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was8309

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About was8309

retired mainframer

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    Comment #49244903

    i took it as sarcasm in that todays authoritarian type bosses would see 'chill' as pathological ?

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    Comment #48970611

    modify your Local Group Policy Microsoft Learn DeviceInstallation Policy. Open gpedit.msc, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Installat…

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    Comment #48959660

    the instructions to enable "Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata" don't work for me w/ W11, any ideas? thanks

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    Comment #48310666

    I'm guessing the religious people at your neighborhood churches feel pretty strongly about the value of truth. How do they make that work with support for trump? I'm not trying to …

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    Comment #47952971

    what if it becomes clear that it was only to pay informants?

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    Comment #47521317

    Mueller correctly stated there was an orchestrated disinformation campaign by Russia. That's different than Russians under voting tables stuffing ballots in their pockets. some lik…

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    Comment #46709750

    "Loss of privilege feels like oppression". I see the numbers showing hiring shifts, but i don't see any numbers backing up the claim that there was once an pure and fair "American …

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    Comment #46408270

    "...so many FBI agents at the Jan 6" citation? thanks

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    Comment #46195386

    maybe i'm doing a No True Scotsman, but i can't see where the Left has ever been against the poors. I thought the the origin of the terms Left and Right was For Democracy (the poor…

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    Comment #45773506

    I think police may not mind Waze, they may care more about drivers that are truly dangerous and are fine with filtering out hose that are signalling that they are paying attention …

  11. story
    AITA -SumUp requires cc info in plaintext

    I was trying to make a purchase from a local vendor that uses SumUp for credit card processing. The vendor told me SumUp wanted verification via a 'Receipt of Goods and Services' p…

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    Comment #45279959

    one word missing "White" - White Christian Nationalists. not sure who would take that as an insult and who refers to themselves as such

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    Comment #44952862

    this is my confusion also - it sounds like they are conflating "modify and sell" with "modify and consume"

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    Comment #44501402

    the oil industry

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    Comment #44042487

    what if the 'too much' amount is the result of a vote?

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    Comment #43512367

    cobol is trivial to learn. the problem is that the core of old systems were written even before 'Structured Programming' and anything like reviewing and enforcing design standards.…

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    Comment #43506484

    i wish i could upvote this 100 times. like an cop walking into a bar full of criminals. any criminal that has to ask someone what to do won't last long. plus they can actually be e…

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    Comment #42965327

    either it works on customers, or it works on business people - by duping them into spending alot of money ever since Edward Bernays. projected to be a trillion a year 2025

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    Comment #42943470

    maybe it sounds like no protection from predation?

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    Comment #42910088

    sorry for late comment, but the problem is clearer to me when considering it as resource control, rather than 'wealth'. Earning $60k gives you control of barely nothing. It would t…

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    Comment #42445700

    sometimes a T is included - yintz

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    Comment #41221029

    back then I chose prism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Prism because the user wanted a local app and I only wanted to work with the most ubiquitous UI. was lightweight and w…

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    Comment #41070651

    is it ok to ask why this is being flagged? I don't know much about cybersecurity, is the article inaccurate or somehow bogus?

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    Comment #40955454

    and a tool to squash or expand the hierarchy helps alot. jEdit can fold/unfold based on indentation. along with simple prefixes : '-' for info, '>' for todo, '= {date}' for done, e…

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    Comment #39337718

    because of the rates of physical abuse of men against women vs vice versa?