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by saltminer 2y ago
This is incredible. I've also struggled to comprehend the scale of distance and time in space due to the sheer magnitudes involved, but this really puts it into perspective. Some suggestions: - Better documentation/help menu. (Wha
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by saltminer 2y ago
> But for now, you can presume the Netflix button on your TV remote can't be configured to point to an alternative API if Netflix goes away. :) At least for Android TV devices, Button Mapper works for some. https://play.g
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by saltminer 2y ago
You can't use a NEMA 14-30 to power a PC because 14-30 outlets are split-phase (that's why they have 4 prongs - 2 hot legs, shared neutral, shared ground). To my knowledge, the closest you'll get to split-phase in computing i
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by saltminer 2y ago
That's hardly a SoCal phenomenon, sadly. In all the places I've lived, "protect and serve" seems to be abbreviated - "protect and serve our desk jobs and pensions" would be more accurate. If the TSA is security
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by saltminer 2y ago
> During rush hour, cars block the box There's an easy solution to this: have ticket writers waiting at intersections to paper all the cars who do it. It's not like they can drive away. NYC used to be really good about enforcem
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by saltminer 2y ago
Too late to edit, but I scrolled right past the "Morningstar Pre-Sale Report, September 2024 [Pg. 14]" table. They've been primarily lending to deep subprime borrowers since at least 2021. Considering other subprime lenders h
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by saltminer 2y ago
The real problem is the SEC has largely abdicated its role to meaningfully prosecute fraud. Short sellers shouldn't be our only real defense against fraud, but that's the reality we (Americans) live in.
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by saltminer 2y ago
Grant Thornton seems to take on the worst clients. They've been featured by Hindenburg at three other companies [0][1][2], two of whom switched to them from E&Y [1][2], like Carvana. > Around 2019, Wells Fargo was considering be
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by saltminer 2y ago
I've seen this same problem with many so-called low-code/no-code application creation tools (e.g. Betty Blocks). In their quest to cover every use case, they cover none of them well, forcing compromises and creating more real-code
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by saltminer 2y ago
It's wild the tales [certain] media outlets tell. When I moved to Chicago, I got no end of suggestions to buy a gun, get bulletproof glass for my car, increase my life insurance policy... Sure, the deep south and west sides might be no
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by saltminer 2y ago
The fact that C++ development has been effectively hijacked by the "no ABI breakage, ever"/backwards compatibility at all costs crowd certainly speaks to this. https://herecomesthemoon.net/2024/11/tw
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by saltminer 2y ago
I wish there were publicly available data on this stuff, as we can only discuss anecdotes. In any case, in the neighborhoods I've lived in, it's not uncommon for UPS and Fedex to have zero deliveries at least one day of the week.
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by saltminer 2y ago
One key difference between USPS and UPS/Fedex is that USPS does not do freight, and they do a lot more lightweight items (i.e. letters), so cargo capacity is much less of a concern. The fact that junk mail is so common actually reduces
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by saltminer 2y ago
>It's a strange feeling, like 5 years of my life just evaporated. To quote Roy Batty, "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." If there's anything I've noticed in this industry, it's tha
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by saltminer 2y ago
> Roblox is one of the main online destinations for kids these days, above even minecraft servers it seems. It really is. I don't play many video games these days, much less block-like games, so I always saw Roblox as a successful l
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by saltminer 2y ago
> Mountain towns and roads flood when it rains a lot. > Chimney Rock, it floods with 3" to 5" inches of rain. This was no ordinary flood - Chimney Rock was basically wiped off the map. This isn't a "dry it out and
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by saltminer 2y ago
> This is not to make excuses for Intel ME, which is entirely unauditable by third parties and has harbored significant security vulnerabilities in the past. But, remember, we all use one processor architecture from one of two vendors, s
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ILearningEngines: An AI SPAC with Artificial Partners and Artificial Revenue(hindenburgresearch.com)
2 points by saltminer 2y ago|0 comments
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by saltminer 2y ago
Alternatively, if Oracle hikes the price on an industry-specific product by 75%, how much of that industry goes under?
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by saltminer 2y ago
> This created a minor emergency for me, because it was an other-than-minor emergency for some contractors I was working with. > Many contractors are small businesses. Many small businesses are very thinly capitalized. Many employees
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by saltminer 2y ago
> Still amazing that it is two generations. The 14th gen is so similar to the 13th gen, Intel took a lot of heat for it in the initial reviews. It's no surprise that they both suffer the same ails.
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by saltminer 2y ago
LPT: Recipe Filter is shockingly good at cutting out all the filler and presenting it in an easy-to-read format https://github.com/sean-public/RecipeFilter
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by saltminer 2y ago
I remember seeing a quote for 500/500 metro E from Comcast several years ago. $12k to install, $1.2k/mo. And that only involved laying a few miles of fiber, no redundancy. Dedicated lines are no joke. If you're AWS or GCP, yo
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by saltminer 2y ago
I was thinking the same thing. Lots of corporations rely on UPNP for printers and the like, so if you were to embed a UPNP spammer in a malicious invoice...
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by saltminer 2y ago
That's a bit surprising, I'd expect them to be factory-calibrated since marketing departments love their Pantones.
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by saltminer 2y ago
If you do this, keep in mind that ARC (audio return channel) is an alternate configuration for the HEC pins. If the cable is going to a sound system, you cannot cover those pins (unless you have another audio-out cable, like TOSLINK, in whi
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by saltminer 2y ago
Yes. If you built a UPNP spammer, it could effectively create a persistent DOS. Considering how many corporate networks rely on UPNP for printers and the like, you could really make life hell for IT departments if you were to embed this in
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by saltminer 2y ago
> Today's cars will go 100K miles easy with little more than oil changes and maybe a new set of brake pads and tires. Cars then needed regular tune-ups and generally started having more major problems after only a few years. Yeah, g
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Periodical Cicada Emergence(cicadas.uconn.edu)
2 points by saltminer 2y ago|0 comments
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by saltminer 2y ago
I finished it a couple hours ago and I've also never played the games. Given Hollywood's track record for video game adaptations, it was much better than I was expecting. Hopefully this will set a new bar in that regard.

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