@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
Should we promote a system that enables massive scams and fraud as long as it's possible for some people to make money from it?
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") wrote:
My wife @charissabarton1 totally choreographed that "genius" opening:0000 She is such a boss. Of me. But also a badass choreographer:)
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@MamasGeeky ("Tessa Smith - Mama's Geeky") wrote:
The opening credits of Peacemaker are genius. I haven't smiled this hard in a long time. I watched them 3x in a row.
Also, Aquaman jokes within minutes of the first episode?! James Gunn sees me. He really sees me.
Binging #Peacemaker now -- review coming ASAP!
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri š¦š¹") wrote:
I bet more people would get vaccinated if you made it mandatory to fly on airplanes
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@JoeBiden ("Joe Biden") wrote:
Folks, get vaccinated.
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@DeForestNews6 ("Mike DeForest") wrote:
BREAKING - A 4th resident of The Villages has been arrested for allegedly casting multiple ballots in the 2020 election. Charles Franklin Barnes was registered to vote in both Florida and Connecticut, records show. https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/01/05/4th-resident-of-the-villages-arrested-for-allegedly-casting-multiple-ballots/ #news6
BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink
If youāve ever felt indecisive about what color vehicle to buy, BMW may have the car for you. The German automaker showed off its new color-changing paint technology at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that shares more in common with a Kindle than youād think at first glance.
Relying on E Ink, the electronic paper technology used in e-readers, and the old Pebble watch, the color-changing paint technology is making its debut on a concept version of the BMW iX that is being presented at CES.
The surface coating of the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink contains many millions of microcapsules, with a diameter equivalent to the thickness of a human hair. Each of these microcapsules contains negatively charged white pigments and...
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:
@PaulRudnickNY ("Paul Rudnick") wrote:
Don Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle are engaged and have registered for gifts at:
- His drug dealer's Mom's basement
- Unregistered Handguns R Us
- Spanx 'N Things
- Mistress Abigail's Adult Novelties outlet
- Melania's Secret (NFTs and lingerie)
- Bed, Bath and Penicillin
@zkat__ ("tired but āļøfestiveš gay") retweeted:
@SysQuotes ("Systemantics Quotes") wrote:
A COMPLEX SYSTEM DESIGNED FROM SCRATCH NEVER WORKS AND CAN'T BE MADE TO WORK. YOU HAVE TO START OVER, BEGINNING WITH A SIMPLE WORKING SYSTEM
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@torturecrush ("Angelina Fabbro") wrote:
best thread on cryptocurrency youāre ever going to read
h/t @zkat__
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@davetroy ("Dave Troy šŗšø") wrote:
1/There are people who are genuinely trying to talk intelligently about cryptocurrencies, but canāt because they donāt have historical background. This thread tries to correct that by suggesting required reading. First, itās necessary to know what problem it attempts to solve.
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@tarahaelle ("Tara Haelle") replied to a tweet by @tarahaelle:
@GhostPanther @davidsirota Also, we really, really, really, really, really need to stop turning to technology to solve human behavior problems and pretending that the technology itself will overcome what we already know about human behavior.
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") replied to a tweet by @maddow:
Annnnnnnd... scene.
"Entrata founder who accused āJewsā of COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy steps down from software companyās board"
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/01/04/entrata-ceo-accuses-jews/
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") replied to a tweet by @fakedansavage:
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@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
I do a special Zoom hangout with Magnum subs to the #SavageLovecast on the first Thursday of every month. Tomorrow's hangout is at 6pm PST, and weāll be playing a few raunchy rounds of Quiplash to mix things up!
@michaloleszczyk ("Michal Oleszczyk") wrote:
Moje niespodziewane wirtualne cameo u @karolpaciorek i WÅodek Markowicz w LS, ubawiÅem siÄ chÅopaki; dziÄki :) https://youtu.be/-t44mF-ebA4
New Instagram test brings back the chronological feed
Image: Instagram
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the company has started testing two new feed settings, including the much-requested chronological option.
