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by wbshaw 3mo ago
Interesting that Larry Ellison owns 95% of one entire Hawaiian island (Lanai) and no one seems to notice.
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by wbshaw 3mo ago
Blocking your tv on the local network is great in principle. However, didn't Amazon Fire devices start using Sidewalk to establish a route to the mother ship for a while? All it needed was a default config on your neighbor's ring
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by wbshaw 4mo ago
"We have received reports..." Is factually true and plausible given the accompanying photo and statements from city officials.
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by wbshaw 5mo ago
I have no Meta or Amazon apps on my phone. It's been this way since I quit buying my phones through my carrier where all their crap and "partner" apps required jailbreaking to remove. This isn't perfect but I feel better
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by wbshaw 5mo ago
Is there any click-bait news site that DOESN'T do this? You hit back and land on a list of their click-bait articles and add links instead of the page you expect.
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by wbshaw 7mo ago
This is one of the foundations of GTD. Basically, everything in its place, everything has a place. The linchpin is trusting your storage and recall systems.
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by wbshaw 7mo ago
I got a strong ChatGPT vibe from that article.
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by wbshaw 8mo ago
I have heard for years that this is a common tactic used by TSA when you get selected for special screening. Basically, they couldn't force you to divulge your unlock code. However, if you left your phone in a vulnerable state w/r
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by wbshaw 8mo ago
Calling them broken files might not be correct. However, I can see where if you are not diligent about watching commits to those git repos, you end up with a Trojan Horse that introduces a vulnerability after you've vetted the model.
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by wbshaw 8mo ago
Great. So on top of everything else, now we have to worry about Godzilla.
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by wbshaw 8mo ago
Even though the author trivialized the problems he had getting his laptop up and running, there were enough obstacles to keep 90% of non-techies from actually getting it working. How many normies have a USB ethernet laying around and unders
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by wbshaw 8mo ago
I don't understand why you couldn't just use up the balance and then pay the balance due via another method. I do it all the time. I believe the real scheme is how many gift cards never get redeemed at all.
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by wbshaw 9mo ago
I always understood bookmaking as the house making money on the vig. They don't care who wins or loses. They just want to make sure there's an equal number and they take their percentage off the top of all the bets. Too many peopl
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by wbshaw 10mo ago
Most of my South American buyers on Bricklink have me ship to one of the freight forwarders in Miami. Not complicated for me as a seller and it probably makes things simpler for the buyer too.
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by wbshaw 10mo ago
That is why some local governments create Community Development Districts (CDDs). The master developer installs the infrastructure and it becomes part of the tax burden for homeowners. The what developers play the fee until they've att
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by wbshaw 10mo ago
You can make up any story you want about the actual reason these people are in the boats, where they're going, or if they are or are not committing crimes (even intermittently). None of those stories are true. At the end of the day, we
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by wbshaw 11mo ago
If you think outright financing is bad, try leasing a car and then giving it back when they screw up the residual value estimate. Dealers will try to Jack you with every imaginable fee to get you to buy the car from then at the end of the l
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by wbshaw 1y ago
...after expenses which can be considerable.
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by wbshaw 1y ago
It's a feature, not a bug.
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Roku TVs now inject ads into your non-Roku viewing. Amazon and Netflix have normalized ads in their products.it won't be long before they move them into more expensive product tiers. If other auto manufacturers follow suit, this too wi
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Fast forward to now and imagine the breadth and depth of training data Grok is about to ingest.
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Attics have been replaced by engineered trusses to hold up roofs. The trusses are made of.... wood. These trusses are also made offsite. This leaves very little room for usable attic space.
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by wbshaw 2y ago
When did Black Mirror become a documentary instead of a work of fiction?
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Yesterday, I was able to successfully log in before the market opened without issues. My session timed out and it took me four tries to get logged in. I was able to finally get a confirmation code and complete the login process after about
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Chromecast is dead. Long live Chromecast (aka Google Internet Streamer)!
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Every time I've taken the tour at the Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta, the question has come up and they consistently deny it. I think next time I'll ask the question as whether or not Coco leaves were included in the original formula
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Other than the egregiousness of 2,510 McNugget meal orders, I often find that human order takers are not particularly accurate either.
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by wbshaw 2y ago
The secondary intent is to crush the real market at any price to keep Tesla customers from competing with Tesla.
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by wbshaw 2y ago
I'm curious what you estimate the transaction cost would be for printing a recyclable paper menu per customer versus the cost of the tech solution per customer. My gut says the paper is going to win every time. There are also substanti
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by wbshaw 2y ago
Calling it a minefield doesn't go far enough. Atrocity seems closer. Even if they're promising protections now, how long do you think it will take before they realize that profits are greater than privacy for this feature too?

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