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tetrep
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About tetrep
paul at blacksheepwall dot com
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Comment #41278047
> Just think of all the nonsense you have to deal with in the name of "security." Well, the good news is that everything you listed is known as a bad idea to both end users and peo…
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Comment #41132008
Location: NYC Remote: Preferred, but I'm willing to commute anywhere within a few hours if hybrid, less for always on-site. Willing to relocate: No. Technologies: - penetration tes…
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Comment #38475150
I think you can fix that incentive issue relatively easily by allowing people to choose the allocation arbitrarily after some sort of minimum tax, e.g. The first $4 of your monthly…
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Comment #38460742
While it's far from the same, I see a lot of similarities with modern web browsers (and part of why I love to play with them): - Instant-on - You hit F12 and in less than a second …
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Comment #38431802
I was hoping this post would have at least an implication that they knew how Brother worked internally and that they were somewhat certain that the company had virtually no innovat…
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Comment #38378460
There's a lot of differences between the US and France that result in different suburb/city situations, but I think "white flight" and "redlining" cover a decent chunk of it: https…
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Comment #37941447
Not sure how this is hooked up, but there can be quite a bit of heat generated if it's possible for people to print (lots of) fully black pages, like wasting someone's fax toner/in…
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Comment #37858722
The entry level for this group of goods is more expensive than you can afford, but it's not representative of the entry level of all cars, just Lucid's. You wouldn't say appetizers…
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Comment #37737258
According to this data, at least in the US, wealthy people are already "gentlepersoning" us in many elite fields: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/03/18/289013884/who-...
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Comment #37709725
It's a free feature from Google for their Pixel phones: https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/9118387?hl=en
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Comment #37692629
> Interviews were nothing like today (with the insanity of leetcode). Would that mean it was the era of "Why are manhole covers round?" I don't want to sound like someone who suppo…
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Comment #37617218
I think this is similar to looking at the budget of the US government and asking why they don't simply pay off all the potential criminals such that most crime in the US is then mi…
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Comment #37583102
If you want to future proof it you need to version it. It sounds like you're trying to pack many things into a single file, so having the first few bits of the file represent a ver…
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Comment #37574532
TFA links to a more interesting piece from The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/16/ai-girlfrien... Which bring up a really interesting point about the AI bei…
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Comment #37562459
> Maybe there's so much garbage coming in now that they finally have to do something about it? It seems like this is preventative action rather than reactionary, as they say that t…
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Comment #37543117
Graham crackers were supposed to do the same! The cultural impact of puritanical thinking in the US is, IMO, really understated. It's amazing how many stupid things are anchored in…
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Comment #37536953
My understanding is that a small minority of a casino's users are responsible for the bulk of their revenue and if you take a small leap of faith and assume that many or most of th…
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Comment #37521412
The same way you avoid it: Succession planning. You need to do the same thing as before this becomes an issue, but now you have less time. You need/want battle plans before a battl…
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Comment #37514606
> This feels kind of odd and kind of unfair. Why? It's not a crime in and of itself. You're also free to make sure all your banking transactions are <$10k, but that doesn't make yo…
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Comment #37438433
Are you implying that SpaceX purposefully failed in order to give the FCC something to critique?
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Comment #37292730
It's missing "Webster's dictionary defines The Seven Sins of writing as...."
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Comment #37281306
I hate to tap the "news" part of the domain, but what is new here? Is there a recent significant advisory (doesn't look like it)?
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Comment #37248178
> This lowers the bar for casual players to get into a game. But at the same time, makes for a (somewhat) more passive experience. You explore a pre-designed environment vs. create…
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Comment #37223988
Ah, okay. I'm pretty judicious with my camera use anyway so I didn't realize people needed help with that.
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Comment #37221065
While a compass helps with orientation, it doesn't help you find where you are or where you're going, so a map might be a good addition (or a replacement, as I find it pretty trivi…