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Entirely likely, though possibly there are potentially flaws that could allow people to identify it through other means. I've never used TOR so I didn't realise that this would app…

It's interesting, the article discusses that the request is for a relatively short period of time (35 minutes) - however for a popular website that could still be thousands of view…

wormh_o_le mono_c_le The although both words have the same last two letters - "le", the third last letters are different. This produces a different syllable when pronounced.

There was a case of a mint worker stealing around 0.5 tons of coins out progressively over time. https://www.theage.com.au/national/mint-worker-filled-his-bo... A man smuggled half…

This is interesting, particularly in light of skissane comments about melatonin being prescription only. Here in Australia, you can buy Asthma Inhalers "over the counter" (no presp…

I think an interesting variation on this is that even if a safety system is not required by law, but is available - then disabling could constitute criminal negligence. Consider wh…

Yes, it was real. Keep in mind that it was also used as a significant contributing factor to replace a lot of major legacy IT systems (especially accounting systems) at big organis…

I also wonder if encouraging this form of meetings could be viewed as discriminatory if you have employees who have physical disabilities that might make walking unpleasant or slow…

It's interesting that the notes regarding transmission efficiency are not present in the similar speach given on the 4th of March (as opposed to the article link, which is the 3rd …

The reason that trust is important could be to do with verifying breaches. In some of his articles discussing various breaches, he mentions reaching out to selected (potential) vic…

This makes me think of an interesting point around the potential virus outbreak in the US. If there is a non-trivial outbreak, then could it effectively be (for the US), not just a…

Although there are a number of socially related reasons - there are likely some significant immediate commercial reasons to do so. If you're in a service related industry - do you …

Quite some time ago, I needed to do a big cleanup of email aliases (I have 500+) and various My approach was to use IMAP integration with my provider to copy all the emails down to…

I'm not from the USA - however most communication software implementation are commercial systems - and don't have the same free speech constraints. There's already ample historic p…

Thinking bit more generically, you might be really thinking about concrete with air pockets (though ensuring they're spherical might make for excellent load distribution through th…

While an individual vehicle is trivially convertible to natural gas - modifying enough of a countries fleet to make a measurable difference fast enough is a completely different ma…

What's interesting is that there's already a similar internationally agreed framework for how to approach this - shipping - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Regulations_…

That sounds like an excellent approach. If a consumer chooses "always 200 on error", how do you return the API response status? HTTP Response Header or in a custom value in the res…

Thankyou for the link - it's quite interesting. Here's the section: In its opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made clear that courts later tasked with determining whether an a…

I believe the general thought is that at a very simple level, operating as a company provides for a number of protections for the owners/operators. At a societal level, the broad j…

Although I'm completely unqualified to comment on it, I did notice that the spin seemed to reduce at the same time the landing legs extended. I'm wondering if they may have acted l…

People generally interested in this topic might also find the CMU Intro to DB Systems youtube of interest. Note that it's an introduction to building database systems (not just usi…

Yes, there is a state issued (means tested, but not that hard to get) Pension that is funded out of general revenue. The 10% that is referred to is a separate but mandatory amount …

It's an interesting item - especially since his latest column https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-07-31/sometimes... discusses a similar kind of problem that is going thro…

I recall my now ancient XPS M1330 was known for severe problems with overheating and motherboard failures (I had one replaced) - I also had 2 x HDD failures, and one CardBus slot f…