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Re:Moving on from 18F on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @03:35PM (#43094731)
My understanding is that probationary employees weren't eligible for the deferred resignation offer.
The US government does run its own self-hosted analytics platform (https://analytics.usa.gov), which the USPS does in fact use. Which makes it all the more questionable that they were additionally using third-party analytics.
Why is this interesting? Rosetta 2 is documented to not support AVX: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple_silicon/abou...
Re:macOS 11 (Big Sur) Compatibility News on Saturday November 14, 2020 @01:14AM (#25090634)
There have been a series of beta releases since June. (For some reason, they say in the linked page that beta releases have only been available since August, but that's not correct).
Re:Jeremy, I think you'll wan't this job on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:51PM (#20413725)
For example, there is no option to cancel a Wall Street Journal digital subscription on the web site, unless you change your billing address to one in California, and then a cancel option will appear.
Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems on Sunday June 30, 2019 @01:47AM (#20316581)
Someone recorded the SEGA Channel's menu interface on VHS back when it was in operation and has subsequently uploaded it to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRLZcBiN-k&t=72s

An interesting detail of the SEGA Channel is that it was a one-way modem. There was no way for the cartridge to communicate anything back to the headend. Instead, there was a constant broadcast of

Game 1, Menu program, Game 2, Menu program, Game 3, ...

looping forever. When you selected a game, it would just wait for it to come around on the loop and store it locally.

Re:Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings on Saturday February 09, 2019 @01:57PM (#19123917)
The Public Access to Court Electronic Records system is not meant to provide public access to court electronic records?
Re:Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online on Thursday February 08, 2018 @01:42AM (#16330631)
I don't know, Apple had all the source code to GS/OS leak a few years ago. Now _that's_ serious!
"Erase the affected volume" is really the best solution they could come up with?
Re:What can a technologist do about climate change? on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @04:57PM (#10623863)
"Anticipated Clearance Level: Q (Position will be cleared to this level)."

... why would someone working on climate modeling software need a clearance for nuclear weapon design information?

Re:A Cabinet of Infocom Curiosities on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @04:32PM (#10623715)
If you’re interested in Infocom stuff, I’d also recommend Jimmy Maher’s ongoing series on the history of Infocom: http://www.filfre.net/tag/infocom/