gerikson

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   by gerikson 6y ago

   > And I am also shocked that the PM wanted to intervene within 24 hours of the announcement on an issue that seems completely private and irrelevant compared to all the issues the country is facing. I'm not a UK citizen but I follow
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   Generally, it would be a franchise, like the US system. Guaranteed placement in the league, no risk of demotion.
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   The same kind of ideas were present in bungalows in British India and other parts of Asia. In general I think a lot of energy savings can be realized by accommodating buildings to the prevailing climate, and using passive means of heating a
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire - Voltaire.
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   According to Wikipedia, the name Place de Bitche was moved to another square in Paris.
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   4G does not require as dense a cell network as 5G.
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   Isn't starlink a service aimed at areas that can't easily get the sort of internet service that's cheap to provide to metro areas (i.e. rural areas)?
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the paschal full moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#Date
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   by gerikson 6y ago

   Love time.is. You can embed JS from them in your own webpages for custom clocks.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Nike is claiming brand dilution: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210330/09283346519/nike-...
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    I googled "UVA microaggression" and found this Reddit thread that discusses it https://www.reddit.com/r/UVA/comments/ab1dy7/university_of_v... My take is it that the plaintiff is a troll.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    I seem to remember reading that Microsoft used Xenix internally for stuff like email.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    I am familiar with May '68 but I do see it more as an ultimate victory for youth, rather than repressive defeat. But I think I see your point nonetheless.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Out of curiosity, why was May ‘68 a “betrayal of our youth”?
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Thanks, I did not know this.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Why not include Japan? 71.9 deaths pM.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    They're more and more common now (I live in Stockholm).
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Stockholm has a population density 5,200/sq km, while Brussels has 7,400/sq km (source: Wikipedia). Most deaths are in densely populated areas, because that's where people tend to live.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    I think it's a representative comparison.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Total deaths pM Belgium: 1,999 Total deaths pM Sweden: 1,399 Similar country size, but BE has had full lockdown, curfew, police fining.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Yes, and I would argue, with Schneier, that that's a bad idea, for all manner of reasons, not least that it will widen the legal attack surface by a lot.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    As Schneier says, that could be implemented in a separate application, not the core Signal product. Signal just added a bunch of crowbars to the people who want to crack it open. Money laundering and tax evasion are seen seriously and there
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    What I meant was that Signal can solicit payments as part of their mission. Either through donations, or by selling access to more features. There's no need to involve financing through the use of the product itself, any proceeds of wh
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    There's no need to implement a payment mechanism via cryptocurrency. Signal can just create a "pro" version and sell that.
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    Postwar Germany's witchcraft trials can help us understand QAnon(religiondispatches.org)

    2 points by gerikson 6y ago|0 comments
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Thanks for the tip!
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Yeah, I realized that this was probably the biggest difference!
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    I'm a huge POB fan but I felt I could overlook a lot of the liberties taken with the movie. At least it got made! And I think the shipboard scenes on the Surprise were really well done.
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    The name itself a reference to Midnight Commander, inspired by Norton Commander...
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    by gerikson 6y ago

    Except the French crew in Master and Commander had clothes from almost a century before the events in the movie. This was done to denote their "foreignness".