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mocheeze··on That’s how it works when you’re a woman on the internet
She did go to the police with the threats. They sent her away. Now what's the plan if authorities won't act? Wait for congress to hold hearings on one's behalf after the violence is done? Most police wouldn't be happy with their personal and loved ones' information being posted online with the purpose of making threats of violence or other harm.
mocheeze··on USB Type-C finally shows up in power tools
FYI there are magsafe-like tips/plugs that interface with USB-C. I keep meaning to research those some more.
mocheeze··on Live Q&A: WiFi Game Boy Cartridge (3:24:10) [video]
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29580726
mocheeze··on Everyone is bummed out over Pixar’s third straight-to-streaming film
But they might be in close contact with someone who did go to the cinema and contracted the virus.
mocheeze··on Direct conversion of CO2 to solid carbon by Gallium-based liquid metals
Cross-laminated timber comes to the rescue. Plus the added benefit of being able to replace concrete, which is a huge bonus for decreasing emissions. And it's already in use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-laminated_timber

mocheeze··on How tumblr became popular for being obsolete
And even before the Digg exodus Reddit was rife with tribalism. I remember all the pro- vs. anti- Ron Paul stuff when he was running in the GOP primary.
mocheeze··on Wordle is being punished by app stores for choosing the open web
That's more of a grey area. Just because someone doesn't formally file copyright or trademark it doesn't necessarily mean it isn't valid. Same can even go for patents if an invention serves as prior art.
mocheeze··on I Miss RSS
Yeah, I am, very happily. And I did get the domain wrong. It's https://bazqux.com
mocheeze··on Staggering stat: 87% of U.S. teenagers have iPhones
Because if you're "out" then you're "uncool."
mocheeze··on I Miss RSS
I use a reader that automatically pulls feeds from Twitter and other social media like Reddit. Just need to plop the URL into the feed field and they figure it out. I pay for it, but it's pretty nice for getting back to the old Google Reader feel.

(https://bazcux.com)

mocheeze··on Help HN: Stripe shutting us down with 48 hours notice on a holiday skeleton crew
I worked at a payment processor and I overlapped with the risk department many times there. If one of our merchants were going against the card-brand guidelines or engaging in illegal activity we would have cut them off the same day. The processors are the ones carrying the risk, and could lost their whole portfolio if they are found to not be diligent with the activity of their accounts.
mocheeze··on Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: ‘I can’t vote for it’
And the American revolution was rational and free of bloodshed? Or the Confederation's revolution?
mocheeze··on Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: ‘I can’t vote for it’
No, it's worse. Some states have far-outsized voting power compared to others. Same as the electoral college.
mocheeze··on How to run a small social network site for your friends
Did the same thing in a Minecraft predecessor called Blockland. Even ran a big mod pack that was all about social stuff like having IRC inside the game client. And what you say about invite-only is totally true. I used to run a fansite about an Xbox game that was still "unannounced" and the community was very non-toxic because I started a private forum on the IGN message boards where it was only full of people that mentioned the game elsewhere. What a time!
mocheeze··on AT&T says it has big problems. A T-Mobile salesman showed me how big
My last visit to T-Mobile wasn't the most pleasant. My Pixel 4 XL (ordered from Google) was totally broken and so I went in to buy one at T-Mobile so I wouldn't have to wait for shipping. They charged me an extra $50 for me to pay upfront instead of financing it. Been a customer for 15 years and this is the thanks I get for choosing them as my retailer.
mocheeze··on MiSTer FPGA GBA Splitscreen Multiplayer
In this case the GameBoy Advance never ran on a CRT, it originally ran on a non-backlit LCD screen. And being basically a more powerful version of the SNES it would only be logical that folks would want to do some couch-based multiplayer with those games.
mocheeze··on Texas wants to charge Tesla and other EV owners annual fees
That's basically their proposition by earmarking a portion of fees paid by other EV owners.
mocheeze··on Three things to never build yourself: auth, notifications, payments
There were, and still are, many gateway providers with APIs for payments. Authorize.net, NMI, USAePay, BrainTree, Payeezy, even Paypal was common enough once upon a time. And those are just a handful that I can list off the top of my head. (I know that some of those I listed have acquired each other recently as well.)
mocheeze··on HBO Max is failing the classic Tom and Jerry
Libraries can solve issues 2 and 3 for those folks.
mocheeze··on The Secret History of Windows Task Manager from Retired Microsoft Engineer
Just started part 1, but part 2 apparently shows the source code.

Edit: Part 1 is his personal journey of starting work at MS and how he got into making Task Manager. It's safe.

Edit 2: Actually not really anything in the way of source in part 2. But he promises code for part 3.

mocheeze··on Boeing's upgraded 737 Max completes first flight with media onboard
Doesn't appear so: https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/refund-when-airline-changes...
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