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3y ago
fascinating tactic. i wonder if there are any countermeasures? - surely this does not work in all cases, only those where protestors are still convinced of the lawfulness of a peaceful protest, exploited by the threat actors (police) - wha
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nimbius
3y ago
Casual reminder shoplifting figures report the msrp value of goods stolen, not the cost to the company itself. Discount the figure by about 300%.
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3y ago
what it means is less important than the real questions it raises. - if in the united states we refer to our prisons as 'correctional' facilities, what quantitative correction could require nearly a century of internment? - if by
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3y ago
casual reminder from an un-cool diesel engine mechanic, these trucks are exempt from most state, local and federal emissions regulation by definition. You can be exposed to not only Methanol and Diesel exhaust but particulate and aerosoliz
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3y ago
I know this isnt a popular take but as a diesel engine mechanic, i think Amsterdam is going to be surprised at just how many "clean idle" diesel and modern trucks they are going to catch simply due to the nature of the regulation.
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3y ago
as an American its tempting to see this as legislation passed in the service of a progressive advancement of scientific need. This is more of a last-ditch effort to keep up with the joneses for the sake of natinal security, and so it was a
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3y ago
this mostly seems like cheerleading for ZFS? how about ASLR support, the amazing pf tables firewall, dtrace awesomeness, cool things to do with jails, or bhyve virtualization? granted ZFS is a big flex on the BSD official site as well since
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3y ago
most of the stories im seeing so far are pretty one-sided, with Marion decidedly very quiet on the issue entirely for very good reason. What was originally intended to be a show of intent, a brassy display of the sort of wheeling-and-dealin
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3y ago
Thats just it, outside of the media outlets they control and federal policy, they cannot. Its largely a propaganda campaign and a thinly veiled one at that. Biden was told by elites this was about to become a trillion dollar shit sandwich
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3y ago
the worst part isnt even in the article. Now that companies in places like LA and NYC know productivity doesnt take a hit from remote work, and remote packages are a selling point for hiring managers, they can sunset their leases and walk
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3y ago
Except in Canada where huawei's executive got the same treatment, or the US where the no fly list exists with little recourse.
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3y ago
Low quality "china scary" article that basically reiterates something that is true in virtually all five eyes and shengen countries. Violate the law and you can be held for criminal prosecution.
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3y ago
I think the biggest reveal I see in the article is that the lynchpin of stingray is basically an overpriced downgrade attack. Disabling 2g is arguably a potent way for ma bell to keep security companies like stingray from eating their alrea
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3y ago
>Unless SAG-AFTRA is powerful enough the curb that kind of use of tech. Unlikely. after the '78 commercial strike most studios made sure to keep a buffer of more than a year of content. animation studios are effectively immune to
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3y ago
0. Thanks I hate it 1. You haven't lived until you've tried to extract any reasonable data at all from NOAA.gov.
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3y ago
Correct. The size of the disks compared to a traditional turbine would easily consume a four to six story building for, say, steam energy generation. They would also need to spin at 50k+ rpm to reach their claimed 90% efficiency. Thats a
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3y ago
Being a trusted traveler with global entry, I loathe clear with a passion. It means 2 metres from the TSA checkpoint I have to let a family of six randos cut the precheck line I was told to stand in and wait while they fumble for their ID
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3y ago
So but...why Florida? This is a disease with a vector that requires close interpersonal contact. I figured it was sort of rare I. 2023
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3y ago
Couldn't I just stand up a quick CA with easyrsa scripts?
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3y ago
regionally speaking, and state-to-state, the numbers are also pretty shocking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electri... California and North Carolina both generate nearly 50% of their energy from
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3y ago
A well known risk of democracy is populist nonsense laws that appeal to a vocal minority or entrenched voting block. The legislator who pushed this turd of a law knew what he was doing and the consequences were moot. Getting re elected wa
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3y ago
Eventually this becomes an issue of national security. If your brightest minds are categorically excluded from education in the service of maintaining the American class structure and quarterly profit margins, if debt cripples to such a de
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3y ago
"...when the companies have “actual knowledge” that illicit drugs are being distributed on their platforms" chat providers could also pivot to a pfs model with deniability that effectively removes them from ever knowing about chat
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3y ago
> i commit to taking full responsibility for the circumstances of my life, and my physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing No thanks. This is a uniquely neoliberalist perspective on the collective human experience. The senti
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3y ago
The problem with AI generated actors isnt in the fact that they disenfranchise real actors, but in the purely capitalist direction studios have chosen to move. new characters, new actors, new stories and new roles all incur significant and
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3y ago
wife: have you babyproofed the house me, an intellectual: I have fireproofed the baby.
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3y ago
Hey a story from the USCSB! Fun anecdote the company I worked a few years at was investigated and audited by them. We were handling a lot of polyisobutylene type chemicals and had a few small fires and near misses in the plant. (Its used
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3y ago
neomutt even has a litany of cool new features like TLS SNI, threading and encrypt-to-self. https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt
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3y ago
agreed. dont know who needs to hear this but if you're having more than 1 scrum a week its not devops, its micromanagement, and if youve got more than 2-3 meetings a week youre effectively doing your managers work. if it can be summar
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3y ago
Stubhub: Hello my name is Mr. Snrub and I come from some place far away. Yes, that will do...
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