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sirl1on

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    Comment #47971978

    I thought this is why red has exists?

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    Comment #47815151

    Everything is modeled after gambling nowadays to nudge and gamify the user experience to a desired outcome

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    Comment #47503705

    Move Slow and Fix Things.

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    Comment #47422580

    Treating your server as pet may perfectly fine. Not everything has to be fully automated cloud cluster cattle.

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    Comment #47305893

    Most non-tech people I know listen to podcasts through Spotify and some think Spotify invented them. Looking how podcasts advertise themselves, those who do use RSS advertise "Appl…

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    Comment #43303064

    Nitpick: I think known file extensions where hidden in Explorer since at least Windows 95 https://www.brainbell.com/tutors/A+/Hardware/Managing_Files_...

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    Comment #43216571

    You can define a CSP header to only exec 3rd Party scripts with known hashes

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    Comment #43045524

    That filibustering is still a valid political instrument is so weird as a non american. Maybe the us wouldn't be in this mess if it wouldn't cling to political process from the 180…

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    Comment #43045463

    That sounds like a lot like an addiction. Maybe we need to create "Methadone apps" to help people slowly get off the Pavlovian dopamine machine?

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    Comment #41517988

    Why not just running a shell script? Is there a benefit doing this on a cluster?

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    Comment #41017385

    If you haven't already seen, give the Netflix Show "Dark" a watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5753856/

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    Comment #39400936

    I think the mispronunciation may stem from the intended pun/wordplay: What's up? -> WhatsApp

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    Comment #38505819

    Maybe it's recycling PR/Customer Support/SEO language patterns found in large parts of the training data.

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    Comment #38128720

    So, Back Orifice wasn't hidden in other executables, but passed on by making people download and install it in all awareness? Didn't know that. Thanks for telling me instead attack…

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    Comment #38126511

    Thanks for taking the time to elaborate... and for the insights! I don't know why my initial post is received that aggresively, maybe I miscommunicated something. I only know the m…

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    Comment #38125764

    Do they really do that? Or is this hyperbole? I just skimmed some of the 2017 bulletins (aren't there newer ones?) and did not find sleazy marketing. Not that I can't imagine Micro…

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    Comment #38125653

    > I haven't seen a more blatant exposure/confirmation of the deep-seated authoritarian control-freak mindset that has permeated the whole computing industry. Can I use this as a te…

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    Comment #38125441

    Wow. Totally unprofessional when you compare it with today's security bulletin standards. This downplays risks and blames the user. Was this common back then?

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    Comment #37957827

    Trust On First Use. No relation to OpenTofu where Tofu is a word play in TerraForm.

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    Comment #37955181

    You can use tr to replace the pattern [A-Z] with [a-z] That said, if this unix game wants to showcase the great usability and pragmatism of unix pipes, it has the adverse effect on…

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    Comment #37410846

    Planescape: Torment?

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    Comment #37136591

    I didn't know that, thanks. Hopefully it's strictly enforced.

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    Comment #37091603

    not associated with spam yet. Another TLD for a target audience that will never use the TLD because of it's obscurity so it will only be used by people looking for the cheapest dom…

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    Comment #36598053

    Care to share your blog?

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    Comment #36597710

    > Don't just quit and let the amoral/immoral people win If the opposite is stay and actually make efforts for change then yes. If it is staying and keeping your mouth shut then it'…