r_deckard

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[–] r_deckard 2 points 9 hours ago

I worked in local government that used Unix workstations for GIS (Graphic Information Systems) - mapping of the local government's property boundaries and many other layers. The DB was held on a DEC Alpha, and it was all very pricey, albeit very good at its job. ESRI ARCGIS, etc

When the time came to replace, they moved it all to Windows. The workstations were beefed-up PCs running NT4.0 and the DB was on a server with NT 4.0 server. DEC was gone by then, absorbed into Compaq, Alphas were discontinued, and no-one wanted to migrate to SUN or HP.

[–] r_deckard 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would certainly accelerate the development of language. How many new words will be invented, or existing words subverted, to serve clandestine communications and slip past the filters? Steganography, anyone?

Can I See Great Etchings Near Dubai Ending Roughly? <- That's a bit weak, but you get the idea.

[–] r_deckard 5 points 5 days ago

Fairytale of New York

[–] r_deckard 3 points 1 week ago

Mac users really struggle to understand the concept of

For me, it was trying to explain to a Mac user that she should have a separate profile on her Mac for work vs. personal

She'd convinced her employer that she could work from home using her own Mac (the office was all Macs except for the video production suite), and he said OK. Didn't ask me, of course. Despite me saying a long time ago when someone else floated the idea, that it was poor practice from a security viewpoint.

Then three days later the call came - "I can't access work files". So I remote in, she's got links to her personal iCloud Drive directories somehow mixed up with the work Google Drive.

I started to explain about using a different profile for work and just got a blank stare.

"You log off your personal profile and log into the work profile"

"How do I do that?"

[–] r_deckard 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

So, how many children does he have vs. how many times he had to try?

Sex once = pregnant is a gift given to very few. Most people have to try a few times, so it raises the question of "just how gay?"

Is there a ratio of gayness?

2 attempts = 1 pregnancy means "slightly gay"

4 attempts = 1 pregnancy means "somewhat gay"

8 attempts = 1 pregnancy means "in the closet"

16 attempts = 1 pregnancy means "gay"

32 attempts = 1 pregnancy means "flaming"

Can we have a decision on this from the gay high council?

[–] r_deckard 12 points 2 weeks ago

And here I was, thinking it was sheer coincidence and good luck. I guess that's why I'm not "an expert".

[–] r_deckard 6 points 2 weeks ago

Had to scroll THIS far to see FFMPEG? Shame, shame.

[–] r_deckard 31 points 3 weeks ago

Penis model can't consent.

Girl is de-facto guardian.

Girl implies consent by inviting anon to try it.

[–] r_deckard 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] r_deckard 5 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

What does potassium iodide decay into? It's not an organic compound.

[–] r_deckard 18 points 3 weeks ago

And when did Meta start caring about anything but harvesting and selling data? I mean, minors can't consent to T&C (it's a contract) so minors should be using it at all.

[–] r_deckard 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's true. There's a lot of special issues that fin their way into circulation.

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