smilesnd

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by smilesnd 7y ago
I put my mom on linux. You be surprise how many scammers will hang up as soon as they hear you run linux instead of windows/mac. I went through a phase talking to "windows support" because my evil sister used my moms phone nu
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by smilesnd 7y ago
This is a very simple question to a very complex problem/issue. Simple answer it isn't possible. The current way the internet, law, and society works it is impossible to start a anonymous blog. You can create hurdles and do simple
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by smilesnd 7y ago
Would not having E2EE platforms remove child abuse imagery and/or terrorism? The answer of course is no. I always get reminded of a story about terrorist using video games to communicate with each other and giggle a little bit. Current
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by smilesnd 7y ago
America
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by smilesnd 7y ago
I have work at a bank long enough to hear stories about people having mental breakdowns. Everything from just walking out of there office naked to people using the stairway as bathrooms to help deal with the stress and anxiety that some job
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by smilesnd 7y ago
Scanning before reading getting a idea what it is going to try and teach me before actually reading it. Writing down every word I don't know/understand and getting comfortable with them. Playing with the subject matter. Discussing
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by smilesnd 7y ago
I have a rpi2 I use as a low power server that keeps me connected to my irc server and runs tasks for me. I have a rpi3 installed in my truck that acts as a media player. It also reads my OBDII so I know how my engine is running and other d
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by smilesnd 7y ago
First you leverage already existing blockchain technology to create simple program that allows you to access gpu, cpu, network, and storage of a pc it is installed on. Second you adverties it to people telling them they can earn cryptocash
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Learn vim commands through the power of pacman(github.com)
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by smilesnd 7y ago
Yep been using IRC for over 10 years now and still love it. Always seem like any gui base chat client required more resources then they should. Also the clients didn't allow for modifications I would want/need. Also at the time ge
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by smilesnd 7y ago
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/why-phone-numbers-stink-... They are cheap way for companies and developers to add a second identity to your account.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I miss the days when I didn't have to worry about outside programs changing my configs without my knowledge.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
How well the documents are. If I got to go to stack overflow or a community forum to try and figure something out that should be found in docs then that is a warning sign. What scope does the technology cover. I believe in the rule of &quot
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by smilesnd 8y ago
https://www.hackthebox.eu This is what all my friends are currently hacking on.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
The only thing I would add to this list is security. Understanding how low level code can be exploit and how to code defensively to insure you don't cause bad things. Also the basics about cryptography. It isn't enough to just use
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by smilesnd 8y ago
Their is a difference between ads and forcing someone to be a product. The tracking software in JS ads is what turns someone into a product in my opinion.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
Deleted mine in 2010. 2 months was all I could handle was horrible experience then. It is a cheap way to keep up superficial relationship with people. If you had to put any energy/time keeping up a relationship with these people you wo
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I love any talk with Joe Armstrong or Alan Kay in it. Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_jE0l7sYQ
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I wonder if these guess at the income of internet celebrates could some how hurt them when doing taxes.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I beat it like it stole something from my mother. I write comments read it over and over and make changes where possible. I stay glued to it like it is my new found bible and become a guru of the code base through blood, sweat, and tears. I
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by smilesnd 8y ago
Programming is a craft once you reach a certain level their is no checklist or metric that can be used to measure you ability. Only experience and battle scars tell how good you might be when solving the next problem. Only ever measure your
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I am thankful for the same thing I am thankful for everyday, air in my lungs and a belly full of food. I found out a long time ago that is all it takes to make me happy.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
Personally how I got over my social anxiety and awkwardness was by powering through. Realizing the things I thought I handled horrible didn't even blimp on peoples radar during or social interaction. Just being me was more then enough,
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by smilesnd 8y ago
From my experience this means they had a strong union.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
Kazaa, not so much wish it was around but I wish the experience was around. I would be up late downloading all sorts of random stuff some really strange videos people made, or some music someone created or modify. Didn't have the legal
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by smilesnd 8y ago
That might be true, but on the flip side I have had things go horribly wrong with ubuntu where it either took me more then half a day hacking away at it, or worse case I just reinstalled ubuntu all together. Bad upgrades that break dependen
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by smilesnd 8y ago
With anything involving virtual hardware and such it is hit and miss across the board. Even if both your machines have 16GB doesn't mean your ram functions perfectly. I have a linux box that has a failing hard drive in it that causes t
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I love this video it actually got me into fooling around with elevators. I have a full box elevator keys just because of this talk, with no idea what to do with them.
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I would suggest looking for place that have hackerspaces/makerspaces. If you can get enough people interested in purchasing space just on the aspect of tinkering with things then it probably has a solid intellectual community. My hacke
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by smilesnd 8y ago
I feel like you are informing me I need to make all my family just disappear to safe guard myself >.>

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