headbansown

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by headbansown 4y ago
You will fix the bugs?
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by headbansown 4y ago
Nice to see an HOA rule created to try to keep working people out of neighborhoods used against a $150k Rivian,
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by headbansown 4y ago
I am reminded of this ancient joke: Is there a difference between capitalism and communism? Yes, in principle. With capitalism, man exploits man. But with communism, it is precisely the opposite.
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by headbansown 6y ago
They're providing the hammers and chisels to knock down their own paywalls. I'm not saddened by this.
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by headbansown 6y ago
"If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged." -- Richelieu
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by headbansown 6y ago
Maybe a convenient mark on one's right hand or forehead also.
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by headbansown 6y ago
E-1 will be Groot but boots will be referred to as "Trash Panda."
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by headbansown 6y ago
From your doctor, sure - but from databases of who bought what that the pt consented to be in as a condition of getting a discount? Is GoodRx a HIPAA covered entity? (Not being rhetorical; don't actually know.)
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by headbansown 6y ago
Life insurance companies (speculation - but they won't have the visibility into Barry Boomer's cholesterol meds that his health insurer will)
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by headbansown 6y ago
TL;DR: You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
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by headbansown 6y ago
Finally, the killer app for mesh networks.
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by headbansown 6y ago
Vague policies are very useful when those making them wish to engage in arbitrary and capricious enforcement.
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by headbansown 6y ago
Really? It's not okay to say it's censorship when it is? I'll admit I'm wrong iff the apps are reinstated without having to impose additional restrictions.
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by headbansown 6y ago
Or it exactly understands how it works and Google doesn't much like how it works.
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by headbansown 6y ago
> Safe browsing doesn't include sites for encouraging hatred and violence, etc. Yet.
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by headbansown 7y ago
Holy heck, Gold Crew patrols 57-65 here. Small world, indeed.
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by headbansown 7y ago
That is a beauty; can't believe I'd never seen/heard of it back in the day!
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by headbansown 7y ago
That's a shame because I always liked their terminals and keyboards. Oh, wait.
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by headbansown 7y ago
> a reCAPTCHA like functionality around whether you are a real engagement vs these clicks aren't very far away That's gonna be a no for me dawg. If it turns out to be content I want to see badly at all, I'll search for sta
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by headbansown 7y ago
You should only have to convince it that you're an EU national.
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by headbansown 7y ago
First, it's pretty simple. Require that if net weight changes that either the size of the container decreases proportionately or that a standardized label (a la "Nutrition Facts") on the front of the container contains the ol
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by headbansown 7y ago
That is the case in the U.S. as well. Although I've seen unit pricing of products in different sizes use different units (e.g. one product using ounces and the other quarts) that if not done deliberately to make comparison difficult st
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by headbansown 7y ago
The CPI has been gamed into uselessness because governments and corporations have indexed things like pension increases to it. The "hedonic substitution" concept is particularly disingenuous. Seniors can't afford steak any mo
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by headbansown 7y ago
> Might as well outlaw marketing then. Yes, because reasonable regulation requiring clear communication to consumers about product changes == outlawing marketing.
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by headbansown 7y ago
Using the same container volume with less net weight, for example. Those of us who have the luxury of not being particularly busy can certainly keep logs of unit pricing, but it's not practicable for most.
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by headbansown 7y ago
I believe Consumer Reports used to show instances of this and call it the "grocery shrink ray." Corporate greed and willingness to deceive: news at 11.
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by headbansown 7y ago
In the case of U.S. drivers licenses, there are standards for the 2D barcode that would make it very straightforward to parse: https://www.aamva.org/uploadedFiles/MainSite/Content/Solutio...
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by headbansown 7y ago
I'm with your assessment. I was expecting to see more than the minor differences that were reported, which would have made it more interesting and damning to the processing firms. But a headline like "I took nine DNA tests and got
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by headbansown 7y ago
The endgame is requiring a non-extensible browser with TPM and remote attestation so that the ads can't be removed client side with a bonus layer of DRM preventing scraping the screen (at least on the same endpoint) and hiding the ads