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throwbigdata··on EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
e.g. PETA
throwbigdata··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)
Wow, your life sounds very difficult.
throwbigdata··on Is “The Phoenician Scheme” Wes Anderson's Most Emotional Film?
Isn’t that the point?
throwbigdata··on Gold Is Worth More in New York
What audits are done yearly?
throwbigdata··on Who Is Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky?
But not mid?
throwbigdata··on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and the Birth of the Weird (2016)
Love it! Had the soundtrack album. “Don’t touch me!” is my favorite.

https://youtu.be/pFO5hfumb1A?si=fUCyx-LBeuIlGBxL

throwbigdata··on Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity
I’ve never worked at a public company that allowed limit orders to survive blackout periods.
throwbigdata··on Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity
Life is very different at $50M v $250M
throwbigdata··on The Magical Mystery Merge Or Why we run FreeBSD-current at Netflix (2023) [pdf]
That’s not how TDP works.
throwbigdata··on Sam Altman "Wrecks" OpenAI – Jan Leike Joins Anthropic [video]
I personally am sick and tired of these trust and safety people thinking they’re the most important people at the company.
throwbigdata··on Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order
Yawn.
throwbigdata··on Ask HN: OAI employees who signed to follow Sam, what was your decision process?
You just did!
throwbigdata··on Amazon will invest up to $4B in Anthropic
Yes, you are. Now, what are you talking about?
throwbigdata··on TSMC Exec Says Workers Unwilling to Take Shifts Should Not Enter Chipmaking
Lots of empathy for the labor class, but no balance for the incredible results!
throwbigdata··on Google Cloud region currently down due to water intrusion
Who trains the trainers?
throwbigdata··on Tungsten gold plated bar
No, it is not audited regularly.
throwbigdata··on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250M bail
Martha Stewart taught us how easy those are to take off!
throwbigdata··on I drink before I interview
I meant netcat; but I know what you are talking about. Tried and true isn’t mongo level webscale!
throwbigdata··on I drink before I interview
Literally Hitler?
throwbigdata··on I drink before I interview
Everyone knows it’s nc:)
throwbigdata··on My First Piano
I purchased a Fazioli a few months ago and I really like it.
throwbigdata··on Ask HN: Have you set up a procedure to disclose your passwords in case of death?
Consider looking into Shamir’s Secret Sharing Scheme.

I am toying with starting an online service/company where users would elect a backup group where M of N people in the group can unlock the secrets. Use case would be secrets, passwords, Trusts, Instructions.

This issue confronted me when we put our living trust docs in our safe bit didn’t have a good way for our executor to get into the safe.

Would any of you use this service? Secure s3/Dropbox with SSSS access. Secure online safety deposit box with multiparty encryption.

throwbigdata··on Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
A long time ago when we found out that iPhones were keeping track of where you went, I learned that my phone had associated with some Russian cell towers when I flew over Russia flying from Newark to India, or somewhere like that. It’s highly probable.
throwbigdata··on Splunk IP suit against Cribl
Yeah but you had clue. Those who don’t use Splunk.
throwbigdata··on Was MPLS Necessary?
No but neither was tcp/ip.

However both added value.

In the late 90s it was ATM and Frame Relay v MPLS.

rough consensus and running code culminates to standards.

But none of its necessary.

throwbigdata··on Was MPLS Necessary?
Hell, yeah.
throwbigdata··on 'Securing Open Source Software Act' introduced to US Senate
More or less of a big issue than the revolving door of Microsoft bugs?
throwbigdata··on Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
Sixhobbits is notable and important to me. They deeerve dignity and our respect
throwbigdata··on Wet/Dry Vacuum Buying Guide (2019)
Are there quality new fridges? Are Subzero fridges quality?
throwbigdata··on AWS us-east-2 outage
I did reply to the wrong comment, apologies!
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