In a video shared today, Mosseri demonstrated a new menu with three options for how Instagramās feed will display posts. The āHomeā setting is what users are familiar with ā a feed Instagram creates based on what it thinks will interest each user, ranked using an algorithm. A new āFavoritesā feed will be populated with content from a subset of accounts a user chooses (Mosseri says he uses it for siblings, certain creators, and friends). And finally, a āFollowingā feed will return what many users have been asking for: a chronological stream of posts from accounts you follow.
Mosseri promised the...
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
You don't own teachers. They're not required to teach or watch your kids for you, regardless of how much American society may need that or you may want them to. They're not slaves. They can choose to do something else.
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") wrote:
Our house. š
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My first comics, y'all! It's called "origins of the shame pile"
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
Here's another explanation of a crypto scam. Breaks down in detail how it works. You can also see how public blockchain technology allows you to see the scam if you're paying attention. But it does not prevent or protect against the scam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAVH4FTxbYU
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@MycahABC13 ("Mycah Hatfield") wrote:
This is 4-year-old Arianna. She was front and center at the marches and rallies in her Uncle George Floydās case.
On Saturday around 3 a.m., her father tells me she was asleep in her bed when someone fired several shots at their apartment. Arianna was hit in her torso.
@NfNitLoop ("Cody C. #BLM") wrote:
Saaame. This is one reason I wrote #FeoBlog. It's more #decentralized than Twitter alternatives like #Mastodon/#ActivityPub.
I specifically avoided using a blockchain.
See: https://github.com/NfNitLoop/feoblog/blob/develop/docs/how_does_it_work.md#5-servers-should-be-able-to-block-content
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@mcclure111 ("mcc") replied to a tweet by @zkat__:
@zkat__ *raises hand* Personally I want decentralization, I'm just rejecting blockchains because blockchains are centralized. A blockchain is a single centralized data store which happens to be owned by multiple people. Might as well call S3 decentralized, Amazon has multiple datacenters
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@jonstewart ("Jon Stewart") wrote:
Newsweek et al, may eat my ass.
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@CenturiiC ("centurii-chan") wrote:
two sort of queens talking to each other
Rainbow Six Extraction Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass Day One
Ubisoftās first major release of the year, Rainbow Six Extraction, is launching on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft announced in a blog post today. Itāll be available starting January 20, and will no doubt send a drove of players to the multiplayer cooperative shooter.
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
Bringing the bananaphone with me when I leave the computer even though I can't do anything with it.
Except make "phone calls".
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@SarahLongwell25 ("Sarah Longwell") wrote:
Running this tomorrow nationally across cable networks @AccountableGOP š
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@BillKristol ("Bill Kristol") wrote:
NEW.
Remember what Republicans said a year ago?
They told the truth about Donald Trump and January 6.
They told the truth then.
Why wonāt they now?
This ad from @AccountableGOP will run on Fox on January 6.
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@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
There is no magic. There is only us and what we do to each other. A small number of bad actors have 10x more impact on systems than those who don't set out to do harm. But it does require a critical mass of regular people pretending they can't see what's happening.
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:
Sept. 3, 2020:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-doubles-down-encouraging-supporters-vote-twice-which-illegal-n1239265
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@thedailybeast ("The Daily Beast") wrote:
A fourth retiree from The Villages has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud at the well-known central Florida retirement community https://trib.al/lL8FOfk
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
Some people are telling themselves that it's okay to extract whatever money they can while the getting is good. Times are hard and they are giving themselves a pass for participate in a harmful system. Those people should be held accountable for their choices.
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") replied to a tweet by @bradfitz:
actually SORES with two S sucks a bit... need to work on my scoring function.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
A lot of people are telling themselves that they know how to avoid the scammy parts and help other people avoid it. They are fooling themselves (or being actively dishonest).
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
A lot of people are telling themselves the scammery is only a small part of the ecosystem rather than a very large part of it. They are fooling themselves (or being actively dishonest).
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@UFWupdates ("United Farm Workers") wrote:
Anyone in a corner office can come try our ālow skillā work anytime
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@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
I'm going on record again just so there is no ambiguity. The current incarnation of cryptocurrency and NFTs can only lead to massive scams and fraud. It should not be trusted in any form. And we should be actively preventing our friends and family from getting sucked into it.
