Scottn1

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by Scottn1 6d ago
>>>How does Ted Kaczynski fit into all of this? You mean Jacques Ellul? Ted Kaczynski was heavily influenced by little known French Philosopher / Anarchist Ellul's anti-technology books. Ted even mentioned this to his pri
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by Scottn1 1mo ago
Not that simple IMO. If Trump was to rescind his own tax cut, he'd lose a large majority of his base as they feel even more pinched in the pocketbook than they currently are experiencing with the inflation problem. I don't see a w
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by Scottn1 4mo ago
When I was a young kid in the 80's I thought Steven Seagal was a real badass, and Aikido was THE best (and coolest) martial art. Watching his movies and fight scenes was like watching that video at this website. Effortlessly using atta
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by Scottn1 4mo ago
I literally just spent hours in January of researching all the commonly mentioned options out there and trying them for myself before deciding fully on Bitwarden Family. I was a KeepassXC user for years and had my family on it as well. For
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by Scottn1 6mo ago
You forgot about the $9b bailout to Intel in August of 2025. With the recent OpenAi deal with the government I am certain they would throw tons of money at OpenAi if it got real bad. But with upcoming IPO where they are expected to be value
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by Scottn1 8mo ago
>The Speakman S-2251 showerhead, with the flow regulator pried out. Was 100 when >bought, 3x that now. Holy molly! You aren't kidding. I literally have one laying around in my bathroom cabinet that I bought during Covid for, I wa
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by Scottn1 8mo ago
LectroFan Classic - Portable fan sounds and noise machine (I have mine set to pink noise). Wife and I use it nightly to drown out distractions. Even pack it with us on vacation now for hotel rooms.
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by Scottn1 8mo ago
I recently upgraded the cheap plastic version to the robust glass one and feel so much better about having hot liquid simmering in it now.
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by Scottn1 10mo ago
> In fact, that's how it already is for me at my job now. I have a MacBook Pro. Windows is just another app on my laptop that I open when I need it, and close when I'm done. How? Windows as a VM? Or is Windows VM hosted somewhe
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by Scottn1 10mo ago
I've met so many of these narcissistic dad types that I think they are either a) living vicariously though their sons as an ego thing or b) seriously think they are sitting on a winning lottery ticket and their kids will make pro. So t
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by Scottn1 10mo ago
It really is sad! Truly I've been a Microsoft user since DOS days and diehard Windows fan since it first came out. All through the years I've installed, ran, broke, reinstalled, tinkered and administered countless Windows PC'
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by Scottn1 10mo ago
Homeschooling is becoming an epidemic and a major reason is --- SPORTS. From my experience, it is growing for all the wrong reasons and I have not come across ONE family doing it properly and in a matter I would consider better for the kid.
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by Scottn1 11mo ago
For anyone interested in the Poker part of this news, two years ago I read an article in Wired magazine about a security consultant that was able to "hack" the automatic card shuffle machines. These machines are commonly used thro
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by Scottn1 1y ago
I have a Tesla. It is trivial to steal; you just get my phone and you have my car. It is tied to the car through Bluetooth that auto unlocks AND drives without any other security measures beyond just being close to it with the devise. You d
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by Scottn1 1y ago
Tarrifs have started to hit the boardgame industry pretty hard already, and as an enthusiast, I have started to really worry. Within a very short span, several companies have already announced drastic slowdowns in product production/sh
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by Scottn1 2y ago
81 WPM is my highest. Can hit low 70's any given day. Self taught inefficient style. Never learned to Touch type. Mishitting keys often enough is my barrier. So keyboard does matter. I need tactile to cut down those errors. Red switche
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by Scottn1 2y ago
Your Twitter was one of several I followed to get trusted information during most of Covid. Just wanted to say "Thanks".
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by Scottn1 2y ago
Tesla Model 3 Owner here for a year now. There is no question in my mind that was a Sieg Heil on stage, at our nations capital while standing behind the Presidential seal and being watched by millions. Twice! I am currently shopping for alt
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by Scottn1 2y ago
https://bazqux.com/ Five years now.
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by Scottn1 2y ago
Lucid is majority controlled by Saudi PIF. https://eletric-vehicles.com/lucid/saudi-pif-now-controls-64...
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by Scottn1 2y ago
Because Brave is just trying to build their own ad-network under the guise of being "privacy" oriented. It is a conflict of interest trying to get profitable selling user data while also claiming to block it. When first installed
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by Scottn1 2y ago
When I moved to Las Vegas in the late 90's, I became friends with someone in my new circle who was from Brooklyn, NY and a pretty active sports better. I mean this wasn't the recreational type doing for-fun $20 parlays on Sunday,
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by Scottn1 2y ago
I'm actually fascinated the rise-and-fall of some mega corporations over time as times/habits change. IBM, Sears, Etc. At one point Sears was THE place to shop for everything from back-to-school clothes, appliances and Christmas.
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by Scottn1 2y ago
I literally JUST set this up for myself on Openwrt (Running on my Pi4) this past week. I tried two popular solutions that both didn't work well and/or I felt were not very intuitive to setup if I needed to re implement them in the
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by Scottn1 2y ago
I had no idea either. Thanks! When I first got my Aeropress, really hot water being forced through all dark-colored hard plastic had me concerned. Still does. But after getting the routine down it takes only three minutes and my daily coffe
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by Scottn1 2y ago
Check out Twos App ( https://www.twosapp.com/ ). The interface makes it pretty easy to move tasks around, has integrated Calendar and can keep notes/journal as well. Not affiliated, just been trying it out for a month no
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by Scottn1 2y ago
Why Due over built-in Reminders app on iOS. Reminders has grown into a pretty neat app over the years. With iOS 18 it can even do Kanban view. Reminders on iOS also has the unique system advantage of having it's notifications stay on t
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Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati reportedly seeking over $100M(the-decoder.com)
6 points by Scottn1 2y ago|0 comments
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by Scottn1 2y ago
How about they fix their long-standing security issues first. Particularly their DMARC is set to "p=none" which is essentially disabled at a time large providers are mandating properly functioning DMARC. Anyone can spoof email acc
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by Scottn1 2y ago
Well said. +1 I've supported Firefox as my daily-driver on desktop and laptop since 2016. I feel that a browser should be 100% open-source and used to feel FF also had it's USERS interest at heart. FF was what I relied on to conti

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