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post title: After Boeing declines to pay up, ransomware group leaks 45 GB of data 384 points, 264 comments. Posted 7 hours ago. npalli 3 hours ago For an external party, having access to the 45 GB is the easy part. Now, you will need to create a company and supplier base the size of Boeing to make any use of this :-) reply lallysingh 1 hour ago I can imagine this complicating any supplier contract negotiations. "you pay X $50/unit more for the same device, etc." reply alexpotato 29 minutes ago I remember taking a procurement class in graduate school(MBA). One of the more interesting points of discussion was that when big companies negotiate purchase agreements for parts, the actual cost of the parts can be very transparent. The negotiation is generally about the actual markup e.g. "I think we should pay X% over cost. Someone, logically, brought up: "What if the company is not willing to share the cost upfront?". The professor responded: "Well, if it's a public company you can generally deduce a rough cost/part and use that as your starting point in the negotiation" Student: "Well what if the company says we're wrong?" Professor: "No problem: ask them what the correct number is. If they don't want to give it to you, ask them how you expect to have a long term partnership if you are not willing to talk openly and honestly about things like parts costs." reply continued on part 2 part 2: reply wordpad25 23 minutes ago That's kind of a softball, can easily be counted with "part costs vary a lot based on the market" or something like, regardless of cost we guarantee you this price point No business wants to share it's internal costs, it's their prime competitive advantage reply written in text reply entrance box but not submitted yet: this is an example of the difference between international trade and internal organization. the professor probably worked in a less globalized time, considering that it's only ever gotten more so. when he was involved in business, perhaps it worked that way. now, perhaps not. such is the fallacy of teaching an evolving field - students learn better by doing. trial and error is the basis of innovation, so why hamper them with trials, regulations, and accreditations? ah if only our jobs weren't tied to our wealth. perhaps then we could help wherever we wanted, and with our actions vote for our valued harders. (what we value, espouse, and are known for. the product of our labors, the design of our corrections from the base instructions, etc) sure seems a shame to waste all our effort at each corporation. Kinda makes me feel like we're solving the same problems over and over again. 
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

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screenshot of a social media post "It can be overwhelming to witness/experience/take in all the injustices of the moment; the good news is that *they're all connected.* So if your little corner of work involves pulling at one of the threads, you're helping to unravel the whole damn cloth." 
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 @user-216
pictures of glass and colored plastic geometric shapes that curve light in certain ways that illustrate some arcane facets of color 
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 don't do ANYTHING unless you got at least two people working with you.
 Otherwise you'll burn out or be overwhelmed.
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 oops haha
hmmm,, delayed output patterns. I wonder if that could signify for the plot? 
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 a device doesn't necessarily needs to turn on it's LEDs when it's online.
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 in the 80s they could never have predicted that the battle between AI and
 humans would be fought between humans and not robots
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 Thin clients are great if you can rely on network connectivity. Like if it's
 wired with ethernet.
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a before and after picture of the pinpricks of light that dot the map of the USA at night. Before, is the standard night-time lights. They twinkle and glimmer and illustrate the connections we people do share. After, a vast swathe of darkness flows over the land, billowing through the mountains and the trees. There are entire cities wiped clean off the terrain, and where once there was connected constellations of man-made starlight, now only shadow remains. 
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 sitelen pona would be a good example of a language to teach to a fish. Or a
 computer. Visuals are easier to encode, after all
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 [Image: 20251001_213540.jpg]
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 when facing riot shields, grab from the bottom and lift.
 
 they are like turtles.
 
 according to a Russian activist I read on the internet like 10 years ago.
 
 also, wrap your hands before grabbing tear gas canisters.
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 got a thorn in my knuckle.
 
 a small one, and it was difficult to remove.
 
 long, too.
 
 now my finger bones hurt T.T
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 the co-opting of the "hand shading eyes from the sun" gesture is the most
 soldier thing I can think of
 
 "no sir. not at all, sir. It's a sign of respect, sir."
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A picture of a cat with a pleading face, who says "food for me?" then, a picture of a cute lady saying "what the fuck is meow use your words I don't speak cat very well" 
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a picture of an anime girl looking at the number 2024 with an empty progress bar underneath it. she blinks, there is darkness. she re-opens her eyes, and she looks at the number 2024 with an 80% full progress bar underneath it. she gazes on impassively. 
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 "no need to thank me. It's hardly a gift if *someone* has to do it."
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 If humans don't have intrinsic worth, then neither do animals. Yet we humans
 respect animals to the best of our abilities.
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