snarf21

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by snarf21 3d ago
The problem is that these system are setup specifically to be able to be used incorrectly . Flock is getting all the rage right now but they aren't the only vendor. An acquisition and rename later and everyone will have forgotten this
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by snarf21 6d ago
Yeah, this is the greatest movie of all time and I don't think it is even close. No other movie covers everything it is to be human and in such a sometimes subtle way.
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by snarf21 6d ago
I would argue that the change isn't really about the church as an institution. It is about a 'thing' to belong to and a place to go to every week/month. I've been reading Victor Frankl's Man's Search For
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by snarf21 17d ago
The issue is that the people claiming things are rigged are the same ones creating this opportunity and it has nothing to do with digital voting. I live in PA and the current law is that mail-in votes can't be even started to be counte
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by snarf21 18d ago
We should never allow digital voting ever. Machines should only be allowed to help count with the ability to hand count the paper. There are so many exploits and leverage for software/hardware in any system (even closed ones) that has
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by snarf21 22d ago
It becomes a scorecard. Success in life is strictly about making the number go up. It doesn't matter if they could spend $100K a day for life and never go broke. They must have a bigger number and be higher on the Forbes (e.g.) list. S
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by snarf21 22d ago
Not everyone always has the money not to.
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by snarf21 23d ago
It is largely about insurance reimbursement. Your health insurance won't likely cover something the FDA hasn't cleared.
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by snarf21 23d ago
Yes, this has been going on a long time. However, I think there is quite a bit of data about who is in charge or the White House and Congress when taxes go down/up or the deficit goes down/up, etc. It doesn't take more than o
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by snarf21 27d ago
I think some people get on this train and they don't really know where to get off or what to do whenever they do get off. So inertia keeps them riding along, doing something that is comfortable (even if they don't enjoy it) to pos
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by snarf21 29d ago
Generally curious but a lot of the stuff I find on Etsy is the same crap from Alibaba/Amazon .. What are you buying from Etsy that isn't this?
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by snarf21 1mo ago
There is a new Diplomacy card game (The Golden Blade) that is that is shorter and more approachable (plus no player elimination) and not solvable. You still play secret orders; it is just that now your "borders" are your left and
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by snarf21 1mo ago
The bigger question is that given all the consolidation and monopolies, if the top 2/3 companies do this, what is the alternative? Even for something like car insurance in the US, all the ELT at those want EBITDA at all costs. I'm
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by snarf21 1mo ago
I meant Republicans more broadly. Whatever bad things Reagan did, it is a shadow on current Republican tactics.
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by snarf21 1mo ago
Not voting against evil is indeed voting for evil and that is what the net majority did. The minority doesn't have a charismatic leader to rally around so we don't have a "movement" that can fight back against the corr
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by snarf21 1mo ago
What a great quote from PKD! He had so much insight into what the future would become.
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by snarf21 2mo ago
So there was no terrorism or crime or trafficking or money laundering prior to encrypted comms?
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by snarf21 2mo ago
It is also frustrated that this was meant to be a temporary hack during WWII that never went away. People should just get $$ into their HSA from their employer and but whatever plan they want.
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by snarf21 2mo ago
Serious question: Wouldn't it be better to just have them always be on with red light that is much less disruptive to wildlife?
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by snarf21 2mo ago
Apologies, I meant that the UI shows the up and down arrows in the blocks in a way that is unintuitive to me.
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by snarf21 2mo ago
The high/lo feels unintuitive to me .. Down on a P makes me thing R-Z not A-O. I actually think left/right is a more clear visual and mental model. I like the game and it is quite difficult sometimes to come up with a legal word t
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by snarf21 2mo ago
It feels to me like I'm stuck doing code reviews for a junior dev all day so I use it as little as possible and mostly to look for things I may have missed.
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by snarf21 2mo ago
Yeah, wood ants are particularly prolific in these areas. They are quite amazing creatures.
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by snarf21 2mo ago
Undecided just did an episode on a waste heat machine that is being slowly rolled out to industry. The founder of the company is also the guy who invented the Super Soaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQRxatte5g
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by snarf21 3mo ago
Honestly, I have barely looked into it. The main thing I know is that there is currently about ~7 year payoff in terms of carbon. My general sense is that we should be investing in solar and batteries and not doing wind except in specific i
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by snarf21 3mo ago
This is indeed part of the problem. Life today is just too complicated. Take a simple topic like wind turbines: there is so so much to truly understand about materials, net lifetime carbon offset, environmental issues, recycling, capacity,
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by snarf21 3mo ago
There is a huge market for people to connection while doing outdoor activities, including downloading maps, sharing current location, etc. It isn't just people who live in BFE looking for a downlink.
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by snarf21 3mo ago
What is the main success for an Ethereum project that solves something that can't be solved without crypto or in a hugely more efficient/better way? I'm a crypto skeptic and I've never been introduced where crypto actual
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by snarf21 3mo ago
Largely it was a multi-year process trying to find the source of all my symptoms. Eventually, I found someone posting on a Reddit forum about long Covid and they suggested to someone that they have problems with mold exposure instead. I col
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by snarf21 3mo ago
How kind of you to say.... If you do much research on the topic, you will find that this is the standard advice. It is almost impossible to remove (especially for any porous surface). People with CIRS can by symptomatic even from dead mold

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