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by hermitdev 4y ago
WinNT 4 days, default permissions for windows/system32 were wide open. Replace default.scr with a copy of cmd.exe.log off and wait... Boom command prompt running as System. Easiest way without debug/admin permissions to get a copy
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Hrmm. Seems you're right and my memory is way fuzzier than I thought. Raymond Chen also says 13 [0]. Maybe it was just my existential dread of one of the floppies having gone bad that makes me think it was more. [0] https://
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I know I've installed Win95 off of floppies. Don't recall the exact number, but believe it was around 40-50 3.5" floppies. It came in a box about the length of a shoe box.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I remember dealing with DataDirect on Linux more than 10 years ago. I don't recall the specifics, but under certain error conditions, either the ODBC driver we were using or the driver manager would simply do `exit(0)` with no errors l
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by hermitdev 4y ago
> On an unrelated note, didn't the FTC seek to block the acquisition? The FTC has to file suit in court to attempt to block the acquisition. Until that's done and the court actually sides with the FTC, everything regarding the
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by hermitdev 4y ago
If you cant change the time line, don't change the scope. This isn't rocket surgery. This late into the project, the scope should be well defined. I mean, especially in this era of DLC, why the need to increase the scope, anyways?
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Except the retention on emails, for instance, is usually 7 years. Not exactly the same as auto delete after read... It's an apples to oranges comparison.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
> Understood what it was but either didn't have a CPU with a built-in TPM, which is a fairly recent feature, or didn't have a motherboard with a TPM socket. I'm definitely in the latter. I was running an insider's bui
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by hermitdev 4y ago
The original counter strike supported this. I was certainly guilty of using pornographic sprays back in college in the early 2000s.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Too corrupt as opposed to say, Illinois? I forget the exact numbers now, but something like 6 of the last 12 governors have gone to jail for corruption, most recently Blagojevich. That's just at the top level; there's problems thr
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Difference between focusing on digital vs analog, maybe? As another EE, I vaguely recall this being pounded into us more in power systems than any of my digital electronics courses.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
There's also Fitch and at least one other that escapes me. Barra, maybe? More if you go international. They also rate governments for municipals to countries. I used to deal with issuer ratings quite extensively several jobs ago. Been
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Libel & defemation are civil matters, not criminal. Edit: bad autocorrect
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by hermitdev 4y ago
IMO, it was this sort of chicken & egg problem that slowed the adoption of 3.x in the first place. I know personally, I wasn't able to use 3.x for anything non-trivial until close to 3.7 because some of the 3rd party libs I needed
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Looks like the author is explicitly excluding "Error", "StdDev", "Median", "RatioSD" from the ouput. It's in the setup[0]. I'm guessing the author omitted them for brevity. [0] https:/
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I know it's easy being cynical in this day and age, but there are people out there that still operate under a manner of principles. I'd like to think that mudge is one of them.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Can probably add another falsehood: that timezone information (in particular DST & UTC offsets) will never change. In reality, timezones are very much political and can change at any time with sometimes very little notice. Last major ch
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by hermitdev 4y ago
_electronics_ are hard. I always remember back to one of my electrical engineering labs... The oscilloscopes were sensitive enough that someone walking past them was visible on the scope. Really, any motion near it. It was especially funny
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by hermitdev 4y ago
It doesn't have to be insider trading. It's blatant market manipulation, which is also illegal. And it also doesn't matter if it's her husband acting on it. I've spent most of my career working in finance. Neither m
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by hermitdev 4y ago
It's really too bad the naming/versioning has gotten so confused. I used to be a heavy .Net user, then stepped away for a while when I changed jobs. Every time I try and come back, I get so confused. Am I looking at the right docs
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I'm pretty sure it's nonrefundable from the stance of AA can't just change its mind and get its money back. If Overture fails to deliver on certain metrics, I'd be willing to bet AA has a refundable out.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
> there are also machines there, buildings, vehicles, custom software These are all assets of the corporation; they are not the corporation.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I recently (in the last month) got an update from T-mobile for my 2 year old LG and they forced me to go through an app "optimization" process. What it was in reality: a ploy to foist more unnecessary and unwanted apps upon me. Am
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I agree. For me, the DarkContrast++ looked best to me. Clear, crisp and easily readable after a long, sleep deprived day. I'll definitely be giving this a shot in the morning.
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I don't know about the accuracy of these sensors or the statistics cited, but having lived in and around Chicago for over 20 years, including 2 years on the south side, there are a lot of shootings. Summers are especially bad. Most w
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by hermitdev 4y ago
There were things I loved about Windows 8 over 7. The UI, however, was not one of them. For me, the killer feature for 8 over 7 or earlier was HyperV. Having local easily usable VMs was awesome. Now, with WSL 2, my need for HyperV has dimin
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by hermitdev 4y ago
More like "If you're not part of the solution, there's money to be made in prolonging the problem." (I don't know who said it, but I'm paraphrasing from something I've seen on a demotivational poster re: c
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by hermitdev 4y ago
I'm sorry, but if this is the cause, it's complete and utter bullshit on Google's part. B2B is their bread and butter. They should have this (paying via a corporate card) shit figured out (or at least not give opaque reasons
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by hermitdev 4y ago
Curious: have you tried nicing 'yes' in this situation?
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by hermitdev 4y ago
More recent versions of Windows also contain the recovery console. I've certainly used it a few times in Win10 & Win8 (had to "fix" my partition tables on a clean Win10 install from Win8). It's not a full-screen term

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