iongoatb

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by iongoatb 6y ago
Thanks for letting me know that I should move all of my clients off of Mailchimp. I don't trust Mailchimp's "sole discretion" and interpretation of what is "inaccurate or misleading". What is true and factual i
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by iongoatb 6y ago
Gee, thanks for explaining what government contracting is. I wasn't aware. /s Contractors are also protected under existing whistleblower laws. There are clearly codified protocols for reporting and handling instances of governmen
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by iongoatb 6y ago
This protocol is meant for non-government agencies, i.e. tech companies. Don't obfuscate the intended purpose of this protocol. There are well-defined, existing whistleblower protocols in government for situations that Snowden encounte
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by iongoatb 6y ago
Politics have been destroying Silicon Valley. This restores my faith in tech. I believe that the spirit of innovation and diversity of thought still has a chance to prevail if people embrace the philosophy behind Mission Protocol. If employ
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by iongoatb 6y ago
The DOJ just released a report that explicitly says that use of privacy coins like Monero is a "high risk activity" and "indicative of possible criminal conduct". https://cointelegraph.com/news/doj-
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by iongoatb 6y ago
Warmer and drier areas are definitely more likely to start a fire. Climate change causes places to be warmer and drier over the long-term. However, this long-term trend, which is worrisome, does not explain the magnitude of the fires that h
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by iongoatb 6y ago
Question everyone should be asking - where are the federal lands versus the state lands, and what is the proportion of state lands that have burned versus federal lands that have burned. The insinuation of that statistic is that federal l
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by iongoatb 6y ago
Exactly.
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by iongoatb 6y ago
Blogging is not the primary use of Wordpress in practice for small to medium sized businesses.
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by iongoatb 6y ago
As someone that develops Wordpress and Jamstack sites for a living (among other things like apps / devops), this is silly. Debating Wordpress versus Jamstack is like comparing apples to oranges. I use Gatsby + Contentful (or other APIs
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by iongoatb 7y ago
Unbelievable that people believe that the Nordic model of capitalism is "socialism". Capitalism with social welfare is not socialism.
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by iongoatb 7y ago
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by iongoatb 7y ago
According to ALL the scientists I've come across in my research, including ALL official statements from FEMA, the Cascadia Subduction zone M9+ earthquake would cause the greatest natural disaster and humanitarian crisis in American his
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by iongoatb 7y ago
You can certainly prepare your house for the earthquake and shaking. For one, reinforcing the structure, making sure the ground is under the house is attached to stable, hard rock like granite versus sediment, and very importantly, using wo
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by iongoatb 7y ago
I disagree that it's not dangerous. The initial earthquake may only immediately kill a few thousand but the aftermath would be absolutely devastating. It would be the most catastrophic natural disaster and humanitarian crisis in the hi
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by iongoatb 7y ago
Yes, it's the aftermath that I would be worried about. That and the well-being of your family. What if the quake happened in the middle of the day when the kids were in different schools, the wife was across the bridge in the city, and
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by iongoatb 7y ago
Agreed. AWS's cloud infrastructure is all about high availability and spreading computing/data resources across regions. The company's operations will be fine. Although, I'm sure the higher ups in Seattle have personally
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by iongoatb 7y ago
Btw, from my research, the New Yorker article is a little sensationalized. These videos are a better source of information IMO: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2CLEFocYVw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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by iongoatb 7y ago
I work remotely and was planning on moving to Seattle next year. The more I research about the Cascadia Subduction zone and the overdue M9 earthquake, the more I am hesitant to want to live in Seattle. I honestly don't think it's
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by iongoatb 7y ago
I've relied on PIA for years and I'm 100% dropping them for good. They promise to never log, but that's clearly an empty promise. Their TOS says that they can change the terms at any time without notifying anyone. This new pa
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by iongoatb 7y ago
Describing the current state of CS and comparing it to the current state of biotech/genetic engineering is like comparing apples to oranges. In the beginning of the computer revolution the obstacles were extremely similar to the curren
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by iongoatb 7y ago
There are plenty of ways to get access to and use the advanced equipment that you may need for research after getting past the beginner and intermediate level. This comes to mind: https://www.biolabs.io/
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by iongoatb 7y ago
Never recommended just "reading a book" - although books are for knowledge transfer. In fact, I recommended the exact opposite. Creating or joining a lab to do DIY genetic engineering is not pipetting. Anyone can easily obtain the
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by iongoatb 7y ago
I'm curious who all these sarcastic bio "experts" are that are suggesting getting a PhD or hiring one. I'm a former bio major and researcher/scientist that transitioned to software engineering years ago. I've