brbsix

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by brbsix 5y ago
Livestreamers have it bad enough already when they allow viewers who donate to play audio or TTS over their speakers. Here is one hilariously tragic example with a Seattle livestreamer who went by the name "Arab Andy" while in a U
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by brbsix 5y ago
Uber doesn't inform drivers what they will be paid for a trip. Except where mandated by state law, they don't even inform them of the trip duration or destination until after it is accepted. It is hardly a marketplace when one sid
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by brbsix 5y ago
Except where mandated by state law, gig workers do not receive the gig description until after it is accepted. There is no transparency about details such as price or duration when they must make the decision to take it or leave it. Failure
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by brbsix 5y ago
Assuming these reports aren't psychosomatic, it is beyond implausible to believe that the CIA is uninterested in determining the source of something specifically targeting their own personnel. Not to sound too conspiratorial, but this
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by brbsix 5y ago
Pretty close to being on the list. "Have a really smoky fire at home. Life cost: 1 day" Considering the close association of food, warmth, security and socialization with the habitual use of fire for at the very least several hund
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by brbsix 5y ago
Sikh temples unconditionally offer free meals to all without concern for a recipient's religion or economic status. Religion and charity are voluntary. You can choose to donate to charities that will most effectively utilize your donat
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by brbsix 5y ago
If the technology were readily accessible to conceive what could be referred to as a "super human" (without genetic disorder, resistance to disease, no predisposition for mental illness, superior athletic ability, high IQ), would
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by brbsix 5y ago
Research is already performed using human fetal tissue obtained from aborted fetuses. How is this significantly different? "A majority of people would find it unethical to continue to develop viable embryos" seems contradictory to
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by brbsix 5y ago
I have Electrum open, with the "Coins" tab visible. I see a lengthy list of unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) which I am referring to as coins. These are coins that I have received. I can very easily craft a transaction with spe
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by brbsix 5y ago
Binding Ctrl-R to `fzf` for fuzzy history search is a killer feature.
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by brbsix 5y ago
I use `autojump` (aliased as `j`), which sounds quite similar as it also records your most frequently visited directories. It's as simple as entering `j down` to enter /some/path/to/MyDownloadFolder. For exploring m
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by brbsix 5y ago
Yes, absolutely. I'm not sure why I have been downvoted for this, as I haven't exactly said anything revelatory. However I just want to give an obligatory caution that this is a very contrived answer. In the real world it can be d
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by brbsix 5y ago
If you own 2 BTC, there aren't specific Bitcoins that are marked for you. If you mine 2 BTC, you posses the private keys to two very specific BTC (unspent outputs) on the blockchain. No one else may spend them without the pri
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by brbsix 5y ago
Even its strongest selling point, absolute privacy, is mostly a lie That only became a supposed selling point among the uninformed as a result of widespread misrepresentation in the media. At least from my perspective, nobody usin
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by brbsix 5y ago
I don't think that's an American sentiment. I've heard people cite religious reasons or conspiratorial suspicions about being left to die in the hospital after suffering a serious injury, but nothing even remotely echoing wha
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by brbsix 5y ago
The phrase "It guarantees to everyone: Economic security to all who are unable or unwilling to work" originated from the "What is the Green New Deal?" FAQ page published by AOC. https://web.archive.org/
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by brbsix 5y ago
There's an easy workaround. I use a keybinding such that when searching through commands with Ctrl-R I can press ? to display the the full wrapped command in a preview window at the bottom of the screen. My Ctrl-R config is at https:&
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by brbsix 5y ago
The laser was targeting rockets fired by a Soviet BM-21 truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher. The rockets are used like artillery, not for targeting drones. Presumably if the laser is able to destroy 40 incoming rockets then it would be a
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by brbsix 5y ago
YouTube Vanced[1] for Android is awesome. It supports background playback and allows you to block all ads as well as community posts, surveys, premium movies, and just about anything else. They recently integrated SponsorBlock[2], which all
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by brbsix 6y ago
SS lists the most popular male names in the US over the last 100 years as James (4.7M), John (4.5M), Robert (4.5M), and Michael (4.3M).[1] Using standard US mortality data, Wolfram Alpha reports estimates of 3.853M and 3.26M for Michael and
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by brbsix 6y ago
People put off seeking medical attention for other illnesses. Increased consumption of drugs and alcohol. Increased mental health issues including suicide. I expect that life expectancies will continue to drop.
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by brbsix 6y ago
This sort of behavior is so widespread, I now just assume that it is a given with any delivery service. This is why I only ever tip with cash, despite it usually being forbidden to do so.
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by brbsix 6y ago
The author of that forum post is unwilling to publish video of the device.
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by brbsix 6y ago
You could address the substance of my comment by providing evidence. I'm trying to be polite about it, but the astroturfing is obvious.
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by brbsix 6y ago
Given their extensive history posting similar promotional material every time that they run out of cash, it would be wise to remain skeptical of this announcement. For the unacquainted, they've made outrageously false claims like this
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by brbsix 6y ago
These rules of thumb are useful, but in the real-world I find the use of startup files to be very inconsistent across different platforms. Oftentimes I someone will override the default behavior, sourcing files in different conditions or or
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by brbsix 6y ago
It would be easy enough to have a remote friend watching a mirror of your screen. Use an inductive loop earpiece hidden inside your ear hooked up to a phone and they could read out your next moves. I suppose you could write a program using
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by brbsix 6y ago
There are a number of occasions where I need to print copies of things that I wouldn't feel comfortable doing on a public printer (bank records, tax returns, 2-factor backup codes, paper copies of private keys for crypto wallets, gpg).
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by brbsix 6y ago
I can't say I really like the idea of a "magic" import, but I'm sure some people might find it handy. It just sounds like a recipe for having things break later in mysterious ways but if it's just a one-time use sor
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by brbsix 6y ago
That stopped it from conversion to perfect circles or elongated rectangles, but I still have issues drawing anything with smooth curves. E.g. Here's a side by side just drawing "o's" at varying speeds on witeboard and zi

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