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901.
by riffic 4y ago
wasn't there a recent initiative to pivot into pharmaceutical research or chemicals or something?
902.
by riffic 4y ago
https://archive.ph/3MbH8
903.
Snapchat abandons its Web3 plans(web3isgoinggreat.com)
24 points by riffic 4y ago|6 comments
904.
by riffic 4y ago
that's part of it, and it absolutely should not be a tech support subreddit. I wrote a lot of the subreddit wiki and faq (about a year or more ago it was probably about 80% shitty memes or stuff found on Twitter but about 20% actual
905.
by riffic 4y ago
I always like to say there's a non-zero chance for Twitter to end up a member of this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_social_network... come stop by the Twitter subreddit for more of an idea of
906.
Twitter had a new plan to fight extremism – then Elon arrived(theverge.com)
6 points by riffic 4y ago|3 comments
907.
by riffic 4y ago
that's what transmissions are for though. variable valve timing also helps. EDIT: This comment is about automobile engines.
908.
by riffic 4y ago
I think "shady" is justified. I had to go back and look and yes, when Bitly was founded in 2008, Libya was still ruled by Gaddafi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Libya also followed the link and yes the
909.
by riffic 4y ago
this happens so often and there's something about this (begging Twitter to notice you exist) that rubs me the wrong way. I previously said that Twitter verification is just an arbitrary label that Twitter, Inc, bestows upon someone.
910.
by riffic 4y ago
this reads like he got out-lawyered here. context for the unaware: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/ubiquiti-sues-jo...
911.
by riffic 4y ago
there are at least cut and dry criteria for what notability means on wp.
912.
by riffic 4y ago
these are basically arbitrary labels bestowed upon an account. let's not kid ourselves that "verification" goes anywhere beyond that.
913.
by riffic 4y ago
no knock on the ccTLD registry itself but Libya's government is in a provisional state. who knows what its future will be and there are many other ccTLDs in a similar place.
914.
by riffic 4y ago
.ly is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Libya .to is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the island kingdom of Tonga. Are you disagreeing with my use of "shady", or something else in particu
915.
by riffic 4y ago
this is exactly why a lot of people should have problems with link shorteners based around shady country-code top-levels like .ly and .to
916.
by riffic 4y ago
an extenuating circumstance isn't what you think it means here.
917.
by riffic 4y ago
You do realize the Korean War never officially ended (de jure), right?
918.
by riffic 4y ago
The future is what we've built upon in the past. Domain names are not going to change in any significant way because the DNS system won the test of time . there's a concept I like to bring up here, the Lindy Effect, that shows th
919.
by riffic 4y ago
seems like a reasonable statement, lol. big corp isn't going to lose its icann accreditation over an intervention that breaks their policies.
920.
by riffic 4y ago
espanso is a lovely tool.
921.
by riffic 4y ago
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God... it even has a watermark.
922.
by riffic 4y ago
the Eames did a lot of cool experiments with plywood - this was a broken leg splint that was sold to the US military during WW2 https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/molded-plywood-leg-spli... the "kazam!" mac
923.
The Twitter Whistleblower Needs You to Trust Him(time.com)
2 points by riffic 4y ago|0 comments
924.
by riffic 4y ago
fine by me - too many freeloaders ruining things for everyone else.
925.
by riffic 4y ago
this could have been a blog post.
926.
by riffic 4y ago
Twitter has a comms department but there has been a revolving door of ineffective comms leadership. I can't even get someone from Twitter Comms to pop into the Twitter subreddit to engage with users there. Rebecca Hahn doesn't eve
927.
by riffic 4y ago
he got canned right after the Jack departure.
928.
by riffic 4y ago
for a company that likes to speak of itself as being a valuable piece of communication infrastructure (it isn't, Twitter's a website), this is pretty concerning and shows a lack of seriousness compared to oh, say, the Bell System.
929.
by riffic 4y ago
copy and paste my comment from an earlier post which failed to see HN traction ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32562747 ): > The complaint from former head of security Peiter Zatko, a widely admired hacker known as
930.
by riffic 4y ago
> The complaint from former head of security Peiter Zatko, a widely admired hacker known as “Mudge,” depicts Twitter as a chaotic and rudderless company beset by infighting, unable to properly protect its 238 million daily users includin

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