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swirepe··on Is content moderation a dead end?
People default to trusting other people
swirepe··on Is content moderation a dead end?
I like the idea of an objectionable content filter that's personalized like a spam filter. People don't always agree on what spam is, and they can change their minds at any time.
swirepe··on Toyota Develops Packaged Fuel Cell System Module for Hydrogen Utilization
Hills tho
swirepe··on Toyota Develops Packaged Fuel Cell System Module for Hydrogen Utilization
You're not going to want a flywheel in a car that's going to make any turns
swirepe··on Why are so many athletics records falling?
Thanks for the edit :)
swirepe··on If a representation is factually true, can it still be algorithmically unfair?
>Any search-ad revenue Google gets is a side-effect of users going to Google for good quality search results. Worse results would lead to fewer users, fewer ads sold, less revenue.

I did the Noogler training too. What you said might have been true before "google it" became the verb people use for "search".

swirepe··on How to convert your old laptop screen into an external monitor
You could sit the whole thing in front of a normal desk fan until you can get a usb one, if everything else seems functional.
swirepe··on The internet didn’t kill counterculture – you just won’t find it on Instagram
I don't have any bitcoin, but I would pay extra to have a drone wake up my neighbor's dog every time I buy a book.
swirepe··on The internet didn’t kill counterculture – you just won’t find it on Instagram
How do you feel about crime?

http://library.lol/main/7C31067F2CA96B8CB3F8661CA680B656

swirepe··on Environmental impacts of food consumption by dogs and cats (2016)
My rescue dog was having trouble learning until I cooked her an egg for the first time. It's pretty hard to grow a brain out of whatever garbage she was finding to eat.
swirepe··on Environmental impacts of food consumption by dogs and cats (2016)
>Literally the same strategy that's used to push overpriced "healthy", "natural" human food.

Would you describe yourself as a particularly healthy person?

swirepe··on Environmental impacts of food consumption by dogs and cats (2016)
> They live <20 years

Crazy thing about nutrition, eating better means living longer :)

swirepe··on We created a fake language to root out resume liars
To be fair, my coworkers and I cyberbully each other all the time
swirepe··on Why are so many athletics records falling?
>Same with all the plausible deniability with passwords etc, the judge can simple not believe you and put you in jail until you remember the password (even if you do not remember it).

In America, you can be compelled to surrender something you have, but not something you know.

So the jail you're waiting in while you remember you password is probably in Guantanamo Bay.

swirepe··on Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Jews
swirepe··on If a representation is factually true, can it still be algorithmically unfair?
Google is an advertising company.
swirepe··on GhostWriter is a distraction free Markdown editor
This is beautiful. Well done.

>Are there any other text editors that have interpolated variable references?

The closest I can think of are Frescobaldi's snippets[1], vim's `!read`, or spreadsheets. Maybe light table [2]? I haven't seen anything exactly like what you've made

[1] https://www.frescobaldi.org/uguide#help_snippet_edit_help

[2] http://lighttable.com/

swirepe··on AROS is a lightweight, efficient, and flexible desktop operating system
Is this helpful? There is a folder called "repository" in this torrent.

https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=6545894

swirepe··on Tech Censorship Is Accelerating
> (Insert joke about Fed watch lists.)

> joke

swirepe··on Letters from House members to cable providers [pdf]
Technically true, but try building a bomb from one of those tutorials
swirepe··on Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks
There are some other outdoor keypad options - tv remotes, security gates, garage door openers, etc.

The case doesn't need to be special for a first pass. We just need enough of a fucking owl to decide what to do next.

https://i.imgur.com/KmaZLNy.jpg

Edit: my plan was to find a configuration of hardware that does what we want to do first. Next would be trying the new platform from a desk and, if that goes well, designing a case for the parts we selected. You can't really make a custom case without knowing what's going inside :)

swirepe··on Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks
Okay, we'll need an rtl-sdr, a raspberry pi, a battery, a keypad, and a screen. We can 3d print a case, or put it in a project box. Both can be ruggedized later.

I found this for the keypad and screen: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/I_O_Expansion_HAT_for_Pi_zero_V1_0_...

There are separate options for keypad and screen, e.g eink and a number pad, but for a first pass this might be enough.

An rtl-sdr won't plug directly into a pi zero w, so we'll need an internal adapter. I know that HATs stack, so if there isn't a hard requirement for an rtl-sdr, we could find an sdr hat to put between the pi and the keypad.

swirepe··on Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks
Have you tried a hackrf portapack? It's an order of magnitude more expensive than a pi zero and an rtl-sdr, but it might be close to what you want.
swirepe··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
The two big dangerous things to withdraw from are alcohol and benzodiazepines. Opiates withdrawal won't kill you (but you'll want it to)
swirepe··on Zsh Tricks to Blow Your Mind
>if you only care about Linux forever.

You caught me, and you're right: sh (not bash) is the portable option.

swirepe··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
For what it's worth, I don't think it's weird that you don't drink alcohol.
swirepe··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
'Slinging cat' is slang for selling methcathinone. Interestingly, this doesn't change the meaning of your first sentence.

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

swirepe··on Zsh Tricks to Blow Your Mind
>Despite remaining in zsh while in a terminal, I still find myself writing only bash scripts when a script it needed.

I do this too. I think it's good practice; zsh is amazing as an interactive shell, but bash is everywhere.

swirepe··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
I liked the way you framed drug use as temporary happiness loans. That's very insightful.

>Now, I'm aware that this is quite complex, but still I wonder how many people there are out there who can self-control themself and diligently keep their debt in order.

The analogy breaks down a bit here for me.

Before I had a cat, I couldn't understand how people could pay so much for veterinary bills. After I got a cat, I could see myself spending more on her than I would spend on myself. Like, what's the point of having money if not to make my cat happy? My relationship to money itself changed. Self-control isn't a factor.

I'm stretching this analogy, but I wonder how many drug users with their happiness debts in balance have really just reframed their happiness finances around their addiction.

swirepe··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
Addiction controls what you want, regardless of whether you like the thing you are addicted to. That's what makes it hard to beat by just white-knuckling it; whatever strength or will you have gets redirected against you.

You might enjoy some of the accounts in The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_the_Realm_of_Hungry_...

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