troncjb

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by troncjb 8y ago
I see a lot of "this is the same as my experience with x" where x is CEOs, Academic paper authors, musicians. Is it time that we own up to the fact that nobody exists in a vacuum? Can we skip straight to the socialism part?
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by troncjb 8y ago
Ostensibly you're using that aforementioned power-only cable from battery -> device.
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by troncjb 8y ago
This is the game they talk at every single company in the bay area bar none. The meetings will still happen it's just posturing.
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by troncjb 8y ago
One thing missing from this entire conversation: I personally signed up for Facebook at the age of 14. In fact, my friend made it for me and I took it over after he successfully harangued me into using it. I never, as an adult, consented to
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by troncjb 8y ago
Good to know , thanks
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by troncjb 8y ago
Same -- Netflix, craigslist as well
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by troncjb 8y ago
> my Chromecast showed weather data for the vpn endpoint That is pretty awesome. I feel your pain and that is why I haven't gone and flashed my router even though I finally bought one that will let me.
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by troncjb 8y ago
I am the same as you, but I worry the opposite. Using an encrypted VPN in a sea of unencrypted traffic paints a big target on you that says "Im doing things I don't want you to see". You can bet they are working on / can
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by troncjb 8y ago
This is wrong. SESTA-FOSTA has dramatically lowered the bar. Some quotes: "The new bill holds website owners legally liable for criminal prosecution for any sex trafficking discussions that are viewable on their platform." "T
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by troncjb 8y ago
This is important and most people don't realize this. This is the sex work equivalent of banning drug reagent kits.
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by troncjb 8y ago
> My sense is that, in most cases, sex workers do not act as their own agents Your sense is totally wrong. Sites like craigslist and backpage make it easier for sex workers to pre screen johns. Cold street approaches are nearly impossibl
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by troncjb 8y ago
> despite the massive history proving they can Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, HSBC, LIBOR for christ sake. If anything the private sector has proven that they will do their best to fleece main street to line their pockets.
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by troncjb 8y ago
> We have an entire generation of young people entering the workforce who cannot go 30 minutes without taking a vape break outside This is the most absurd hyperbole I've heard so far this week. Granted it's Monday so you had a
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by troncjb 9y ago
Suboxone is the one you are thinking of. Naloxone is used to reverse the effects of an OD. Unless they are functionally similar and I am misinformed.
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by troncjb 9y ago
> so the helmet gain is only a small marginal difference This is such, such flawed logic. If you are a cyclist getting hit by a car, the averages and statistics don't matter at all. If you are the cyclist getting hit by a car, the h
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by troncjb 9y ago
I really don't need to cite anything to tell you that if you get in an accident you are better off wearing more protective gear. I don't care that very few cyclists get in bad accidents compared to walkers and joggers. I care that
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by troncjb 9y ago
> Helmet proponents are right about one thing: If you're in a serious accident, then wearing a helmet makes the odds of a head injury significantly lower — by somewhere between 15 and 40 percent. (This is why ER doctors and brain su
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by troncjb 9y ago
> If you don't wear a helmet, don't worry about it, it doesn't mitigate that much risk. The exercise benefits of biking do way more to increase your life expectancy than skipping a helmet does to reduce it. This is very, v
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by troncjb 9y ago
What do you mean by "game network servers tick the network"? Like data going server -> client ?