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fortranfiend

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    Comment #47910673

    I see this at there's no credible connection at this time, but these individuals have knowledge of technical details on projects and technologies that they don't want in the hands …

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    Comment #47721923

    It couldn't possibly making a simple software update cost 21x the previous cost to run the software to the point changing to a competitor is cheaper than maintaining VMware.

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    Comment #47643087

    To restart a nuclear power plant, you must go through every planned maintenance activity that was cancelled or not done in the mothballed time frame, you have to inspect every pipe…

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    Comment #47468269

    I'll believe it when I see the quality increase.

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    Comment #47442749

    I'm hybrid, but most weeks get called to site due to the nature of my job. Supposed to be 50/50 but often it's full in office. Air gapped networks that look like museum pieces are …

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    Comment #47441325

    That lemon pound cake did look tempting though.

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    Comment #47403477

    I live pretty rural and starlink has been worth the price over the last few years. When you compare it to dialup or hughesnet or viasat, it just works.

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    Comment #47389802

    Some things should be left unknown.

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    Comment #47183169

    Cold pizza dead center.

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    Comment #47152444

    Guess I'm more paranoid than fairly. Id class this in a wait and see category maybe try it out on a secondary device for a trial run. You'd have to have the need to their services …

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    Comment #46979099

    Telnet will live on, in areas it probably shouldn't like industrial controls systems, switch management, regulated industries, printing, etc.

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    Comment #46874080

    Electrical engineer, ti89 in the desk. Also how else am I going to maintain my brick breaker dominion.

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    Comment #46829935

    Don't use biometrics a pin has been shown to have more 5th amendment protections. Have your phone automatically reboot at a regular time every day. When your phone reboots a lot of…

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    Comment #46658687

    Did you remember to say please and thank you to copilot..../s For a single user error, pbkac.

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    Comment #46567562

    I use it to see what restaurants are open on holidays or late at night then I just go to the restaurant.

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    Comment #46556246

    Hmm it just let me put Keir Starmer in a bikini.

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    Comment #46496700

    I put all my cloud file sharing into the same local folder and let them fight it out, but also have a bitorrent sync of my monthly disk image as the backup.

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    Comment #46454500

    Have some oe on something similar, we created two laptops that ran Linux to mimic something in our plant, the issue with them though was drivers, we got the bleeding edge and compo…

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    Comment #46308605

    I still have to use Fortran 77 on vax machines at work. It's... Fun. Hope it lasts long enough for this replacement project to finish.

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    Comment #46212758

    Hmm curious as to how loud it will make the data center.

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    Comment #45907908

    fake frustration yet another thing named after euler.

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    Comment #45875056

    Patches have been a mess the last couple years. Makes me think someone or a group of people either quit, were fired, or got pulled into the ai side of the business. The mistakes be…

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    Comment #45871662

    Are we allowed to call Nintendo the big N now? Asking for a friend.

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    Comment #45865792

    What happens when people don't get paid for multiple months.