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2024-08-14 01:45:59

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@npub1dts…6798
Consumers being unable to consume is the goal, because it means you've extracted all the money.

2024-08-11 03:31:35

I wonder if it's possible to accurately track position of with only an accelerometer and a known starting position, but no #GPS or similar.
I heard of an uptick in GPS spoofing attacks, meant to confuse aircraft navigation. An accelerometer wouldn't be affected by such attacks.

2024-06-21 06:52:16

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@npub1x95…ew67
The only way your ISP can do that is if you installed their malware on your computer. A VPN isn't going to save you from that.

2024-06-16 18:18:16

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@npub1uyx…dmcm
Who the hell does he think he's fooling?

2024-03-22 22:34:47

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@npub1ccz…7l0l
I've heard that Apple has pulled Microsoft-like shenanigans with other apps, by the way. What I heard is that it went like this:
1. Somebody makes an app, which we'll call X, and sells it on the App Store.
2. Apple makes a similar app, which we'll call Y, and sells it on the App Store.
3. Apple removes X from the App Store for reasons that are <sarcasm>totally not</sarcasm> related to the fact that it's now competing with Y.

2024-03-22 22:30:58

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@npub1ccz…7l0l
Apple's various vendor-lock-in strategies *are* Apple's problems.
Trying to enforce a browser monopoly, most notably, is illegal. Microsoft got creamed in court 20 years ago for merely *bundling* a browser with their operating system, let alone blocking all other browsers like Apple does.
It's high time we make computing open again.

2024-03-07 15:56:02

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@npub16u7…uend
The LLM prompt is the worst #programming language ever invented, because it has no guarantees whatsoever. Literally all behavior is undefined behavior.

2023-12-24 22:55:18

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@npub1qag…9gyn
My point in replying to you is to remind you that, if the Democrats don't win, the Republicans do, and the Republicans (1) will not force Israel to cease fire, and (2) will throw us all into a gas chamber.

2023-12-24 22:46:18

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@npub1qag…9gyn
Regrettably, our constitution does not allow us to do that. It forces us to choose one of two candidates, both of them have the same policy on Israel, and one of them openly admires Hitler. The dish you're trying to order is not on the menu.

2023-12-12 09:11:10

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@npub1g0t…tvm4
Another problem with conspiracy theories is that they aren't always wrong. “The Feds are reading your ‘private’ messages online” ended up being proven by Snowden, most notably. And it is indeed a conspiracy—doing that is all kinds of illegal.

2023-11-17 21:11:16

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@npub1ccn…czwu
> Nothing is actually leaving the body.
What makes you so sure of that?

2023-11-17 20:30:54

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@npub1ccn…czwu @npub1sac…apc0 @npub1uf3…y3rt
I assume they did experiments on what people can do during these out-of-body experiences? Like, hiding a sign on top of a bookshelf, then telling the subject to go find what it says while out of body.
I seem to recall such a sign being hidden in an emergency room at one point. None of the patients ever said anything about it, but since they were traumatized, dying ER patients and not experiment participants, they wouldn't have known to go looking.

2023-11-17 18:47:36

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@npub1ccn…czwu @npub1uf3…y3rt
Disagree. Religion speaks of things that are impossible to prove or disprove. Nobody's ever died and lived to tell the tale, and some those who came close did tell an interesting story of what they saw…
The biggest bamboozles, I think, are those that are both easily disproven and obviously harmful, like trickle-down capitalism.

2023-11-17 18:14:48

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@npub1uf3…y3rt @npub1ccn…czwu
Problem: one of bamboozlers' favorite tactics is to convince their victims that the truth is a bamboozle. This makes it difficult to know whether or not you've been bamboozled.

2023-11-15 20:24:47

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@npub100t…6cuy @npub18qt…nsqx
I wouldn't let it anywhere near the open Internet if I were you. Microsoft security researchers found that a newly-installed XP machine was attacked and compromised within *seconds* of coming online, and that was something like a decade ago.

2023-11-14 23:36:54

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@npub16uk…pv7k @npub1r3z…9qna @npub13kx…x86n
You sure it was because of the editor? The cape isn't what gives Superman his powers; wearing one won't make you his equal.