@zkat__ ("tired but āļøfestiveš gay") retweeted:
@mcclure111 ("mcc") replied to a tweet by @zkat__:
@zkat__ *raises hand* Personally I want decentralization, I'm just rejecting blockchains because blockchains are centralized. A blockchain is a single centralized data store which happens to be owned by multiple people. Might as well call S3 decentralized, Amazon has multiple datacenters
@MattBaume ("Matt Baume") wrote:
I want everyone to know that this very particular style of ~classy~ '90s interior decor has acquired the name "Frasurbane"
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri š¦š¹") wrote:
Antivaxers under fire for making the rest of humanity miserable FTFY NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/world/macron-france-life-miserable-unvaccinated.html
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
I have been talking to friends and associates about crypto and "web3" a lot. These are mostly technical people with lots of experience. So we're in a place to understand the tech and see how people are being misled.
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@minasdotnet ("C:\users\šŗš¢š£ššØ\š±") wrote:
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") retweeted:
@OliviaTroye ("Olivia of Troye") wrote:
Kevin McCarthy and all of these other Republicans told the truth in the immediate aftermath of January 6ā¦why wonāt they now? Reminding Americans what was saidābringing truth to Fox News... ā¬ļø
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@AccountableGOP ("The Republican Accountability Project") wrote:
.@GOPLeader, @LeaderMcConnell, @tedcruz, @LindseyGrahamSC, @MikeforWI, this you?
Running on January 6 on Fox and Friends, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and Hannity.
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Volvo confident it can get its āunsupervisedā highway driving mode approved in California
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge
Volvo announced a new advanced driver assist system called Ride Pilot system, in which its vehicles drive themselves on certain highways without any human supervision. Ride Pilot will be available as a subscription service to customers in California, the company announced at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show.
Itās an ambitious plan that carries its own risks and sets Volvo apart from its competitors, many of which are planning to launch self-driving technology as part of a robotaxi service rather than production cars for personal ownership. But Volvo believes that by limiting the operational domain ā or conditions under which the car can drive autonomously ā to just highways, it is creating vehicle technology that is not only safer but...
Activision Sues Call Of Duty: Warzone Cheat Maker For Selling To 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Players
Call of Duty publisher Activision is kicking off 2022 by asking a court to shut down Warzone cheat maker EngineOwning, opening up a new legal front in its never-ending war against the hackers plaguing its popular online battle royale. In addition to lost revenue, the company currently under fire for widespreadā¦
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@gothdumpling ("um") wrote:
Thought you might need this
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@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri š¦š¹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:
Bill Gates seems obsessed with solving the climate crisis with technological breakthroughs (which would make him money).
However, we both have and need mature solutions NOW, and these so-called "breakthroughs" are still in the research stage
https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-pour-cold-water-on-bill-gates-nuclear-plans/a-59751405
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@_VEXSUS ("MichaÅ MarszaÅ") wrote:
Thanks to @windowsdev @shanselman @cinnamon_msft for the tutorial on how to put this cool doge in Windows Terminal ! If anyone wants to do it too, check out the replay of the Windows Developer channel broadcast! š¤ https://youtu.be/gymn54baCXc?t=1114
#Microsoft #Windows11 #Windows
Perhaps Electron is popular, because the Web has won as the preferred UI toolkit?
Using OS-native widgets doesn't seem to be that valuable any more. Windows itself has 11 incoherent styles. Cocoa is now just `* { box-radius: 20px; box-shadow: 20px; opacity: 0.5 }, so why even bother?
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri š¦š¹") wrote:
"Donāt Look Up" and the cult of billionaires, or, why in the context of the movie being an allegory about the climate crisis, the billionaire this guy most closely represents may actually be Bill Gates:
https://www.techopian.com/dont-look-up-is-also-about-the-cult-of-billionaires/
@zkat__ ("tired but āļøfestiveš gay") wrote:
it's even more laughable that they're putting up such amazing works for like... $10. That should tell you everything you need to know about how little they value artists.
