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droidist2··on Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro
Yeah, I recently updated to Catalina. I had to Google to find the download link, but it was still available from apple.com
droidist2··on Telephone Central Office Building Pictures
It's easy enough already to find the addresses though. I don't see how this site could pose an additional threat.
droidist2··on For Teen Girls, Instagram Is a Cesspool
How come this NYT article isn't paywalled?
droidist2··on Canyon.mid
Very cool, the beginning has a Weather Report - Birdland vibe to it.
droidist2··on Met Police: Run away, call 999 if you feel danger when stopped by lone officer
I always was told this too but I've never had the courage to actually do it. I'd be afraid the cop would be angry and treat me more harshly when I finally do pull over. There was recently a case of a pregnant woman doing this and the police performed a PIT maneuver and flipped her car.

https://www.news10.com/news/national/pregnant-woman-sues-ark...

droidist2··on The reason employees aren't returning to work in America [video]
At the same time we're automating away millions of jobs, so maybe we shouldn't be so quick to take measures to flood the labor market.
droidist2··on Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
> Why don't we have any scientific evidence on the matter?

Because it would be too cruel of an experiment to run.

droidist2··on Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
> Long term plan in my mind was to get enough people vaccinated that community spread stops being a thing. We were almost there in late spring prior to delta variant showing up

Was this your plan back in March 2020 or did it become your plan somewhere down the line? What I remember from March 2020 is that the plan was to "flatten the curve" with temporary restrictions. The possibility of a vaccine was theorized to be between 18 months away to possibly never.

droidist2··on 17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduced to WHO standards
Right, it's only looking at one part of the equation. You could also say it'd save 4 billion life-years worth of car accidents if we banned automobiles.
droidist2··on O.mg Cable
I mean, it's a spectrum really isn't it? NSA, Facebook, Google, they're all involved in surveillance in different ways and to different degrees.
droidist2··on How I Experience Web Today
Are you talking about this?

https://gemini.circumlunar.space

droidist2··on There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now
What happens to the balls after the match? Do they get ground up and shipped overseas for recycling?
droidist2··on Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
Yes, I hate how Facebook (and especially Twitter!) have now chosen to not just show me my friends' posts, but posts they like and respond to. A like has basically become a retweet.
droidist2··on Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
Google does seem utterly incompetent relative to their brainpower and budget.
droidist2··on The Programmer's Brain
>I think speed reading for code is actually an anti pattern since it is encouraging your biases and guesses instead of actually reading the damn output.

Right, reading twice as fast increases the "WTFs per minute" metric by 4x: 2x because you get through twice as much, and 2x because you understand half as much.

droidist2··on Amazon executives are worried they'll run out of people to employ
Pushing for more immigration?
droidist2··on Bonzi Buddy
No, but I do remember SmarterChild.
droidist2··on Bonzi Buddy
I really like xsnow
droidist2··on One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack
Or the attackers even use the fact that you paid to blackmail you.
droidist2··on Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed
>That's a bad thing only if the conspiracy theory is false.

Well that depends on your objective. If it's to push a certain narrative, then it's bad if it contradicts that narrative; whether or not it's true is secondary.

droidist2··on There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic
Yes, also South Korea is for all intents and purposes an island. It's surrounded by water, except on the North which is the most heavily militarized border in the world.
droidist2··on Coinbase Announces Listing Date of Its Stock on the Nasdaq
I think the reason is because Coinbase Pro has an API. People running trading bots keep the spreads tighter.
droidist2··on Study finds walking improves creativity (2014)
When I'm in the kitchen I'll put on cable news, which is also mindless but of a different type. I should try doing it in silence.
droidist2··on Study finds walking improves creativity (2014)
I think this is the mechanism behind the shower effect too.
droidist2··on Hit Japanese app Crabhouse forced to change name on iOS
I agree. It's fun to just download a few apps and try them out. I enjoy installing new apps on my phone. I've heard people say "I hate installing apps" and these people are almost always Android users.
droidist2··on The Mac price crash of 2021
Oh, thanks for the info. I guess it's good I got the battery replaced in 2019, but if I need it replaced again in 2024 or whatever I guess I'll probably be out of luck.
droidist2··on The Mac price crash of 2021
I have a 2015 MBP 15" also, and it's still a really good machine. Even if you find one with a shot battery you can get Apple to replace the battery for $200.
droidist2··on Browsers eating RAM
This type of browser looks good to use along with tiled window managers like i3 and xmonad.
droidist2··on UVB-76
Would that mean that if the buzzing stops for an extended period, Dead Hand assumes World War 3 is underway and launches the missiles?
droidist2··on A one-line package broke `npm create-react-app`
Isn't this the story of leftpad?
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