That's alarmingly low - it suggests that it doesn't take much for any given influencing campaign. If there are fifteen discrete such campaigns in play, that's just 1/100 of everyone. Now imagine that there's tens of such campaigns, and the numbers look even more reasonable. Also, it's probably cost-effective at this scale since this has been with us a while, which is terrifying.
What I want to know is: what percentage are human users that ate the onionmetaphorical tequila worm^1^ and are now parroting these trolls?
1. Follow me here: drink a bottle and eat the worm inside. You're not thinking straight and did something you wouldn't do if you had your wits about you, or maybe a friend nearby that is thinking clearly. Propaganda has a way of forcing you into a phantasm by emotional manipulation, making it easy to jam all kinds of nonsense into your head. Extending the metaphor, said propaganda also lays out how to defend your worm eating habit as though it's totally normal to do.
Real question here: has anyone else had luck side-stepping the Live365 signup during/after install? I've done this, and I'm very confused that more people haven't.
I swear, overcoming fixed functional-ness is like a superpower when you can apply it.
I once shared a small office with a co-worker. I had the idea to move the desks away from the walls and place them back-to-back, diagonally, in the middle of the room. Other co-workers scoffed and remarked at how dumb and unconventional this looked. Then I explained that we each now had nearly full privacy from each other, much more personal space in our respective corners, no more glare from the window, and nobody could sneak up on us from the door anymore. Things got pretty quiet after that.
I take this as less of a "I can't use this intuitive feature reliably" thing and more of a "the truth table will bite you in the ass when you least expect it and/or make a mistake" thing.
I totally get that: use the right tools and you'll be okay. This applies to many technologies in this space.
With respect, I still take this advice like hearing "look out for rattlesnakes if you're hiking there." It might be safer to just hike where there are no rattlesnakes, instead.
It also doesn't hurt that Anjelica is always illuminated like she's from another movie altogether (credit to CinemaTherapy). The director turned the glamor factor up to 11 in every scene without breaking anything. It's impossible to follow that.
Raul, somehow, manages to be a complete ham yet relatable, lovable, and most importantly, believable.
Better than bacon. And I know those are fighting words in some places. Just embrace the schmaltz and let it drip into the rice.
The key is to get to that skin while it's still hot, but before it winds up in the fridge. You can reconstitute it in a skillet, like bacon, but it's just not the same.
I'd go looking for another mindflayer offering "spotless mind" services and pay to have those memories removed. Assuming they can be trusted, of course. The hard part being that they're still mindflayers.
I've seen this kind of thing too many times to count. First it was in high school, then the workplace.
Person notices there is no explicit rule for a thing, or maybe there's a loophole somewhere
Does the thing
Annoys someone
Now there's a rule for the thing
Some people just want to push the envelope. Other times, people can have a poor grasp of social norms, or they simply don't respect others. But on the other side of the coin, people get annoyed for good and bad reasons; sometimes, no reason at all.
Bottom line: it's a mess, so we get rules. But nobody wants to spend time writing these things and enforcing them, so there's usually a reason/person/event why they're there.
Company: Provides amenities and services that would (technically) allow a person to live on premises. Pays you enough to retire early if you didn't have to bother with rent or a mortgage.
Also company: "We can't hire you without a permanent residential address."
I also worked at multiple places that had fully decked out break-rooms: free food, game consoles, VR, and 60-inch TVs. Everyone was afraid to use them for fear of looking like they were screwing around. Except the interns. They used the hell out of that stuff.
Hey, look here buddy. You can't be your own comment thread and post all the plausible responses yourself like that. You're putting all the trolls out of work.
That's basically the Atkins diet (Keto) without enough nutrition. It'll function like a very short, very uncomfortable, malnourished crash diet.
You'll spend the first two weeks craving carbs and sugars like your life depends on it. It's awful. After that "break in" period, the cravings mostly go away.
But that's not all. So much as lick a piece of candy or chew on some bread, and you'll get a large dopamine rush followed by carb-craving mode again. If sheer willpower and deferred rewards are at all a problem for you, this might feel like one of the hardest things you've ever tried to do.
