ethagnawl

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by ethagnawl 5d ago
> it doesn’t work nearly as hard Until you ask it to start generating horrific imagery and then it's best in class.
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by ethagnawl 7d ago
AOL was my internet gateway until 98 or so. I seem to remember a rumor that your account would instantly be suspended if you visited the "WAREZ" chatroom. Does anyone know if that's true? Neither answer would surprise me. Als
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by ethagnawl 8d ago
Evergreen
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by ethagnawl 9d ago
> 1970s era stereo equipment Some of what glitters _is_ gold!
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by ethagnawl 9d ago
It's to the point where whenever I see vacant land being cleared around me in NY, I assume it's for a new storage facility.
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by ethagnawl 10d ago
> Some of the reverse engineering tricks utilized by DiscoStarslayer include chemically decapping the CXP102064 to expose the die, then using microscopes and optical dumping skills to analyze the silicon chip circuitry. In this case, a l
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by ethagnawl 11d ago
"We" could also just opt-out of purchasing/using all of this crap.
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by ethagnawl 11d ago
It's a funny quirk of history and circumstance that I'll always associate the station bumper or a DJ's intro with certain songs that I taped off the radio on the 80s and 90s. Similarly, I've heard from friends that they
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by ethagnawl 11d ago
> It's not entirely clear how - but theories include shifts from flights to train travel and shifts from gasoline cars to EVs. From a distance, those look like pretty sound theories. It's wild that the pols and talking heads in
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by ethagnawl 12d ago
I asked and, as expected, they didn't search anything of the sort.
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by ethagnawl 12d ago
I asked my husband and he didn't google anything relating to these terms.
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by ethagnawl 13d ago
I mean, I said as much. My point, though, is that I've never heard a pre-IPO CEO claim that their company will probably transmute lead into gold or harness 100% of the power of a distant sun is the next 5-10 years.
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by ethagnawl 14d ago
> I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years This is Theranos-level bullshit. Why would you ever put such a thing in writing? (Aside from pumping the IPO, of course.)
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by ethagnawl 14d ago
People always dismiss this as FUD but it's been happening to me more than ever. I know in many cases it is more likely that firms are acquiring purchase histories and location data but that doesn't explain other incidents. For exa
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by ethagnawl 15d ago
The gas stations around me in NY had been hanging onto $5.99 9/10 for dear life.
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by ethagnawl 17d ago
This also tracks with my recent experiences. It's possible it's a coincidence but I'm currently trying to get big, dumb, expensive errors made by Ikea and Costco sorted. I've been dealing with both of these companies for
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by ethagnawl 17d ago
It's the same with all of these issues; the frog always gets boiled. In the same way the people who drafted the Constitution/Bill of Rights couldn't have imagined AR-15s, they could never have imagined a (practical) surveilla
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by ethagnawl 17d ago
> There's absolutely nothing illegal about monitoring the location and activity of police In theory, sure. In practice? Good luck. https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/10/03/apple-t
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by ethagnawl 18d ago
It'd be interesting to learn whether or not Gemini ignores them, too. I would guess not, as these sorts of sites tend to be founts of expert knowledge and insight.
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by ethagnawl 19d ago
> runners used to be arrested! This reminds me of Ray Bradbury's excellent short story, _The Pedestrian_: https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-pedes... IIRC, this story also informed and inspi
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by ethagnawl 24d ago
> the average american, even educated and talented ones, have absolutely no serious understanding what keypairs are, or why they need to take care of them You're right. Since a few others have said as much, I was sketching an outlin
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by ethagnawl 24d ago
Denmark, for one: https://lifeindenmark.borger.dk/apps-and-digital-services/mi...
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by ethagnawl 24d ago
I know some modern, normal countries have done variations of this but the US missed a golden opportunity to give everyone an RSA keypair when they were coerced into signing up for an Enhanced/REAL ID. Instead of scanning, taking photos
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by ethagnawl 26d ago
The author hints at _the end of ownership_ when talking about physical media but I think that's been a significant regression worth emphasizing. There have been countless stories about people losing access to their favorite movie when
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by ethagnawl 27d ago
Nobody should be in a position where they need to clear something like this with their boss. Now, I'm certain people are but that just means those of us with seniority and in leadership have failed those people.
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by ethagnawl 27d ago
One. Most of the time. Supposedly.
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by ethagnawl 29d ago
When I got a new phone about a year ago, I decided that I wouldn't be installing any traditional social media apps (Tusky doesn't count) and that I'd use the web when "necessary". This has been a very successful exp
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by ethagnawl 29d ago
"Profit" or "Plunder" would seem to fit.
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by ethagnawl 1mo ago
Does the website still work?
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by ethagnawl 1mo ago
Oh, wow. I had no idea. I've gotten a ton of use out of memcached over the years. Thanks for all your efforts, Brad!

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