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DonkeyChan··on UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation
Separating a pocket of space-time from itself, then moving that. Which would also effect inertia. I suspect that moving space-time around itself would introduce totally different shearing effects but maybe those could be mitigated using special non-physical(or physical) geometry, like aerodynamics but for space-time.
DonkeyChan··on Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings
No. The client and his lawyer talked to me for about an hour and that was the last I heard of it.

But I'll ask if he'll give me the info. That's all public anyways right? I don't know very much about legal jazz.

DonkeyChan··on Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings
Whether it's incompetence or malice, it's wholly unprofessional.

My confidence was already shaken with MS through their entire Win 10 Campaign and it's now completely gone. Their paid support services are hit and miss and if I'm going to end up supporting things that my client is paying MS to support then they're out and my client gets a smaller TCO overall. I'll have to work with some of them so their business remain viable during the transition but I'm willing to do that. Their growth is our growth. Payment plans, trade, whatever we can come up with to make this happen. For every one thing MS has done, loudly, in the attempt to instill trust they've done 5 things, quietly, that harm it. There are too many viable platforms available and if money is the only obstacle then I'll mitigate that for our clients benefit.

DonkeyChan··on Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings
I can't agree with this more. A client straight up failed a PCI compliance audit, replete with daily fines, for using 10 Enterprise. They decided to pursue legal measures against MS for false claims. I really hope this gets elevated because reverting to win 7 is a solution with a short life span. The other solution is to rebuild infrastructure on top of a different platform but that's prohibitively expensive.
DonkeyChan··on Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings
MS Support consistently and repeatedly told me that enterprise allowed me to disable this stuff. If I can't control the egress then I can't verify PCI compliance. I've already had to revert a client to Win 7 because they failed a PCI compliance audit using Win 10 Enterprise. Which, by the way, is very expensive for small businesses. Win 10 Enterprise isn't viable for business. I have a bunch of small business clients and I've had to use a whitelist firewall to pass PCI compliance, someone said here that a whitelist firewall is borderline unusable. I've sunk so much time into that solution and I can attest, it's not viable.
DonkeyChan··on Google Cloud SQL for Postgres
I'm not building anything on top of google unless they give EOL time lines and stop pulling the rug out from under services.
DonkeyChan··on The new MacBook Pro is kind of great for hackers
By this version of what a hacker is, it makes it sound like Apple is saying "This is a sub-par piece of equipment but you'll make the most of it because you're a hacker who's more productive with less!" I agree with the definition on it's own merit.
DonkeyChan··on Did I just win?
He offered him BTC for it. Not so much free...
DonkeyChan··on Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation
You don't stop things like this when they're legal or maybe legal. There is no "Maybe it was illegal" It was, or it would have continued.
DonkeyChan··on Ask HN: I want to get into stocks and options
I just want to blanket thank everyone who commented on such a low ranked question. I sincerely appreciate everyone's time and I thank you all, the opinions and information was exactly what I needed and you guys replying to such a low ranked question really means a lot to me.
DonkeyChan··on Ask HN: I want to get into stocks and options
Haha, yeah. If you have enough money you can safely use it to make more. Here's hoping! I'm striving for small, but consistent returns over time. Thanks!
DonkeyChan··on Ask HN: I want to get into stocks and options
Yes, analysis is exactly what I was thinking. Thank you very much This is exactly the kind of resource I needed!
DonkeyChan··on Ask HN: I want to get into stocks and options
Thank you very much. Everything inside me tells me that it's exactly what you said, an efficient system and luck plays more of a factor than anything else (besides having a giant amount of capital). What kind of informational resources do you suggest? BTW I've been paper trading for well over a year now, I never feel like I have enough knowledge to "pull the trigger" with real money. Metatrader was one of the ones I looked at. What are your thoughts about ForEx? I consider it MORE risky than day trading especially when you don't have the capital. But I'm taking all input. Thanks again!
DonkeyChan··on Ask HN: I want to get into stocks and options
I can see an API being useful for more than placing trades and I see a platform as an entire framework of information sources, knowledge bases, data, and of course the actual broker. My intention is medium to long term investment but I don't want to shut any avenue out so I'm open to information, advice, and experience on basically any facet. That includes day trading but I'm not leaning that direction.