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@alexriesart ("Alex") wrote:
The face of NFTs: check out this haul of stolen art. Found some of my own in there. Quite the lucky dip.
https://opensea.io/0x6a0e6e9c4447ef3217be1bdf494f0179a183b356
@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
The COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots are our best defense in ending this pandemic.
We need everyone to do their part. Please get vaccinated and get your booster shot.
Google will spend 2022 trying to match Appleās ecosystem integrations
Google is announcing no fewer than 13 different new software features at CES 2022, ranging from AirPods-like fast switching to promised software that will mirror your Android text apps on a Chromebook. Itās part of an initiative that Google calls āBetter Togetherā but that the rest of the industry is more likely to refer to as ācatching up to Appleās ecosystem.ā
The biggest updates come to Googleās āFast Pairā framework, an Android UI designed to make pairing Bluetooth headphones easier. This year, Google will extend it to support auto-switching between devices, faster pairing to Android TV and Google TV, and more. It will also adopt the Fast Pair framework for installing new smart home devices using the upcoming Matter standard, which...
Android will finally get AirPod-style auto-switching in 2022
Fast Pairing Bluetooth headphones on Google TV | Google
Google plans to spend the next few months beefing up the Bluetooth headphone capabilities on Android phones. It plans to update its Fast Pair technology to include features that iPhone and AirPod users have long enjoyed. With supported headphones (which presumably are forthcoming in 2022 but have not yet been announced), audio sources including Android phones, Chromebooks, Android TV, and select Windows PCs will be auto-switching.
Google will also begin supporting full head tracking for spatial audio on Android, adapting sound based on your head movements. It already supports basic spatial audio for a few music services right now. Unfortunately, thatās all the detail the company is providing on spatial audio right now ā which means...
The Motorola MA1 is a dongle for wireless Android Auto
Image: SGW Global
If youāre a fan of Android Auto but hate having to plug in your phone, the Motorola MA1 could be worth a look ā itās a USB dongle that turns your wired Android Auto-equipped car into one that can connect to your phone wirelessly. The MA1, which is available for $90 starting today, pairs with your phone using Bluetooth and then transmits data over 5Ghz Wi-Fi. Given that only a few cars support wireless Android Auto from the factory (especially compared to the ones that support the wired version), this gadget could make for a relatively easy and inexpensive upgrade.
Of course, wireless Android Auto does have its drawbacks ā since itās not plugged in, your phone wonāt be charging as you navigate with maps or listen to music using your carās...
New PC Case With Automatic Air Vents Is Freaking Me Out
What if your gaming computer could breathe, opening its āmouthsā wide to gulp in air when it got too hot, or shuttering its orifices to keep out dust and reduce noise? Thatās the idea behind CyberPowerPCās somewhat unsettling Kinetic series PC case.
Razerās new app will put Chroma RGB throughout your home
This 2018 image for Philips Hue coming to Razer Synapse is so much better than the assets Razer provided for this story. | Image: Philips
Most of Razerās products live in the entertainment center, or near the PC, but it wants to expand its reach to every corner of your home ā or at least, everywhere you use smart lights. At CES 2022, the company announced that it intends to launch a Razer Smart Home app for mobile, which it says is a āsimple, yet powerful tool that puts complete, unified control into the userās hands.ā With it, Razer plans to make it easier to set up, customize, and sync all of your lights, regardless of the manufacturer. It plans to share more details at this link.
Razer has been toying with this idea of tapping into other smart lights before. Currently, gamers who have Razerās Synapse PC software can sync a Philips Hue Bridge (and the lights connected to...
Razerās new Zephyr Pro mask has the voice amp feature we wanted all along
The Zephyr Pro features two speaker grilles near the bottom replaceable filter, along with a voice amp button near one of its intakes. | Razer
In case you were disappointed that Razer axed the voice amp feature from its Zephyr mask that promised to amplify your voice through speakers, donāt worry. Razer plans to upsell you on its Zephyr Pro mask that has been announced at CES 2022. While it looks virtually identical to the Zephyr, it has two speaker grilles that flank its bottom, replaceable filter. Also, one of the Chroma RGB-lined intakes features a new button that can turn voice amplification on or off. Razer says that the feature can pipe out your voice at 60 decibels at a range of one meter.
