spiraldancing

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by spiraldancing 5y ago
The title doesn't make it clear. It's a fund-raiser; they need money. Promising-sounding non-profit dedicated to advancing FOSS-based Federated Networks (Matrix, Pleroma, Mastodon, Diaspora, etc). They provide several free feder
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Ask HN: Could a launch loop feasibly replace a mega-bridge project?
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by spiraldancing 7y ago
I've been using Mint and Ubuntu for the past 5 years. Installed Pop on a spare laptop 18 months ago, to experiment with. Switched to Pop as my primary OS 3 months ago. There isn't much that's radically different ... it'
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by spiraldancing 7y ago
>GMail doesn't actually filter spam. It just hides it This is not accurate. There is a long on-going issue with GMail (and others) wholesale blocking delivery of email from domains/IPs/providers it deems to be spam or oth
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by spiraldancing 7y ago
Nice idea, I signed up. Curious to see how you handle weighting/filtering of the sources, the whole "fake news" issue. Not your primary concern, I'm sure, but I don't (normally) use Google, nor allow Google-tools in
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by spiraldancing 7y ago
Actually sounds very similar to how the rocket equation works, too.
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by spiraldancing 7y ago
And yet we appear to be debating.
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by spiraldancing 7y ago
Lie detectors are a measure of heart rate, respiration, and galvanic skin response (roughly == how much you sweat). What relationship—if any—those have to the truthfulness of a person at any given moment, remains debatable at best.
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by spiraldancing 7y ago
Here's a first-hand review. I posted this as a reply a minute ago, then decided to make it a primary comment. Wire has been my go-to communications app for 2-3 years now. Running it on a Google-free phone, it has gradually become more
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by spiraldancing 8y ago
You can add sturgeon (source of caviar, among other things) to that list. Living fossils, been around 130+M years. Lake Sturgeon[1] reach sexual maturity at ~25 yrs, only reproduce once every 4-6 yrs, and can live 150+ yrs. They're a
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by spiraldancing 8y ago
Works for me now, too. Temporary hiccup, apparently.
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by spiraldancing 8y ago
Original site is inaccessible for me ... is this a temporary issue?
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by spiraldancing 8y ago
Tangential shout out for a nice FOSS alternative to Patreon ... Liberapay. Matrix has an account with them, you can support them there, and 100% of your money goes to Matrix. https://liberapay.com/matrixdotorg
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by spiraldancing 8y ago
widespread use != massive popularity Ask your average Windows user.
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by spiraldancing 8y ago
My dos centavos ... Running NoScript, giving full js permission to the primary domain and all (apparently) relevant 2ndary domains, home page still doesn't resolve. If you need google, facebook and pinterest just to display a landing p
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by spiraldancing 8y ago
So, reading through this discussion, I'm seeing a lot of "IRS tax law is confusing, complicated, and even contradictory on cryptocurrencies", and a lot of other people saying, in effect "well tough, it's the law, d
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Well, apparently not impossible, if one denies hard enough.
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Musk has actually said that he expects BFR to be cheaper to fly than their original Falcon 1 ... meaning prices in the $5-10M range, as opposed to $60+M for F9.
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
So, the latest drop seems to be triggered by credit card companies blocking purchase of cryptocoins "'cuz volatile". Am I missing something? Since when do CC companies get to decide where you use your card? I thought it worke
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
In the US, at least, the underwear drawer is a popular place to hide other things ... eg, your illegal drug stash, or the engagement ring you bought, etc. I think there's also subtextual implications of nosing about in your sex life.
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Just curious ... show of hands, how many people here have never been on Facebook?
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
I ran a small home/experimental aquaponics system for over a year, fed the fish, primarily, free worms out of my vermicomposters.
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
That just means SpaceX will become one more giant ISP that is not required to support NN in the US. I love SpaceX, and I'm optimistic that they will be a much better provider than, eg, Comcast (low bar, I realize) ... but they are not
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Thanks. I know about that. They used to sell Librems that had Qubes pre-installed, and they were on-track to get Librems to be the first officially certified hardware for Qubes. Then they canceled the whole thing, and now, as some kind o
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Not (exactly) true. There are many good ideas being floated that would allow the ruling to stand, while eliminating the negative consequences. Eg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Equality_Act_of_2017
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Whatever happened to the Qubes-Purism marriage? They were on track to start Qubes-certifying Librems, and selling Librems with Qubes pre-installed ... then they cancelled the plans, and I never heard why?
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Devil's Advocate — in the entire history of US law, if police can convince a judge that they have a good enough reason, judge can give the cops permission to break into your house, your bedroom, your diary, your safety deposit box, the
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
Ditto
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
2% is exponential growth; 1% is still exponential growth. Decrease from 2% to 1% is a decrease in the rate of growth, which still remains exponential.
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by spiraldancing 9y ago
All things that I love. I'd read that.

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