seven 3y ago
The top of the chat window says, "Powered by ChatGPT". The "Chat with a human" text is a link for the user to change to a human. I had the same confusion as you, though. The UI is a bit opaque here at first glance. Maybe
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by function_seven 3y ago
Good point. I went straight to the most sensational way it could manifest. And, yeah, still can’t think of a good solution.
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by function_seven 3y ago
A completely natural and expected outcome. “Hey, you feeling depressed? Let’s take your livelihood away if you dare seek help.” I don’t have a better solution, but I also don’t really think it’s a big problem to begin with. The vast, vast m
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by function_seven 3y ago
This was true before digital switches were ubiquitous. To trace a call that was routed through mechanical switches, actual people would have to spring into action and actually trace the circuit through the selectors and trunks and whatnot.
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by function_seven 3y ago
I’m worried about others in my vicinity committing crimes. Should I leave my phone at home whenever I get a spidy sense that a criminal will be crime-ing within a 100 yards of me?
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by function_seven 3y ago
You’re a Dozenalist. There are dozens of us! What makes it especially appealing to me is that we don’t need to invent new names for the digits A and B (though I’d like to come up with better glyphs than reusing those letters). Ten and Eleve
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by function_seven 3y ago
Even worse, I don’t know what “it’s a quarter of three” means. I’ve looked it up, but for some reason I forget it by the time it’s quarter of four!
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by function_seven 3y ago
Because Ma Bell was a regulated monopoly, and iMessage is not a monopoly. People routinely use WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, SMS, FB Messenger, etc. Don't get me wrong, I love that these guys are poking the bear. I wish Apple would do
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by function_seven 3y ago
Wow. I didn’t know the .NET version still supported that. I remember it from VBA code in Excel and VB6 stuff way back when. I guess if I’m forced to support an “ignore all errors” feature, doing implicit try/catches in the IL is as ele
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by function_seven 3y ago
It is new for 2023, but this guy ain’t the first. The Data Colada guys are also getting sued: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/8/9/23825966/frances...
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by function_seven 3y ago
“Try..catch”—what the hell is that? When I craft my performant error-free code, I only use the finest bug-squasher: On Error Resume Next. No need to wrap anything. You declare it once and cruise to your solution.
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by function_seven 3y ago
Yeah, that would be a bad situation, if the re-enforced cockpit door—meant to prevent hijackings!—became an enabler of them. Hopefully the resistance begins before a hijacker has a chance to jump over the beverage cart while one of the pilo
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by function_seven 3y ago
> Not to mention the changed calculus for the passengers if a hijacking were to occur. If there were no air marshals, and the cockpit door was replaced with a 1970s-style beaded curtain hippie door, I would still expect future hijackin
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by function_seven 3y ago
> It literally doesn't matter if the prosecutor thinks someone should be convicted or not, that's for the judge to decide. The job of a prosecutor is to make as strong a case for conviction as he possibly can. It's unfor
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by function_seven 3y ago
Yeah, I was surprised how hated my comment was. I was thinking something like, "pfft, kids these days are too soft." Or something like that. When I was in middle school, we had an annual fundraiser for the American Heart Assoc. It
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by function_seven 3y ago
They're doing it (I presume) in the middle of the day, and for a couple of hours maybe. They're not keeping the victims up for 48 hours straight playing the music. I think it's a fine idea for a fundraiser.
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by function_seven 3y ago
The door close button: Yeah, you're right. I was thinking of the lobby call buttons. Ignore that I said anything about that. (Of course the button is still wired up, it just only works in fire service mode in those cases) As far as cro
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by function_seven 3y ago
If the indicator light is on, the OP presses the button, and that same indicator light remains illuminated: What did we learn? It could still be a, “hey, press the button” light. Or it could be a “button already pressed” light
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by function_seven 3y ago
Of course it does something in this instance. Otherwise the light would never change to the barely-used crossing. There’s a pervasive myth about elevator buttons and crosswalk buttons being there as placebos. Yes, I’m certain there are inst
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by function_seven 3y ago
I immediately thought of RFC-3514. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3514
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by function_seven 3y ago
I didn't know about the rep GS has gotten regarding fraud charges. My main card is a Chase one as well. Everything else is spot on. I use the Apple Card only for buying stuff from Apple (for the 3% cash back), or when I accidentally se
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by function_seven 3y ago
It's way better than my previous savings account as well, but still about 0.5-0.75 points lower than a couple of CDs that I have. Not sure if that counts as significant or not, but I figure it adds up. Apple Savings: 4.15% CIT Bank 6-M
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by function_seven 3y ago
Same experience here. Every once in a while a switch will go offline and I have to toggle it to get it to rejoin the network. These switches are all GE (Jasco) units. My Inovelli switches are rock solid, as well as my Kwikset deadbolt. I sh

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