The Zephyr Pro will cost $149.99 when it releases sometime in 2022, compared to the $99.99 starting price for the standard Zephyr mask. Youāll someday be able to purchase a starter...
Some Volvos will get a YouTube app and Google Assistant-controlled AC
Not that a vertical screen is the best for YouTube. | Image: Google
Google has announced that cars with its services built-in will be getting the ability to play YouTube videos while parked later this year, starting with Volvo. For those with a V90, XC40 Recharge, or other supported cars, this should make waiting in a parking lot more bearable since youāll be able to see videos on your carās built-in screen, which is probably going to be slightly larger and more ergonomic than a phone.
Google also seems to leave the door open for other video apps as well, so itās possible other developers could let you access their content from your carās infotainment system.
āHey Google, warm up my car.ā
Youāll also be able to control some Volvo cars using Google Assistant from outside the car ā in a video embedded in...
Razerās Project Sophia concept turns your desk into a modular computer
Razer is no stranger to wild CES prototypes, and CES 2022 is no exception: the company revealed its new Project Sophia concept, which aims to build an entire modular desktop computer into a desk that looks like a Star Trek LCARS console come to life.
Razer has had modular computer aspirations before. There was 2014ās Project Christine, a precursor to Project Sophia that imagined a desktop tower that was built out of easily swappable Jenga-like bricks. 2020ās Tomahawk took a more practical approach to that concept, based on Intelās Element NUC designs.
But Project Sophia feels like Razerās conceptual tendencies turned to 11. The desk is designed to feature 13 different swappable module slots, where users can add in a wide...
Razerās Enki Pro HyperSense can jig to the beat of your games
EMB 1/5 1pm et | Razer
Razerās lineup of gaming chairs is expanding into new territory with the Enki Pro HyperSense, a chair that can vibrate and wobble to the action happening in your games and movies. This model houses a haptic engine near the wheels that should deliver jolts of haptic feedback through the chair. Additionally, the Enki Pro HyperSense should tilt backward or lift you vertically by 1.5 inches with around 1G of force. Itās all done with up to a 5ms response time.
If this sounds familiar, what Razerās going for is similar to D-Boxās movie theater seats that can rumble and move. In fact, Razer collaborated with D-Box to incorporate the haptics and movements into the Enki Pro HyperSense. Razerās seems to differ in one key way: itās on wheels. The...
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") wrote:
trying to find the best opening moves for any wordle game over the corpus of 12,972 words.
seems like "SORES" is a pretty good first word.
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@sessavoirfaire ("Sandrine") wrote:
And this is why I am trying not to get long Covid. I live with a dynamic disability already and it SUCKS. Iām not going to deliberately choose to add on.
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@maosbot ("Michael A Osborne") wrote:
The fact that you were not hospitalised in the first few weeks is unlikely to be of great comfort if you develop permanent disability
The makers of MapleStory invest $400 million in a Russo brothers-founded company to expand to film and TV
Nexon wants to expand its game franchises to film and TV. | Image: Nexon
Nexon, which develops the popular MMORPG MapleStory, wants to bring its gaming franchises to film and TV, and itās investing nearly half a billion dollars ā and the potential for more ā to do so. The company announced Wednesday that itās making a minority investment of $400 million in AGBO, a company founded by Avengers co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo and producer Mike Larocca, and says it will invest up to an additional $100 million in the first half of this year āif requested by AGBO.ā
According to a press release, āthe agreement is intended to accelerate the global expansion of Nexonās existing and new franchise intellectual property (IP) in film and television and to further support AGBOās development, production, and ownership of...
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@DaveLeeFT ("Dave Lee") wrote:
Zuckerbergās Metaverse is barely moments old and already the onus is on the victims when it comes to handling abuse
@zkat__ ("tired but āļøfestiveš gay") retweeted:
@rakyll ("Jaana Dogan ć¤ć ćć¬ć³") replied to a tweet by @rakyll:
Is there anyone shocked that senior engineers move around and end up getting highly competitive offers? The effort it takes to join a new company is to wait for a new laptop and join to a different Zoom call. You canāt treat employees like commodity in this environment.
