jackgavigan

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by jackgavigan 9d ago
> ..but you're comparing apples to oranges. Actually, he’s comparing apples to mistrals. I’ll get my coat.
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"Police have arrested 3 of my mates because of our private WhatsApp group chat"(reddit.com)
2 points by jackgavigan 22d ago|1 comments
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by jackgavigan 3mo ago
"You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy."
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by jackgavigan 3mo ago
I've avoided using AI* for precisely this reason. I don't want my brain to get lazy and rot. (* I can count on one hand the number of time I've used an AI tool.)
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by jackgavigan 4mo ago
> The value of the yen compared to other currencies has fallen through the floor since 2022... That would normally allow them to keep prices of export goods low...
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by jackgavigan 6mo ago
I wonder whether the extra weight of a third, retractable/foldable leg would negate the power savings that could accrue from being able to switch to 3-wheeled mode when appropriate (thereby allowing the gyro to be spun down).
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by jackgavigan 7mo ago
iRobot is now Chinese-owned.
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by jackgavigan 8mo ago
Yet the current word list apparently doesn't include "Irish" (even though Welsh, Scots and Brits are all valid). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Woz's Toolbox and Tolkien's Desk being auctioned(christies.com)
2 points by jackgavigan 9mo ago|1 comments
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Relocating a floating bog on Wisconsin's Lake Chippewa(thekidshouldseethis.com)
4 points by jackgavigan 10mo ago|1 comments
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by jackgavigan 11mo ago
> That's also a lesson on how a closed economy (and open ones too, to some extent) can collapse based on a single actor controlling the rules. That's fair to learn. A timely lesson!
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by jackgavigan 11mo ago
Exactly! If you think about it, every meteorite has passed through 36,000 feet at some point!
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by jackgavigan 11mo ago
ISWYDT. :-)
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
Likely linked to other recent arrests in the UK: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/scattered_spider_teen...
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
We've had a serious problem with policy-making in this country for a loooooong time, stretching right back to when RIPA was drafted, nearly three decades ago. With a few notable exceptions, the level of knowledge, expertise and underst
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
Apparently set to become a movie, starring Liam Neeson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Storage_(film)
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
What, "JavaThcript"?
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
Maybe it’s time to revert to Javascript’s original name: LiveScript.
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A glob of 99M-year-old amber trapped a zombie fungus erupting from a fly(cnn.com)
128 points by jackgavigan 1y ago|68 comments
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
I love the concept. I think the trick to being successful with a project like this is cracking the user experience in a way that makes it powerful enough to be truly useful, while keeping it simple enough that a child can build (scr)apps (c
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
It also enabled cipher strength "step up". Back during the '90s and early 2000s (I'm not sure when it stopped, tbh), the US government restricted the export of strong cryptography, with certain exceptions (e.g. for finan
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British pubs have their own set of rules. Here's what you need to know(cnn.com)
3 points by jackgavigan 1y ago|2 comments
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Nintendo Switch 2 Sells over 3.5M Units Worldwide in First Four Days(nintendo.co.jp)
2 points by jackgavigan 1y ago|0 comments
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
One of the great things about Sneakers is that the McGuffin's core concept still holds up as reasonably credible 30+ years later. I first saw this movie in the mid-90s, and it sparked a mild fascination with how cryptography (specifi
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by jackgavigan 1y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6662847 :-D
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by jackgavigan 2y ago
> I think the pressures of 21st-century capitalism have put every large company into a place where they really can’t afford to be ethical or the financial sector will rip them to shreds then replace the CEO someone who will maximize sha
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Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and US Digital Asset Stockpile(whitehouse.gov)
3 points by jackgavigan 2y ago|7 comments
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by jackgavigan 2y ago
There are also plans to use E Ink's technology for digital art: https://inkposter.com/
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by jackgavigan 2y ago
:-(
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by jackgavigan 3y ago
Try Zodiac and Interface (authored under the co-pseudonym Stephen Bury).

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