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EasyMark··on Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
If what they did was illegal and against city law then the contract with flock is not binding anyway. A bookie can't force you via "the legal system" to pay him back for a bet you made since gambling is illegal. However, he has the option to hit your knee cap with a ball peen hammer until you pay up, also not legal, but effective. Not sure if Flock has similar remedies.
EasyMark··on Go has added Valgrind support
Is an hour a big deal if it's something you can use over and over and over for debug purposes going forward?
EasyMark··on Amazon fined $2.5B for using deceptive methods to sign up consumers for Prime
I really wish Congress would take that up
EasyMark··on Amazon fined $2.5B for using deceptive methods to sign up consumers for Prime
It's a very "Thank You Dear Leader" of our current regime. Also look at them wanting huge picture of him in Washington on various buildings much like Mao/Stalin/Ayatollah etc always liked

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/09/17/trump-f...

EasyMark··on Athlon 64: How AMD turned the tables on Intel
This, if intel's compilers and architecture had been stellar and provided a x5 or x10 improvement it would have caught on. However no one in IT was fool enough to switch architectures over a 30-50% performance improvement that require switching hardware, compilers, and software and try to sell it to their bosses.
EasyMark··on The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers
It was an effort in spirit only. It was aimed almost entirely at damaging those agencies that Trump hated and that Musk wanted to muck up so he could gain advantages from less government oversight and regulations. In the end it had almost no effect on overall government spending, but it certainly helped Trumps aims to damage the government departments he didn't like, undo what Biden had done, and gain some advantages for Elon's companies.
EasyMark··on Helium Browser
Browsers are always going to be "as-is, best effort" . No one, not even google is going to stick out their neck and protect your privacy, that's up to you, and especially not "legally" as that has aspects of easily being sued when privacy/money is involved. Certainly not for a "small monthly fee". Best you're going to get is open source and security community scrutiny of said open source code
EasyMark··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
The people that want this to happen, really really really want it to happen. They are never going to give up, so people need to remain vigilent.
EasyMark··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
exactly, this is just step 1
EasyMark··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
and keep them forever to use them against you in the future, if you become a "problem"
EasyMark··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
> Governments should be transparent and the people should be opaque.

I'm going to add this to my repertoire since it's a lot more concise than most of my rantings on the topic

EasyMark··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
My answer to "think of the children" is "I am thinking of the children"

* of their rights to privacy

* their right to live in a democracy

* the value of warrant based search vs nazi SS style

* I want them to enjoy at -least- as much privacy as I currently enjoy

* I don't want rando creeps reading their personal messages and keeping them forever, there's a reason memory fades, it lets us grow as people

EasyMark··on Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over
Maybe they're referring to the way the system is set up. You're probably not going to shop around for the lowest cost heart surgeon unless you have no insurance. Will they even say how much they charge? Couple that with emergencies. I think the only hope for America is a movement to stop a lot of this stuff before they become issues. Early diagnosis of cancer, national movement to unfat America (whatever that mean), people feeling more responsible for their own health inasmuch as they can.
EasyMark··on Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over
It's not high considering how much more it costs to get medical care in the USA and the poor efforts by insurance companies and health care in general for pre-emptive care, also US in general is not as healthy as the other Western Nations, where that fault lies I'm not sure (self or general availability of care).
EasyMark··on The Theatre of Pull Requests and Code Review
The only time I like pair programming is when I (or someone else) is stuck on an issue and we need to work together and bounce ideas off each other; otherwise I prefer to work on a problem myself rather than trying to be in constant contact with me paired person.
EasyMark··on The H-1B Visa Program and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy
I don't think the "or their children" means a whole lot here, but the fact that immigrants start a lot of businesses on average than your average US citizen, which is actually important.
EasyMark··on The "Wage Level" Mirage: H-1B proposal could help outsourcers and hurt US talent
right, this should (yet again!) be a congressional issue pass in a bill to be -signed- by a President, not a dictate from a pseudo-emperor
EasyMark··on The "Wage Level" Mirage: H-1B proposal could help outsourcers and hurt US talent
Yes, there are a lot of people on here on both sides of the issue, not sure which way the majority leans,though. I bet event the minority side is sizeable.
EasyMark··on The "Wage Level" Mirage: H-1B proposal could help outsourcers and hurt US talent
or fire someone who makes $100k and make the h1b person work 16 hours a day instead of 8, is probably what the company is thinking, because all they see are statistics and mechanics.
EasyMark··on The "Wage Level" Mirage: H-1B proposal could help outsourcers and hurt US talent
The only real solution to the problem they think they're trying to solve is an absolute number of H1Bs allowed and various regulations added for companies to prove they are hiring for talent and not for price. Annual reports on similar position payouts vs what they're paying the h1b employee. Only by bringing true factors into the light would it "evening out the playing field" like the policy makers are saying but trying to rectify with bad policy.
EasyMark··on Helium Browser
I like zen for this, if you like a pretty, no-nonsense browser. If you like a few more features and a web panel and some GUI tweakery floorp is good.
EasyMark··on That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
Like touch fentanyl and you'll drop dead from your heart exploding?
EasyMark··on That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
Author kind of made me trust him about as much as I trust the SS on not exaggerating when he spoke as if only he is an authority because he has declared himself a hacker. I think I might have trusted him more if he said "I used to run one of these SIM farms back in the day"
EasyMark··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
They never forced them, and they certainly never said "that's a nice merger you got there, it would be awful if something were to happen to it" per the current policies of the US government.
EasyMark··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
It certainly happens we're currently flooded with it from current regime

- Tylenol causes autism

- Vaccines cause autism

- Vaccines explode kids hearts

- Climate change is a hoax by Big Green

- "Windmill Farms" are more dangerous for the environment than coal

- I could go on but I won't

EasyMark··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
I was banned because I was simply in a covid sub debating with the covid-deniers. The "powers-that-be" mods literally banned anyone on that particular sub from popular subs, some of which I hadn't even been in, ever. There was (is?) a cabal of mods on there that run the most popular subs like pics/memes/etc that definitely are power hungry basement dwellers that must not have a life.
EasyMark··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
It's extremely obvious on twitter. blue check accounts that post every few minutes 24/7 with profiles that say stuff like "true believer, wife, lover, seeker-of-truth. Don't DM me, I don't answer" . They are on there in the hundreds of thousands.
EasyMark··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
That's what I told my MAGA friends. Biden recommended stuff, Trump threatens stuff. So far only one of them has followed through with action. Trump has threatened business deals and prosecution, and is currently sending government after his opponents with the DoJ. Yet those same people are as quiet as mice now on "government bullying"
EasyMark··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
I'm not sure why they would, it's kind of a dumb move. They aren't violating anyone's freedom of speech by banning disinformation and lies. It's a public service, those people can head on over to one of the many outlets for that stuff. This is definitely a black mark on YouTube.
EasyMark··on Find SF parking cops
We'd probably care if they weren't tracking us whenever they get a chance.
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