@zkat__ ("tired but āļøfestiveš gay") retweeted:
@benjanun_s ("Benjanun Sriduangkaew") wrote:
What if we are entangled in brutal violence, equal in our lusts for vengeance, and we're both lesbian cyborgs with the power to bend and break galaxies?
Get your fast-paced F/F space opera here. Spoiler: everyone's a trans lesbian. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FYZDP7Q
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@RenyXO ("Hurt Cobain š§āāļø") wrote:
I wish I could quit my job so I can focus on my true passion which is sleeping
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@Public_Citizen ("Public Citizen") wrote:
Hundreds of people have been trapped on I-95 for 19 hours in subfreezing temps.
Now would be a good time to have more stuff like this instead of a $700,000,000,000+ military budget.
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@christoq ("StrictlyChristo2īØ") wrote:
How come Japan gets cool shit like suspension monorail trains, and we don't? š š
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Logan Paul Spends $3.5 Million On PokƩmon Cards That Are Probably Fake
Source of over 2.9 percent of human disappointment, Logan Paul, may have spent $3.5 million on a pile of fake PokĆ©mon cards. After suspicions were raised by Pok_Ć©_Beach, the former YouTuber has announced heās off to Chicago to get the case of first edition base set boosters properly verified.
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@rachiiwi ("Rachel B so tired") wrote:
watching friends draw more art after work like
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri š¦š¹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:
It's important to note that Solid (Social Linked Data), one of the notable projects working on decentralization of the web, is led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee himself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_(web_decentralization_project)
@bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
I really appreciate the thoughtful approach that @nitashatiku and @rachelerman took in this piece. Theranos may have been a byproduct of Silicon Valley, but it was emphatically not a reflection of it; many saw the red flags!
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@rachelerman ("Rachel Lerman") wrote:
Read mine and @nitashatiku's take on how Elizabeth Holmes's saga fits into the story of Silicon Valley
Elizabeth Holmes learned all the wrong lessons from Silicon Valley https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/05/silicon-valley-theranos-verdict/
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@TheTattooedProf ("Kevin Gannon") wrote:
The next time admins tell you "we're doing what's best for student learning," remember this.
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@Voeta ("Voeta La Poeta") wrote:
Our staff refused to teach in the building today due to the rising number of cases. We were committed to teaching remotely in a manner that was safe. What does our principal do? SHE LOCKS US OUT OF GOOGLE DRIVE AND OUR ZOOM ACCOUNTS AND BLOCKED US FROM TEACHING TODAY.
@Extrawurst ("Stephan D.") retweeted:
Top 10 #devtools of 2021 countdown:
01: https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui by @Extrawurst
We like: Focus on high-performance repo parsing using async means the UI is responsive, low memory and low CPU even for the largest of repos. Keyboard control of common tasks
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@helpmeskeletor ("David Lo Pun-ch Nazis") wrote:
They went instantly from essential to low skill as soon as they presented demands.
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Eric Adams just said āLow skill workers like cooks, messengers and Dunkinā Donuts employees donāt have the academic skills to sit in a corner officeā
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@eliehonig ("Elie Honig") wrote:
If you want to know what Merrick Garland will say later, here it is (below). āLaw and facts, no fear or favor, nobody above the lawā is good, and important to say. But without meaningful action, itās just rote boilerplate used by every AG to justify every action (or inaction).
