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by tristor 3y ago
Great, now there will be even more people botting every single online game.
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by tristor 3y ago
This is very clever, although somewhat unnecessary, but still useful to know. The one thing I would call out is the author used WiFi because one of the laptops didn't have Ethernet. I've encountered this situation several times
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by tristor 3y ago
I stopped replying in this thread earlier due to dang’s comment. I am not going to respond fully, as your response is clearly /not/ in good faith. > If you ban everyone from a country from immigrating (which is exactly what yo
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by tristor 3y ago
> on account of them being Chinese Ethnically, yes, this would be immoral. On the basis of nationality, it's absolutely not immoral. In fact, in the US, it's /required by law/ to discriminate in this way if your com
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by tristor 3y ago
I don't think China is our mortal enemy or that we should formally declare war. Nowhere in my comments do I make any of the spurious statements you're trying to attribute to me. However, it is clear that China /is/ our
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by tristor 3y ago
While I applaud your optimism, your hope for a brighter future is not a scalable solution for securing trade secrets at tech companies.
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by tristor 3y ago
I don't think your response is in good faith, since you are responding to a comment where I explicitly say that I have made no reference to where someone is born, only to their allegiance. Do you not understand what the term "nati
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by tristor 3y ago
> This is literally presumption of guilt based on where someone was born. Not where someone is born, but whom they owe allegiance to. If you do not discriminate based on someone's allegiances, then on what basis would you expect it
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by tristor 3y ago
What Liberal principle requires you to employ and inform your enemies who are actively engaging in espionage? I didn't say anything about Chinese /ethnicity/, only nationality. There are millions of ethnically Chinese peopl
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by tristor 3y ago
I love mustard rather dearly, especially one that is sharp and piquant, horseradish mustards are some of my favorite, although you can't go wrong with a good sweet-hot either. At any rate, I just have to say that prepared mustard is a
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by tristor 3y ago
I realize you are using these examples as something so innocuous and inoffensive nobody would oppose such regulation. However, you clearly have not read either regulation in full and with due consideration of its effects. You can form you
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by tristor 3y ago
I wish the Turbo AWD (which is what I have) was available as a manual as well, but I will say the transmission in it is pretty decent.
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by tristor 3y ago
This was the primary reason I bought my 2024 Mazda3, instead of alternatives in market. The Mazda was the only option that had physical controls for everything. In fact it disables the touch screen altogether when you exceed 10mph, forcin
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by tristor 3y ago
On a macro level, evidence does strongly support that gentrification is a good thing. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have downsides, including displacing low income residents in areas being gentrified. The fact this also creates huge reduct
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by tristor 3y ago
At least in the US, the difference in cost is mostly taxation and fees, along with profit margins due to utility monopolies and price inelasticity. The reason California has more expensive electricity than Texas is almost entirely tied to
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by tristor 3y ago
Ironically, I own more than one Switch and all the games I play using an emulator. After the Steam Deck came out, I just preferred using the emulator on the Steam Deck because it allowed me to backup and share save files, so I had the conv
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by tristor 3y ago
From: https://www.nyeia.com/where-arc-fault-circuit-interrupter-af... "For new construction, Section 210.12 (A) of the National Electrical Code states that all 120-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere branch circuits
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by tristor 3y ago
The issues with UPS products tripping GFCI breakers is due to leakage current that is out of spec for the GFCI circuit, this is almost always caused by the load attached to the UPS, not the UPS itself. While most UPS manufacturers do recom
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by tristor 3y ago
> Judging by all these incorrect assumptions about electrical, I'd suggest stopping while you're ahead before you burn your own house down. For anyone reading this, this person has no idea what they're talking about. Besi
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by tristor 3y ago
Not to be snarky, but UPS fires are one of the leading causes of datacenter fires: https://duckduckgo.com/?hps=1&q=UPS+Fire+datacenter&ia=web
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by tristor 3y ago
I would never buy a cheap UPS. The one time I did so many years ago, it ended up catching fire. UPS fires are the most common cause of datacenter fires, and that's the "good" stuff. Adding a UPS is not a zero-risk action t
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by tristor 3y ago
The linked article is that write-up, this is the author replying to someone else posting their blog article.
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by tristor 3y ago
> For extra amusement, make it so that you have responsibility without authority. Funny thing, that's basically the job description of a Product Manager, although HN loves to roast them, some of the hilarity comes from the fact you&
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by tristor 3y ago
> Cannot the system itself be the oppressor, instead of "white people"? Sure, and that begs the question "who created the system?", "who does the system benefit?", "why is the system structured this way
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by tristor 3y ago
Apple doesn’t have a monopoly position by any base measure. What it has is a monopoly on is high income and wealthy users, and these are the most valuable users for all the companies complaining. They want to have their cake and eat it to
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by tristor 3y ago
This seems like mostly a non-issue, since this module isn't compiled by default. I guess it's good to fix it regardless, but it seems unnecessary to issue a security advisory/CVE for this. HTTP/3 is an experimental fea
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by tristor 3y ago
Please point to where I said "Lets do nothing" /anywhere/ on this issue? I think we need to do numerous things, immediately, and drastically. Distracting ourselves with complaining about the rich is not one of those th
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by tristor 3y ago
Only when looking at things globally, and that's mostly because the vast majority of the world population is exceptionally poor with a matching low standard of living. If you look at things in developed countries, the difference in ca
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by tristor 3y ago
I know it's super in vogue to hate the rich or whatever, but if we want to effectively fight climate change we have to do so strategically, supported by data. The data is pretty clear on this matter, the absolute priority is reducing t
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by tristor 3y ago
All aviation, altogether, private jets inclusive, is less than 3% of world emissions. Getting people fired up about rich people using private jets is just a distraction from the truth in the same way that paper straws are. The reality is

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