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I'm still using my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro as my main machine - it still runs great.

There are a lot of things to do outdoors around Maryland: there are a lot really good MTB (or just hiking) places, like Rockburn and Patapsco State Park; beaches are within two hou…

Matt Levin recently wrote about this too: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-08-19/we-loo...

“We really think we can enable a disaster-free future.” That statement gave me pause since it's quite the unrealistic claim to make.

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Thanks, I meant to post this link instead: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/01/twilio-closes-acquisition-...

One of the interesting things I there while there was develop a Java app and Python script to semi-automate the loading of tapes. ​ ​Previously, a person had to load a few tapes in…

It's been years since I have worked in this space, but, at the time, my group was charged with finding fraud committed by the providers and beneficiaries. It was interesting work: …

How would you practice this craft? Is practicing on pentesting websites (like https://www.hackthebox.eu/ ) a good idea? Or is there a better way to learn the various tools? Edit: I…

I have a MBA, but I'm also the lead developer (and project manager) of my project. I rather be coding instead of being in front of people and giving presentations, but I do those t…

An article called "The Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry" relates how the meal-kit industry faces the same problem(s) as Groupon: "The problem Groupon faced was t…

No, because you can't expect to learn and use every new technology - sometimes, it's better to know "proven but boring" than "new but broken"! I appreciate more the insightful conv…

Does anyone else remember "Chatbots" on BBSes (of long ago)? Are these modern versions any better?

Is disability a form of "basic income"?

Are these moves due to the "scaling back" of the rumored Apple automotive efforts?

Actually, this comment reminded me of the following: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-03/advertisi... TLDR;: But in one sense, the advertising business is about as s…