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by dsr_ 2y ago
If capitalism is allowed to operate without regulation, it corrodes. If government is allowed to operate without regulation, it corrodes. The pattern is clear. Unchecked power imbalances are bad for everyone, but the folks at the top of a p
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by dsr_ 2y ago
At Amazon? Yes, very likely.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
The most interesting part is that of all the Hitchhikers' media, only the original radio series and their published scripts are in complete agreement with each other on all details of world-building.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
Did they get any useful work done in that time, or just learn new frameworks? That sounds like a form of hell.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
Texas Instruments is likely to sue you. Change your domain name. Don't advertise it as a TI-84. Advertise it as TI-84 compatible.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
Similarly, glue and woven fabric layers make excellent composite armor.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
Military conscription has always been the role of the state. In the US, health procedures are currently in the hands of oligarchical profit-maximizing middlemen; the first assassination has already happened. I really don't know what yo
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by dsr_ 2y ago
If your headphone has already been measured, https://autoeq.app is your friend.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
On most of those days, I say "Don't banks realize that they are IT shops?" and suggest that they invest more in reliability.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
USA equivalent: think Mallomars or Pinwheels, but with better chocolate.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
"banned from 60% of the web" suggests a terrible choke-point that everyone should avoid, regardless of convenience.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
UNIX: 1973 vi: 1976 BSD UNIX: 1978 x86 instruction set: 1978 UNIX System V R4.2 1983 Linux: 1991. Kids these days.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
It's worse than that: many textbooks are actually subscription services.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
There is no difference between an organization and a conspiracy. Organizing to do something is the same as conspiring to do something. That leaves the question of whether the organization is commensal, symbiotic or predatory towards any giv
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by dsr_ 2y ago
Nobody wants AI-fueled shit music. I mean, nobody in the set of people who enjoy listening to music. I suppose there are a lot of record-industry companies who would prefer not having to deal with pesky artists.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
> I don't know what TMBG concerts are like in the last 15-20 years, but there were maybe 100 people there. Like that, but bigger, and eventually with more people on stage. And every so often, giant puppet heads.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
> 2. The post cannot apply to fast/large networks - will be prohibitively expensive. The expensive parts of fast/large networks are not the fiber strands. * right of use / lease * trenching and laying and covering * amplif
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by dsr_ 2y ago
Sales organizations are often the most game-theoretic rational folks in an organization: a large fraction of their compensation is directly attributable to recent efforts. That doesn't make them honest or efficient or trustworthy, just
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by dsr_ 2y ago
I note that they don't actually say "matches the accuracy of current best models". Or even "almost as accurate as the current best models".
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by dsr_ 2y ago
It's time to haul out the Lucent story. Lucent was the commercialized spinoff of AT&T's Bell Labs. They acquired Livingston, who made the best serial terminal concentrators (Portmaster) which were essential for cost-effective
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Cloudflare Analyzes Login Credentials(benjojo.co.uk)
6 points by dsr_ 2y ago|0 comments
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by dsr_ 2y ago
None of my headphones have firmware to update. They connect with copper (8000BCE) wires (1830CE) to a 3.5mm jack (1950CE) based on a 1/4" phone plug (1890CE). Some of them use neodymium (1885CE) magnets. If I want equalization or
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by dsr_ 2y ago
My grandparents raised my parents in large cities. My parents raised their children in small towns. All of the children moved to large cities. I often describe the town I was raised in as "a great place to raise children and an awful p
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by dsr_ 2y ago
You see, American AI is going to take over the world. It's just that it's temporarily short of funds. I mean, GPUs. Uh, there are pesky laws in the way. Totally not the fault of a gigantic overcommitment based on wishing, no.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
Trusted is known to not be the same as trustworthy.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
High volatility is the thing that should be most avoided as a reserve.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
5-4 the court decides that the EPA cannot mandate final water quality. Enjoy your norovirus and cholera outbreaks.
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City and County of San Francisco vs. EPA [pdf](supremecourt.gov)
2 points by dsr_ 2y ago|1 comments
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by dsr_ 2y ago
That will depend on your terminal and whatever is running it. For xterm, '-e screen' will do.
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by dsr_ 2y ago
You probably would, but that's the number one complaint about Debian: "Where is my fix of new shiny?"

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