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by foxyv 1y ago
I have found that most disbelief in the consciousness of other beings tends to be wrong. Often that disbelief is self serving. To avoid guilt or shame. We didn't think that animals were conscious and time after time we were proven wron
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by foxyv 1y ago
I have yet to see AI become a boosting board for developers like other tools that are out there. More often than not I see it being used as a crutch or a method to fake competence. Developers using AI will create applications they don'
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by foxyv 1y ago
Audible has been publishing a ton of audiobooks for lower volume Kindle books. It's very jarring. Almost as bad as some of the TTS books I used to listen to. The inflection and pronunciation is all kind of off.
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by foxyv 1y ago
> It's like saying breathable air is communist. Try reading some of the older Robert A. Heinlein novels. Hyper capitalist moon colonies where people pay for air.
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by foxyv 1y ago
The rubber hose attack is always the most reliable and most dangerous method of breaching high value targets like this. https://xkcd.com/538/
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by foxyv 1y ago
Typically the way these codes are compromised is when they are stored in a non-HSM location like Google drive or transferred somehow. Then again, if you are just trying to keep people out of your Facebook account it's not a big deal. B
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by foxyv 1y ago
Yeah, the iron triangle of security, convenience, and privacy rears it's ugly head again.
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by foxyv 1y ago
Most 2FA apps don't allow export for security reasons. I usually just re-generate all my TOTP keys manually. It's terribly painful, but I used to do it with every phone upgrade.
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by foxyv 1y ago
Is there really that much cost associated with the mirrors themselves? That doesn't seem right. > as much as 40% "As much as" makes me think that the estimate is optimistic. Although the 50% lighter weight would make the m
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by foxyv 1y ago
Guns are designed to make split second decisions into life changing consequences. There is nothing I hate more than poorly trained firearms owners that flag people with their weapons, load weapons when they aren't ready to fire, and ju
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by foxyv 1y ago
The usual chain of events is. Broke -> Homeless -> Health Problems -> Abysmal long term care facility or hospice -> Dead. A shocking percentage of the homeless people I see on the streets are very old. They are usually in terrib
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by foxyv 1y ago
I see he is going to add to his collection of brain parasites soon. https://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/amebic-meningitis.html
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by foxyv 1y ago
College is rarely about learning specific facts and procedures that you will directly use in your future employment. If you want that, go to a trade school or a boot camp. A good college CS program will train you how to think, learn, proble
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by foxyv 1y ago
Lead iodide looks almost exactly like gold. It may be related to that somewhat. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F8VYpIJjkoI
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by foxyv 1y ago
I always enjoy reading novels from this time period. Nuclear power was this miracle energy source that could be used to power entire planets or even tiny weapons that rendered their owners invincible. Unlimited optimism and utopias construc
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by foxyv 1y ago
This is really common in grandiose narcissists. You get a honeymoon phase where they are amazing and beautiful people. Then they get worse and worse over time once they get their hooks into people. Then when their victims speak out, all the
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by foxyv 1y ago
Depends on where you order from. Most places don't have delivery packaging so you just get some cold food. Places that actually package for delivery usually arrive hot. Those places are also stupid expensive. I wish DoorDash would sell
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by foxyv 1y ago
The Truman is having a very bad time right now. Although I'm not terribly surprised considering the things I've been hearing about how the Navy operates lately. Maybe they will start letting their crew members sleep enough.
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by foxyv 1y ago
These sales may be breaking the Steam TOS. Although it is pretty common to mark down the games on Steam before offering a discount on sales like this. In addition I think Steam may have contracts with these distributors explicitly allowing
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by foxyv 1y ago
Level 3+ body armor is getting way cheaper ever since China started manufacturing it like crazy and selling it to literally anyone. Unless the army wants to switch to tungsten or depleted uranium small arms ammo, they are going to need some
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by foxyv 1y ago
I foresee a yearly trip to Canada or Mexico to get vaccines for my immunocompromised family members and myself. These ghouls will happily watch people die to sell their bunk supplements and quack treatments.
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by foxyv 1y ago
Browsing for books on amazon.com is a bit of a pain on a small touch screen. Usually I get out the laptop and use the browser on it. The biggest pain point is when I finish a book and want the next in the series. I'll usually read abou
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by foxyv 1y ago
I hope this gets Google and Amazon to cut a deal soon. Not being able to buy Kindle books on Android is awful.
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The reason for this is that AES is not an authenticated algorithm so there is no way to determine if the ciphertext has been modified since encryption. The ciphertext could be modified/corrupted and you wouldn't know. Also, AES is
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"In mice"
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by foxyv 1y ago
Have you seen the documentaries on that. It was BONKERS. They would show up every day to these people's homes and give them tickets for literally anything. That bush is too tall, or whatever. Then they would threaten family members and
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by foxyv 1y ago
I can just imagine a Kafkaesque future society where people are punished based on a predictive model that is nothing more than an overly complicated random number generator.
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by foxyv 1y ago
I just don't get how what Steam does is parasitic or bad in any way. They are expensive, but they don't engage in the predatory practices of most of their competitors. They just kinda sell games.
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Valve only requires that when you are selling Steam Keys outside of Steam. If you are selling the game as a standalone separately there is no MFN clause.
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by foxyv 1y ago
If I were looking for alternatives to Steam it would probably be Good Old Games, Humble, or self publishing. Epic Game Store is just kind of trashy. They keep engaging in anti-consumer practices.

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