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  • In theory yes. But as an insider to a company that sells proprietary software…also no. LOL.

    They build a lot of their stuff on top of opensource code. There has been the exact same exploits as open source projects, and even a few malware intrusions from either some devs deliberate sabotage or infected machine. Not every giant corporation is checking in depth like you assume they should be, they go on trust to save shareholder profits and if they do an external audit and its a zero day nobody* is catching it.

    *there was that one a while back in an unrelated project where the only reason it was caught was a dev nerd noticed the very slight delay in network response compared to previous version. So caught by human feels wrong and not a diff of git





  • I have heard that the fims employed to design a school are often the same ones that do prisons, maybe because it has to deal with the same requirements. Lots of people, shower and toilet facilities, revocable access areas.

    The last 10-15 years in Western Canada though they have empoyed some stylish modern designs. In some cases too modern. Some looked amazing, lots of light, high ceilings, natural elements, etc but the architects forgot teachers need to store a lot of materials and the classroom had zero storage areas, as did rest of school. They ended up using the theatre stage as a storage zone. Which had to be cleared out for plays.











  • You won’t stop those that really want to gossip, judge and probe into peoples lives.

    The method I used to express I’m not interested when they continue to engage, beside the obvious method of not engaging in it and not talking behind peoples backs, was to say:

    Small minds talk about people, average minda talk about events, and great minds discuss ideas.

    Then they can sit with that and figure out if they want to take the insult of being a small mind.

    I also found that when there is the office Joke teller that just tells annoyingly lame jokes, that when they approach you and tell a joke, then reply with:

    I heard Jokes are a prop for people who aren’t inherently funny.

    They won’t approach you again :)