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Padraig Brady
@pixelbeat_
GNU coreutils maintainer. shuf /usr/share/dict/words | head -c280 | fmt; He/Him; Follow to accept cookies
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    Padraig Brady
    @pixelbeat_
    Jul 29
    About 5% of the South Korean population have now been margin called, with about 1% of the population being fully liquidated. For a country doing so well in general, that's crazy
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    Normal Guy
    @Normal_2610
    Jul 28
    Korean workers in their 20s and 30s could not afford Seoul apartments so they turned KOSPI into their housing trade (FOMO Case Study) They borrowed on margin at 3x, poured savings into 2x semiconductor ETFs, and treated short term trading tools as long term bets. When prices
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    Padraig Brady
    @pixelbeat_
    Jul 22
    TVs are a big source for bot networks theses days. Be careful what apps you install
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    krebsonsecurity.com
    LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
    The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one's television into an always-on residential proxy node. The move comes...
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    Padraig Brady
    @pixelbeat_
    Jun 10
    Nice attention to detail
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    luuk de leest
    @luuk58
    Jun 8
    fun fact: tijdens de keynote hakt Apple een stukje 3k, 4k, 5k en 6kHz eruit wanneer ze "Siri" zeggen, zodat niet iedereens HomePods terug beginnen te praten 🗣️🚫
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    Padraig Brady
    @pixelbeat_
    Jun 2
    So the source of the non GPL coreutils push reveals itself. Microsoft coreutils:
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    GitHub - microsoft/coreutils: Coreutils for Windows: Installer & Packaging
    From github.com
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    Padraig Brady
    @pixelbeat_
    May 27
    I've said it before and I'll say it again. A laptop is one of the best investments one can make, and it's worth spending a bit more for good ergonomics
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    Mitchell Hashimoto
    Superlogical
    @mitchellh
    May 27
    Replying to @RhysSullivan
    The $2500 MacBook Pro I bought in 2012 that I used to write every single hashicorp 0.1 release. Arguably turned that $2500 plus some internet into like a billion dollars. Good trade.

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