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alan5
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Comment #25794193
I just donated to Signal after seeing the error banner in the app. I realised I was more than happy to pay WhatsApp's yearly charge back in the pre-Facebook days (think it was 70p …
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Comment #21102677
> Engineers design pickle forks to last the lifetime of the plane, more than 90,000 landings and takeoffs, a term known as "flight cycles" in the aviation industry, without develop…
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Comment #19649179
co-worker: @here co-worker is typing... co-worker is typing... co-worker is typing... co-worker: Could you help me with $x? Nothing more annoying than grabbing everyone's attention…
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Comment #16243516
If you modify your .inputrc with the following this should propagate to all of readline as well (e.g. python): set editing-mode vi
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Comment #12541687
I assumed they were remote, otherwise I would have thought they would have premises costs stated. Rent, heating etc.
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Comment #12541658
I know in addition to salary there are other "hidden" costs like health care etc, but even taking that into account their employees must be taking home a pretty significant wage.
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Comment #10634654
While not quite to the same level of obfuscation, your suggestion reminded me of this project: http://www.cipherdyne.org/fwknop/ Its essentially port knocking with a single encrypt…
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Comment #10617827
Steve Gibson's SQRL looks to be an interesting application of QR codes. https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm