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Comment "reversing a position" (Score 1) 59

I've only been paying attention since 1990 but every single time a feature they don't offer "is stupid" until they offer it.

Even when I liked the company this Cluster B behavior always bothered me.

If there's an example of "that's a really nice feature our competitor has but we don't offer it yet" I haven't seen it.

The closest I can think of was offering WebObjects for Solaris. Not sure if that ever shipped or we just had a beta. I bailed from that Healthcare IT team when the CIO pulled funding for two-phase commit among disparate patient medication systems with the rationale "even if medication errors kill someone it'll be cheaper to settle the lawsuits than pay for the license." Enough people left that they outsourced and everybody still hates that replacement system.

I learned too late that MBA's don't care about quality.

Comment Re:vi is the best editor (Score 2) 74

Let them do their thing.

I remember in High School the Camaro guys couldn't stop talking about how their Camaros were better than Mustangs but the Mustang guys never felt the need to denigrate the Camaros.

It's a matter of nature.

unrelated: Tailscale is so fooked today:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.c...

Some people here may need to panic right about now.

Comment Re:It's about time. (Score 1) 111

Saturn is 3.25%±2.4% helium according to Wiki and could be mined by scoop ship. I've also seen proposals for mining He3 from Saturn which I can't currently find. I did find that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... planned to use balloons for mining He3 from Jupiter. Mining Jupiter is a bit stupid due to the radiation, whereas Saturn could work.

Comment Sovereignty vs. Briefcases of Cash (Score 1) 130

The right way to do this is to hire a group of developers and have test volunteers report workflow problems - then FIX them - then iterate. That's the point of choosing an open source solution.

Eventually there would be no problems remaining.

But so many possible scenarios exist that it's impossible to guess what happened here.

PS _NSA_KEY

Comment Re:Harm (Score 1) 109

While this is true, being the subject of an experiment to see what happens when you do that is not something most people would choose for themselves. It's not *irrational* to be concerned. Absence of evidence on a largely unexplored question like microplastic infiltration in human bodies is not the moral equivalent of absence of evidence in an extensively studied question like a vaccine-autism link.

Comment Re:Finnish Wolves Finish Fled Villages (Score 1) 66

I've seen similar videos, bears have fantastic noses and usually there is a bit of food in the vehicle. They can sure make a mess. They knock over my compost (far from the house) a few times a year, walk through the garden but aren't really a problem as long as you keep aware.
Birds usually get aggressive when nesting. Even the hummingbird does some pretty impressive dive bombing, pulling away at the last moment.
The most irritating are the raccoon's, really tempted to get a 22 and shoot them, they're fucking brazen and the females with kits can be quite aggressive.

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