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flowersjeff
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About flowersjeff
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Comment #48231684
"The point of buying the server wasn’t to save money, it was to build something cool." In the end, this is always the real answer - one that I'm sure we can all agree is the 'corre…
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Comment #48140211
So... paired with https://coe.gatech.edu/news/2026/04/batteries-not-included-o... and one has a complete hardware solution?
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Comment #43120312
Misleading title :-/ Gotta do better tbh. At least there's a link to the actual (public mind you) tweet, but still.
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Comment #38311531
Huh? WTH happened?... Love to learn the inside story, this sounds insane.
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Comment #35798201
Reality check. Car gets stolen. You tell the cops the exact location of car. They tell you to fill out paperwork. You pick up said paper work two weeks later. Insurance does ( or d…
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Comment #35173551
Third'ly?... Nuitka is amazing. Simply as that.
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Comment #34884890
Really?... Isn't the 'underlying' skill ( and it was hard for me to write that last word )... being able to communicate? Are we really going to call this anything but the ability t…
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Comment #33956162
I just hope it isn't another ( there's been more than one ) NASA level "announcement" on astrobiology that's going to rewrite the "book". These sorts of headline grabs do nothing t…
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Comment #33867478
Can confirm, at least at my college. I don't see how this is helping anyone / society at large - and worry how it will play out long term.
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Comment #33109705
My 'fav' class as an undergrad was also the hardest. I was 'lucky' to have received a 'C'. There was one 'A', one 'B', my grade ... in a class of perhaps 30. When a grad student as…
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Comment #32999388
Reading through all the responses...My personal take on what I've been reading. The amount of cheating that I ( and my fellow professors ) have seen during these past few years has…
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Comment #32999183
How fun (not) is that....
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Comment #32997954
There are many projects that have experimented with something like this - and personally, I think this is the way to go. Staked ID...
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Comment #32997944
As I see it, the hurt is going to come from more hoops expected, as any burdens are always passed down to the individual. In in an ideal world, companies would actually read/think/…
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Comment #32997837
Totally confused why folks are not understanding/believing what you've stated. I can attest, this is happening and at 'top' tier places. I can't tell you how spot on you are regard…
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Comment #32996922
Happened with my partner, and have heard of this from a lot of friends. This is a real issue. It hurts 'real' candidates and everyone that takes time to be apart of the hiring proc…
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Comment #32744209
From my understanding though, these 'prices' are outdated nearly as quickly as they are published. I.e. sure you have a set, but everything is dynamic and changing. Seems like it w…
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Comment #30803754
This surprises...nobody? Except maybe bean counters/management types that need to show off perhaps. With that said, I do have concerns. These issues center around a shift in benefi…
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Comment #28038674
I honestly see this as the 'things to come' - and sort of impressed that these technologies/ideas haven't been used sooner. With that said, I too think that it would be a HUGE gain…
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Comment #27889029
This really hits home, decades ago - I was working at this place that did daily tape backups. I remember thinking, this is unreal - there's literally a room filled with tapes. One …
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Comment #26390080
Thanks so much for that read :-)
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Comment #25481103
This sounds way too convenient - basically the modern day equivalent of the "dog did it". So we're to believe that a rogue computer code screwed up?.. i.e.: nobody in charge mess'e…
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Comment #24933183
FinTech Idea: Create a website whereby foreign capital can be sent to a local for the purchase of real estate. Maybe even allow said local to live inside of the dwelling provided t…
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Comment #24826845
Litter robot 3 owner here... take note, the company's tech support ain't at all as it should be. My partner got the device, I'm responsible for its running. Had issues and tried to…