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albatross13··on US banks lost $472B in deposits in the Q1 2023
Imagine if we had just given that money to Ukraine instead, sheeeesh I can't believe the pro-russian banks wouldn't do that
albatross13··on iPhones will be able to speak in your voice with 15 minutes of training
Fidelity does it. I've had to explicitly decline 'voice authorization' multiple times.
albatross13··on Infosec company pwned by 4chan user
Several people have been arrested based on 4chan posts recently, after 'threatening' a law enforcement official in florida.

So...yes. Yes I do.

albatross13··on Infosec company pwned by 4chan user
1. post link to jenkins job in a 4chan thread relating to something nefarious

2. see who clicks it

3. now you have IP addresses of possibly nefarious people without needing to subpoena 4chan

Something like that.

albatross13··on Infosec company pwned by 4chan user
Anyone setting up a honey pot. Half of 4chan posts are 3 letter agencies trying to bait people into violence.
albatross13··on Running a movie theater is more expensive than you can possibly imagine
I will say, after not going to a movie theater for awhile and then subsequently seeing D&D in theaters twice...going to a movie theater is actually really nice.

There's something to be said about going to a movie theater and being able to watch a movie distraction-free. No phones, no tablets, etc.

It was nice.

albatross13··on Three failed US banks had one thing in common: KPMG
There's nothing irrational about not trusting banks, especially when they're directed by the federal reserve to have 0% of their deposits on hand.
albatross13··on Cops, firefighters bewildered as driverless cars behave badly
You can flatten a tire with an anti material rifle.
albatross13··on Cops, firefighters bewildered as driverless cars behave badly
> US solution - equip all emergency services with anti-materiel rifles

Yes.

albatross13··on Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds
:shrug:

Get lost in the technicalities if you want- either way it's all a scam of loaning money they don't have. I hope you don't bank with first republic :)))

albatross13··on Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds
I don't think banking loses its purpose, but I do think it loses its insane profitability.

A bank is supposed to be a safe location to store my money, because storing it under my mattress is a far less guarantee of safety. It should be a slow burn towards profitability.

To your point, that goes out the window with fractional reserve banking and it's exacerbated when the Federal Reserve pulls shenanigans like remove reserve requirements...which still seems to be the case.

Either way the points are moot, the banking system ain't gonna change until we have some ungodly catalyst. Hopefully no one blames some dumb social media website for that either.

albatross13··on Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: study
Your parrot sounds like a riot. Give him a pat for me.
albatross13··on Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds
Ah yes, let's blame everyone else for the woes of fractional reserve banking.

Here's a novel idea- don't loan money you don't have ^_^

albatross13··on Car thieves using tech disguised inside old Nokia phones and Bluetooth speakers
Just drive a stick shift.
albatross13··on The NIH has poured $1B into long Covid research, with little to show for it
Are you up to date on your boosters?
albatross13··on Farmers ‘crippled’ by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt
You should start your own farm and scale it to feed tens of millions of people, simply by driving a truck in a field :)
albatross13··on FTX stored private keys to crypto assets in plaintext, without access controls
The fact that you're surprised by this is the most alarming thing in all of this.
albatross13··on Bosses want hard workers, so they’re hiring older people
Wrong. Saudi Arabia forces countries to buy oil in USD.
albatross13··on Bosses want hard workers, so they’re hiring older people
The stock market is fake and manipulated, and propped up by an empty fiat currency that has one leg left: the military might of the USA.

How fast is your precious stock market gonna plummet once the world starts abandoning the USD as its reserve currency?

albatross13··on Cheetah Walks over to Photographer for a Head Rub During Photo Shoot
This unfortunately gives people the wrong idea about wildlife photography.

He's clearly on either a reserve or a game farm, shooting with what I'm assuming is a 70-200mm lens- i.e. he's way too close to this animal.

albatross13··on Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
Not making light at all, knives are incredibly dangerous.

In fact, knives are used to kill more people each year than rifles: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

albatross13··on Cash App creator Bob Lee, 43, killed in San Francisco stabbing: reports
We need knife control legislation now!!!!
albatross13··on Japan Says 1.5M Living as Recluses After Pandemic
I bet it's that darn hacker named ebaumsworld
albatross13··on Meta stops offering remote work in new job postings
I follow, that makes sense.
albatross13··on Meta stops offering remote work in new job postings
I truly appreciate the negative climate impacts of Work from Office, the faster we can accelerate global climate change the better!
albatross13··on Meta stops offering remote work in new job postings
You'd think then, entering a bear market, you'd want to keep your best people happy by letting them WFH.

But maybe they're going the HPE route and trying to cut staff via attrition. When I was at HP in 2014, Meg closed all satellite offices and got rid of most WFH- this lead to overly cramped offices as an abundance of employees were dragged back in.

A lot of employees quit or simply took early retirement as a result.

albatross13··on Russian aircraft collides into US unmanned system in international waters
Oh, good. Here I thought we had given hundreds of billions to Ukraine for a war against russia, must have been for their upstanding daycare programs.
albatross13··on Russian aircraft collides into US unmanned system in international waters
>unsafe and unprofessional

I mean we're essentially at war with Russia, how safe and professional should they really be with our tech?

albatross13··on Plunge in regional bank stocks triggers spate of trading halts
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

Lol.

albatross13··on Ask HN: What is going on with Charles Schwab? Stock drop near 40% post SVB chaos
Investors pulling out are the reason the stock is down 40%, silly goose.
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