cs2733

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by cs2733 5y ago
I agree with the sentiment but for all intents and purposes, pretty much any organ within a State is run like a for-profit corporation. Their "income" is taxation, fines, etc.
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by cs2733 5y ago
https://archive.is/oJfIT
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GM Tells Bolt Owners to Park 50 Feet Away from Other Cars(bloomberg.com)
2 points by cs2733 5y ago|1 comments
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by cs2733 5y ago
Rosetta 1 was supported for 6 years. I don't think that's too bad.
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by cs2733 5y ago
Never heard of it, thanks https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2017/12/19/the-stra...
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by cs2733 5y ago
> Science and Nature effectively exist because they are Science and Nature. Right, the perception of being associated with authoritative and knowledgeable publishers which follow certain formalities (in other words "the proof you as
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by cs2733 5y ago
> The cash is created out thin air. Isn't that the case with every loan?
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The RetroBeat: Sonic and Knuckles turned a problem into success 25 years ago(venturebeat.com)
1 points by cs2733 5y ago|0 comments
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by cs2733 5y ago
Companies like Facebook are as big as Nation States. Any positives that come out of this for the author are just a Facebook PR move. If they did care about users, their support system wouldn't be so anti-user.
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by cs2733 5y ago
They're called Timed One-Time Passwords or TOTP and they're one form of 2FA
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by cs2733 5y ago
It's really great how the world changes to accomodate those of us who are less fortunate in some physical capacity - for example wheelchair access to buildings and transportation where everyone wins. In other cases the drive for equali
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by cs2733 5y ago
I'd be happy to get reliable delivery at all. Between the occasional lost package/letter and the post office closing for lunch in the summer, it's not the best experience.
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Sky News Australia barred for week by YouTube over Covid misinformation(bbc.com)
2 points by cs2733 5y ago|0 comments
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by cs2733 5y ago
Personally I prefer to use open source software rather than closed source and official closed source rather than torrented files but realistically the difference may not be that big, when the hardware where the code runs is not open /
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by cs2733 5y ago
In World War 2 the Allies didn't win because they had the best tanks and airplanes. They won because they - the US, really - could build them much faster than Axis. It's a numbers game. Edit: One could argue this isn't what t
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by cs2733 5y ago
Most people seem to automatically dismiss the link between the military and the civilian world - which is to be expected because when one thinks of the military it's usually planes, tanks and men in uniform that comes to mind... I foun
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by cs2733 5y ago
In the last decade, the proliferation of smartphones led to billions of newly "connected" people using the default browser, not knowing or caring about what a "browser" is. Firefox doesn't ship its own hardware so..
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Full Spectrum Dominance(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by cs2733 5y ago|2 comments
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by cs2733 5y ago
In Portugal (and I guess several other countries) fuel economy is defined as "how many liters per 100 km?". In Brazil it's "how many km per liter?".
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Isolated tribe man meets modern tribe man for the first time (1998)(youtube.com)
4 points by cs2733 5y ago|0 comments
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by cs2733 5y ago
I'm fine with this. Now if Chrome and Firefox would just add native RSS reading...
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by cs2733 5y ago
Ha! I salute your openess.
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by cs2733 5y ago
For many people - when they already have a lot of money - it becomes boring. That thing billions spend their daily lives chasing after is boring for those who have so much of it they don't know what to do with it. For them, what gets t
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by cs2733 5y ago
Relevant: How The CIA made Google (2015) https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-goo... Is Google honestly acting following economic interests? Is it to avoid liability from hosting damaging content? I
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by cs2733 5y ago
I think Bunz was talking about the internet of things but sure, media content has become increasingly noisy.
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by cs2733 5y ago
This complexity supports increasing functionality (i.e, the browser becomes an operating system within the operating system) and also legacy technology (i.e. Microsoft Windows), both of which have come to be expected by the customer/us
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by cs2733 5y ago
Also relevant [edit:2015] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298572334_School_wi... Bunz's conclusion: "The difference between empowering the user and manipulating her or him is minimal, but decisive: i
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by cs2733 5y ago
Priceless, thanks!
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by cs2733 5y ago
There are so many apps nowadays. I recently moved from linux to mac and was looking for an alternative to Audacity - it turns out the audio editing portion of Da Vinci Resolve does what I need just fine. In case someone wonders - I moved to
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by cs2733 5y ago
For those who would like to read more about this, I enjoyed The Secret Life Of Plants by Thompkins and Bird https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99442.The_Secret_Life_of...

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