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Alupis

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About Alupis

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    "Do not try to solve all life's problems at once... 
             ...learn to dread each day as it comes."
      -- Donald Kaul

    "The spirit of C: Trust the programmer... 
             ...no matter how insane he is."
      -- Paul (Fiddling Bits)

    "We all know Linux is great...
             ...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds."
      -- Linus Torvalds

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    In 2013 there were approximately 24,000 737 flights per day[1] - likely more today. If narrowed to just the MAX variants, it's still thousands per day. Two, albeit high profile, cr…

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    This just isn't true. PayPal isn't a bank. They're a processor. People run afoul when they keep large amounts in their processor account instead of doing free nightly sweeps. They …

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    Comment #48694792

    > https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-dealt-bide... That would be your politics coloring your memory.

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    Comment #48694603

    The courts struck down many Biden policies as well. People just give those a pass because "SCOTUS is rigged" or something...

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    Comment #48694598

    > you're seeing this as some kind of clever invariant of politics, but it's not. People are blind to politicians on their side because Donald Trump Yes, sure, it is I who is blind.…

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    It'll never stop amusing me how blind we are to politicians that are "on our side".

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    Comment #48694293

    > More like "the whims of an eighty year old in cognitive decline..." The previous administration was totally not exactly what's described here...

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    It's very fashionable to hate on the current administration, despite what the previous administration was doing. That's reality and I'll be punished to hell for saying so.

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    Every ultrasound device makes sound, sometimes a lot of sound, because it's vibrating all of the materials, liquids, and air around it.

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    In the book "Turn the Ship Around", these questions are only temporary, and are part of how the leader transforms the team from traditional Leader-Follower into Leader-Leader. Thes…

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    Comment #48356384

    "Turn the Ship Around" is fantastic. It's a short audio book (about 6.5 hours), if that's more up your alley. Definitely worth a read/listen.

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    I don't think those two things are comparable, really. With SO copy/paste, you still were undertaking the mental exercise (and reward) of thinking through hard problems, researchin…

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    Comment #47857526

    The only people using MSSQL Server are people deep, deep in the Microsoft ecosystem. Think government work, and those unlucky enough to work at a pure Microsoft shop where every pr…

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    Comment #47835492

    Yes, but IP67 is not nearly as water resistant as IP68, which all modern phones are for the most part. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if IP68 could be achieved in a phone wit…

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    Comment #47835252

    Just skimmed the PR, I'm sure the author knows more than I - but why hard code a date at all? Why not do something like `today + 1 year`?