mrsteveman1

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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> Plus, the number of people who are might be affected is most likely dwarfed by the number of fraudulent votes that happen every single election, but that some people would rather not try to prevent. This is the exact opposite of realit
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
Voter registration cards are on the identification document list in that link, they don't have pictures on them. Either way the requirements to vote are currently less strict in many places than the requirements to get a photo ID tha
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
Good point, it's an issue of optics really, regardless of the actual costs involved. It's certainly not the drug itself that is so expensive; the unit cost of an individual dose of any of the common opiates, when purchased through
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
Excellent idea. In the U.S. we commonly see waves of "heroin" overdose deaths over the course of a single weekend. I use quotes because it's usually not diacetylmorphine, it's a fentanyl analog. While they're both i
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> does anyone here know of any drugs that cause neurogenesis? Tianeptine is fairly well known[1][2] for being able to prevent and/or reverse changes like hippocampal volume loss, which is commonly seen in untreated depression[3], ch
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
I've seen some indication that the HECI (mailbox between the main OS and the ME) is disabled as well on most/all Apple machines. I don't think they've ever used the Intel NIC hardware either, wired or wireless.
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> In all honesty "most PC/laptops users" will never need these patches because their systems don't have the ME firmware. You need specific CPU, specific chipset, specific NIC, and the ME FW. Every Intel system shipped
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
One thing the PSP doesn't have is AMT style remote management. AMD has their own kind of management system available on some machines (DASH, using "smart" NICs like Broadcom), but the PSP isn't even involved when DASH
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> What if someone (perhaps a political campaign or party) with some kind of vested interest and a whole lot of money broke off a couple hundred dollars for a few hundred people? If those people are OK with committing a felony for a few h
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
The 2018 MacBook Pro having thermal issues doesn't surprise me after seeing what my 2015 model does under load, but it's really disappointing since I've been anxiously waiting for Apple to release new laptops. This 2015 MacBo
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> Through experimentation they have arrived at these algorithms to maximize the probability that you find what YOU were looking for. Depending on the query, 60-80% of Google Image results point to Pinterest, which no one is looking for a
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> "Although not explicitly stated, it will also allow for the patentability of medical diagnostics and innovative pharmaceuticals" The notion that patents are promoting pharmaceutical innovation or improved medical outcomes is
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> This conception of patents as private property rights protecting the innovator’s creation is arguably required by the Patent Clause of the Constitution The Patent Act of 1790 set the patent term limit to 14 years and allowed them to
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
Have to agree. Even the code examples for some of the skill types aren't examples of using the API, they're examples of things like migrating existing code to a newer version of the API, which means much of the code is not only
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> all you'd have to do is have someone examine it and find inode activity when you had a clear alibi that the government didn't know about (which would be easy, given we're talking 8 years here, he'd just have to find
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> All the funeral director would have to do is ask if the deceased had any social media accounts and do you want me to contact them on your behalf? This would make a great plot for a novel, a disgruntled funeral director starts "kil
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
Maybe enough to skip through the automated checks, maybe not. I suppose it depends on whether it's being done through an ID verification service or just a payment processor putting a hold on the card. The gift card number wouldn't
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
The Pi Zero can do this as a USB client device for a host PC, including the QRCodes with the Pi camera, buttons/switches, and a small touchscreen for host-isolated verification and pin entry. Beaglebone Black (possibly also Pocket Beag
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> The FCC actually changed the definition of an ISP so that cellular and satellite providers are included. Wireless providers are competition for home internet service the same way the gas station down the street selling water bottles fo
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> MacBook Pros throttle even on "docks". They can't magically dissipate more heat when stationary on a desk. Given how frequently I catch my Macbook Pro leaving the fan at 0rpm even when the CPU is 180F, I suspect they&#x2
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
With IoT stuff, especially light bulbs, the "escape hatch" to avoid some of the cloud nonsense manufacturers might disable at any time is to ensure you get devices that have local-only control interfaces. So basically bluetooth,
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> On the other hand, they've made me care more about counterfeit goods. This is the one that's starting to really surprise me. You generally expect there to be counterfeit versions of items that are expensive or easy to replica
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> Eventually, more taps were installed on Soviet lines in other parts of the world, with more advanced instruments built by AT&T's Bell Laboratories that were nuclear-powered and could store a year's worth of data. I assume
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> specially at the size depicted, it can't possibly fly for more than a couple minutes if it also needs to process a video feed. Assuming we're talking about 10-20 years from now, what kind of power source could work for a lo
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
> Sellers of 'banned' substances -- drug dealers this segment should be the only one prosecuted and jailed Banning substances is a large part of the problem. In banning specific drugs all we've accomplished is to make the
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
Agreed, those things alone are worth it. However, once I already had an Echo I started thinking of things that could be done with it beyond the trivial stuff. For example I have been working on a tiny ESP8266 device that will sit behind or
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by mrsteveman1 8y ago
Agreed, I built a group of waterproof outdoor cameras with the Pi Zero W, that thing is a true gem. One is bolted to a utility pole outdoors, 200+ft away from the nearest WiFi access point through several walls. It's not a high link sp
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by mrsteveman1 9y ago
> FedEx and UPS happily deliver to my front door, 25 miles and down a long dirt road from the nearest town. What's the shipping cost, though? It's great that it's a real option either way.
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by mrsteveman1 9y ago
A small amount of it, yes, but it's the card itself causing corruption issues most of the time, it happens even on devices where the filesystem is read-only. The controller will write and move things around for maintenance purposes eve
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by mrsteveman1 9y ago
Take a look at ATP, specifically the AF4GUD3A and AF8GUD3A, for 4GB and 8GB respectively. Digikey[1] and Arrow[2] generally sell the 4GB for $15 and the 8GB for $25. They make larger versions too, if you need them. The 'A' stands

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