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AmblingAvocado

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    I bought Maps.me Pro in 2012, used it while traveling then and was happy. Fired it back up for a similar trip this year and in spite of having paid for it already, I don't have Pro…

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    > the same people, who created MapsWithMe/Maps.Me app Ah, the same people who I bought Maps.Me from in 2012 - that when I went to use it recently now bombards me with "sale ending …

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    Comment #48555859

    It seems like ... it's not illegal to find exploits, it's illegal to use them. Enforcement should start there, not the nanny state approach that you might do something bad with inf…

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    The big initial hump I recall was syntax for writing main and what to #include, then header guards. That, and getting clang up and running in a docker on windows so I could use new…

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    For context, I was working in C++ when C++0x was considered exotic and a bunch of actually useful stuff was in boost, basically making boost mandatory - and the headache of setting…

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    Comment #48545601

    Coming at this as someone who has stepped away from coding more than once for multiple-year long stints due to various career choices - I think the concern of "skill rot" is overbl…

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    Comment #48248913

    They used iPhone pick up and orientation data to build a narrative in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, so I imagine something similar.

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    Yes, just like the "don't say HN is becoming reddit" rule. If you think it's AI downvote or flag and move on, reading "this is AI" over and over all over the internet without any s…

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    Comment #48058378

    DKIM signature could be used to verify that Canvas' server sent the email with the given content

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    yea dawg maybe if you graduated in the last 4 years lmao

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    Comment #42964584

    And yet we have the saying "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"!

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    Comment #41116011

    I always decline to answer race/sexuality/gender/veteran status/disabled status applications when applying.

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    Comment #41076116

    I remember the good old days when a bingo card generator was enough to sustain a lifestyle business

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    Comment #41075675

    Cameo is in a great position to pivot to licensed generative AI cameos. They have the relationships with the celebrities that are willing to do it for money, and that seems like th…

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    It can even vary within a city, and within a zip code - see TID's, NID's, and CID's.

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    Soon the role of the Indian call centers will change from running the scam directly to making spam calls to trusted contacts of the intended mark to collect voice data for TTS mode…