mirimir

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by mirimir 7y ago
> Motorbikes are the worst offender here. Here too, except in winter. I'm out in the country, in the northeastern US, in hilly country. Late at night, with the windows open, I can hear bikes for maybe 5-10 km. I can even tell which
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by mirimir 7y ago
If cloud services are such an issue (as they would be for me) then it's worth considering the security of local logs and whatever. Maybe limit lifetime, or even use FDE.
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by mirimir 7y ago
Maybe they just got better at hiding it.
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by mirimir 7y ago
That's a little self-referential, no?
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by mirimir 7y ago
Not by more than 1% or so. Or a few percent at most. If Africa totally melts down, perhaps more.
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by mirimir 7y ago
Not op, but maybe drivers steal more than riders escape paying.
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by mirimir 7y ago
Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22577127
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by mirimir 7y ago
I disagree. In TFA, there's the argument that human invasion of more and more wildlife habitat has increased the risk for zoonosis: > Yes. EcoHealth Alliance, an NGO, and others, looked at all reported outbreaks since 1940. They cam
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by mirimir 7y ago
To me, this indicates that zoonotic diseases are feedback to human population exceeding the planet's carrying capacity.
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by mirimir 7y ago
I vaguely remember reading about buses that board ~like subways, through multiple doors, from ~stations. Maybe in Brazil?
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by mirimir 7y ago
The app doesn't need to grab anything until the users selects paste. The added latency would be miniscule.
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by mirimir 7y ago
OK. So they're planning an invasion of the past?
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by mirimir 7y ago
There's a Russian spoof of "Terminator" which has Arnold going back to kill Judas. With the iconic lever-action shotgun (not consistent, I know). But Christ keeps bringing him back to life, to satisfy his father's will.
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by mirimir 7y ago
There's also this explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sf9fChyRoc
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by mirimir 7y ago
I've probably watched it over ten times, and sections of it far more. And I still don't quite understand the storyline. In particular, what's up with that hangar full of troops and equipment at the "end"?
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by mirimir 7y ago
I've done that. They catch fire, after a while.
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by mirimir 7y ago
> In many ways, viruses are eerily reminiscent of the idea of ancient spells, which sit quietly as words in a book until someone utters the mystical syllables and unleashes the magic contained within. If that appeals, I recommend Hannu R
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by mirimir 7y ago
OK, so the messaging app is a fork of Signal that uses arbitrary IDs instead of phone numbers. That alone is a huge win for me. But what I find most interesting is its built-in anonymity. Like Tor, it uses an onion routing network where onl
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by mirimir 7y ago
I suspect that it's a hash. But of what, I don't know. There's a seed phrase for the "account".
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by mirimir 7y ago
Sorry, I was referring to https://getsession.org/ and not TFA.
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by mirimir 7y ago
You can delete the "Loki News" contact, but not the "Session Updates" one. Although I don't have a problem with either, it would be good if users could opt out. They are messages. I'm guessing that's bec
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by mirimir 7y ago
It's not a cryotocurrency. It's a private blockchain. As I understand it, it incentivises nodes to play nice. Signal's requirement for phone numbers is an absolute red flag for me. And using contact lists seems insane. I&#x
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by mirimir 7y ago
Huh? I just opened it in a virgin Firefox install, and see no ads. And re IDs, there's Zooko's triangle.
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by mirimir 7y ago
It's a private blockchain.
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by mirimir 7y ago
Maybe it's more like an informal colony.
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by mirimir 7y ago
That was during the Six Day War in '67. As I recall, the US had threatened to wipe out Israel's air forces if they attacked Cairo. And the US did that because the Soviets had threatened to nuke Tel Aviv if Israel did that, given t
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by mirimir 7y ago
Good counterpoint. I mostly know films. And I was thinking in particular about "Sin City". And some Seagal film involving his toes and a hammer. Or maybe it was another action hero.
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by mirimir 7y ago
Yes, it's not at all unique. Just a big player. But Stalin killed more, through what might be considered domestic sanctions.
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by mirimir 7y ago
For sure. US sanctions against various countries have arguably killed hundreds of thousands, over the past few decades. Maybe even millions.
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by mirimir 7y ago
Sure, one could argue that. My only point was that morality isn't necessarily related to effectiveness. But some moral positions could of course depend on effectiveness.

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