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virtuowl··on Level 3 technician's misstep causes largest telephone outage ever reported
This sounds more like a failed ui in the managing software than the technicians fault if noone there knew what that empty field would do
virtuowl··on Adrian Lamo has died
I know what you mean but i am not sure how much he knew about the things manning leaked. Considering what he did before i want to believe that he had a good reason why he did it. Maybe he really thought people were in danger
virtuowl··on FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites
If the thing about the dods tracking capabilities was true there would not be satellites that are lost and found decades later by amateurs
virtuowl··on Scientists Aim to Pull Peer Review Out of the 17th Century
It would be really nice to modernize the whole scientific process and also get rid of overpriced journals
virtuowl··on Federal Circuit Should Not Allow Patents on Inventions That Belong to the Public
I always feel that patents or at least the way patents work is really bad for humanity as a whole and hindering our progress. On the other hand there has to be some way for inventors to benefit, are there any good alternatives?
virtuowl··on Japanese scientists invent floating 'firefly' light
It is cool but the goals they have are total bs and they know that themselves because noone who unserstands how this works would believe that stuff
virtuowl··on Show HN: Passpwn – check passwords in pass against haveibeenpwned
So i guess this does not work with any salted hashes
virtuowl··on 21 Years of Income as a Software Engineer in San Francisco
Well, you get good healthcare and pension in most european countries. You can live a lot cheaper than in the big cities in the us and there is no gangs and not as many drug addicts
virtuowl··on Obesity and Overweight Prevalence for the U.S
That is around 2 times what i pay in germany