And what sort of PhD student doesn't do so much as back up to a flash drive every so often?
I remember back when I was in a PL/1 programming class, we always had backups. If you lost your punched card deck you could still refer to the program printout.
Also - unrelated - nobody codes websites in C. Hmm... I wonder if there's a connection.
Yes, when your browser successfully contacts the server, there is a connection.
If you don't think that Cloudflare isn't going to make some sort of money off of traffic analysis of DNS over HTTP traffic, I don't know what to tell you.
Be wary of anyone offering things for free.
I'm wary of your free advice.
The issue is that too many people have literally used correcthorsebatterystaple as their password choice.
There are permutations:
o -> 0
e -> 3
a -> @
a -> 4
t -> 7
"c0rrecthors3b@t7eryst4ple"
Know l337 speak helps.
I know, let's build a vacuum tube hundreds of miles long in an earthquake prone area.
What could go wrong?
Plus Intel has its Meltdown technology which AMD doesn't. That helps it achive its better single thread performance.
The CableCo CEO is getting a higher bonus every year.
So they're raising the height of his mailbox every year? Maybe he should get a step stool.
Elon Musk isn't even a native-born American. He's South African...
So he's African-American? Not an accurate term for dark skinned people. When I was growing up, we didn't use the word Negro which offended; we used the word Black which was socially acceptable and a more accurate description. BTW, negro is the Spanish word for black.
I wonder if those 31,000 employees will take a traveling vacation. Maybe go see China?
... wants to retire in a location in the northern hemi above 25 deg.
25 degrees Fahrenheit, Celsius, or Kelvin?
If Fahrenheit or Kelvin, I think most people would want the temperature above 25 degrees.
Proper thing to do is to turn it in to the police chief.
You do that by attaching it to his car.
No, it could be a bomb and when it detonates killing the police chief, they arrest you for murder! Remember, he's a drug dealer; it could be a bomb placed there by his competitor to eliminate him.
The proper thing to do is call the bomb squad and a couple of the local new reporters.
Browsers should bin javascript
There are a whole lot of web functions that rely on AJAX to perform "as you type" data lookups and asynchronous updates. Javascript makes this possible. How do you think Slashdot's mod system works? It doesn't do a HTTP POST to record your mod. It uses AJAX to update the database leaving your browser page exactly where it was so you can continue reading posts.
Just install any Javascript blocker in your browser and you should be a happy camper.
Didn't you read the summary? Microsoft and Amazon say they'll protect your data so HIPAA doesn't matter.
We have access to individual patient medical data but we won't monetize/abuse it. Super-secret pinky swear!
We further certify that we currently don't employ anyone that will access this data for personal reasons. We promise not to hire anyone that will!
And... the only other copy of this data is on Bob's laptop.
BTW: Your HIV test came back positive.
Wut? Public forum? Oops, sorry.
Not to mention the ongoing zillions of watts of power than are needed to make all that go.
Zigawatts?
I still can't get the hang of the metric system.
So you're saying that the government over-spends $20K 100 million times every year? That's dumb.
On top of that, who says this was not an OK use of money?
"This is another sad day for the taxpayers in the United States," Rep. John Mica, the Republican chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure committee, said. "This sounds almost unbelievable to have this kind of waste reported when we're running trillions in dollars in deficit makes absolutely everyone's blood boil."
The outrage was bipartisan."
It was $20k for 4k people. That is $5/person. OMG! The government spent $5 per employee at a party? Holy shit! Panic now! My wife works in the private sector and they blow way more than that per employee at her company parties.
Nothing like taking numbers out of context to make your point.
Talking about taking numbers out of context; you're ignoring the total cost: $268,732 on a one-day conference
Another conference: "GSA Inspector General revealed that the agency had spent $822,751 of taxpayer funds to conduct the Western Regions Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada."
I know reading is hard, but perhaps you should read the article I linked too.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
