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vb6sp6··on Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users
TSA misses 95% of fake bombs/weapons

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-breaches-...

Hijackings are down because pilots lock the door to the cockpit now

vb6sp6··on Did we lose our way in making efficient software?
I'm not sharing any revenue with Microsoft for my desktop apps :)
vb6sp6··on SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, Federal Agency Says
Musk can follow the laws like the rest of us
vb6sp6··on Tracking developer build times to decide if the M3 MacBook is worth upgrading
I've been working this way for years, really nice. What is main complaint?
vb6sp6··on Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education
yeah, im just adding some additional info for any impressionable future reads who may take his statement at face value :)
vb6sp6··on Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education
No one was teaching this. It was a book in a library.
vb6sp6··on Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video]
I coded and compiled a vb6 program last week on windows 11.
vb6sp6··on Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: It’s probably not going to work out
its even more cynical than that. They aren't doing this for the greater good of preserving downtown areas, they are losing their tax breaks: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-02-21/tax-br...
vb6sp6··on Jobs and Gates banned their kids from iPads and other devices they created
Two things:

1. Set the example and model positive behavior. - Stop using social media. If they see you doom scrolling they are going to doom scroll. - Stop playing mmo or games that require subscriptions or have egregious monetization. -I'm sure you have other skill you can teach them that don't require an internet connection, and if you don't, you can show them how to use the internet for educational purposes instead of watching idiots on social media.

2. Monitor and correct. Your kids are going want the same apps their friends have. Monitor their usage so you can help them get the street smarts. A lot of the apps have privacy settings so you will need to get familiar with them. iOS and android both have tools to limit the amount of time they can use the app for as well.

Unfortunately this takes a lot of time and effort on your part. Try your best and good luck.

vb6sp6··on Tell HN: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode
The GCP contract expired yesterday
vb6sp6··on The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1945.txt

the thing that lets us communicate like this :)

vb6sp6··on Ask HN: Who Is an iPad Pro For?
can you use remote desktop on the ipad?
vb6sp6··on Thousands of Planes Are Flying Empty and No One Can Stop Them
Seems to me like there was a simple solution
vb6sp6··on The SNESticle Liberation Project
interesting info, thanks for posting. I spent a lot of time messing with NESticle back in the day.
vb6sp6··on Quit Your Job
He thinks poverty is not buying a Tesla. Lets see him thrive in an environment where dinner is sleep.
vb6sp6··on Seattle police faked radio chatter about Proud Boys during 2020 protests
> The US left sees far right groups as evil Nazis with only destructive motives

If you march around synagogues with torches chanting "the jews will not replace us" while giving the roman salute, there is no bellyaching when people associate you with nazis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/08...

vb6sp6··on A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly
> I would be very surprised if said message board posters were actively encouraging each other to move to California

It happens. It's pie in the sky type of dreaming but it happens. Other states are def more targeted

vb6sp6··on A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly
I gave several very specific examples of why people should NOT move to Texas.

And I don't agree that democrats are the only ones doing this. Visit some firearms\guns message boards if you need some examples of conservatives encouraging other conservatives to move to make sure those dang demonrats dont take our guns.

vb6sp6··on A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly
1. I'm not sure my original comment was "encouraging mass migration"

2. People are free to move anywhere they like for any reason

3. If people from Connecticut can move here and change our politics, I see no problem with others moving here to change it back.

4. If corrupt politicians can rig the game in their favor, getting more legitimate voters might be the only ethical way to counteract such brazen attacks on our republic

5. This isn't the "gotcha" you think it is

vb6sp6··on A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly
> what could possibly compel you to encourage people of a certain political persuasion to move to a specific region so as to topple the existing, different-than-yours, popular political persuasion

My daughters' human rights as women supersede the misogynist wishes of Texas politicians

> why can't you and everyone that agrees with you politically find another state to take your political values to

I was raised to stand and fight for my rights. I don't need carpetbagging coastal elites like the Bushes telling me what texans want.

> what makes you think that your perspective on how things should be should matter more than the millions of people already living there, such that your ideal worldview should replace the existing popular one in a specific state, via interstate mass migration?

Texas has more democrats than republicans. My views align with the majority. Texas republicans are so terrified of democrats winning, they made it illegal to vote straight party line on ballots.

So I feel pretty god damn good telling people about the problems in this state and how they can be fixed.

vb6sp6··on A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly
The novel doesn't start with a school shooting. It starts with a school blowing up due to a natural gas leak (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London_School_explosion)
vb6sp6··on A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly
One of the reasons I laugh when people talk about "escaping" to TX.

We are basically burning books, controlling women's bodily autonomy, blame green energy for the failure of natural gas plants during cold snaps (and then make citizens foot the bill for the next 30 years while they made record profits).

And when a fertilizer plant exploded due to improper storage and lax regulations, the governor went on a publicity tour bragging about the lax regulations (15 people died, mostly first responders)

And this news report from 2006 is a real gem: 'Peggy Fruge told me she'd welcome blacks to her neighborhood. Then she said this:

"I don't mind being friends with them, talking and stuff like that, but as far as mingling and eating with them, all that kind of stuff, that's where I draw the line."'

We do need people to come to texas to flip it blue. Just know this is a backwards place in many ways.

vb6sp6··on The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area
People aren't being denied COVID treatment so the social policy isn't being violated. Unless getting your feelings hurt by Twitter comments is a violation of social policy?
vb6sp6··on The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area
I think the effects of housing pricing increases have been studied:

https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2021/mar/...

vb6sp6··on The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area
You are missing the step where the people who refuse the medical procedure are also taking up a disproportionate medical resources when they get sick. And it seems to be, at least according to the data, more prevalent with conservative ideology. Nice try though
vb6sp6··on Is It Snowing in Portland, Oregon?
Why does this site need https?
vb6sp6··on Ask HN: How do you validate demand for your side-project?
Ask for payment. People will tell you it's a good idea and then balk at paying even a nominal amount.
vb6sp6··on Video of Tesla on Autopilot Crashing into Stopped Truck at 75mph
you should view the uncompressed video. very easy to see
vb6sp6··on Video of Tesla on Autopilot Crashing into Stopped Truck at 75mph
in this case? 0
vb6sp6··on Video of Tesla on Autopilot Crashing into Stopped Truck at 75mph
scroll down. there is an uncompressed version that is a easier to see. It had plenty of time to apply the brakes
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