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by dv_dt 2y ago
If you go into history of some nations, e.g. in some regions of Italy, coops go much farther back than the 1800s (the modern form comes about in the 1800s though) and there is an ecosystem of coops to develop and be supported by gov't
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by dv_dt 2y ago
The REI workers are basically employees of a retail company that happens to be a coop. The coop part is for shopper/consumer members of people who buy things at REI.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
When you talk about coops, there is a distinction between a consumer coop and a worker coop. A consumer coop is generally where consumers band together to get better prices on consuming some product or group of products. A worker coop is w
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by dv_dt 2y ago
But a holodeck could
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Its not so much people with little financial interest, but rather interest with more financial power. After all having a life cut short, or being uprooted by climate events or killed is of a huge cost - individually and socially.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
What happens with cross nation access? Will international sites start to refuse accounts to brits?
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by dv_dt 2y ago
I went to a Brother color laser printer for home and send out high quality color prints to companies with high quality commercial photo grade or print grade equipment
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Https is transit level encryption. Application level encryption is encrypting the data inside the https connection, Eg if your post body is encrypted. And never decrypting the data on the server is one way to handle your question.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Cancer rates are increasing in younger people in many types of cancer, likely due to increasing pollution. Some types of cancer are being seen in increasing numbers due to more people living longer.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Owning a hybrid with regenerative braking vs a non-hybrid of the same class of vehicle, there is a noticeable reduction in brake wear and replacement with regenerative braking.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Why would they refund anything when it seems that Meta is the party that is violating, at a minimum, an expectation of basic decency and truthfulness
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by dv_dt 2y ago
I think there are many meaningful improvement strategies which could be applied that haven't been tried yet from any administration at scale. A lot like replacing running tech systems while they're running - it's trickier doi
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by dv_dt 2y ago
It is yet to be seen what the current administration is actually accomplishing. Tearing down administrative capacity without regard to leaving chaos and shortfalls is a lot easier than reform
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by dv_dt 2y ago
I feel the same way about SQL too, it's set and difficult to shift. But I also look at PRQL longingly - https://prql-lang.org/
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by dv_dt 2y ago
If you look a recent regulations that affect homeowner solar rates, it's quite the opposite, with the California Public Utility Commission being quite beholden to private utility wishes to the point of making home solar arrays much les
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Profit margins don't reflect how efficiently they manage costs. It could as easily be the case the PG&E mismanages resources and costs more to deliver the same power.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
If criminals can get there why not the non-skyscraper city residents? And why would criminals displace them?
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Starliner comes after decades of failed Boeing managed space programs to replace the Space Shuttle. Its probably the second or third reboot of a crew capsule. Congress should share part of the blame but at least taxpayers used to get workin
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by dv_dt 2y ago
It does feel like julia will not make the leap to displace python, but for a long time python offered too few improvements over perl, so its not completely out of the question.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
I started using PopOS for basically snapless Ubuntu and a simpler desktop, but I keep thinking of going back Debian. I think AMD GPUs are probably well integrated by now and GPU support was one of my original reasons for moving off of Debia
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by dv_dt 2y ago
There are no less risky areas left to build into in the Los Angeles area. To build more you have to fight nimbys to change neighborhoods from mostly single family residences and build for density increases. I agree that doing nothing is an
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by dv_dt 2y ago
It might reduce property prices, but affordability would be adversely affected. The change would require the same cash flow from buyers. Instead of the costs being on a basis of mostly on high-stability mortgage loan rates, some of the requ
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by dv_dt 2y ago
So this activity pattern could actually be the claustrophobia mode network ?
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Find a small fediverse server on the topics. Lots of niche corners to explore https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/
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by dv_dt 2y ago
There was a recent HN posting on the US banning Chinese car brands from being connected to the internet. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42706212 If Chinese companies comply with the ban by providing car models without
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by dv_dt 2y ago
The activitypub based pixelfed servers are open source and give an Instagram like experience. And there is the advantage that it can federate with outside fediverse feeds too
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Europe already implements consistent data privacy regulations for all apps operating in Europe. No particular inconsistency in singling out TikTok over Meta
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Thats funny, I took a look at publicly available harms from various social media apps and deleted Meta apps.
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by dv_dt 2y ago
There are multiple organizations not registering as foreign entities who route a lot of political spending. Sometimes they are caught, but there is very little enforcement of political spending rules - and there is even more spending unchec
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by dv_dt 2y ago
Yup exactly the same thing is happening only with money laundered through nonprofits and political pacs. Once its there the same buy data and place ads & influence is completely legal - which makes the singled out ban on TikTok at odds

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