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Comment #49186051
I went on a grand jury in early 2025, and it was eye opening to see that under my state's laws the "smell of weed" is enough to justify a traffic stop and search of a vehicle.
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Comment #47932121
You'd probably have to embody it.
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Comment #43051411
It's definitely the principle of least privilege applied to network access.
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Comment #43038115
SSD installs were, for the longest time, the single best ROI on upgrading a laptop. I think a SATA SSD in that 2012 bad boy could considerably boost its performance.
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Comment #42358525
I agree, but the incentives for Alphabet to encourage content like this isn't there. The content that is encouraged is that which keeps eyeballs glued to YouTube.
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Comment #41772765
But it is. For the savvy user you can run whatever you want on an android device.
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Comment #41225150
Just from an ergonomic standpoint it's a million times easier to deploy a go binary instead of a whole jvm and a jar file.
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Comment #40468178
I can't think of a historian, skeptic, or sci-fi author who's had a level of power enough to disprove your statement.
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Comment #40275171
Some folks had asked me to post this in a comment on a Kanboard thread, so I thought I'd just post it as a new submission. Enjoy!
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Comment #40056276
You have to balk when anyone says that anybody is the same person they were 24 years ago.
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Comment #40001282
That's a very Ruby idea.
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Comment #39746614
It's plug-in system is quite comprehensive. I just finished writing a note taking plug-in and the source code itself was a great reference for developing a plug-in.
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Comment #39543405
I think some franchisees will sell day-old loaves for fifty cents. Some gen-x YouTuber was using it as a cheap food source in college back in the day.
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Comment #39523154
Most of the core React devs are employees at Vercel. As much as you may not like it, core parts of React are driven by Vercel 's business model.
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Comment #38956067
Definitely validates the mainframe architecture though doesn't it?
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Comment #38927008
At the same time, it used to be expected you would learn to program a computer you bought. So much so, that operating systems shipped with BASIC and a language manual. That is not …
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Comment #38910782
Practically all of Activision's PS2 era catalog falls under this banner. We only recently got re-releases of their Star Trek stuff and a lot of their Marvel/movie tie-in games are …
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Comment #38746253
I think most tech companies rely on ignorance to sell their "simple" solutions. If everyone could solve their own problems their own way, then nobody would buy "simple" solutions.
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Comment #38567596
The only thing missing now is a modding community ala Neverwinter Nights. Then BGIII can truly be the heir apparent to the infinity engine/bioware legacy!
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Comment #38547674
Digital ownership seems like a wonderful use case for blockchain technology, and it baffles me that there hasn't been a DRM company yet that's jumped on this idea.
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Comment #38530892
Sexual selection certainly does. Eggs being expensive and sperm being cheap kind of make winners necessary.
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Comment #38190933
"It's nothing personal, it's just business"
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Comment #38075987
TBH, I've been thinking about these for my young kids. The small size is a plus in that regard.
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Comment #38039288
TBH, that stat seems low.