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chrishas35

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chrishas35··on Gateside by TSA Precheck
TUL (and probably plenty others) has free visitor passes, no precheck required
chrishas35··on So this guy is now S3. All of S3
If you go to the user's profile and then to the post, it seems to be okay. So perhaps also looking at Referrer.
chrishas35··on An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter
Posted today...dated 2 days ago.
chrishas35··on The various scripts I use to back up my home computers using SSH and rsync
When those 1s and 0s are deleted and that delete is replicated (or other catastrophic change, such as ransomware) you presumably don't have the ability to restore if all you're doing is replication. A strategy that layers replication + backup/versioning is the goal.
chrishas35··on Apple Passkey
> Apple’s implementation uses SMS as a backup.

I hope they'll go away from this, or at least give the option. I won't use their password/key storage until they do. 2FA is only as good as the weakest link, and SMS is the weakest possibility.

chrishas35··on GnuCash
Where would you like to see it be more relaxed? While the documentation has some pretty strong recommendations, other than the top 5 accounts, you can pretty much do as you wish.
chrishas35··on Storing UTC is not a silver bullet (2019)
Not when it's an event in the past. When the event in the past you know which TZ rules to apply for conversion. The issues arise for the future because you don't know what change may occur.
chrishas35··on Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying
I think the issue is that so many of us were brought in on something pretty simple, "GMail for Domains", that has become so much more than we ever asked for. And in return we've gotten a lesser product (the Google accounts are handicapped in many ways) and a painful migration experience to leave (see inability to take Google Play purchases as one example). It's a terrible bait and switch now that they have years of history to amplify the pain of leaving.

You're right the fee is not unreasonable for the services offered, especially compared to the competition. But given it's not really what many were actually after (we just wanted a @example.com gmail account!) and are left with a handicapped account, why would we want to pay up?

chrishas35··on Developing MLB’s Automated Ball/Strike System
> I wonder if they considered having a couple of big lights in center field for the ump to get this info visually.

I think having the automated call kept semi-private is part of the design. Umps aren’t big fans of getting shown up. Maybe in future iterations, but the only way this is getting adopted up front is if the ump still has some “control.”

chrishas35··on A SpaceX booster now trails only 4 space shuttles in flight experience
But that's exactly what the article did without actually mentioning Challenger. A very strange article. "It trails only these four shuttle orbiters (we're not going to mention the fifth)"
chrishas35··on Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by NASA
Yes, that is the plan now. It was not the original because…we’ve never flown on another planet before. It was successful so they are changing the parameters after learning more. SCIENCE!
chrishas35··on Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by NASA
Helicopter requires rover to be near by as means of communications as helicopter itself can not directly communicate. Thus, it originally had a limited time as the rover needs to move on to other activities.
chrishas35··on Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by NASA
They have stated they have no intentions of using the rover to do so. I would think given this is now “extra credit” doing so becomes even less likely.
chrishas35··on Best practices for writing SQL queries
Author probably could have chosen a better example such that it doesn't look like the author chose letters sequently. In this case the letters are meaningful as they are the same as the first of the table name, a common convention, unfortunately that happens to be the first two letters of the alphabet...which yes, would be very annoying.
chrishas35··on The Waste of Daylight
Split the difference and let’s move on.
chrishas35··on The Waste of Daylight
And there is a compromise to be had here... a one-time 30 minute change, and we’re done. There is strong consensus to eliminate the time change, but which time to choose as permanent seems quite divided. Compromise and let’s move on.
chrishas35··on U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings time permanent
Not at all. The crazy/absurd part is compromise of opposing view points in Congress ;)
chrishas35··on U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings time permanent
Crazy idea here, but how about a....compromise! A one time 30 minute offset and we'll really screw everyone up, but it's equal to both sides.
chrishas35··on GitHub Universe 2020: Opening Keynote
The bit about Nate taking the flack for it being delayed was pretty good IMO. No insider acknowledge, but regardless of why it may have taken so long it's nice to see the buck stop at the top, at least publicly, even if done in a comical way.
chrishas35··on Tesla 5-1 Stock Split
It's commonly called a reverse split.
chrishas35··on Is2020over
December is concerning...
chrishas35··on Microsoft Teams outage due to expired certificate
There were no end-user visible certificate errors during the outage, so I suspect it was an internal/backend cert.
chrishas35··on How to parent more predictably (2018)
One of the phrases I picked up watching younger family members be raised that I've tried to apply, when appropriate, as a parent: "They'll only do it once." Learning the why behind the "no" is an important of life. Obviously not every life lesson where "no" applies can be taught in this manner, but when it can be controlled...as the hot water was...it's an effective tool.
chrishas35··on Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation
I feel like they really doubled down on that by naming Kogan.... "see, it was just one bad developer"
chrishas35··on How Your Returns Are Used Against You at Best Buy, Other Retailers
> Also, couldn't fraudsters circumvent this entirely by paying in cash?

Are they doing it off credit cards, or scanning your ID when you present the return and running that?

chrishas35··on How Your Returns Are Used Against You at Best Buy, Other Retailers
I did a return on Amazon last week where not only was there no shipping charge, but I didn't have any additional expense...box, label, time, gas, etc. They scheduled UPS for the pickup, and the UPS driver brought the label with them.
chrishas35··on A quick tour of the BridgeOS 2.0 image
For anyone, like me, who isn't aware of what BridgeOS is... it is the apparent name for the iOS variant that will run on the A10 chip coming as part of the iMac Pro.
chrishas35··on If you type the letter “i” and it autocorrects to an “A” with a symbol
Thank you! I thought I was going crazy thanks to that Messages "feature."
chrishas35··on I'm Joining Report URI
A few other email addresses, including those on the WHOIS record, can be used. You can also verify using a meta tag, file upload, or DNS record.
chrishas35··on Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365
Planner. https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-planne...
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