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  1. Re:How to build a wall on Should America Build a Virtual Border Wall? Or Just Crowdfund It... (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Wandering into the USA at some random location is no longer an option.

    The 'wall' plan really has a big hole: Canada. Seriously, if you were a terrorist, which would be easier to cross?

  2. Re:Can we quit with the myth that Python is slow ? on You Can Now Profile Python Using Arm Forge (arm.com) · · Score: 1

    In fact, a lot of the production Java code that existed back then couldn't be maintained and got reimplemented in Python.

    Do you have an example that shows you actually know how to write Java code? Because if you can't even write Java in a maintainable way, something is wrong with you.....

  3. Re:If that keeps happening on German Police Ask Router Owners For Help In Identifying a Bomber's MAC Address (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    It seems reasonable. Then they can sort them into bomb and nonbomb categories without too much effort.

  4. Re:Nearing the tipping point. on California Lawmaker Wants to Ban Paper Receipts, Require Digital Ones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In contrast to the rest of the state, San Diego still officially has a realistic view on the border situation,

    What is a realistic view on the border situation?

  5. Re:So pay for the wall Dems *used* to support on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I've literally heard recordings of Nancy, Chuck, Hillary and even Barrack himself claiming we needed this from only a few short years ago

    Do you have a link to the Pelosi one? I couldn't find it.

  6. Re:More an example of incompetience as system admi on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot of sites are registered with Let's Encrypt, which only has a 90 day renewal period. It's kind of annoying. I'm not contradicting your point, just adding some background.

  7. Re:Interesting point. Ante hoc, ergo ne propter ho on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course this doesn't excuse the un-presidential behavior, it is however quite clear that Trump in 2019 didn't cause Pelosi in 2015 and 2016.

    Do yoyu have evidence of this (specifically Pelosi)? I've looked but can't find anything.

  8. Re:Clinton, Obama, Schumer, Pelosi all wanted a wa on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget what's important though: he got everyone to stop talking about Mueller.

    I'm not sure if that's the motivation. It seems plausible, but Trump himself mentioned Mueller today Also, I'm not sure too many people were talking about Mueller particularly more before, but that's harder to get good data about.

  9. Re:This might call for some Fox News counterhackin on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, we're either going to import the labor here, or the work is going over there. Not really a way around that.

  10. Re:This might call for some Fox News counterhackin on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Pence is not a great guy either but he's at least reasonably intelligent and honest enough to not stare into a camera and lie his ass off (yet).

    He's a good liar. You should watch the interview he did when he first became VP, and still wasn't sure what his opinions should be. He had to squirm a bit more.

  11. It's slow on You Can Now Profile Python Using Arm Forge (arm.com) · · Score: 2

    Python "is often described as being slow when it comes to performance... But is that truly the case?"

    Yes, in fact yes, it is. That is not why we use Python.

  12. Outrage sells. If you can find a way to make people feel outraged, then you can sell advertisements. It's been working for 40 years. "I'm mad as hell and not going to take this anymore!" A lot of these outrage stories are empty, this one just more obviously so.

    From a politicians perspective, the best thing is that outraged people are manipulable.

    The best stories are the ones with a kernel of truth: like Global Warming, or Terrrorists in Iraq, who need to be pre-emptivevly invaded.

  13. Of course this also means that you'd be liable for everything the bot does. You can't have one without the other.

    Believe it or not, you can. Laws are human constructs, and thus have no need to be logical or consistent.

  14. Re:Brutal on SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of Its Workers (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    but beside that if there is no weight given to continuity for employees it just seems impossible to have a stable career + marriage + life.

    In the software industry, stability comes from the skill of being able to find a job quickly. Trying to get stability any other way is a fool's game.

  15. Re:Clinton, Obama, Schumer, Pelosi all wanted a wa on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's a video of a couple of guys climbing the existing very similar existing wall, in broad daylight, with drugs strapped to their backs, using only ropes. Takes them less than a minute.

    Where's the video?

  16. Those were not about walls along the whole fucking shebang southern border, but rather small portion, and about sensible policies

    Not a very convincing argument.......they're standard political hypocrites who would favor a wall if it was from their party.

  17. Re:This might call for some Fox News counterhackin on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, something that's been getting lost in the debate is that Mexico was supposed to pay for the wall, right?

    Dems should be pounding on this point much, much harder than they are now.

  18. Re:This might call for some Fox News counterhackin on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    do you really think the public is going to blame anyone but Trump? He keeps saying, over and over, that he will not compromise.

    His plan is to take the blame (he has already said that multiple times), and then be perceived as winning. I'm not a political expert, but if he gets the wall, it will probably work.

  19. Except in Africa, where the humans originated?

  20. If that keeps happening on German Police Ask Router Owners For Help In Identifying a Bomber's MAC Address (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If that keeps happening, we'll need to take packages to the post office unsealed, so we can show the contents to the post office employee, and then seal it in front of them. To prevent bombs from getting delivered. Annoying.

  21. Those are really cool.

  22. Sure, but let's see you do clown makeup. That's not your skill.

  23. Re:"Black market" implies it is illegal on Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint To Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately it probably isn't illegal for companies to sell customer data like this... but it should be illegal to sell intimate customer data without explicit consent

    It wouldn't make a difference......a very small percentage of the population even reads their cell phone contract, and most people don't care if their location data has been sold.

  24. $50 Million is enough money to live very comfortably.

    Andy Ruben didn't get the $50 million, his company did. He had to split it with the rest of the investors, workers, etc.

  25. I do have an appreciation for feminine beauty, but not an appreciation for the mask-like makeup or especially the weird clown makeup many women hide behind.

    The skill required to do that is worthy of respect, even if it's not your own personal attractiveness profile.