2023-11-14 21:13:18

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@npub16uk…pv7k @npub1r3z…9qna @npub13kx…x86n
Well, I'd love to hear the details, because I've read people's praises of Vim before, and there was very little there that a modeless editor can't do, so I fail to see how Vim is supposed to be so much better.

2023-11-14 20:57:18

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@npub16uk…pv7k @npub1r3z…9qna @npub13kx…x86n
I've not tried the others, but I can say that Eclipse is the opposite of excellent.
As for Vim, pardon my skepticism, but I find it difficult to believe that shortcuts to move the cursor by a specific number of words are going to make me significantly more productive. I spend most of my time reading and thinking, not moving the cursor, and certainly not planning how many words to move it.

2023-11-14 19:20:48

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@npub1r3z…9qna @npub13kx…x86n @npub16uk…pv7k
Well, s***, not even #VSCodium is free of telemetry? Wonderful. What do I use now?
#Emacs requires a user script just to enable #Rust Analyzer. You've got to be kidding me.
#Vim was designed for the limitations of a terminal from 1976. Its key bindings and behavior make zero sense on a modern keyboard, mouse, and graphical display. No, thank you.
Everything else seems to want to emulate Vim, including all that's wrong with it.
Not looking good…

2023-10-16 04:53:40

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@npub1x4m…tvht Holy s*** that's terrifying. Here in the US, our constitution specifically forbids this, and for good reason, so our law enforcement is forced to at least pretend convincingly to care about people's privacy.

2023-10-09 21:18:20

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@npub1t7d…pqpp That's the result of different people having different ideas. It can be chaotic, but it's a good thing overall. Without it, nothing new would ever be made, and we'd all still be huddling in caves, banging rocks together.

2023-10-06 07:44:10

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@npub1lkv…cf53 What, you want to let a bloodthirsty dictator conquer Europe? You realize he'll conquer us next, right?

2023-10-02 22:41:03

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@npub15va…wesc
And the #Democrats are sitting back and letting the Nazis destroy each other. Nice.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” —Napoleon Bonaparte

2023-09-28 23:04:44

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@npub1dh4…n4zf
With suburban houses costing a million bucks in California, $20/hour is nowhere near enough.
To pay off a $1M loan in 30 years, assuming zero interest or taxes, and take no more than ¼ of your income, you'd have to be paid about $64/hour.
(1000000 * 4) / (2080 * 30) ≈ 64
Add taxes and interest on top of that, and it's even worse.
California is extremely f***ed.
#HousingCrisis

2023-09-28 22:44:29

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@npub1wuw…pjs5 I'm predicting that they will, yes.

2023-09-28 20:22:12

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@npub1wuw…pjs5
Narrator: “They did, in fact, store personal data. And then leak it to cybercriminals.”

2023-09-21 16:26:21

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@npub1dwe…scf0 Also, we're on a spinning ball of rock that revolves around a GIANT FUSION REACTOR. We're nuts not to use it.

2023-09-19 06:46:18

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 And throughout all this, the government doesn't care…and neither do the voters. Nor are the homeless protesting or rioting, even though they have nothing to lose but their chains, so even they don't seem to care all that much.

2023-09-12 21:43:51

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@npub1dwe…scf0 It is very telling that these people consider awareness of systematic injustice to be a bad thing. It is, of course, because they are the *perpetrators* of that injustice.

2023-09-09 17:50:33

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@npub1ecp…59pq That's called #stagflation. So much for #Bidenomics saving the day. #Biden

2023-09-09 04:07:02

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@npub14yu…qxvc @npub1t2c…d0pp Simple explanation: those reductions are too little, too late.

2023-09-01 18:56:15

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@npub1dwe…scf0 I'll believe there are consequences for these people when they're behind bars, and not a minute sooner. Fines are all too easy for rich people like them to pay or simply ignore.

2023-08-30 18:09:05

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@npub1cy0…ggw4 The best way to reduce one's consumption is to commit suicide. I'm guessing that's not the message you *intend* to send, but it's the message you're sending.

2023-08-11 00:13:54

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@npub1ahq…wjwd Why would they be nervous? He'll destroy America and replace it with fascism, just like they want.