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Cumulonimbus

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    Comment #14719103

    Usually, from the professors Ive interacted with, primarily comes down to "Well, _I_ suffered through my degree, so they will too." As an aside, I see the point in learning new thi…

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    Comment #14718945

    This is what happens when you tie yourself to a single point of failure. Sure, AWS is usually pretty damn stable... But if there are issues with the company and access, a simple bi…

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    Comment #14718231

    I would also posit, that the chatbots are not armed with the ability to actually solve problems. I'd use a chatbot, if it could understand that X is a fraudulent transaction, and t…

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    Comment #14711981

    Im not privy to billing discussions unfortunately. I know how we get the certs; we just tell our contact that we need a long cert for X machine, and 2-3 days later, it shows up in …

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    Comment #14711522

    Fortunately (and unfortunately) all the way up to the assistant vice president came from software engineers and systems engineers. So when Comodo did their little scam, the AVP cal…

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    Comment #14710693

    From what I've read about Metformin, it is a miracle pill for diabetics. But "circumstances", seem to cause its ineffectiveness after about 10-15 years, at least for diabetics. Is …

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    Comment #14709713

    Indeed. I worked at a factory that had me do the following: Put bracket in machine. Press button to tap holes. Repeat. I got the loop down to about 3.85 seconds which was 115% fast…

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    Comment #14706312

    But it's not forcing identities, or it wasn't back in the day. Were you black? It didn't matter. White? So what. Male? Female? It didn't matter. The words on the screen, and the th…

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    Comment #14704786

    This is an interesting area, with lots of opinion on implementations. It gets messy, and quick. So it's normally part of the ADA to make things accessible. But with building, one c…

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    Comment #14703677

    I remember quite some time ago, before Social networks. Before blogs. Before all of what we think of the WWW. We were still in Web 1.0 , with email, usenet, IRC, and other then-ess…

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    Comment #14703385

    Before we can consider seeding terrestrial stations on Mars, we should consider seeding a communications net around Mars. Once we have a half dozen satellites circling Mars, we can…