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I miss it too :( but I'm glad that we're still in people's memories :)

I think this is configurable on the streamer's end. I watch a lot of PirateSoftware and he's talked about how choosing to run ads at certain intervals vs running them before the st…

In the US, dialing 988 will also get you access to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. (Technically it is now the 988 Lifeline, but they both refer to the same thing[1].) 1: …

> Personally I would wait a few months at least to be sure that the biggest bugs are killed. This is my default behavior with any database product. Solid advice.

> Where do you find your sense of purpose working in the private sector? In some sense, I don't. At this point in my life, my tech job essentially funds my living expenses: a place…

I wonder if there is a way to ditch the ISS without contributing to oceanic pollution. I get that this is likely a low-cost solution (disassembling it and transporting it wouldn't …

I believe that it's an assumption for now, but a reasonable one to make. I think it's unlikely that Visa exposes itself to legal risks where MasterCard is not - why give your compe…

> In a statement, a Twitter spokesperson said the company’s rules are enforced judiciously and impartially for everyone on our service. I don't know the details of why they are blo…

> Sounds like he did not do so great job here either. The original article notes that funding took a hit in 2020. 2020 was an unprecedented year for any number of reasons. To simpl…

I am always struck at the amount that states and municipalities are willing to write off in order to attract companies. On one hand, I understand that companies want to take the be…

> the Postgres needs to be multi zone we need it to be multi-master, clearly. those writes need to go somewhere!

Yes! And there were the deep cuts of songs too. It was a wild ride. I am so fortunate to have been there for the time that I had. Appreciate the love everyone's been sending in the…

Since this doesn't really mention what the issue is, I would refer readers to Engadget for an explanation[1]. It seems that Huawei is proposing a new protocol that would allow for …

I volunteer at a crisis center in a number of roles. My sysadmin job gives me the security and freedom to engage with people outside of that realm in my spare time. It has been ref…

My boss gave me a copy of _Talking with Teach Leads_ by Patrick Kua. I enjoy it. It's an anthology of testimonials by tech leads. It helped give me some perspective on what I need …

If I might add, that some employees might even see the need to speak out about issues, because if not them, who will? Leaving just gives the company a chance to replace them with s…

Alan Watts talked about how one should consider their own death every so often in his lectures. I think he would approve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUxoAWTBlRs

This completely disregards the number of politicians and newsmakers using Twitter as a platform to share information. The US President has been the first president to announce majo…

In fairness to Snowden, he didn't intend to stay in Russia; his fate was sealed when the US revoked his passport.[1][2] I can't imagine Snowden being much of a fan of Russia given …

They do, just as immigration stances vary across all populations of people. LWT staff however decided to make a decision based on feedback from some of its members/participants. I …

>There's no one national center, calls to NSPL get routed to the center that's closest to you geographically (I believe that's based on area code). Different centers may have diffe…

this is cool! Definitely will give it a look.

Are people still using Sphinx Search ( http://sphinxsearch.com ) at all? It doesn't seem like it gets many releases anymore...since they unpublished the source code, it's hard to s…

I've had the same problem with Verizon, in the past the password would only store the first 20 characters. Took me an hour or two to figure it out and fix the problem. I'm not sure…