B1FF_PSUVM

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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
Foreseeing (plausible) political takedowns is useful.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
I'll see your payola and astroturfing, and raise wining and dining newspapermen.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
> all else being equal. "Load bearing phrase", as they say. A stupid ass that just keeps pushing on often goes further than a smart ass who gets distracted.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
> utility of the product falling down to 0. Today a bank really sent me a legitimate email about trying their new site. Went over, it was their site alright, logged in with correct username and password - poof, instantly blocked for susp
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
Where is the EFF, what have you done with it? Killed it and made just another shitty "progressive" sockpuppet, like what happened to Amnesty International? There is stuff conservatives can support, but some shitheads decide they j
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
In this case, "Ick, no!"
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
> old wives tails Please, can I have that for my typo collection?
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
> faffing around Sheesh, let the lab mice have a breather. Want them to solve physics during the trip?
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Starlink Replacement: Russia Develops Stratospheric UAV Relay(en.topwar.ru)
2 points by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago|0 comments
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
> I've really thought hard about Yeah. Financialize the economy presupposing a global open market, then subvert, boycott and bomb said market. So clever.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
That was a highlights grade comment ( https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights ) And the last comment by 'oraguy' - I hope he just picked up another id because "never work for Oracle again" ...
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
"The first thing we do, let's AI all the lawyers" ?
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by B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
Toss in some Bosch for flavor. Those three guys could wipe the floor with most of modern art. (The Blake painting is tucked away in an almost-attic of the now "Tate Britain" old building in a quiet out of the way street, while the
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
Ah, so that's where Fred Saberhagen got the gimmick for his first Berserker story - "Without a Thought" / "Fortress Ship", 1963. (A spaceman uses a pet that plays with beads to simulate not being temporarily in
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
> I designed a font called “Parts List” ... that just screams "green plastic stencil ruler"
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
I both read the Soul of a New Machine book and used the Data General MV8000 hardware depicted there - a purchase of DEC VAX machines was being considered, but meanwhile an MV8000 and a bunch of blue and white terminals snuck in ... The ha
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
If we're going feudal, it would be a good idea to provide justice to the commoners like feudal lords were obliged to do. I.e. all these "tech companies" that want people to have accounts (and be heavily invested and/or d
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
That one puzzled me, probably makes sense if there are "serving chopsticks": """ Jikabashi To use one’s own chopsticks instead of serving chopsticks to take food from a large serving dish. """
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
> no one I know worries about such things It went underground - those who know just note that you're nekulturny, and move on. They don't bother telling you about it, nowadays nothing good would come of that.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
> Windows touches more people’s lives than almost any technology on Earth. You could skip the "almost" if you had stuck to your guns on Windows Phone. It was a good phone OS, and we could have done without the iOS/Android
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
Those LeMonde guys are pretty sharp, it was on Twitcher only yesterday ... https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2034734061613129740
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
> you get a 10x increase porting to Rust (and the AI does it for you) So, you keep reading/writing Python and push a button to get binary executables through whatever hoops are best today ? (I haven't seen the "fits your
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
The Intel MacBook Air battery was very easy to swap, just opening the bottom lid. Amazon has kits for about 40 bucks with the two necessary screwdrivers included.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
> how long sentences are in writing from a century or more ago Those were hunted down to extinction for ratings, about the time audience ratings were figured out. Not a reader left behind, so to speak ... Most really deserved to be taken
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Defense Devaluation – Starlink on American Drones(en.topwar.ru)
1 points by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago|0 comments
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
While they are at it, they could bring back the $250 iPad Mini. I can't quite figure out why the Mini became a luxury item ten years ago, leaving the kid's cheap tablet to Android.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
It's rather incongruous that you register intellectual property for very little - and have states enforcing your rights for free - while a piece of land pays property taxes.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
... quia absurdum est?
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by B1FF_PSUVM 7mo ago
Poor sods never know if they are getting devoured by a polar bear or not, and it shows.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 8mo ago
"Farming is hard, let's go viking"

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