consumer451

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US preparing 'massive' potash deal with Belarus(kyivindependent.com)
2 points by consumer451 5d ago|2 comments
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by consumer451 5d ago
I understand, as I was told this about AfD's recent performance as well. However, is this not an indication of what is to come in future national elections? I mean, how does a local-only party plan to "nationalize housing?" I
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by consumer451 5d ago
What is their position on Russia's war in Ukraine, and NATO in general? I am not German, but from what I can tell it's basically no arms for the defense of Ukraine, and no NATO rebuilding. Is that correct? Just like AfD, extremely
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by consumer451 6d ago
Firefox is my daily on desktop, but on mobile it's Safari. I finally got around to installing uBlock Origin Lite on iOS. I used to run the Firefox version on iOS, but that was discontinued long ago, and I never replaced it. I feel lik
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by consumer451 6d ago
This has been stuck in my head ever since I wrote about the rebrand. My final proposal: "car-saver" or "car-saver overpass." "Today, our State Department of Transportation completed their latest car-saver overpass.
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by consumer451 6d ago
The ROI is beyond solid. It's actually insane this wasn't done sooner at this location. The normal ROI for a wildlife crossing is 15 years. Here, it's two to three years. > Cost savings: Each prevented wildlife–vehicle col
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by consumer451 6d ago
Agree 100%. Also, hitting a deer at highway speeds can lead to the death of the occupants of the vehicle. This is not some country road! This is an actual win-win scenario, for humans and wildlife.
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Largest wildlife overpass in North America reduced wildlife collision by 91%(reddit.com)
102 points by consumer451 6d ago|52 comments
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by consumer451 6d ago
> It shows that the design goal is not to maximise interactions otherwise "controversial" posts should stay up. What I believe to be a less human-moderated version of the front page still exists on HN. It is interesting to comp
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The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (2018)(wired.com)
6 points by consumer451 6d ago|0 comments
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by consumer451 7d ago
I own non-modular synths, but I have never owned modular voltage-controlled hardware. However, I have had a lot of fun playing with Bespoke Synth. It has a much lower barrier to entry than VCV Rack imho. If you are wondering what everyone i
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Why I'm (sort of) not worried about AI – Jack Conte - SXSW [video](youtube.com)
3 points by consumer451 7d ago|0 comments
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by consumer451 8d ago
The biggest to suffer after the BAM is closed is the EU. It is not an accident that the USA decided not to support Saudi when they asked for air strikes last week. ARAMCO just told the EU there will be no oil shipments next month. Hurting t
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by consumer451 8d ago
Yes, the USA said that, but the damage was done. For many decades any inclinations for EU defense contracts to favor EU arms, were greatly frowned upon. France was derided for having made the right decision from go. Post-WWII USA would give
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by consumer451 8d ago
What's next is capturing all of our audio and visual inputs from cradle to grave, so that we can be truly replaced. Honestly, if that happened in a 100% trusted environment, it might be cool. But, there is no money in that. Well, maybe
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Pentagon weighs pulling nearly a third of U.S. forces from Europe(nbcnews.com)
59 points by consumer451 8d ago|46 comments
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by consumer451 8d ago
> No. It'll be like software. Entry level employment will be affected. Whether everyone at the labs knows it or not, this it what they are doing to entire industries, starting with software: Embrace, extend, and extinguish https:
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by consumer451 8d ago
Genuinely curious, how could one fight pre-emptive domain squatters once any candidate is publicly suggested? When I have suggested names in other situations like this in the past, I spent the ~$10 to get the domain, and offered the transfe
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The perfect storm brewing before winter(seatrade-maritime.com)
1 points by consumer451 9d ago|0 comments
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by consumer451 10d ago
Thanks for posting that. Good to know the BBC is moving on from Davies, and investing in a full season with a new production company. Star Trek is in far worse shape these days. According to Riker, this is the first time in decades where th
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by consumer451 10d ago
Super cool! Instantly joined the waitlist. It might be boring, but I can see exactly how I could use this right now to improve my agentic rag.[0] In two months I am supposed to deal with a giant corpus, while still maintaining responsive ch
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Grandma disables a fiber optic drone(twitter.com)
1 points by consumer451 10d ago|1 comments
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by consumer451 10d ago
It is no wonder that there is an anarchist counterculture there. I find anarchism to be really disturbing in general, but in the context of Germany, it might make a lot more sense.
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Clarity Act Stalls in Senate as Crypto Bill Fails to Clear Key Vote(decrypt.co)
5 points by consumer451 10d ago|0 comments
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by consumer451 11d ago
The more practical approach appears to be fully on-orbit activities, as those are currently far harder to attribute. The field of "Space Domain Awareness" is still nascent and rapidly evolving. See my other comment for my expanded
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by consumer451 11d ago
I have given this more thought, but too late to edit. I would like to add a very important specific fact of the modern day. Thanks to the Balkanization of our media landscape, and social media targetting: "a slick turn of phrase that a
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by consumer451 11d ago
The reddit post links to: https://www.reuters.com/business/australia-on-same-page-cana...
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by consumer451 11d ago
I believe that attribution is more difficult in strictly on-orbit activities. I would imagine that these weaponized satellites use radar stealth approaches similar to modern fighter aircraft. AFAIK, ground radar is basically what we have fo
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by consumer451 11d ago
Possibly, but look at modern times. It takes years to build social constructs that might guide us towards cooperation and non-violence. Yet, those can be overturned in an instant by a slick turn of phrase that appeals to our base instincts&
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by consumer451 11d ago
Agreed. My theory about our "great filter" event is that our technological advancement proceeds so much faster than our genetics, and that will be our ruin. To put in plain terms, we keep inventing far better "spears" (i

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