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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
They celebrated their successful "confusing the voters" strategy quite openly too. > “Confusing Ohioans was not such a bad strategy.” https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/ohio-anti-ger...
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
Food isn't calories.
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
I think it is more of a function of the new political reality. Companies see a rare opportunity to roll back hard won worker rights and they are going for it.
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
Note that instead of the mosquito dunks you can also buy "mosquito bits" which are the same thing in granular form. Last time I bought one they were cheaper per unit cost and they easier to use because you don't have to brea
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
They do indeed spend a lot of time and effort not letting people do it. https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-vot...
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
In fact, JWST orbits L2! https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F4STZH25YJ...
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
Reminds me of Steve Mann's "mediated reality" stuff. http://wearcam.org/
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
Probably because it's hyperbole. I've been using element web for a long time and have not seen those kinds of issues. Not to say that it is perfect, there are definitely bugs.
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
EVs can sound very different than that. A good example of this is the McMurtry goodwood run where the car sounds like a space ship going to warp, in the best possible way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYp9eGC3Cc
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
Toronto did it too, and it has been fine. https://secrettoronto.co/legal-drinking-toronto-parks/
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
Yes but making taxes easy (or even trivial) will make people less angry about having to do them. Can't have that.
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
OpenOffice is effectively abandonware at this point. LibreOffice would be what you'd want to use if you wanted to go that route. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-let...
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
My experience is that most developers just do as they are told.
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
When I used to use rpi's I had a series of steps I would take to reduce/eliminate most writes, while not turning the system full read-only. Simple things like disabling all unused services, moving tmp and syslog to a ram disk,
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
I know it is not necessarily for everyone, but I like the idea from this "Slate" startup of not having a secondary dashboard interface and keeping physical controls for all the usual basics. Then they just give you a convenient s
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
Any immoral or illegal thoughts will, of course, be reported automatically to the authorities.
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
> Dendrochronology has dated the felling of the oak tree of the panel to 1483, which, accounting for the seasoning of the wood, suggests a date for the painting of soon after 1500. Sounds like they have only dated the wood in the frame t
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by fanatic2pope 1y ago
> When Motor Trend last tested the Rimac Nevera, it did 0-186 mph in 15.6 seconds. The Rimac Nevera R is road legal and does 0-186 mph in under 9 seconds. https://www.theautopian.com/the-2025-rimac-nevera-r-and-its-...
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
They have already said they want to send US citizens there too. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-confirms-trump-is...
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
This irrational belief isn't going away either. It seems to be spreading, in fact. A relative of mine recently was diagnosed with cancer and a "friend" of hers suggested she try ivermectin.
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
AFAIK the fastest "production" EV is the McMurtry "Spéirling" that does a quarter mile in under 8 seconds. Watching it set the record for goodwood is mind blowing, because it looks like the video is being played in fa
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
This is "just" a state senate race, but it swung pretty hard to the Democrats. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/james-malone...
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
My personal anecdata is that the people I know who have cancelled trips are middle class folks who can afford to travel to the US but refuse to do so. My brother, who has done well for himself and vacationed in Florida every year for almo
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
Co-incidence? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fcpa-anti-bribery-law-exe...
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
One camera for every ten people, vs in the USA that (in 2019/2020) had 1 camera for every 4 people. https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21002515/surveillance-cam...
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
Well I mean this is the essence of this neo-Lysenkoism isn't it? The adoption of scientific policy based on ideological alignment rather than merit.
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
I believe these days the "extra steps" amount to just clicking an option box to allow third party repositories during install. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/workstation-working-gro...
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
Along the same lines is the passenger pigeon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
Russia has completely dominated and laid low the United States without firing a single shot. Astonishing.
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by fanatic2pope 2y ago
The market, in its majestic equality, allows the rich as well as the poor to buy stocks, trade bitcoin, and to own property.

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