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In February, the Surgeon General said that masks aren't effective at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The WHO said "Not having a mask does not necessarily put you at any increased risk of contracting this disease". The dir
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I had an insufferable coworker who doubled down on that attitude. If he hadn't thought of something, instead of just saying he could have done it, he'd start rambling about why it was a bad idea, and that he was smart for choosing
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H&M, Burberry, and Nike were the ones I remember. But the article said the companies are kind of being half-assed about it, because they say they talk about only wanting ethically sourced cotton, but aren't willing to actually say
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Because we're human beings, and it doesn't matter how right you are if nobody can stand having you around. I'd wager that a group of "average" researchers that can be respectful and get along is going to get more do
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People have been arrested over reddit comments, and what he did showed that there are employees at reddit who can go in and edit your comments to say whatever they want, with no oversight.
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IIRC, there was someone who had written some networking code in Linux and independently started sueing hardware vendors for GPL violations. The Software Freedom Conservancy said that he was doing more harm than good, and said that if someon
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My wife and I used our first stimulus checks to buy Herman Miller chairs for our home offices, and it's probably the single biggest QoL increase I can remember from a purchase.
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From what I remember, you can't write a secure cryptography library in pure Rust because it has no guarantees that would stop timing-based vulnerabilities.
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When taken out of context it looks bad, but when it's part of a broader discussion about morality and law not always matching up, it makes sense. Age of consent laws vary around the world, and it doesn't make sense why someone cou
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Spotify is doing stuff like that. I kept getting a bunch of podcast recommendations for things like "stop asian hate" and "navigating the workplace as a person of color". Over the summer I was getting recommendations for
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I can vouch for how strict they are about their accessibility requirements. I was working for a contracting company that was making training materials and teaching a class for the government, and all the material had to have a voice recordi
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His wikipedia article gives a bunch of examples, including saying that Trump supporters have no recourse but to kill government officials.
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On FF, Spotify frequently freezes for a minute or more with 100% CPU utilization, Amazon won't play videos in higher than 720p, and a lot of sites only show alternate text instead of graphical buttons. I switched over to Brave for a fe
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Just having to put on work clothes, do basic grooming, prepare food to take, etc., already adds more than 10 minutes, on top of whatever the commute is. Driving to work probably means 8-10 less hours of free time a week, all to go to an off
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That's even a common trope in sitcoms. The husband is a loveable but bumbling idiot, while his wife is the voice of reason who frequently needs to save him from his own bad decisions. I wonder if the shows are imitating life, or the ot
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Another example is the number 88. God forbid you or someone you know was born in 1988 so you use it as part of your username because it's easy to remember. I've been accused of being a neo-nazi here and on reddit because my wife w
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Yeah, I've seen them sold before in "lootboxes" where you can see the artwork that you are gambling to get. The cryptographic proof of ownership is all your paying for.
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If you prefer the same info in a video format, here's an ~8 min video by the owner of a lan center in Korea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NLe4IpdS1w
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I think the sensational part is where it describes transhumanists as wanting to become deities, not just live long healthy lives. I personally think it's a natural path to go down, in a similar vein as clothing, tools, and air conditio
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Another example is Gabe Newell, who has taken a big interest in AI, VR, and Brain-Computer-Interface technology as he gets older. It's a different approach though, because instead of trying to keep your body healthy, you just control a
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At the last godotcon, someone gave a presentation on an ECS[1] they're making for godot. It's not an official project, but it's cool to see that it is possible if people want to develop that way. [1] https://www.yo
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Killing people in other countries because their government isn't doing enough to fight extremism doesn't sound like they've been "left to their own devices".
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It sounds like the same problem as the gaming industry, where people are really passionate about it and are willing to work for peanuts to be in the industry. I started doing some hobby game development, and I was suprised at how many &quot
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My father used to work at a facility that actually paid non-union employees more than union employees. It was at a remote location, so any sort of strike would have cost tons of money with no way to get replacements in. Any time the union n
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I don't have a passport. The expired ID hasn't been an issue until now, because the state government sent out a letter you are supposed to keep with you that explains the situation, and says the ID is still valid. I ended up sched
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Created a coinbase account recently and found that there's no way to verify your identity if you have an expired ID. Because of covid, Maryland let expired drivers licenses still be valid for the forseeable future, but Coinbase automat
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I don't see why they'd be able to do this, considering that one of the main arguments for why lootboxes and virtual currency don't count as gambling is that they have no monetary value.
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"community accountability practices" just sounds like mob justice. It seems like an especially bad idea in the current environment where people who are more than happy to join in an outrage mob after only hearing one side of the s
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Apple subpoenas Valve as part of its legal battle with Epic(pcgamer.com)
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There was a sniper rifle a few years ago that had a security issue that indirectly affected firing. You could remotely connect to the optics and change where it looked like it was aiming, ruining any zeroing in the shooter had done on a ran

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