pktgen

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by pktgen 8y ago
Try setting a custom schedule from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM.
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by pktgen 8y ago
> Personally I have come to the conclusion that the best solution is virtual machines with a linux base system. Put every game that is sticky to windows into its own little container and just have hardware passed through. Is there a Wind
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by pktgen 8y ago
> There is no need to regulate unethical employment practices when laborers have the freedom to seek employment elsewhere - the market can sort it out. But we need freedom of horizontal movement first. And yet even in the supposedly so c
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by pktgen 8y ago
> The news has been full of dozens (maybe hundreds by now) of large and small companies using the tax change to increase employee wages and benefits. No, there have been dozens or hundreds of companies claiming that tax cuts were respo
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by pktgen 8y ago
Employee compensation (wages and benefits) is and was tax-deductible.
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by pktgen 8y ago
> At any rate, your software vendor has no legal responsibility to provide you with security updates. Maybe they should. But you’ll pay for that anyways. Yes, those costs will ultimately be embedded in product pricing and borne by the cu
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by pktgen 8y ago
In the old days with perpetually-licensed software, this was handled with a trial period (30-day demo or similar), or, where feasible, a feature-limited demo version (e.g. a game with one level as a demo). This is not a new problem or a pro
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by pktgen 8y ago
I agree that subscriptions make perfect sense for services (because servers, support, etc. cost money on a monthly basis), but the trend seems to be to create an arbitrary reliance on a hosted service as a way to justify subscriptions. Luck
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by pktgen 8y ago
> - It's unreasonable to expect people to pay the full price for minor security fixes that still need to go out The ideal model for locally-run software, in my opinion, is to sell perpetual licenses to each major version for a one-t
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by pktgen 8y ago
If they have no incentive to upgrade, that's because the newer versions don't add any value for the user. This makes sense: 1Password is a pretty mature product at this point and there probably isn't much room to add new feat
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by pktgen 8y ago
Unless the FTC decides to pursue the matter. The FTC can obtain relief for all US consumers and is not bound by the arbitration agreement.
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by pktgen 8y ago
Probably varies by jurisdiction, but I know in my jurisdiction, court fees and related costs (such as the cost of serving the summons on the defendant) are automatically added to the judgment if you win.
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by pktgen 8y ago
I hope we can differentiate "I want the New York Times to remove an article about me" from "I want Equifax to remove its business records about me because I don't consent to them collecting my data for commercial purpose
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by pktgen 8y ago
> 1Password also holds documents and notes; in my state, documents such as car insurance can be legally carried on your phone for traffic stops. I also have my health insurance cards in there for ease of use. I wouldn't rely on this
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by pktgen 8y ago
> The public's attention span is fleeting, noted one executive, and even massive data breaches that affected Yahoo, which included 3 billion accounts, and Equifax - 147.9 million accounts - haven't turned people off those servi
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by pktgen 8y ago
Right-to-work is strictly anti-union BS and has nothing to do with non-compete agreements. A quick search suggests that non-competes are enforceable in both VA and NC if they meet certain criteria.
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by pktgen 9y ago
> Can you imagine the company that made this getting into bed with IBM!? Remember PowerPC Macs?
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by pktgen 9y ago
> They wouldn't be as profitable, sure. Neither would Stripe. It shouldn't even affect Stripe all that much. The CC fees are just a pass-through expense for them; their product is the infrastructure value-add, which AFAIK nobod
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by pktgen 9y ago
> The worker will still qualify for unemployment benefits The worker would qualify for unemployment benefits even if fired for good-faith poor performance. For terminations, only gross misconduct (criminal acts, deliberately failing to w
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by pktgen 9y ago
Regarding the federal budget and debt, I suggest you read into modern monetary theory (MMT). > How do I know this? Because it's the only logical thing. Corporations like stability because it makes their profits predictable and lets
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by pktgen 9y ago
According to Wikipedia [1], the current 15" MBP base config has an i7-7700HQ. According to Intel [2], that CPU supports VT-d. Every mobile chipset in the 100 series (for Skylake) supports VT-d [3]. The 200 series is supposed to be the
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by pktgen 9y ago
You can get the fries well-done. Also, animal style fries (peppers optional).
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by pktgen 9y ago
Surprisingly, it's also the only state to require just cause for terminating an employment relationship (not at-will).
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by pktgen 9y ago
You're being downvoted, but I don't know why. The employer's ability to subcontract/outsource bargaining unit work is negotiable in a collective bargaining agreement.
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by pktgen 9y ago
Sure, but throwing large amounts of tax breaks at corporations in the hopes that a few scraps will trickle down to workers as PR efforts is inefficient. There are much more efficient ways of achieving even better outcomes for workers.
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by pktgen 9y ago
Which coincides with state and local minimum wage increases; see http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/29/news/economy/2018-minimum-wa... . More increases are coming; several states are phasing in increases o
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by pktgen 9y ago
It's very telling that most of the announcements of benefits to workers purportedly attributable to the tax cuts are in the form of one-time bonuses. The corporate tax cuts are ongoing; the bonuses to workers are one-time. These are no
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by pktgen 9y ago
A state law saying "arbitration is awesome, but banning class arbitration is against our public policy" still has the effect of finding part of an arbitration agreement unenforceable. The rule effectively changes an agreement from
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by pktgen 9y ago
> I pointed out that class action/courts generally at least required a licensed lawyer to maintain and work on the suit, which was expensive, whereas arbitration could be done by lay people, and that he was essentially betting that
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by pktgen 9y ago
> Thus, a state law saying "arbitration is awesome, but banning class arbitration is against our public policy", if they exist, should be valid. Preemption must be very clear. Concepcion seems to make it very clear that such a

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