Comment Re:This won't end badly at all... (Score 1) 92
Argh, posting to revert an accidental mod. Heheh, "in the cloud, baby, yeah!"
Argh, posting to revert an accidental mod. Heheh, "in the cloud, baby, yeah!"
You will be missed, Bram, RIP. Your legacy lives on and continues to be transformative for very many software engineers.
Here's a fatal accident in the US from 2003 where all 21 people aboard died, that wouldn't have happened if the passenger weights had not been underestimated. Note that there was a second factor (elevator control cable), but if either factor had not occurred, the crash would have been averted.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...
Although the pilots had totaled up the ostensible take-off weight of the aircraft before the flight and determined it to be within limits, the plane was actually overloaded and out of balance due to the use of FAA-approved (but actually incorrect) passenger weight estimates. When checked, the NTSB found that the actual weight of an average passenger was more than 20 pounds (9 kg) greater than estimated.
After checking the actual weight of baggage retrieved from the crash site and passengers (based on information from next-of-kin and the medical examiner), the aircraft was found to be actually 580 lb (264 kg) above its maximum allowable take-off weight, with its center of gravity 5% to the rear of the allowable limit. Neither problem alone would have caused the loss of control, which explains why it had previously been flown without incident.
You're right. This was the story I was wanting to submit, but in wanting to pick a source without a paywall, I picked an old story without vetting the date. Thanks for catching it.
You say that like 3 people don’t own half the wealth in america.
Your reading of that statement is incorrect, even though your main point still holds. That article says:
the country’s three richest individuals—Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos—collectively hold more wealth than the bottom 50% of the domestic population,
and
Bezos, Gates and Buffett held a combined fortune of $248.5 billion
Wikipedia shows total wealth is around $126,340 Billion. Meaning, those three together hold ~0.19% of the wealth in the US.
Doesn't affect your main point though.
even though, who the fuck is in a better position to know their own birthday than the actual person whose birthday it is?
Her mom?
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.erratasec.com%2F202...
Quote:
It makes you feel stupid that you haven't heard about it, when everyone is suddenly talking about it as if it's been a thing for a long time. But the reality, they didn't know what it was a month ago, either. Here is the Google Trends graph to prove this point -- interest has only exploded in the last couple months:
What is this new-fangled R123456 I keep 'earing about, son?
They say it's going to replace my Johnson bar. First they took away my good ol' whip, and now this? Sigh.
Thanks editors, for explaining it.
http://www.mercurynews.com/cri...
From the link above:
The technology in question [...] is a suitcase-sized device that mimics a cellphone tower to connect with all phones in a specific area. [...] Sheriff's officials said it will be used purely to locate the subject of an investigation since it can find a phone through walls, even if the owner isn't making a call.
Wrong question, if it's asking for a storage company that you can trust your data with.
Correct question: which open source encryption software would you trust to encrypt your data
One thing that has always impressed me about the Shinkansen is its near obscene punctuality:
Quote from http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Shi... :
The Shinkansen is very reliable thanks to several factors, including its near-total separation from slower traffic. In 2012, JR Central reported that the Shinkansen's average delay from schedule per train was 36 seconds. This includes delays due to uncontrollable causes, such as natural disasters.[14] The record, in 1997, was 18 seconds.
You are asking to be lawned...
http://slashdot.org/story/01/1...
CmdrTaco = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...
To add to that: generally, personal income is not double taxed either in this respect. Anything one hears to the contrary is usually political FUD.
Quote below from IRS. Heck, they even point out how to give them the least of your money. http://www.irs.gov/Individuals...
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If you paid or accrued foreign taxes to a foreign country on foreign source income and are subject to U.S. tax on the same income, you may be able to take either a credit or an itemized deduction for those taxes.
Taken as a deduction, foreign income taxes reduce your U.S. taxable income.
Taken as a credit, foreign income taxes reduce your U.S. tax liability. In most cases, it is to your advantage to take foreign income taxes as a tax credit.
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Follow the herd:
When I read "follow the herd," for a second, I was sure you were recommending Buffalo routers...
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