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Comment #26652970
That does not sound like they were working in the main trunk. I do not believe you can run any production code that was self signed like this.
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Comment #26649651
The worry is not about ML. It's about bot farms in India/China with real people behind the wheel. That's why CAPTCHA needs to be able to evolve without maintenance from the website…
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Comment #26644980
The issue with that is so much of the software industry is propped up by advertising. There is nowhere to go without being involved with ads, so why fight it?
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Comment #26644886
I'm a developer who uses Steamworks. Keys are free for us to generate and sell at will. Valve reserve the right to say no, but from what I can tell, their only policy is to not tak…
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Comment #26607310
How would you do it? If nobody sells your software, and nobody is donating.
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Comment #26603846
It's not really possible to prevent that. E.g. a well crafted image can easily trigger an RCE on some older versions of Android: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/02/08/android…
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Comment #26595829
The definition of assault rifle is very poorly defined. There are dangerous weapons on both sides of the definition.
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Comment #26577096
I agree. Social distancing + vaccination is pretty much the only effective strategy so far. Lockdowns do enforce that, but they also create vast damage beyond what's needed.
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Comment #26568510
It's become a politically charged subject. Conservatives are barely touching it because it's not a polite topic, and Labour outright are pretending it's not an issue. Also, this ha…
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Comment #26565777
Sorry dang, have no intention of spamming the website with different accounts. I'll pay more attention to the rules next time.
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Comment #26565669
> Why use a gendered pronoun here? It’s a bit unfair that the only non-specific gendered pronoun relates to a bad programming practice. Spoiler alert, but making mistakes isn't jus…
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Comment #26565227
And other programs don't?
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Comment #26564418
Precisely. Sorry if I didn't choose my words better GP.
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Comment #26564411
FAANG. The chairs at the office were super good. This is partly why I'm part of the pro WFO crowd - because then I don't need to spend thousands on getting a similar quality setup …
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Comment #26555525
Isn't the whole point of WebView that Firefox et al can provide it as well as Chrome?
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Comment #26555488
Well I'm glad things are going good for you. Some of us are still struggling. Many people are too poor to splurge 1K on a luxury office chair. This article is about those people.
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Comment #26553643
Exactly. I consider coffee breaks and the like to be a healthy part of work life balance. They stimulate new ideas and learning in a way that video conferencing does not. Software …
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Comment #26552723
Sorry, but no. Work is supposed to work for me, as well as me working for it. Some people might be fine with perfect compartmentalization of work, but I would find it soul crushing…
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Comment #26552670
Because WHO/WFH has become a zero-sum political game rather than an actual debate.
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Comment #26552648
Some of the people who like offices undoubtedly live and work outside Silicon Valley...?
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Comment #26549486
Precisely because Americans lead comfortable lives.
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Comment #26548136
I'd argue China needs to engage in proper sanitation and stop treating citizens as disposable.
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Comment #26544800
Thank the media for slandering the company, accusing it of perpetrating genocides, political strife, Russian election hacking conspiracy, etc... The reason they do this is being sc…
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Comment #26536705
This is exactly where I am. I'm a uni student who also works at a software company (apprenticeship) and my personal learning has cratered during lockdown. I went from being the hap…