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yaml: https://www.bram.us/2022/01/11/yaml-the-norway-problem/ bash: errexit depends on caller's context, will utterly fail you one day: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/…

same for the railways: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5571565 not unthinkable such things will follow, but so far might be fake news

It's the news article that was already widely published and a local take (not by any government body, "campaigners have called") in Scotland.

Same (growing up in Israel). Didn’t realize it’s “gay” until much later. Here’s from 1992: https://youtu.be/rQTbSFojYRE

Reminds me of Perl's taint mode

So it's not a status but just a per ride assessment -- if you appear disabled when the driver comes to pick you up, he should ask not to receive surge pay for that particular ride?…

Many of the bullet points are somewhat vague, but one is strangely specific: > Prohibiting companies from charging passengers with disabilities higher prices during busy times. Fir…

Maybe not for the operation they're running, of which VoIP is only a small part.

WebRTC is somewhat new and complex, and browser support varies greatly. I don't know what kind of unlimited resources behemoth you imagine Slack to be, but I can definitely see how…

Yeah, I was somewhat surprised by those. "Classes" on domestic flights in the USSR?! And yeah, GUM was (and still is) a department store for Soviet citizens - https://en.wikipedia.…

re Lyft: We detect recycled phone numbers, and we'll challenge you (or "not you") for further identification. Phone recycling has been a much bigger problem for non-fraudulent case…

https://sites.google.com/site/normanhcohen/

This was done under previous administrations just the same. Telling a CBP officer that you're come to be "paid to lecture" is usually the kind of honesty that doesn't pay off. CBPs…

I've read similar stories before the current administration. Telling a CBP officer that you're going to be "paid to lecture" is not recommended. This is a kind of honesty that does…

I think Rogue Amoeba was already doing serial numbers etc. for their other products. re Payments: Have you ever seen how easy Stripe is?

I think you're talking about the BART that's much more than SF. The Muni underground tram is rather quiet.

Make you perform a challenge that's possible with two hands but impossible with one. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMXEOAvfb4

Does anyone track? I guess as much anyone tracks any "U.S. tax dollars" going to any other US government stuff one doesn't like or agree with. (In other words, probably not much.) …

Cellebrite got its start with the UME, a phone memory transfer tool for carriers' (POS and support). Carrier-oriented tools are a major part of its operations, though there have be…

The web page lacks any screenshots of the change staging screens.

Yeah, not sure what "fast" refers to.

I've been to the one in Saint-Petersburg. Probably worth a visit, but do expect most machines to be under-maintained, and keep you wondering if the game is even receiving your inpu…

Uh, wait, does the US have a "startup visa" now?

For me, it greatly depends on the location. At locations where hostels are readily available and cheap, I had easy time couchsurfing, e.g. Mexico, and had a very good time (that wa…