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ForOldHack

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About ForOldHack

https://gunkies.org/wiki/User:ForOldHack Thank you for laughing at my jokes. I have given lectures in OMG. Orbital Mechanics Group, and Calculus, "Misuses of Infinity"

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49222895

    The backdoor(sic) is to delete and repost as you wipe the egg off your face. The CPU is not the most used vector, the firmware is.

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    Comment #49044034

    Thank you.

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    Comment #48923957

    Surprise, surprise, surprise. Well, well well. The honeymoon is over. It's just so predictable.

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    Comment #48911510

    I was anticipating that it would have reversed course and flagged you. Blessings on you, and your four footed friend.

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    Comment #48884007

    The Matiyasevich theorem (which settled Hilbert's 10th Problem) proved that Diophantine equations are fundamentally tied to the Halting Problem. Because a universal Turing machine …

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    Comment #48883983

    Here is a prime factorization: 2 = 2 x 1. Every number has a product of 1. Every prime has itself as the only factor, and 1. Kind of silly to write about number theory and just pas…

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    Comment #48795346

    My friend Eric, had an unused Alpha server 4100 under his desk...It was used for testing more than a year ago, ( in the early 2000s ). He asked for the install disks, and got a ent…

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    Comment #48793273

    Google? Wells Fargo? Are you LISTENING?

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    Comment #48756982

    Where you can encode an entire Command and Control server within rounding errors! You sneaky skunk!

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    Comment #48756976

    Oh my god, and to think that OCC used to just be ways to torture the pre-processor... stunning work. Utter and complete no holds barred mud.

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    Comment #48733153

    Pinball machines are great entertainment, but a plane? Wow. Someone next door to me, when I was growing up, built a boat in their driveway. It was amazing, and they took a long tim…

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    Comment #48733086

    However, self driving vacuums are a done deal. "I have no faith that we are close to useful humanoids." I agree completely. We still have competitions about having robots walk up s…

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    Comment #48733039

    I would say that turtles are the pinnacle of stability, and longevity, and so we have Roombas. But, Racoons are at the pinnacle of dexterity, and Octopodes are at the pinnacle of d…

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    Comment #48732936

    So... like vertical markets? Ram for the data centers, data centers for the robots, robots for the Humanoid? or... the other way around? Robots to build data centers, and robots to…

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    Comment #48693466

    Clearly, it was the fault of the AI, and it should be thrown in jail.

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    Comment #48637662

    Yes, AI can write a solution, but cannot visualized a solution. When I was 9, I refused to learn my times tables, and addition, so I was relegated to work with blocks. I loved the …

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    Comment #48637551

    Its all a math problem, and if it isn't a math problem, its a database problem. I come across a lot of problems, and since I always try to reduce it to a math problem... I intuitiv…

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    Comment #48637383

    Pay the tax of - reliability problems, ever one came with a cable, where is the termination, each had power, need another power strip...etc, etc, etc. as well, as Wide SCSI, so all…

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    Comment #48621256

    At the same time, I was running a home router without any HDD on LRP, Linux Router Project, which was a distribution from Swansea Linux, and was a floppy image, that decompressed i…

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    Comment #48592635

    It does not just sound insane, it is insane... "He reverse-engineered an actual attack. The project contained scripts that enabled code injection and crypto-wallet theft. His post …

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    Comment #48592151

    Nice quote of Darth Vader there ;) "The cycle will once again be complete." Also reminds me to update my fake CV.

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    Comment #48592133

    This is what it is used for: https://dev.to/andersoncontreira/warning-to-developers-a-new... A “recruiter” (sometimes pretending to be a CEO/HR) contacts you. The job looks amazing…

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    Comment #48579983

    MEPIC fuses... ok... Green? Oh my!

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    Comment #48567236

    Isn't any one interested in the technical? I would love to pay this guy a way to figure out a way to put a 8Gb USB stick in the light bulb, and start to fill it with the stuff from…

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    Comment #48567211

    When does the movie come out? Totally kidding. Its just propaganda from one of the most murderous regime I can think of, but looks like the USA is going to give it a run for its mo…