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They should absolutely be forced to provide either a refund or a downloadable copy, this is absurd. It sounds like they didn't actually have the license necessary to be able to sel…

Yeah; you can see some of the rationale here - https://savestandardtime.com/ (not affiliated, and they're a little wacky about it, but I broadly agree) - but the best argument is i…

Thankfully much smaller potatoes, but yah, I'm annoyed by it

This is exactly what I mention in a sibling comment - an incredibly misleading survey is quoted here to make it look like there was overwhelming support. >>>More than 93% of the re…

No the OP, but I'm also in BC and dislike this change. The change was made (partly) based on a bullshit poll of residents, that asked basically "Hey which would you rather do, use …

I was being a little flippant there - but I think we've gone way too far in the "nuclear is risky" direction, largely because of Chernobyl, which was a) a very specific disaster ca…

SAT isn't a perfect IQ test but it's not bad for a first-pass filter. Nearly all who scored 1600 will be bright and nearly all who score 800 won't be. It's a bit like BMI. Yes, if …

Oh my god, yes, please. It should be 100 over the next 10 years but this is a great start. We should be cranking these out and building cities in the north with clean unlimited pow…

Yeah. I don't think they're gouging, I totally understand how expensive RAM and storage and GPUs are, but...oof. I just can't justify it as a 'fun' purchase.

You sort of do; stop doing work above a certain volume, stop meeting deadlines. This will have consequences, which may include a) firing or b) better volume and deadlines, dependin…

I have my problems with this as well, but at least no one else already has root on my phone.

They have my account and transit number and stuff, sure, that's different than my username and password for online banking. We print them out on cheques that can be (reasonably) sa…

Why would you ever login to a sensitive account on a device you don't own and have root on? Like I trust my employer not to do anything shifty with my banking info, if I were to us…

Always a bit illuminating to me how many exploits seem to so dumb I'd never even bother to attempt them. You're telling me I can just...ask for the password? And that works?

If they have 5 minutes, sure. If they have 5 hours, they'll follow procedure.

Because as a huge enterprise you want stability and ability to check the boxes you need to check far more than anything else. I'm at a medium enterprise and this is true. If I go w…

Yep! We sometimes have a choice between the gold-standard and commonly updated open source solution to X and a two-bit hacked together proprietary solution that has 24/7 support at…

That still doesn't seem autonomous in any real way though. There are people that I could hire in the real world, give $10k (I dunno if that's enough, but you understand what I mean…

I mean...fair. All I can say is it's still very critical and in production. I guess it's just worth pointing out that horribly outdated things still need support :)

No joke, it just came up at work as a possible solution to something. We have some legacy systems that talk over TCP in plaintext. It's all within well-secured networks on locked d…

An undervalued company is one that everyone else thinks is a loser but actually isn't - if you can identify that (and maybe make some adjustments to it) you can make a lot of money…

I worked at a big-box retailer before figuring out a career. They had an old-school TUI that was incredibly fast and well designed. Function keys to do all kinds of lookups and adj…

I think this is a strange and very modern conception of weddings. Weddings are not just about the bride and groom; they're about the bride and groom and the community of their frie…

I think everyone agrees that some rules for guests are fine, and some are silly. "No flash photography or leaning into aisles during the wedding procession" is a reasonable rule, "…

Yes, that's an asshole move. I think it's also pretty weird to ask people not to take photos though. edit: "no photos during the ceremony" is different than "no photos the entire e…