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midislack··on (Mastodon) Surviving and thriving through the 2022-11-05 meltdown
I estimate only about a 5-8% total increase in Fediverse users since September.
midislack··on FTX investor Sequoia removed its glowing profile of Sam Bankman-Fried
He will get away clean.
midislack··on Is algae the new kale?
Bugs are about as close to crabs as cows are to cats. Eat the cats.
midislack··on Is algae the new kale?
Can you link us to a half dozen or more peer-reviewed studies proving this?
midislack··on NSA guidance on how to protect against software memory safety issues [pdf]
I use OpenBSD though...
midislack··on A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto (1993)
Proof of work is an environmental disaster and a waste of energy.
midislack··on How Aphex Twin Made Selected Ambient Works 85-92
It's very very very expensive and does less than my QY. But it's pretty neat.
midislack··on Russia to Withdraw Troops from Kherson
It's only been one day, let's wait to see how this plays out OK NAFO?
midislack··on Here's how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks
Don't have to say it, I am an expert in divining political bent from posts.
midislack··on Xterm code execution via font ops
zsh considered harmful, not for the first time. This is why I use pdksh.
midislack··on Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman history
Everybody in those days would have butchered their own animals. A pig or deer has the same compliment of organs that a person does. Anatomists were not the first people to discover or catalog organs.
midislack··on The age of social media is ending
It’s only $8, people.
midislack··on Vocaloid 6
Is there any Vocaloid music that isn’t cheesy pop music? I know of some by Hosono, that’s about it.
midislack··on Ancient Rome: preserved bronze statues found in Italy
It’s likely that bronzes were melted down, not that they corroded away.
midislack··on Concerns about Trustcor
There are so many dodgy root certs these days. First thing I do is delete a BUNCH of them when installing or upgrading a browser.
midislack··on Russia to Withdraw Troops from Kherson
They already did, it's why the Ukraine's running on NATO "volunteers" now.
midislack··on Warren Calls Out Wells Fargo and Zelle for “Evasive” Responses about Fraud
Get outta here the same bank caught laundering for cartels? No way.
midislack··on Volkswagen builds motorized office chair with headlights and horn
For a company in the economic shitter this is a very bold plan. Pivoting!
midislack··on The End of the Road to Serfdom
China has a coherent vision and elevates Chinese, west is the opposite.
midislack··on Major Study Finds the US Is an Oligarchy (2014)
This is why I’m hopeful that we get over this Republic hump and, like Rome, blossom into Empire. It’s really inevitable. The only question is, do we have a serene God-King with divine grace? Or a Caligula.
midislack··on Ask HN: Is React impacted by Meta layoff?
React is small compared to some things that have been forked. WebKit, OpenOffice, and the BSD operating systems come to mind. And who says it has to be in constant development? Freeze it and fix it, then worry about new features.
midislack··on Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8B despite sanctions
Nope. Crypto without anonymity and robust anti-government-interference features is pointless. Might as well use PayPal.
midislack··on How Aphex Twin Made Selected Ambient Works 85-92
He typically doesn’t say what gear he uses for each track.
midislack··on Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8B despite sanctions
That means it’s working. It’s not really crypto if you can sanction it.
midislack··on Aphex Twin Spurned the 90s Dance Mainstream (“Windowlicker”)
It’s great that zoomers are discovering Richard through their little streaming web sites. But nothing really beats getting Come To Viddy in the mail and watching it with a bunch of buddies back in the day.
midislack··on Gannett prints fake newspapers at Des Moines Register plant
That’s cool by me. Democracy’s had an OK run but state socialism merged with fascism is the future.
midislack··on App Store on iOS 14.6 sends every tap you make in the app to Apple
As Apple's in PRISM, I just assume everything on the device is sent to the NSA.
midislack··on TikTok’s greatest asset isn’t its algorithm, it’s your phone
Snarfing the clipboards, reverse proxies, sensor inputs, images. PRC gold!
midislack··on Launch HN: Medplum (YC S22) – Open-Source Firebase for Healthcare
Thank you!
midislack··on New study reveals complex identity of ancient Britons
Confusing or just hurtful to the overall agenda? It's perfectly sensible.
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