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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harvard Places Math Professor Martin Nowak on Paid Administrative Leave Over Epstein Ties⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  It was just a little statutory torture. I don’t see what the problem is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly Half of Europeans Want X Banned if it Continues to Break the Law⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  People know you can just not use it, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rabbit holes, girl; have you never heard of them?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you keep clicking on the first linked word of every entry you are linked to, you always end up at the entry for Philosophy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rabbit holes, girl; have you never heard of them?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hold my beer. I’m going in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you effectively backup your high (20+ TB) local NAS?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I put a QNAP on the ISS. Expensive, but I sleep soundly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you effectively backup your high (20+ TB) local NAS?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But would your data survive a nearby gamma-ray burst?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Word up⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably 1997 or 98.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interesting question. For me it would be a dead grandfather⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Their current absence in your life should answer that question for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I just read the Wikipedia entry for the Heimlich manuever. Its creator is now seen as a big fraud. So much drama around it.

  Heimlich’s son, Peter M. Heimlich, alleges that in August 1974 his father published the first of a series of fraudulent case reports in order to promote the use of abdominal thrusts for near-drowning rescue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this post would have singlehandedly won him the 2024 election⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This was an excerpt from an actual speech he gave at the groundbreaking event for an animal hospital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Womp womp womp.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get it either. My cousins lived in Southern New Jersey, near Atlantic City, where all of his casinos went bankrupt. He was notorious for not paying local contractors and some went into horrible debt due to his refusal to pay. Yet that whole region is crazy about him. I suppose they just don’t have very good memories around there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What would brake fluid do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re dying for an honorable cause. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is #FFFFFF white, but mixing red green and blue paint is black?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That makes sense. Thank you. I think the rules between additive and subtractive mixed together in my head and confused me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is #FFFFFF white, but mixing red green and blue paint is black?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Great explanation. Thank you.

  Can you also tell me how a computer monitor makes Yellow when it only has RGB pixels?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How kind!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha. I say that endearingly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How kind!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit. Fucking Germans, man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How kind!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha I think my keyboard took control on that one to save me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How kind!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Worse how? Please don’t elaborate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Proof that you don’t have to be smart to be rich and powerful.

  Have you seen the grammar used in emails to & from Trump & Epstein?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well at least they had it questioned and now they know some parents might actually care about this shit.

  Not allowing specific OSs? Fuck dat. If I want to use Kali, I should be able to use Kali. I actually didn’t know that was possible with DHCP. Gross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for your service. That’s not surprising, but still disappointing. Do they install DNS filters locally on the machines at all? My work computers do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You NEED To Selfhost⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Punch cards are cheap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shell shock indeed!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s just doing it in slow motion to look cooler.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good point. I’ve never worked in education. I neglected the fact that they’re just fulfilling orders. I believe you it’s probably a shitshow with privacy and preemptive security procedures almost non-existent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious to know if anyone here has ever approached the school IT department to ask what steps they take to mitigate or eliminate surveillance and tracking in these devices. I know it’s inherent in Google products to begin with, but do they even try? Or pretend to try? Or admit they don’t care?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I am going to punch you" WHAT A BOSS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They protect their own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wicked hangover⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My dealer usually cuts my supply with Skittles and perler beads. He’s a piece of shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what a drag⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s a digital camera. It’s even got a wrist strap that would have saved the day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where did you hear they ended the partnership? (Even if you supply a source, I probably won’t believe it.)