throwaway092834
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Comment · 12 years ago
That would be limited to west oakland which has always been extremely politically insular (tied up in racism and racial politics from last century). The east bay at large, especially the suburbs, is quite welcoming to tech and success.
Comment · 12 years ago
The wife was mentioned because she was called out in the earlier article as a problem. We don't know if she was actually a problem or not. We, and specifically you, don't know enough to make the claims you're making.
Please, stop speculating. Have patience, wait for actual information.
Comment · 12 years ago
It sounds like you're describing KAL007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
There's a larger list of airliner shootdowns here, and this is the only incident which seems to match your recollection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_inci...
There's nothing in the wikipedia article about the USA's ability to track planes. We did have a radar station in AK, which may be what you're thinking of? According to wikipedia it didn't produce useful information, and wasn't necessarily tracking the plane at all points anyway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007#U.S...
I don't think we've ever had the ability to track all planes in the world.
Comment · 12 years ago
Correct.
Comment · 12 years ago
You're hinting that it's not in POSIX, and this is true.
There are many standards and cross-platform interfaces defined outside of POSIX. Some explicit and top-down, some organically evolved.
The spec for /dev/*random is here, as was published in the mid-90s: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-sta...
Comment · 12 years ago
These aren't myths, they're platform guarantees. It just so happens that a few of the most common unixes (Linux, BSD) implement a very good /dev/urandom and the author is suggesting that we write non-portable software that depends on implementation details of these platforms.
There can be benefits from depending on non-portable implementation details but also significant drawbacks.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's not important because you should use it in your projects.
It's important because other people will use it, sometimes inadvertently.
Comment · 12 years ago
Let's be fair: Starting out famous is an enormous boon.
At the same time it's possible for nobodies to be heard as well, provided their message is well presented.
Comment · 12 years ago
The subject I'm responding to is "winning the lotto." That's why it's a poor comparison.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's not an exceptional level of wealth for this region. Not even top 10%.
Comment · 12 years ago
"Except that we don't see CPUs being astonishingly creative in coming up with reasons why they shouldn't have to follow a clear, unambiguous program instruction."
That's the compiler's job ;-)
Comment · 12 years ago
The bank didn't make the laws and doesn't run OFAC. The government does.
Comment · 12 years ago
Neither do I, but they almost always mention my employer -- that's what we're talking about.
Comment · 12 years ago
You may be the odd one out then. I've spent a fair amount of time in lines at the bank and most people are quite chatty.
Comment · 12 years ago
Really? That reaction strikes me as quite odd. Do you not chit-chat with tellers at your bank in person?