scolson

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by scolson 5mo ago
I think the idea is any s3 compatible api endpoint can be used. The code also clearly supports both backblaze, and more importantly, local blob storage
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by scolson 5y ago
Buyback programs are at the then-current publicly traded rates. They aren't generally at some magical premium, or else the whole trading price of the stock would go up even more. Most people selling their shares in a company do not kno
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by scolson 5y ago
A stock buy-back increases the stock's value through scarcity. It does not actually "return cash" in any immediate sense. Any value increase is completely on paper. The holder of the stock is still taxed when they sell their
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by scolson 5y ago
There seems to be an "expenses" column missing from this. I don't care what their gross is. What's their net? Edit: And carryover losses, etc
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by scolson 5y ago
The Chicxulub crater off the top of the Yucatan peninsula is attributed for that particular event. It wasn't really known until the early/mid 90s I don't think.
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by scolson 7y ago
cough linux cough
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by scolson 7y ago
Worth pointing out that postwoman is free and opensource. It is not quite as full-featured as postman, but for quick mocking without requiring registration, it is a great option. https://postwoman.io/ https://git
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by scolson 7y ago
There have been instances where the power spot price has gone negative, too. They have not had major outages. I don't see why they would reconsider.
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by scolson 7y ago
The Texas power grid is isolated and cannot routinely import power. It can in very temporary and emergency situations, but they do not as a matter of course to avoid federal oversight. So while the US Western grid can time shift one hour in
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by scolson 7y ago
FWIW, I think the concern with "doesn't bother updating the passwords" was with respect to recovering from a hacked joomla install, not about an aging password management scheme.
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by scolson 7y ago
Nice try, CPS
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by scolson 8y ago
I feel like this point should be much higher than it is, and should be highlighted more clearly in the article. And the article doesn't even make it clear if this is a 5/1 or a 5/5, but it also absolutely leaves out the point
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by scolson 8y ago
One of these things is not like the other...
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by scolson 8y ago
Personally, I would not sell access to my data. Re friends opting out, no, you would just need the system to exclude individuals who have the opt-out attribute from the graph search. But I do also have timeline review turned on and have for
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by scolson 8y ago
To the best of my understanding, you can opt out of personalized ads with google, but not all ads. At least for the search product. For email, one can pay for their google apps tier, which doesn't have ads, but it is obviously targeted
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by scolson 8y ago
I get many/most prefer to be the product than the customer. I, however, would love the option to switch.
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by scolson 8y ago
So wait... In the US, my "value" to facebook is about $100 a year? (~24/q rounded up) Can I subscribe to facebook and opt out of all advertising and any data sharing exposure with third-parties? That is totally worth $8-10&#x
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by scolson 8y ago
Wow, I haven't seen this repost since like 2009
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by scolson 8y ago
Step 1: Do everything until you can't. Step 2: Pick the one thing you do the worst. Hire one person (probably a part-time contractor) to do that. Step 3: Do everything else until you can't. Step 4: Goto "Step 2"
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by scolson 8y ago
... Said the COBOL developers. To some degree, you may be correct, that there will be companies that refuse to upgrade for many years. By and large, I think most people will start to switch: * Small orgs will begin to see costs of maintaini
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by scolson 9y ago
Your employer owns the data, not you. The owner of something doesn't need special permission to look at it. It could be a company provided computer, email, or filing cabinet; they all belong to your work and they do not need to ask any
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by scolson 9y ago
I didn't think my state was that unique, so I did a bit of searching and found some interesting gotchas in a few different states: Alabama: Must file in municipality where the other party (defendant) resides Alaska: Easy to move to reg
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by scolson 9y ago
It really isn't genius at all. At least in my state, either party can object to the small claims status by simply sending a letter. Then it moves over to normal court with normal lawyers. Already you are out the small claims filing fee
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by scolson 9y ago
First, that is CBP scooping up data at the border, not the CIA. If the CIA were targeting you, you would not know. Second, CBP asks for your password. This is not the same as an administrator password, and certainly in the case of some busi
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by scolson 9y ago
"...is run by the field agent directly from an USB stick; it requires administrator privileges..." So? This just in - people with physical and administrative access to a machine can install monitoring software - news at 11. Be sur
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by scolson 9y ago
Not the commenter, but guessing AFS = andrew file system. This has been used for decades by a lot of the universities who were original internet consumers (MIT, Univ of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, etc). In fact, it is still used by a lot of
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by scolson 10y ago
It is timing out for me already, so here is the google cache text-only version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PL_BKoM...
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by scolson 10y ago
How long until I get screwed on my old lifetime custom zone
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by scolson 10y ago
Depends on who is asking, what they ask, and for what reason. Though it is generally avoided. If it is a simple reference check (never minding why a terminating company would be listed as a ref...) then as little information as possible wou
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by scolson 10y ago
No, not confusing it. Your original message was WRT paper trail, which is not required in all cases. To your message here, fired means something very specific. Though fired can be for cause or no cause. And the reason of cause matters for u

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