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by glitcher 2y ago
Many people will know quite personally the struggle you describe, but I think there's an implicit assumption in it that reliable news sources will always remain available with or without direct monetary support from the population. I&#
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by glitcher 2y ago
It's probably a mistake to arrive at a conclusion in either direction based solely on anecdotal evidence. Unless the conclusion is specifically just for one localized area being observed, as opposed to extending those conclusions to al
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by glitcher 2y ago
Personally I'm more interested in how things are trending more recently, so the high starting points of these graphs in the 90's aren't really what I care about. But even selecting graph midpoints to roughly estimate the last
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by glitcher 2y ago
TIL about heat index being a combination of temperature and humidity to arrive at a perceived temperature (in the shade apparently, why?). Started plugging in some numbers into a heat index calculator just for kicks ( https://www.
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We do not prefer chords to be perfectly in mathematical ratios: study(cam.ac.uk)
81 points by glitcher 3y ago|84 comments
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Cops in California Running DNA-Manufactured Faces Through Face Recognition(eff.org)
7 points by glitcher 3y ago|1 comments
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by glitcher 3y ago
Not a boomer, but age shaming seems unnecessary. I remember exactly one passphrase - the one to open my password manager. Sure there are other methods, but none of the alternatives work as conveniently on every type of device I need to use.
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Congress Should Give Up on Unconstitutional TikTok Bans(eff.org)
8 points by glitcher 3y ago|0 comments
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Sen. Wyden Exposes Data Brokers Selling Location Data to Anti-Abortion Groups(eff.org)
8 points by glitcher 3y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 3y ago
Off topic: I hadn't heard of reason.com before, and this article seemed like decent reporting so I looked around a bit for more. Then I found an article affecting my state on their front page, and oh boy it is chalk full of so much spi
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by glitcher 3y ago
> the longer recordings would be an invasion of worker privacy Workers responsible for multi-million dollar machines and sometimes hundreds of human lives. I doubt anyone but the pilots care one bit about their on-the-job privacy.
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Stupid Patent of the Month: Selfie Contests(eff.org)
175 points by glitcher 3y ago|45 comments
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Black goo is the new oscilloscope: Love Hultén's ferrofluid synths(cdm.link)
280 points by glitcher 3y ago|57 comments
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by glitcher 3y ago
Same reaction here. For such a huge investment wouldn't you expect it to take some time before it becomes profitable? Live shows are only one piece of the puzzle. I really want to go see the "postcard from earth" short film t
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Jon Stewart's show on Apple is over because of disagreements about China(cnn.com)
27 points by glitcher 3y ago|8 comments
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by glitcher 3y ago
You are here, so you are also HN. There are also other HN comments here that disagree with the parent post just as you do. Saying what HN does or does not do is almost always going to be provably false and tends to add nothing of value to t
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Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard(apnews.com)
17 points by glitcher 3y ago|1 comments
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GAO Report Shows Gov Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency(eff.org)
2 points by glitcher 3y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 3y ago
Sentences in all caps are much worse IMO.
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by glitcher 3y ago
Sorry off topic, but I clicked the "Manage" option on the cookie consent banner to find out there are 86 "Necessary" cookies that are required on the site, then almost 200 more optional cookies I can choose to opt out of
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Appeals court upholds right to post public laws online(eff.org)
201 points by glitcher 3y ago|67 comments
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by glitcher 3y ago
"extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" citation please
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by glitcher 3y ago
But in this case, wasn't the basic parking meter infrastructure already in place when the deal happened? It wasn't like the company had to invest millions of dollars and many years of development just to begin collecting revenue.
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by glitcher 3y ago
“Everything from daycare to public transportation, toll roads, fuel and fuel taxes, auto purchases and maintenance, dry cleaners, nail spas, restaurants, clothiers, hair stylists, dog walkers, nannies and office leases suffer when people wo
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by glitcher 3y ago
This is clearly missing mention of their lawn, and instructions to get off of said lawn =)
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by glitcher 3y ago
The problem is that families sit in rows together, not usually in columns. And in busy airports it's not very ideal to get split up from your travel partners, especially if they are young, old, need assistance, etc.
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Federal Judge Upholds Arizonans’ Right to Record the Police(eff.org)
28 points by glitcher 3y ago|14 comments
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by glitcher 3y ago
ToS can't negate HIPAA or any other laws that could potentially be violated though.
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by glitcher 3y ago
My experience has been similar. After many years of only having one viable choice of ISP, once another upgraded their lines and could compete suddenly things changed very quickly. I recall a tragically comic phone call to cancel service wit
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by glitcher 3y ago
The comedian Geoffrey Asmus does a great bit about the Wells Fargo corruption: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B3PCkW-LDXY

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