the_third_wave

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by the_third_wave 1y ago
O you sweet summer child, think of why there is no public evidence on Chinese espionage while you can easily rattle off a laundry list of Western espionage programs and you'll realise your mistake: China is a closed society without
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
Hm, odd, maybe turning something practical - a tool, a utensil, a beverage - into an obsession bordering on religiosity does not a happy camper make? A saw is meant for sawing, not meant to be idolised or localised or deified. Coffee is mea
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
Some dogs like to roam just like cats, we had one of those. Dog gone again, call the next farm, dog there? Nope, not this time. Explore the forest to find him a few kilometers off eating from a moose carcass, joy. Once home he vomits up hal
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
Well, that's quite the horror show of an interface, something dreamt up by a crack team of interns high on their own supply of rounded pastel-coloured widgets. Fortunately Android is quite flexible and has good longevity for a mobile O
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
If they ever do that they'll get a hefty fine from the EU and the order to restore such functionality or be banned from the market.
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
Move to a farm and get some outside cats, they shit in the woods but come home overnight. If they don't they get eaten by foxes etc. so they better. We never had a litter box until the cat turned 15 and started to become less willing t
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
You must have read different sources from the ones I read. There is no shortage of mentioning the "Islamic golden age" and the role it played in bringing knowledge from "the east" to "the west" as well as prese
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
The "news" brings you all the death you want, daily. If you want to try it out for yourself there's plenty of Antifa-type organisations to give it a go. If activism isn't your thing you can join a football (the real type
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
> taking the leap to Linux when I read ... there weren't drivers that would work with my mouse (without _considerable_ effort) and noped [sic.] right out. That wasn't much of a leap you were planning it a mouse got in your way,
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
> My kid is 4 so ... ... there is no way in hell I'll give him or her access to the 'net. Right? Right.
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
No, I do not want the government to get involved other than through regulations on warranty replacements etc. One of the big appeals of riding bicycles is the near total lack of government involvement which makes it a more true form of free
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
I've been using bicycles as my main mode of transport since I could walk, one of the side effects of being born in the Netherlands and living there until about 25 years ago. I mostly use steel-frame bicycles but I do have an aluminium-
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
If you're running or using Invidious [1] - a YouTube proxy service - you're running or using Crystal. [1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
Here's a more advanced - and 'ancient' (2000) - version of this idea: Peep (The Network Auralizer): Monitoring Your Network With Sound [1]. I ran this for a number of months back in the day, it made my living room sound lik
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
The downvote button is used by (too) many as the online equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears while loudly saying la la la la la, I can't hear you when confronted with facts they want to but can not rebuke.
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
Fuck Sit Club, join Shit Club. Al you need to do is say hello to the person in the stall next to you and presto, you're part of the club. Competition schedule will follow forthwith.
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by the_third_wave 1y ago
> reliable way to keep social media nontoxic ... Bluesky has both. BS is full of vitriol against anything outside of the desired narrative, I do not consider this 'nontoxic' no matter your perspective.
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
I suspect there is something off with the browser fingerprinting logic which assigns high relevance to 'unique' characteristics like screen size while the reason for their 'uniqueness' is that the data is randomised on e
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> Zoneminder in particular is (or was, anyway) an absolute nightmare to deploy and run. Install it, configure it, make sure to give it enough storage so you have the desired retention duration - here about 2 days - and restart it regular
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Just add one more solar panel and your server is powered. This assumes you can sell excess production at wholesale rates (like we do here in Sweden). If you can not sell power and you're a tinkerer there's ways to build battery st
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Plenty, look then up. Start at Act Blue and dig down into the dark money tunnels.
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
It collapses because by the time it is the majority owner the state will pay for it's own "profits".
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> the old windows 95 start me up commercials Yes, so do I. I worked as editor for a computer magazine and as such was invited to the launch event and was flabbergasted by them selecting a song which' next line was "you make a g
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
That's what all those commercial demo disks were for, or AOL disks for those in regions where that was a thing.
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Or you eat less and/or healthier food to achieve the same result without the side effects. Spend part of that $1000 (but not too much) on better food which you (or someone in your family) prepares at home, keep the rest for other purpo
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
No, slowly it will pay out on one side and get back a bit on the other until it becomes a major stock holder and the whole house of cards collapses.
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
För the same reason that you'll find many operatives with links to e.g. George/Alex Soros in 'progressive' circles.
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> there aren’t restaurants that really compete with that value meal outside of Taco Bell/Time and maybe Burger King. IKEA does, at least here in Europe. Of course you're not going to find an IKEA on every third block but it yo
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
No, it is not time to try to revive the desiccated corpse of socialism once again for the I-do-not-know-how-manyeth-time. Pick up some history books, real ones that is, not Howard Zinn and read where that path takes you. Redistribution does
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
My view is there needs to be a version of Godwin's law related to client of supposed 'racism', i.e. the one who claims ${issue} is caused by/related to 'racism' thereby loses the argument unless he comes with s

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