ratsmack

1,849 karma · joined August 17, 2013

Just an old guy.

ratsmack··on $477M FTX ‘hack’ was a Bahamian government asset seizure

The whole thing has been surrounded by misinformation, misdirection and outright lies. I still don't think there has been enough credible information released to form a complete picture at this point.

ratsmack··on 89% of Twitter employees believe Twitter Won't succeed under Elon (Blind survey)

I guess that's a sign he needs to keep replacing people.

ratsmack··on AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax (2001)

That is an excellent write up, thanks.

ratsmack··on AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax (2001)

X86 addressing modes are an atrocity: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63571979/clarifying-thre...

ratsmack··on Why does zsh start so slowly?

I have used the original ksh[1] for years, because it seem to have more features for complex shell scripts. It also supports real numbers for people that need math functions other than integer.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KornShell

ratsmack··on Australia gives world-first approval for fecal transplants to restore gut health

The huge amounts of preservative used in our food chain has been even more devastating to our biome because we consume them continuously.

ratsmack··on MIT reports Twitter lost over 1M users since Elon Musk’s takeover

"Usage" is different from "number of users". I believe you're conflating the two.

ratsmack··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush

I don't think too many birds were out flying in the dark, although bats may be out roaming around at that time.

ratsmack··on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said

Respect really doesn't have a lot to do with it, being a professional at your position does.

ratsmack··on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said

All he has to do is tweet something about Tesla... instant advertising.

ratsmack··on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said

I can see where people that get a sense of entitlement, for whatever reason, would have a problem with it.

ratsmack··on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said

> sort of a loon

I prefer eccentric, which may be an advantage for him.

ratsmack··on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said

Do you believe that Musk is not going to push his cars on Twitter? Seems to me that you have access to a fairly large audience on there.

ratsmack··on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said

Every company I was with when it sold had lawyers come in and inform everyone that all processes are frozen, no equipment can move or be transferred while inventory is taken, everyone involved with computers surrender their passwords to their incoming engineers... etc, etc, etc. It is standard practice and there is nothing nefarious about it.

ratsmack··on PayPal restores to its TOS $2,500 charge for any post they don't like

And why would that be the problem of the receiving end of the transaction?

ratsmack··on Ask HN: How could you build a server that will last 20+ years?

It seems the technology changes so fast that after two years most hardware is considered obsolete.

ratsmack··on The mainframe in your pocket running minicomputer software

Just a little side note... my company bought a VAX 11/780, serial number 13, which was the 3rd one DEC shipped (DEC kept the first 10 in house).

ratsmack··on US strong enough to avoid recession, says Biden economic adviser

The criteria for determining a recession has historically been "Negative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two consecutive quarters", which we have had. The current administration seems to redefine the meaning with a new word salad definition, indicating the original definition is invalid for the current economic environment.

ratsmack··on Colleges that ditched admission tests find it harder to fairly choose students

> (most recently “No Child Left Behind” and “Every Student Succeeds”)

And now for the worst thing that ever happened to the government education system.

ratsmack··on Colleges that ditched admission tests find it harder to fairly choose students

This argument is parroted constantly regarding many things and not a shred of evidence is ever required.

ratsmack··on Princeton lab simulates nuclear war (2019)

War mongers also cross the entire political spectrum almost like they're born with a death wish. It's too bad they can't be excised from the system before they gain too much power.

ratsmack··on Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

1) You can now get the addictive drugs injected at your doctor's office.

2) ... and addiction plummeted.

Hmmmmmmm... It doesn't make sense.

ratsmack··on Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu

Funny thing is that systemd just calls the scripts in /etc/init.d, but I'm told that it is an improvement.

ratsmack··on Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

It appears that there was a bump up in the rate during the early 2K's.

https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/us/ca/san-francisco/murde...

ratsmack··on Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

It's pretty well established that addictive drugs cause users to commit petty theft to support their drug habit.

ratsmack··on Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

>Now that he has been recalled in favor of a “tough” replacement...

That was in June of this year. Do you really believe that the change will happen that fast?

ratsmack··on Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

>San Francisco prosecutors will no longer ask judges for cash bail as a condition for the pretrial detention of defendants

I wonder if the police have become apathetic about making arrests.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sf-da-boudin-announces...

ratsmack··on Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

>places like austin

Not a lot of difference.

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/tx/austin/crime

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/san-francisco/crime

ratsmack··on Researchers’ tests of lab-made version of Covid virus draw scrutiny

>There is no evidence the work, performed under biosecurity level 3 precautions in BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, was conducted improperly or unsafely. In fact, it was approved by an internal biosafety review committee and Boston’s Public Health Commission, the university said Monday night.

Theat doesn't mean it can't be accidentally released, it just means there is less of a chance.

ratsmack··on The illustrated history of how sugar conquered the world (2017)

The sugar industry has not been honest about the product they produce:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074...

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