jimz

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by jimz 4d ago
Yeah, how much of this came from the US government? Considering how little hardware has been auctioned versus how much has been subject to forfeiture in view of the DEA's long track record of creating the funding loop. Context: https:
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by jimz 7d ago
A very odd real example is how Sony went backwards with passkey compatibility on their apps. It's I think what happened when they tried to have a single OIDC setup instead of multiple (PSN was a totally separate setup for the longest t
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by jimz 7d ago
The VRP is a wholly manufactured and in the long-term, unsustainable model to begin with. It's the most duct/duck-taped solution that, with a virtually entirely tech-illiterate police force, can work under the interpretation of th
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by jimz 23d ago
And less than a decade later we have multiple devices that are effectively fitbits for your genitalia, for both sexes. How times change.
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by jimz 23d ago
Because they kind of did what you described and the reason the data never surfaced is either because it's too valuable or too worthless
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by jimz 29d ago
Jill Fields at Cal State Fresno have actually narrowed it down to a (temporarily successful, but not in the long term, obviously) effort by the corset-making industry seeking to stay relevant after WWI during which corsets basically disappe
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by jimz 1mo ago
There's no English-language article that can fully capture the system because it's a moving target to begin with, and anything official is vague on purpose (to be fair, much of the legislation in the US is too, except the Constitu
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by jimz 1mo ago
So they take the playbook of the least competent administration and think that's the way to go? Not to mention that Spain is not a common law country and how the US conceptualizes both the methods and definitions and even the law itsel
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by jimz 2mo ago
Well, you can take a walk on the wild side and for whatever reason this aggregator has a particularly robust set of sorting categories when it comes to hard drives. https://www.saleturbo.com/techdeals/ Caveat emptor, o
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by jimz 2mo ago
Your "productive outlook" in this case is mere wishful thinking and campaign rhetoric. It will never come to pass in a meaningful way. The legitimacy of the state is defined by its monopolistic right to use force without meaningfu
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by jimz 2mo ago
What's all the fuss about? I've been gaming on my Mac just fine. https://files.catbox.moe/dfcfha.png
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by jimz 3mo ago
Since when is Chime a bank since their customer service repeatedly told me in no uncertain terms that they are a "spending account" and absolutely not a bank.
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by jimz 3mo ago
Lake Las Vegas, the biggest user by far, is at 82% reclaimed. The Las Vegas Valley Water Authority's name-and-shame list for water use is still FOIA-able (last year's, obviously). https://archive.org/details/t
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by jimz 3mo ago
Yep, that's how they do it in here Vegas. Datacenter water use isn't the problem, the state law mandating 15% of electricity must be bought from the privately owned state utility monopoly is.
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by jimz 4mo ago
The problem with the article cited as the source is that it's unclear as to how many are former public servants or serving ones. Of course, Peers hold their seat in the Lords by virtue of appointment and title, and unless they quit, th
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by jimz 4mo ago
Ironically it also created a ton of really badly written Python in the process.
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by jimz 4mo ago
It's symbolic since these cases broadly speaking need to be adjudicated in federal court for the most part and the federal law doesn't mention any immunities, it's a court-created doctrine. But neither the court nor congress
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by jimz 4mo ago
Back in 2019 the police in Fresno stole a bunch of rare coins during a search of a house where the warrant did not cover anything like said coins, valued at $125,000, by reporting that they seized $50,000 when they actually took twice that
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by jimz 5mo ago
eBay currently allows (or at least tolerates) sales of items not in the possession of the seller and are effectively lottery tickets. Lotteries are illegal in my state (NV) but eBay does not restrict me from bidding. That's low hanging
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by jimz 5mo ago
It's not great for sellers either. I was banned during the time period before the Paypal divestment for having the galls to subpoena a nonpaying buyer's records. They take a cut from both sides. Sotheby's takes 10.5% (I think
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by jimz 5mo ago
Yes, so much so that cards that were sold at retail in 2024 after grading sold went from around $100 in cost to well over $1000 in 18 months, and this was me making the market. The prices have since 2.5x-ed on the same card (2024 Topps Chro
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by jimz 6mo ago
Just because it's not openly shared does not mean that there aren't large databases of everything from working refresh keys to entire profiles indexed out there for the large services. Most data leaks and breaches don't get r
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by jimz 6mo ago
HIPAA doesn't have a private cause of action so if a violation happens, it's a wealth transfer to the government, it doesn't mean anything to you or any individual. And most companies can simply price it in as cost of doing b
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by jimz 6mo ago
It used to want to keep up appearances, it no longer does.
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by jimz 6mo ago
Except Chinese hegemony is illusory beyond what it considers its immediate sphere of influence which also means it really cannot project force in any way but economically. It can barely take care of business at home. It's puzzling to m
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by jimz 6mo ago
HAHAHAHAHA my goodness. You actually believe that? Everyone in China is constantly violating laws, the difference is that black letter law is essentially meaningless and the country is run by an administrative state that is controlled by th
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by jimz 6mo ago
Eh private prosecutions and third party standing are generally disfavored to such an extent that sure, attention-whoring legislators will propose it, but whether it even passes constitutional muster on the state level is an open question, a
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by jimz 6mo ago
I'm sure that it's real nice to have the lack of IPs be a problem that only tangentially affect one's daily experience but try speaking to someone who lives in a jurisdiction that is de facto independent but because of a froz
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by jimz 7mo ago
Except even as the press release states right off the bat, Fentanyl is efficacious, cost-efficient, and can be made widely available in areas like the global south without extensive pharmaceutical production infrastructure in place. The ove
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by jimz 7mo ago
Singapore's immigration system is fundamentally different from what the modern American system have morphed into. It is far easier to enter Singapore without a visa when compared to the US, and while the EB-5 investor visa program caus

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