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by nimbius 2y ago
ICC = International Criminal Court. Netanyahu is fearful he may be prosecuted for war crimes as he's an active warrant for his arrest. He's in good company. Figures such as Margaret Thatcher, Dick Cheney, and George W. Bush were
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by nimbius 2y ago
as a reminder, this is just the desktop version not Android. good catch. this kind of technical analysis makes signal a stronger application. now if only someone could convince Marlinspike to get off his high horse and de-centralize the s
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by nimbius 2y ago
This is not an article this is barely news. This is the NIH inexplicably plugging Blue Zones LLC. "Authors’ Note: To join the Blue Zones mission, contact . More information about the project can be obtained at https://commu
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by nimbius 2y ago
the "CEO Grindset" or "daily routine" stuff I see on Youtube and Medium has always struck me as a sort of peacocking for a certain level of the office crowd. I once worked a construction equipment maintenance job. Basic
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by nimbius 2y ago
The thing that killed RAND was government oversight and neoliberalism. These days its not possible to innovate something like switched ethernet (which RAND had a hand in) unless you submit bids from forty GSA vendors and hold fifty meetings
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by nimbius 2y ago
"Is an ai powered..." No thanks.
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by nimbius 2y ago
I feel like the outcome of this is unilaterally bad. Most homeless are elderly and mentally Ill. The solutions are institutionalization and retirement housing/pensions but no state did this after Reagan and instead made homelessness a
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by nimbius 2y ago
not sure which has me more gobsmacked. That anyone is surprised smart TV's are tracking their viewers, or that we accidentally exposed political campaign interactions with their constituents and the voting age population as a whole to
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by nimbius 2y ago
"If you want the highest quality information, you have to speak to the best people." what a silly thing to say. High quality information is derived from accurate sources subjected to scientific rigor over time. The best people?
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by nimbius 2y ago
This seems to cause playback failures in ublock from what ive seen. MPV doesn't appear affected though.
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by nimbius 2y ago
If at first your accountability fails, blame your suppliers.
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by nimbius 2y ago
In summary: the only customers that matter --corporations paying site licenses-- declared this to be an unacceptable business risk. Anyone who is still using windows in 2024 and isnt a multinational business or llc gets what they deserve.
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by nimbius 2y ago
if anyone wants an open source HSM on the cheap based on a raspberry pi that is pkcs11 compatible, check out the picohsm project https://www.picokeys.com/pico-hsm/
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by nimbius 2y ago
so the article ignores the fact that most of the gen Z college kids theyre ostensibly referencing got a front-row seat to watch their parents struggle with undischargeable student loan debt that likely still haunts them into their retiremen
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by nimbius 2y ago
In 2024 it feels like nobody in government knows exactly what law enforcement needs to do anymore, but by god they'd better do everything because legislators are powerless to reform or regulate the unforeseen consequences of Reagan era
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by nimbius 2y ago
I agree, a transmission is really only good for around 200k miles. However, you can buy a used transmission in most cases for under 3 grand, and again labor for this thanks to automation is likely less than $500. The real blocker I dont me
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by nimbius 2y ago
The rich have been flogging this idea since cash for clunkers. That, because they run through cars like shit through a goose, you will too. Speaking as a master diesel mechanic, this is a deleterious line of thinking for anyone with less
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by nimbius 2y ago
People touting automation rarely follow up after the initial effort in my opinion For example, i work on heavy diesel trucks. We've had tire machines to mount and unmount tires for 40 years now. Machines still can't so the entire
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by nimbius 2y ago
im a diesel engine mechanic by trade here, and I empathize with Tesla owners. We get all sorts of big shiny new trucks in our shop, and ever one of them touts jaw-dropping mileage figures. Customers typically come pounding down our door af
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Ask HN: Alternatives to HashiCorp Packer?
16 points by nimbius 2y ago|5 comments
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by nimbius 2y ago
"The easiest way that companies can avoid harming consumers from the collection, use, and sharing of sensitive information is by simply not collecting it in the first place." the tone of the article seems like the FTC is hopeful t
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by nimbius 2y ago
> defined as funds raised for the purpose of influencing elections by nonprofit organizations that are not required to disclose the identities of their donor "Dark money" is the alternate term most of the beltway prefers as it
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by nimbius 2y ago
As a professional diesel mechanic by trade, i can say this is a similar practice shops pay through-the-nose for with paid online catalogue services. this makes shadetree work on Teslas a treat. I spent a summer during covid doing work on
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by nimbius 2y ago
If I had to speculate, I'd say its a combination of rebound from covid rent furloughs, and market capture by capital management firms like trammel crow (who really, really want you to think theyre a property management company now) Som
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by nimbius 2y ago
we arguably already had this with things like python venv. the articles main point still remains, containers are a slow and bloated answer to this problem. I concede youll need containers for Kubernetes, and Kubernetes on the surface is a v
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How sliding tandems work on semi trucks [video](youtube.com)
2 points by nimbius 2y ago|0 comments
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by nimbius 2y ago
casual reminder: privacy and opsec are personal responsibilities and not something that can be tendered to you in the marketplace. when you use FAANG there is, regardless of the company marketing, ZERO expectation of privacy. corporations
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by nimbius 2y ago
i for one welcome the opportunity to pledge my fealty to the Hyperion corporations newest addition to orbit!
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by nimbius 2y ago
no one wants to hear this but the FCC is effectively a non-agency, a cheerleader for good things that align with an administrations priorities in an election year at best. Verizon, Charter, and ATT all represent more than 250 billion USD in
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by nimbius 2y ago
id venture anything under $200/oz USD is fake. it is generally sourced as a byproduct of the petrochemical industry.

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