GJim

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by GJim 6mo ago
The AI is a glorified search engine, not a human!
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> direct conversations between an attorney and an AI For the love of God! I hope an attorney isn't stupid enough to share a client confidential and personal data with an effectively unregulated AI.
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by GJim 6mo ago
> when it has has made malware so much more benign to me. Eh? Cryptocurrencies have enabled ransomware. Possibly the most nasty malware to hit the internet in terms of damage caused... This damage has affected services you use (inclu
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by GJim 6mo ago
> What are the gps coordinates? You mean the latitude and longitude. There are many ways of calculating a position beyond one particular GNSS system.
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by GJim 6mo ago
Being independent of Chinese manufacturing is a tougher challenge for anybody. Though at least the Chinese are predictable, unlike dealing with the USA.
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The point you raise is an amusing one; it will no doubt cause crypto-evangelists to have fits of the vapours.
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by GJim 6mo ago
> My hobby is organizing in-person meetups for random people to get together, chat and make friends. Barely structured, if at all. My hobby is also going to the pub.
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Courtesy forbids me from suggesting where it could go.
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> Can I just ask why people are so fixated on revealing Satoshi's identity? Probably the same reason people remain interested in the identity of Jack the Ripper , despite over 130 years having passed. See also, DB Cooper and who st
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by GJim 6mo ago
Bill Gates is doing just that; to name one of many throughout recent history.
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No. They are film cameras.
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I confess I'm not entirely sure if this is satire or if you are a true believer. Well done!
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> I bought a 12v car horn yesterday with the intent of wiring it into my ebike's power supply Putting an aerosol fog horn (available from boating supply shops) in the bikes water bottle holder is much simpler, louder and more effect
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> Not needing the wealth or the fame and ego-stroking that comes with being behind such a revolutionary technology is enviable. I can only assume you haven't met very many engineers!
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by GJim 6mo ago
Your comment has just proven my point!
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"analog" cameras? One brings to mind the common misconception of the young that all physical media (including dad's CDs) is analogue, and that 'digital' refers only to 'computer' data.
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by GJim 6mo ago
In the words of Barry Humphries: If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up .
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by GJim 6mo ago
Oh, I'm happy to tolerate decent and fair advertising. But since the ad-tech industry (worth billions) is now dedicated to invading my privacy, using underhand tactics to avoid the GDPR and is busy sniffing my underwear to work out wha
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by GJim 6mo ago
Good lord! I knew the USA has poor data protection law, though the very idea that companies can legally share such personal information is truly mind boggling. Why on earth aren't people doing something about this?
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by GJim 6mo ago
Heh In the 1990's and for us GenX'ers, selling out was the worst thing you could do; to take the man's money instead of keeping your integrity. Calling people and bands 'sell outs' (sometimes without justification
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by GJim 7mo ago
Meh In Blighty, the worst case scenario simply involves sending a snail mail letter to the company secretary (address from Companies House) saying "I cancel". When sending it, don't forget to collect your(free) proof of posti
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by GJim 7mo ago
Seconded. How Crapita continue to get government contracts despite all their failings is simply beyond me. Their latest cockup is fucking up civil service pension administration, so it's not like those who work for the government are e
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by GJim 7mo ago
Good lord! It was once common knowledge that VHF radio ("FM") typically doesn't travel over the horizon, LW and MW radio ("AM") travel by ground wave and are regional, but that you need shortwave kit for internation
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by GJim 7mo ago
> Control: Free App Ugh. I have as much love for solar as the next hippy, though I can't be the only one put off by a lack of an open API and, *gasp*, a complete set of physical controls. This IoT shite has gone too far.
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by GJim 7mo ago
It's always better to back up ones arguments with facts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index The USA really hasn't been doing well lately.
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by GJim 7mo ago
You would do well to understand why that has happened since 1945 and just how the USA hugely benefited from that state of affairs. I'm not here to argue who this has benefited the most, or if the benefit has been mutual to us all and f
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by GJim 7mo ago
> The people hunger for democracy, They surely reform of the two party system (and one where you realistically need to be wealthy to stand a chance of election) is the only solution? Give people a choice!
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by GJim 7mo ago
> I'm guessing that one reason we got Trump is that the Democrats presented two poor alternatives in a row. Oh please. Are you seriously comparing the disaster that is Mango Mussolini to the likes of (practically any) alternative ca
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> how many people in the country still think he's doing a great job. 'In the country' being 'in the USA'. Everybody else outside the boarders of the USA is thinking "how the mighty have fallen".
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by GJim 7mo ago
> because you're angry and you want to call us stupid Please keep the tone civil. I said nor implied no such thing. Rather, a significant number of posts on HN believe there will be change back to 'normality' when Trump is

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