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thrownblown··on Richat Structure
National geographic did a show about it with lidar and everything. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/atlas-of-cursed-...
thrownblown··on Oracle Suspended My Account
maybe get dall-e to make some trolling comments to even siphon off some of that vitriol into the void
thrownblown··on New documents reveal scale of US Government’s cell phone location data tracking
Then i start having dreams that my dad is giving me a lecture but my dad is also kermit the frog
thrownblown··on Lost USB with 460k city residents’ personal data found
that was one of the things that surprised me on an early saturday bike ride, also in regards to street crime in japan, at least in my experience it is so exceedingly rare that most people there are incredibly naive to it.
thrownblown··on Lost USB with 460k city residents’ personal data found
you have never been to tokyo on friday night/saturday morning. business dudes sleeping it off on benches are not uncommon at all.
thrownblown··on How Software Companies Die (1995) [pdf]
all the 10x devs i know just go to ten times the meetings without a loss in work capacity
thrownblown··on Our build and release infrastructure, and upcoming updates
yeah joined for the perks, been pretty happy with the actual work they do as well.
thrownblown··on Freshii’s new ‘virtual cashier’–who works from Nicaragua for $3.75 an hour
it's not just the wage worker they wont be paying, it's also the taxes and the costs of compliance and hr for large scale orgs.
thrownblown··on Nearly a third of TV ads play to empty rooms
Your monthly subscription fee minus a little off the top is split by your watch time amongst those you watch.
thrownblown··on Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
I use "comic code" as my daily driver monospace font as it's good for dyslexia having unique characters for like "d" and "b" that aren't mirrored reflections.

I always get a comment on the font when I screenshare...

https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code

thrownblown··on US west coast braces for ‘atmospheric river’ as storm brews
Well there have been a few wet years leading up to the recent draught.

During the wet years the fuel load flourished, not the trees but the underbrush in the forests. During the dry years that added fuel load leads to the conditions we saw the last few years with the kinds of wild fires that are quite devastating to the trees.

thrownblown··on Super Mario 64 has been ported to iOS
Didn't EU just drop a ruling regarding decompilation?
thrownblown··on O.mg Cable
John McAfee discussing getting his security clearance when he worked for Lockheed-Martin: "They asked me very revealing questions.... Had I ever taken drugs? Yes. What kinds? Almost every kind. Uh, how much? A lot. Have you ever sold drugs? Yes. So I assumed I would never get the clearance but I did and it came in very quickly."

(clearly decades ago, and he's less than reliable, but fun nonetheless!)

thrownblown··on Feelings at the Fall of the Republic, Ancient and Medieval Living Standards
Lol. Slavery certainly did not disappear to everywhere but Spain.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_slave_trade

thrownblown··on A network analysis on cloud gaming: Stadia, GeForce Now and PSNow
I used OnLive till the bitter end. It was awesome. A little sad the way it ended, also some tears in the rain for the game library I had purchased and the friends I had made in Space Marine multiplayer.

I was an early adopter of gforce now and I really enjoyed it while it was in beta. As soon as it was released to the public all the publishers pulled their games.

thrownblown··on Scorpion Transforming Computer Chair
It's 2020! Why TF can't we handle strings correctly?
thrownblown··on Why online voting is harder than online banking
I'd rather vote on implementation...

Year 1: vote on idea

Year 2: vote on ratification of idea as well as the committee members to design the implementation

Year 3: we vote on which of the 3 - 5 design proposals the committee designed to implement as well as the executive team to implement the plan

thrownblown··on Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get more work
maybe that's why he stopped writing sci-fi and started writing contemporary fiction
thrownblown··on Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps from the Play Store
They also banned all images from the Netflix film "Cuties"

https://www.newsweek.com/4chan-bans-images-netflix-film-cuti...

thrownblown··on TikTok and the Sorting Hat
It's curious comparing that to the more profit motived social networks bias towards outrage because that gets engagement and clicks?
thrownblown··on New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases
https://github.com/konstruktoid/hardening

What the parent post said is pretty much it in a nutshell, but I use that GitHub for basic Ubuntu server setup.

thrownblown··on Nikon Issues Small Recall for a 16-Year-Old Film Camera
And dude's camera got recalled:

"Taking a look at the serial number of my camera which is 35955 and comparing it to an F6 sold new in 2015 bearing the number 34875 I’d conclude that least 1080 units have been sold since then (approximately 270 cameras per year)."

"In fact, only 152 units are impacted… so few that Nikon actually lists every affected serial number in the recall notice:

0035842, ..., 0035955, ..."

thrownblown··on Sail Freight Projects Around the World
there's also https://www.sailcargo.org/ I know they're actively building currently.

maybe the title should get updated?

thrownblown··on Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps can charge restaurants
maybe it has something to do with GH buying Eat24 from Yelp for stock? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

actually it was all cash nm https://qz.com/1045776/grubhubs-purchase-of-yelps-eat24-may-...

thrownblown··on Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
Phantom income from my s-corp excluded my family and I from healthcare subsidies when I really couldn't afford to pay full price for healthcare.
thrownblown··on Ask HN: Best Free Python Editor?
anaconda package really helps get a lot more ide functionality in Sublime Too
thrownblown··on How to trim video clips instantly without reencoding
Make gabber slower again
thrownblown··on Johns Hopkins CSSE Covid-19 Global Case Dashboard
i smell a market opportunity
thrownblown··on Study: Low Carb Diet May Prevent, Reverse Age-Related Effects Within the Brain
there was that one dude who went on a year plus water fast and lost like 300 lbs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast

thrownblown··on Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ban (2018) [video]
Louis has been travelling the country to testify at various state legislatures. Its been fascinating following his efforts on youtube. here is a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkVbIsAWN2lsmovRO20_g...
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