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askl56··on GitHub was down
Ironically, it seems your site is down? Hug of death?
askl56··on Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms
Regardless, that would need to be fact checked?
askl56··on Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms
The problem inevitably has flared up: Twitter's head of integrity leading this push has previously tweeted that Trump is a Nazi and accused the flyover states of being racist.

https://twitter.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/1265463081997484032

This isn't going to end well, and unless Twitter is going to exercise this impartially (which is impossible given a human is involved), they are going to lose their platform status, and justifiably so.

askl56··on Time to Ban Wet Markets
They certainly brought it to prominence:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/chinese-o...

askl56··on GitHub was down
Intentions are meaningless. If you're providing a service, (especially charging money for said service), you can't break it because "you're hard at work".
askl56··on Uber Sinks to New Record Low as IPO Share Lockup Expires
It's profitable through Uber's own non GAAP numbers, the GAAP numbers are still unprofitable.
askl56··on Huawei Mate 30 phones launch without Google apps
Applico and they don't seem to understand how the Chinese phone market works.
askl56··on WeWork considers IPO valuation of as low as $10B
So what you're saying is that they are not currently a tech company but that they intend to become one?
askl56··on iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
Whilst I agree with your premise, the problem is that they explicitly made the distinction that this was for professionals. I can't remember the precise verbiage but when Cook introduced it he said that this was by and for professionals.
askl56··on Uber Lays Off 400
> “saudi investors bought into secondary offering at X share price”

I think Beyond Meat are currently demonstrating the perils of doing a secondary offering whilst the company is unprofitable.

askl56··on Ten Years of Erlang
That's not already self evident?
askl56··on The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
Not OP but I assume project managers
askl56··on Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network
To be fair that is not unique to surface books depending on which distro you are referring to
askl56··on How an International Hacker Network Turned Stolen Press Releases into $100M
He's not defending the honour of Ukraine or making a political statement about Manafort.

He's asserting that the US has more corruption in local police and justice departments than the average American would like to believe.

askl56··on Starting your own bank is laborious but profitable (2009)
Count me in
askl56··on The Bullshit Web
I3wm is a window manager you can run on any Linux distribution
askl56··on Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Keyboard
> Since when has our "field" become so flubby that we're now eschewing the notion of background knowledge?

I think the issue is more that the skillset follows the money. If you are a top web developer who can work in adtech/fintech/e-commerce and contract then you will make far more money doing that than you ever would in pure systems engineering. It's not so much that background knowledge is fluff, moreso that their focus is probably a lot more scattered than it used to be, and their background knowledge is perhaps in other places.

askl56··on The myth of ‘mad’ genius
I've always believed that "genius" is simply mental illness with an audience.

People such as Mozart were known for feeling nervous anxious etc, until they wrote music which was cathartic, which nowadays I'm sure would be diagnosed as some sort of mental illness.

askl56··on Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting from Android phones
Rupert Murdoch does not own the Guardian. That is laughable. It's owned by The Scott Trust Limited, which was formerly a charitable trust and is dedicated to keeping the Guardian's editorial independence.
askl56··on Tesla Plunges After a Conference Call
Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-dyiASgGkk
askl56··on Facebook Q1 2018 Earnings Slides [pdf]
He's in a financial position to afford $10 a month for the relative luxury of not being served ads, meaning he has a relatively large disposable income, meaning he's the kind of person I would want to advertise to.
askl56··on Facebook Q1 2018 Earnings Slides [pdf]
The laws in the UK are already far more restrictive than our American cousins when it comes to advertising. “traffic data” and “location data" are already covered by the e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC.

Source: http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/differences-privacy-la...

askl56··on Facebook was in talks with hospitals about a proposal to share data
Surely this passes into the realms of illegality?
askl56··on Some terrible personal news
But that's not medically true? The proximate medical cause has to be valid and complete, otherwise what is the point in listing it? A death certificate provides full information as to why someone died for the relatives and for the state. This provides them with an explanation of how and why their relative died. It also gives them a permanent record of information about their family medical history, which may be important for their own health and that of future generations.
askl56··on US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High
It's not zero sum. As somebody who has come from money and made a lot of money in a field entirely unrelated to my parents and with zero financial help from them after university, a lot of the disparities I see between myself and others in my situation who came from more disadvantaged backgrounds is that they spend their money far less wisely because they think that, for example, a house in the country will make them happy. I know from my childhood that is not necessarily the case.
askl56··on CyberChef – A Cyber Swiss Army Knife
What do you mean by it's a job ad?
askl56··on Remote work: 6 months later
Are either of the relationships long distance?
askl56··on My time with Rails is up
Isn't that the esssence of programming?
askl56··on Show HN: Netflix Counter
A simple javascript snipped to calculate how much netflix you have watched.
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