Edit: now that I remember, my grandma tried a "cottage cheese and grapefruit" fad/crash diet back in the 80's. Turns out that one has been doing the rounds for almost a century. IIRC, it doesn't work since it's easy to underestimate how insanely difficult this is to do.
I feel you. Hard cheese, bacon, and pickled eggs were my go-to. Anything with strong flavors. I did that for about a year and then stopped once I hit my weight goal.
In the middle of all that, I noticed that vegetables started to taste sweet as they do contain small amounts of sugar. Especially cabbage. I kind of miss that.
A workaround I employed was to eat lots of kimchi. Fermented foods like that contain sugar alcohols which taste sweet(ish), but are not digestible as such.
I forgot about the smells. My sense of smell shifted to be way more sensitive to sugars and starches too - it was tough.
I didn't bother trying to track fat intake and wound up losing 2+ lbs a month that way; not bragging, but my goal wasn't all that big. I probably could have done things faster by cutting more fat, but it was already hard enough.
I was educated by another user on how the process actually works.
Fascinating, isn't it? It's like each of us is just full of survival mechanisms.
Sometimes referred to as the Brady bill loophole,[9] the Brady law loophole,[10] the gun law loophole,[11] or the private sale loophole,[12][13][14] the term refers to a perceived gap in laws that address what types of sales and transfers of firearms require records and or background checks, such as the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.[15] Private parties are not legally required by federal law to: ask for identification, complete any forms, or keep any sales records, as long as the sale is not made in interstate commerce (across state lines) and does not fall under purview of the National Firearms Act. In addition to federal legislation, firearm laws vary by state.[16]
I am not a lawyer. I do not sell firearms.
The gist I get is that this opens up enough loopholes to permit unlicensed mules/fences on either side of the transaction. Depending on what political leanings and circumstances are in play, this legal framework might actually encourage that behavior.
It's been ages since I worked in a restaurant. IIRC, I never saw that place purge or clean the soda lines. And there was a LOT of plumbing between the fountains and the back where the syrup was kept.
At the risk of making everyone re-think ever eating out again: how often do establishments do that kind of maintenance? And is that within the recommended manufacturer interval?
Software maintenance was seen as a necessary evil.
The most important lesson I learned about the economics of software is that sourcecode is always accounted as a liability and not an asset. Accountants will never let you code your way into more value. Everything else you see stems from that truth.
One nit: whatever IDE is displaying single-character surrogates for == and != needs to stop. In a world where one could literally type those Unicode symbols in, and break a build, I think everyone is better off seeing the actual syntax.
In my codebase? I'd pull a "let's linger after standup about your PR" and have the coder sweat through a 10 minute soapbox about nothing before laying down the law.
Honestly I don't mind the indentation since C isn't going to give us many ways to address this with as little code.
That said, with compilers that are good at inlining trivial functions, I really do appreciate the "it does what it says on the tin" approach to using functions on things like this. Even if they're only used once. Comments would help too.
The logic in these if statements is inscrutable on a cold read like this. To me, that's a maintenance risk; imagine seeing a snippet this size on a PR. Having functions that name what the hell is going on could only help.
It's worse than that. When you look at the status quo through the lens of capitalism, we're all very strongly aligned with maximum extraction of personal wealth. Everyone is at peak personal inefficiency by everyone having/owning one of everything, as we constantly bleed income to other parties. In other words: we'd all be richer if we shared more stuff and were less territorial about things that don't matter.
TL;DR: everything we should be doing is stuff we learned in the sandbox as kids.
Does this mean, if the captain fucks up their liability is limited, but if the accident is caused due to systematic poor maintenance maybe not?
I think so, yes. It makes sense and is likely to apply here. IIRC, some article report that the ship lost power twice right before all this happened. Assuming that's a direct cause, the whole mess may wind up with a deep investigation to understand if the crew or shipping company is at fault.
I also looked up what that means for the pilot. While the pilot works for the harbor, they are acting as a part of the crew when on ship. So outside of insubordination or gross negligence, the harbor and/or pilot take no liability here.
IT consulting pro-tip: Customers would rather pay for your time and expertise, than be made to feel stupid that they didn't think of something so simple themselves.
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