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fhdkweig··on Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop
Hopefully they remove cops who abuse their powers. While I agree that victims require compensation, ultimately these payouts only hurt the taxpayers who have to cover for these cops who at worst just move to another town to do it again.
fhdkweig··on Netherlands pulls gold out of the US
It was the latinum that was valuable. Gold could be easily replicated, latinum couldn't.
fhdkweig··on Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
That would have been a more interesting question to ask. It's a shame they didn't.
fhdkweig··on Gmail to end support for "Send as" for third-party addresses, such as @yahoo.com
Since you planned ahead, it should be as simple as getting a new provider and updating the MX record. If you are looking for suggestions, I'm on Fastmail's $50/year plan and quite happy with it.

https://www.fastmail.com/how-to/email-for-your-domain/

fhdkweig··on Amazon Stonehenge: Parque Arqueológico do Solstício
Do spiders count? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkhenge

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug/comments/1l6uaj/seriou...

fhdkweig··on Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems
Agreed. I can't even recall any point in my life when an allegation of fraud was made before Trump came on the scene. I've seen requests for recounts when the margins were close, but never an allegation of malicious intent.
fhdkweig··on Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems
While I think that making it a national holiday would be a good idea because it would maximize the number of eligible voters, it would still disenfranchise some people. There are jobs that have to be done 24/7/365 (mostly safety jobs), therefor there will be someone who is stuck at work that day. There are people who work at power companies on Christmas Day just to make sure the lights on Christmas trees light up.

I think the best approach is what Georgia has done. No-excuse mail-in for those who want that. And 3 weeks of early voting including Saturdays. And for those who just enjoy standing in lines, there is the official Election Day. If a redneck state can get it done without issues, then we all can do it.

fhdkweig··on Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems
It is not a paid holiday. It isn't an unpaid holiday either. And if you work a minimum wage job, you probably need to work as many hours as you can. And if you don't show up to work on Tuesday, don't bother showing up on Wednesday because you don't have that job anymore.

This is absolutely discriminatory against the poor. That's why the republicans fight for these types of restrictions and democrats fight against them.

fhdkweig··on Wendell Berry has died
I thought maybe he meant "excellent" but an autocorrect error mangled it, which still seemed wrong but reasonable. But yes, now I am thinking "what the hell are you talking about?"
fhdkweig··on Wendell Berry has died
accelerated?
fhdkweig··on You Rename My Lake – I Move My Hosting
I'm still trying to figure out who is dangling the keys in front of whom. Trump is dangling them in front of MAGA, but who is dangling them in front of Trump?
fhdkweig··on You Rename My Lake – I Move My Hosting
I treat the lakes the same as roads. A road's name doesn't tell you where you are. It tells you where you are going. If the road leading out of your town happens to share a name with a neighboring town, it isn't named as an honor. If you are bothered by the name, just walk to the end of the road and its name will have changed to where you just came from.

If you are in America and want to cross water to get to Mexico, you just need to use the Gulf of Mexico. If you want to get to Ontario, find Lake Ontario. You'll never be lost.

fhdkweig··on Yayoi Kusama has died
You might want to read more discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458709 (20 comments)
fhdkweig··on Anthropic Sees over $30T in Potential Revenue
It actually might. It affected the mood of stockbrokers in the 1980s, both because of general energy levels and also because they were addicted and had to keep the money flowing. That must do something to macroeconomics.
fhdkweig··on Anthropic Sees over $30T in Potential Revenue
My wang has serious growth potential.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/05/26/this-could-be-...

fhdkweig··on France's tax agency got hacked (in French)
A similar hack created The Panama Papers. Not much came from those either. Like the Epstein Files, it may make for interesting reading, but I don't expect much legal action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers

fhdkweig··on Credit Card Rewards Became a $9.2B Wealth Transfer
Agreed. I have my rewards configured to automatically convert to cash to reduce my bill. The button was buried deep in the website, but once I found it, I've never had to go back to the rewards site again.
fhdkweig··on Why older tech is sometimes safer from hackers
To be fair, it was both. Those ships that got the recent upgrades also got trojans that Caprica Six put in the defense mainframe with Baltar's access codes.
fhdkweig··on Why older tech is sometimes safer from hackers
There is no human making a decision on what attacks to run. They check for literally everything. 20 years ago, I ran a web server and would run 'tail -f' on the access logs. I watched the bots sending requests for files that only exist on linux, then send requests for files that only exist on windows. They don't know what kind of system they are hacking. They just know that there is a computer at that IP address.

There are databases that list every known flaw in existence, and the bots just go down the list checking each and every one. And if it doesn't work, in 5 minutes, they'll run those same tests again as if something changed in those 5 minutes.

fhdkweig··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
They didn't in the last couple. Those elections went 49% vs 51%. I don't hold out a lot of hope for the next couple. They feign surprise, but it isn't like it was a mystery as to what he was going to do. He campaigned on everything he is doing.
fhdkweig··on Using an old Android phone as a music player
The author is using PowerAmp.

I am using AIMP. I was specifically looking for apps with downloadable APKs for sideloading. I can't use the Play Store because I don't have a google account. Looks like PowerAmp also has an APK.

fhdkweig··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
Also, it is just a nice idea if you are prone to losing phones. Backups are good for all kinds of reasons.
fhdkweig··on If your agent commits a crime, who is responsible?
Not even an "if" at this point. Look into the Hugging Face incident.
fhdkweig··on If your agent commits a crime, who is responsible?
If a dog bites someone, does the dog pay the medical bills or the owner? This is why you keep your dog on a leash and get liability insurance. I feel like this is already settled case law.
fhdkweig··on Diesel Margins Top $100 a Barrel to Reach Record High as Supply Crunch Grows
You can find all the news articles here:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hormuz+us+territory&ia=web

I miss the days when world leaders read from the internet but didn't post to it.

fhdkweig··on Buyer cancels showing after Deflock shows two cameras utilized by the HOA
Not to start a whole flamewar over this, but it adds to confusion when it would look like another word like "Aids". Even their own final rule says not to do that.

> There are a few exceptions:

> Seasonal Affective Disorder becomes SAD ("Sad" would be confusing)

> Where a capped-down acronym risks being misunderstood as a word.

And when I say "should know better", a news organization, especially a place as respected as the BBC, should try to reduce confusion wherever possible. And as a matter of politeness, when it is an organization/person's name, it should probably cased the way they chose to name it, like "NASA" or "e e cummings".

fhdkweig··on Buy Your Friends Batteries
If a fridge is your only concern, they make UPSes specifically for fridges.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Uninterruptible+power+supply+refri...

fhdkweig··on Buy Your Friends Batteries
The Tesla Powerwall is only slightly larger than a pizza box and can be mounted directly on the wall. Most of the below images are outside the house, but some are also in the garage.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tesla+powerwall&ia=images&iax=imag...

fhdkweig··on Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
When they make campaign promises, they go to small towns and talk about "Main St" businesses. Not sure why anyone believes them at this point (for the reasons you mention), but it is what they campaign on.
fhdkweig··on Buyer cancels showing after Deflock shows two cameras utilized by the HOA
Or using title case for acronyms like "Nasa" particularly on government and news websites who should know better.
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