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by cronix 3y ago
And a lot of people always throws around terms like "almost nothing" without defining it in terms of actual dollars. Is it like 50M is nothing compared to their 10B net worth? What are we talking about/comparing here?
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by cronix 3y ago
> Yes, but they do report those transactions. You mean they're supposed to report the trades within 45 days. Not all do, and not all have gotten in trouble for violating the STOCK Act. https://www.npr.org/2021&#x2F
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by cronix 3y ago
$174k...how much of that is left after taxes and paying for a second residence in one of the most expensive cities, Washington DC? $174k really isn't that much in 2023. They'd be lucky to clear $100k after taxes and housing and th
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by cronix 3y ago
> I really don’t see how new ai capabilities lead to big layoffs and new opportunities for Dropbox. "Mr. Robot, categorize our customers in a monetizable way by inspecting the data they hold in their accounts."
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by cronix 3y ago
> We don't make the same argument for the President or Congress We allow them (congress) to trade stocks with knowledge from their privileged positions that no one else has. A lot of them walk out millionaires, before any book deals
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by cronix 3y ago
Hmm...just like congress doesn't have a problem with trading stocks of companies in industries they oversee and have insider knowledge on, such as which businesses can be open and which ones have to close during the pandemic, or which
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by cronix 3y ago
And the contempt the politicians have for their voters who actually put it into law, which is more egregious imho. I don't necessarily blame an industry for trying to get things in bills that benefit their industry, but I do blame the
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by cronix 3y ago
But it would also likely take out the grid itself. If all of the massive power cables strewn all over, connected to very large expensive power station transformers, become overloaded at the same time from a CME, I don't predict good th
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by cronix 3y ago
Yes, but during the Carrington Event, electrical wires became overloaded and blowing out equipment attached to "the grid." I've had a computer blow out (sparks, smoke and everything) due to a power surge when the main power w
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by cronix 3y ago
Strange. On the website, they disappear from everywhere. Your subscriptions feed, suggestions, etc. You just don't see them at all.
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by cronix 3y ago
On the website I just click the X next to that section and it disappears for a month.
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by cronix 3y ago
Yeah, we did things like standardize the size of a gas nozzle so they're universal in all cars and trucks (and lawnmowers, and...) regardless of make/model or brand of gas. Then we just allowed anyone who wants to make an electric
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by cronix 3y ago
Maybe conceptually they're kind of the same, but not practically. Something that fits in your hand is different than something that fits in your trunk.
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by cronix 3y ago
I do similar with acoustic foam and my computer case. Basically built a case around the case. Now my mics in the audio studio never pick up fan background noise.
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Line Arrays: Why Music Festivals Sound Better Than Ever (Wired)[video](youtube.com)
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by cronix 3y ago
This isn't like the customers mentioned in the article ordered an expensive 4090 graphics card and got a cheaper 3060 graphics card. This is buying a graphics card and receiving a box of condoms, a totally different product. I don&#x27
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by cronix 3y ago
Not a physicist, but how do you get something to bend without a force exerted upon it?
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by cronix 3y ago
These have been huge for things like Home Assistant and object detection in real time video processing via Frigate and Google Coral TPU Accelerator. It sure cut down on the false positives I was getting for detecting cars and people coming
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by cronix 3y ago
> These days dreamwidth.org is harder to view and interact with than facebook.com if you don't have an account. We really need to stop linking to it and link instead to an archive.is copy or the like. I've made the suggestion t
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by cronix 3y ago
Because Apple forced DJI to comply for their version, but since sideloading is available on Android as an alternative, they basically told Google to go pound sand. Edit: I misspoke in my original, which I fixed
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by cronix 3y ago
Here's part of another song (and interview) that was mentioned (David Guetta with AI Eminem voice): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40lOIZLUACU My question: do you own the likeness of your own voice? How does this diff
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by cronix 3y ago
> I'm the opposite, as looking at android, where do we see this? For one, DJI drone software. It's available in the Apple store but you have to sideload it for Android. DJI isn't a small company, and there is quite a large
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by cronix 3y ago
And what eventually happens to tectonic plates that build up pressure, which this vent is helping to release?
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by cronix 3y ago
Here's a great video by Nick Zentner, who teaches at Central Washington University, on that article and has a lot of updated info and debunks some claims made. Nick Zentner- Earthquakes: Will Everything West of I-5 Really Be Toast?: h
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by cronix 3y ago
I wonder how much collective time the world would save not having to click on cookie permissions every time they visit a website.
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by cronix 3y ago
Is Dark Mode in either your OS or Youtube turned on? It's not an option unless you're in DM.
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by cronix 3y ago
If you're on a Mac and using FF (probably not FF specific), turning off "ambient mode" in youtube can save 30% cpu. I just found this out while searching why FF was taking 90% of my cpu while watching youtube videos in normal
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by cronix 3y ago
Maybe. Not everyone does work where more horsepower does anything useful. Still coding away daily on my 10 year old MBP. Only maintenance I've done was install a new $60 battery 2 years ago that any non-apple specific computer repair s
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by cronix 4y ago
Right, we're talking about San Francisco. It's because there's literally shit everywhere.
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by cronix 4y ago
I have lots of impressions, too. If I want them followed in a business deal I need to put them in the contract.

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