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<p>Aussie living in the San Francisco Bay Area.<br /> Coding since 1998.<br /> .NET Foundation member. C# fan<br /> <a href="https://d.sb/">d.sb</a><br /> Mastodon: <a href="https://toot.d.sb/@dan" rel="nofollow">@dan@d.sb</a></p>

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    &gt;I couldn&#39;t not. You could not not?

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    Yes, unstructured. Every script is its own special snowflake that does things a bit differently. There&#39;s no guarantee of the verbs that the script implements. start, stop and restart are common, but the implementation is up to each individual script. I&#39;m most familiar with Debian where some service (but not all) implemented it with `start-stop-daemon`, but other distros and OSes handled it differently. Basic, commonly needed functionality, like restarting a crashed service after waitin...

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    Click the three dots button and select the option to report it. Those reports are actually monitored.

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    What if the drafts were created using AI too? Code is often in a source control system of some sort, which tracks changes to the code (who changed it, when it was changed, and a description of what was changed). It&#39;s similar to having a lot of drafts. I don&#39;t think that could prove that a human wrote it, though. I think in cases like this, the author could prove they created the code/story/art/whatever by having a deep understanding of the material. That&#39;s how Michael Jackson de...

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    The way a lot of students solve this in Australia, at least in Melbourne where I&#39;m from, is by taking the train (or a tram) to university. The university I went to was adjacent to a train station. Students from low-income families and that are independent get [money from the government](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/youth-allowance-for-students-and-australian-apprentices) which can be used for anything, including public transport passes. Living on campus isn&#39;t really a thing in...

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    The computers they were throwing away were broken, and they didn’t have a use for PC-133 RAM any more.

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    Just like with electric cars, the US takes forever to do anything, while China just gets things done with a better approach: &gt; Late last year, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a sweeping regulation: any content creator discussing medicine, health, law, finance, or education must prove verified professional credentials before posting or going live. In essence: no degree, no license, no post. &gt; &gt; [...] &gt; &gt; In all, China’s approach is preemptive: One has to prove their...