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by nimbius 2y ago
glad to see the same regulatory agency that snored through the gamestop fiasco has suddenly taken notice of the crypto wing of the same predatory fintech that should have faced a congressional hearing years ago.
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by nimbius 2y ago
the reason the article is difficult to read is because it is written by an insufferable elitist hipster who evades every opportunity to share his learning experience with the audience and instead treats them like drooling toddlers with expr
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by nimbius 2y ago
speaking as a diesel auto mechanic, these systems exist in the big 4 truck makers as well. The premise for them is useless. no one uses the SoS button, you have towing and repair service you pay for through your company or as part of your
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by nimbius 2y ago
coming from industry, ive really wondered the same thing. Eagle tugs (the little trucks that push your airplane at the airport) zamboni machines, you name it...anything industrial designed to move a load or require a professional driver ju
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by nimbius 2y ago
"If, back in the 70s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak had to guarantee that their computers would not be used for serious crimes, would they have been willing to sign with potential jail time on the line? Would they have even bothered to
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by nimbius 2y ago
the real problem for these loss-leaders is they all too often wind up on city ledgers, retirement and pension funds. these companies treat water and burn money, generate enormous value for the shareholder short-term, but eventually die and
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by nimbius 2y ago
diesel engine mechanic here. ive been following the tesla "truck" thing for about a year now and it seems pretty miserable. i dont have the sources, but from several blogs and trade rags (trucking news, professional driver, etc.
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by nimbius 2y ago
to clarify, this was a third party company called securus that offered a blanket deal to track practically everyone based on a deal they had with cellular companies to purchase tracking data. Securus normally only works with US prisoners.
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by nimbius 2y ago
this feels a lot like Uber/Lyft whining about rideshare regulation, or Musk whining about self-driving regulation. Howard does a miserable job attempting to explain what, exactly, this legislation will do to impact open source develop
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by nimbius 2y ago
id argue no, ultimately the voice of cowardice and ignorance does not deserve equal vote. A child understands a kitchen stove, but isnt given wholesale authority to ban them when theyre burned. people who cannot understand the implications
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by nimbius 2y ago
>you can get radicalised online Great. Ted Kaczynski and a host of other malfeasants were radicalized through books and philosophy but we didnt turn public libraries into listening posts or start banning books wholesale. since theres n
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by nimbius 2y ago
you could say today was a good day...
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by nimbius 2y ago
that we so rapidly transitioned to --and away from-- a rapid, effective and universal free COVID vaccine for the majority of americans in such a relatively short period of time without any sincere discussion or commentary from news media or
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by nimbius 2y ago
If the US has any credibility in the context of its constitutional sanctity, then this "ban" will be declared unconstitutional by the us supreme court. if this were a poker game, ByteDance would have a full house. There is just n
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by nimbius 2y ago
the C-level equivalent of poking the business with a stick and mumbling, "c'mon, do something..." when youve clearly run off all the talented, sidelined all the most dedicated, and turned your once thriving tech company into
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by nimbius 2y ago
Please file in a calm and orderly fashion toward the exits and remember: IBM killed Centos for profit. Terraform users can pick up their new alternative here: https://opentofu.org/ and for those of you with Vault, you can f
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by nimbius 2y ago
simple litmus for market: is it truly innovative? something new and tangible? (iPhone/android/GPS/personal computer) or is it just repackaged labor exploitation (Amazon fresh/uber/grubhub/most AI) if at any poi
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by nimbius 2y ago
Its a simple answer I give professional drivers in the diesel engine shop I work at. Youre going too fast. Mashing different departments together to do things quicker, faster turnarounds at the gates, playing with flight times to game servi
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by nimbius 2y ago
These are KYC checks so the information is very interesting if you're the average joe. the US Bank Secrecy act prohibits you from ever knowing the details of a SAR, or suspicious activity report. there are criminal punishments if a
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by nimbius 2y ago
unsurprising. this has been a major reason the Republican house speaker is looking at a recall (yet again.) hardliners are upset the FISA regulations havent been renewed to their liking, and Mike Johnson (current speaker) would likely s
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by nimbius 3y ago
According to prosecutors, over a period of three years from February 2019, she ordered her driver to withdraw 108 trillion Vietnamese dong, more than $4bn (£2.3bn) in cash from the bank, and store it in her basement. The verdict requires he
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by nimbius 3y ago
the only app ive seen balk at bootloader status (to date) is google wallet. Using a phone to pay for stuff is an opsec nightmare youd only entertain so long as becoming an integrated and saleable asset in a data brokers portfolio is a life
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by nimbius 3y ago
its true. Whenever you're in a sensitive position and must practice opsec hygene, you need to be consistent and get it right every time. Your adversary only needs to get lucky once.
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by nimbius 3y ago
Windows for the majority of machines (we already own desktop licenses) but i keep 3-4 old laptops with ubuntu we nicknamed "crap outs" in case someone's PC dies, someone needs a laptop ASAP at a jobsite, or the IT gang needs
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by nimbius 3y ago
Go Germany go! In the diesel repair shop I work in, I managed to convince the suits to switch out ms office for libre office. 90% of our stuff is now libre by default...only 2 users have full office suites and theyre both in the bean count
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by nimbius 3y ago
the chief selling point of suburban life at all in the United States was that despite all its chain restaurants, its food deserts and its abandoned sense of art and culture, you were supposed to be given the chance at home ownership and th
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by nimbius 3y ago
Oh I surely didnt make it, just thought it was cool is all. Sorry about that.
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by nimbius 3y ago
Pedantic, but its TLS not SSL. And if youre stripping it without mentioning it in your ToS then you should be charged under the CFAA.
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Show HN: Netboot.xyz, Pxe Netboot Manager(netboot.xyz)
1 points by nimbius 3y ago|2 comments
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Show HN: Picohsm, a $5 open-source hsm(picokeys.com)
50 points by nimbius 3y ago|16 comments

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