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graywh··on Internet-connected cars fail privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla
but you may be restricted to driving only on weekends and holidays
graywh··on The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice
Ctrl next to A pre-dates vi
graywh··on Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
a lot of police departments are running these kinds of manpower deficits due to lack of applicants
graywh··on Git branches are named sequences of commits
or `git add -p` to interactively stage changes
graywh··on Is this poison ivy?
they need to add box elder to the set of images
graywh··on Is this poison ivy?
and sometimes the vine has branches -- I've seen them a few feet long
graywh··on Git commands you probably do not need
Not a fan of that, either. It just seems like the kind of command that new users should avoid because they won't anticipate any consequences and experienced users do avoid because they can anticipate any consequences.
graywh··on Repairing Your Car in Your Own Garage Is Considered Illegal in Sacramento, CA
the specialized tools clause makes me think the law was to prevent operating a car repair business out of your home
graywh··on Read this post ‘unless’ you’re not a Ruby developer
the 2nd form implicitly returns the value of valid if it's truthy and nil if it's falsey; the 1st form always returns nil
graywh··on Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking
any civilian could even leverage someone's own Apple device to track them
graywh··on On Car Seats as Contraception
> We can have population growth and still solve the impending environmental disaster.

But will we?

graywh··on Alex Jones must pay $50m in punitive damages for Sandy Hook hoax claim
the shooting was in 2012 and the lawsuits were filed in 2018
graywh··on Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
there's no 50-mile hike requirement -- all the hikes are to be done in a single day and 20 is the maximum length for good reason

the sum total of all the required hikes is 70 miles: 5, 10, 10, 10, 15, 20

graywh··on Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession in the next year
it was the county DA and he's up for reelection this year
graywh··on Senators want to mandate anti-piracy technology across the web
the official salary is $174k, but everyone knows the real money is in the kickbacks from your position of power
graywh··on Interstellar object exploded over Earth in 2014, declassified govmt data reveal
or some kind of arthropod and we end up in an Arthur C Clarke novel
graywh··on The takeover of America's legal system
She's also not even the author.
graywh··on Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
> higher annual rainfall than places that Americans consider rainy (eg. Seattle)

a surprising amount of the US gets more rainfall than Seattle

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-17/this-simp...

graywh··on Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 people
anything less than $40/month is probably just access to weight lifting equipment

if you want classes led by an instructor, you're probably paying more than that -- e.g., the YMCA in my city starts at $50/month/person

graywh··on A deleted subplot from “The Matrix” contradicts its sequels
Lucas had plans for sequels way back in the 70s, even making comments about when Mark Hammill would be the right age, but nothing concrete
graywh··on Letting users tick a ‘none’ checkbox
I build data collection instruments for biomedical research and we often put "yes to all" and "no to all" at the top of a table of yes/no questions
graywh··on Immunity Generated from Covid-19 Vaccines Differs from an Infection
Pfizer is 3 weeks, Moderna is 4
graywh··on Valneva and Pfizer announce Phase 2 study for Lyme disease vaccine candidate
isn't the flu vaccine just a cocktail of existing vaccines tailored to the strains we predict will be active?
graywh··on Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term
the unvaccinated are filling up hospitals -- would it be ethical to kick out an unvaccinated covid patient and give priority to vaccinated patients (regardless of illness of injury)?

some people cannot get vaccinated

graywh··on Why did bar ends go away from mountain bikes?
He's saying use them like a guard, not as a handle
graywh··on One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks
and it seems like of the time, the fix costs as much as a new one
graywh··on Target stops selling Pokémon cards in store, citing safety concerns
TPCi started putting different filler non-cards in the packs and it's been hard to weigh them for years now.
graywh··on Excess Deaths in 2020
the US was already more obese than Germany -- and obesity seems to correlate with higher covid-19 mortality
graywh··on Tmux lets you select and copy text with your keyboard
it hasn't been in Vim very long, added in 8.1 ~3 years

https://www.vim.org/vim-8.1-released.php

graywh··on Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated
so you're saying wallstreetbets played a hand in this?
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