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by robcohen 2y ago
Which makes sense, imagine only have shoes that worked on 95% of the floors you walk on. Imagine a fridge that only cools 95% of your food, and it’s a fun surprise when it doesn’t. This is entirely rational, and reminds me of people who can
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by robcohen 2y ago
Personally, I have a conscience which informs me not supporting platforms. Why can’t I pay the artist directly, with no middlemen taking a cut? Distribution is easy. Put a QR code which links to some industry website that has crypto wallets
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by robcohen 2y ago
The article asks users to make sure passwords include upper and lowercase and special chars. This is just wrong. Diceware passwords are better for passwords that need to be memorized.
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by robcohen 2y ago
I vote for letting numbers be literal.
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by robcohen 3y ago
Well, I think it’s ok to connect it to WiFi (with temp password), update it, then disconnect it and change the WiFi password. Yes I know it’ll try to phone out with unprotected WiFi but those are increasingly rare. You won’t be able to upda
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by robcohen 3y ago
One thing that comes to mind is AI detection in Frigate https://docs.frigate.video . I’ve not played very much with AI but I’ve dabbled with Coral this past month and it would definitely be nice to have a fully integrated machine
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by robcohen 3y ago
I did RV life during covid for almost two years, and it became very apparent that the government is just not able to handle the kind of arrangement where you are constantly moving. First of all, every state requires you to order a new drive
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by robcohen 3y ago
Passkeys. You're looking for passkeys.
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by robcohen 3y ago
I’m doing this, and yes you are still dependent on corps, but the dependency is different. There’s something very different about buying a skid loader at auction and repairing it yourself than there is with living in an apartment complex wh
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by robcohen 3y ago
I could see that being an effect in the short term, but I don't think there's a fixed amount of criminality in a given society. I'd bet there's a significant linear correlation with the size of the black market in societ
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by robcohen 3y ago
This is very cool. I had a similar idea recently but I had no idea how to correctly parse various sources of event information other than writing custom beautiful soup or similar code for every single source. Actually, I was thinking that e
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by robcohen 3y ago
Lots of crypto tech doesn’t use this much energy. Proof of work is pretty obsolete by now, so it’s just no longer a relevant argument. Sure Bitcoin is expensive energy-wise, but criticize Bitcoin for that not crypto.
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by robcohen 3y ago
I’m just curious, you keep referring to it as a battle rifle. Do you think a non-battle rifle is more appropriate, or are you saying that battles should never be engaged in.
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by robcohen 3y ago
You see the same problem with universities, the military, the peace corps, etc. People have an agenda to push and they want to construct a simple narrative that supports that agenda. Simple as. Thanks for taking the time to point out that t
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by robcohen 3y ago
While I can understand your concerns here, there is something profoundly damaging about thinking a democratically-led military is no longer serving the public interest. Essentially it's a no-confidence vote in the political system, whi
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by robcohen 3y ago
This sounds great. I personally like to use SyncThing/MobiusSync to sync my devices, then I use Okulus or KyBook to read. It’s a bit clunky but only because Apple is a closed system.
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by robcohen 3y ago
I agree. It’s easy to see how a user hostile setting would go unchecked by a large corporate company that doesn’t benefit from protecting the privacy of its users.
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by robcohen 3y ago
Interesting. Thanks for the anecdote, I had no idea this was possible. Further validated by https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification... . I find it pretty funny that the top of the website says
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by robcohen 3y ago
I mean there’s more sources but ok.
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by robcohen 3y ago
I think you misinterpreted my point. Of course mechanics are doing side jobs, that doesn’t account for the fact that their primary job pay is low. I have my ASE certs, I also get paid to fix auto and heavy machinery on the side.
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by robcohen 3y ago
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/AWI.html It’s not that low, it’s higher according to many sources.
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by robcohen 3y ago
Average pay for a mechanic in NY is $52K. Average nationwide is about $49K. Average nationwide salary by some estimates is $59,428. Plus, it's a job that isn't considered "cool" or "attractive" to anyone but te
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by robcohen 3y ago
Nix works together with docker: https://nix.dev/tutorials/nixos/building-and-running-docker-...
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by robcohen 3y ago
Laws don't have to be enforced, but it's still the law. You asked for a law, and REAL ID is one. Although it isn't fully enforced, the provision for an ID is fully enforced. It's just not required to be a REAL ID, but an
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by robcohen 3y ago
REAL ID act: "OFFICIAL PURPOSE- The term `official purpose' includes but is not limited to accessing Federal facilities, boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft, entering nuclear power plants, and any other purposes that
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by robcohen 3y ago
Have you given Nix a try? It's fully solved this problem for me, and it also has Dockerfile generation down great. Nothing else comes even close What's really nice is using direnv to cd into a directory and having a flake.nix file
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by robcohen 3y ago
Check out the ARRL website. They have a few ham radio Technician class (lowest class) books that you can study and take the test with. https://www.arrl.org/getting-your-technician-license Once you pass, you can use some of
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by robcohen 3y ago
They are using Mailcow, so no, your emails are not encrypted. In general, unless you're using PGP, email is not reasonable to assume that it's encrypted ever. I use Protonmail, and I still don't trust it at all.
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by robcohen 3y ago
Yes, I served in the Marine Corps after joining at 23. It was shocking how little freedom enlisted folks have, even after basic training and technical schools. I had lived on my own since I was a teenager, and all that independence was stri
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by robcohen 3y ago
I disagree, I’ve never found a library hackerspace that I liked. I think the problem is in liability. A real hackerspace has insane liability issues, and city govs are about the most risk averse groups there is. Unfortunately I think hacker

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