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@CNNnewsroom ("CNN Newsroom") wrote:
"I'm much more interested in actions than words." CNN senior legal analyst @eliehonig explains why federal judges have criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department for not pursuing a probe into those who incited the Capitol riot. https://cnn.it/3qPIWzl
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@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri š¦š¹") wrote:
One of the most even-handed takes on "Web3" I've seen yet, from the person who coined the term "Web 2.0"
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/why-its-too-early-to-get-excited-about-web3/
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@tribelaw ("Laurence Tribe") wrote:
āPatience is wearing thin with Garland, not because he has so far failed to indict Trump or his cronies; [but] because he has not yet demonstrated the vision and nerve to defend democracy in its hour of need.ā
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/04/merrick-garland-speech-coup/
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@calamitydarling ("Calamity āØ") wrote:
Happy Birthday to Hayao Miyazaki, a storyteller who has created beautiful, impactful tales that have been lights in dark times and hugely inspired how I approach my narratives šš
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Everything We Know About PlayStation VR2
Sonyās next virtual reality headset is about to exist in non-virtual reality. Last night, at CES 2022, Sony formally announced PlayStation VR2 in a brief segment that offered no info about pricing, availability, or a release date. Still, thereās enough swirling abound to glean a picture of the thing. Hereās everythingā¦
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@makaylathinks ("makayla") wrote:
i cannot work a job i dont have time. everyday i need at least 2 hours to journal 3 hours to walk around and think about how i Feel and another 6 hours to daydream
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@RepRaskin ("Rep. Jamie Raskin") wrote:
Itās an honor to be interviewed by Michael Tomasky, a serious journalist with a passion for strong democracy and the rights of the people. Thank you New Republic for standing tall against violent insurrection and right-wing authoritarianism.
https://newrepublic.com/article/164778/jamie-raskin-democracy-defender-profile
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@Fishrock123 ("Jeremiah š¦š") wrote:
Well I guess itās the new year now, I should really get myself together to properly follow up here haha. ah, resume isnāt quite how Iād fancy it I guess. maybe. idk
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@Fishrock123 ("Jeremiah š¦š") wrote:
Iām going to be open for new Rust opportunities in the new year ā today was my last day working with Eaze. We shipped a bunch of Rust into production while I was there!
My information and resume and such is available at http://www.jeremiah-senkpiel.com
HTC is launching a VR wrist tracker for its Vive Focus 3 headset
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HTC is announcing a new wrist-based controller for its Vive Focus 3 virtual reality headset. The wireless Vive Wrist Tracker fits like a watch around a userās arm, tracking the orientation and position from hand to elbow. Itās designed to complement the business-focused headsetās existing controllers, particularly for simulation and training experiences where body position is important. Itās also part of a larger suite of new features HTC revealed at CES, including a 5G-powered VR experience.
The Wrist Tracker looks a lot like a small, light, and specialized version of the Vive Tracker device HTC debuted in 2017. It includes a strap and a toggle indicating whether the tracker should be on a left or right arm, but unlike the...
General Motors announces electric versions of the Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced electric versions of the automakerās Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs, both of which will be available in 2023. The electric Chevy Equinox will retail for a suggested price of $30,000, which could help drive broader adoption of electric vehicles in the US.
The announcement came during Barraās keynote address for the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, at which the company also revealed its electric Chevy Silverado pickup truck.
Most EVs on the market today are more expensive than their gas equivalents
Most EVs on the market today are more expensive than their gas equivalents, though EV sales numbers are still ticking up as more models become available. GM is hoping that a more affordable EV with a...
Chevy Silverado EV revealed: GMās best-selling truck goes electric
Up to 400 miles of range and a price that starts at $39,900 for some buyers
Cadillacās autonomous future looks too rich for my blood
Cadillac announced a pair of autonomous vehicle concepts that are a definite improvement over last yearās toaster-shaped thingamajig, but also seem designed to appeal to the 1 percent of the 1 percent of the 1 percent. (Not that thereās anything wrong with that. Rich people like cars and robots.)
The Cadillac InnerSpace (shout out, Dennis Quaid) is a fully autonomous luxury coupe with an electric drivetrain and vibes to spare. The concept will join others in the automakerās Halo Concept Portfolio, which includes the aforementioned toaster-shaped vehicle and a single-seater electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
shout out Dennis Quaid
Here are some more pictures of this slice of deadliness. Also, the roof opens up? I...
Walmart and FedEx ordering thousands of electric delivery vans from GMās BrightDrop
Walmart struck a deal with General Motors-backed BrightDrop to reserve 5,000 of the companyās electric delivery vans, the companies announced today. The retail giant says it will integrate the EVs into its fleet in the coming years.
BrightDrop, which is GMās dedicated electric delivery spinoff, will sell to Walmart both of its vehicles: the EV600 and the EV410. The EV600, which went into production last fall, has 600 cubic feet of cargo space, can travel up to 250 miles on a full battery, and has a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds. The smaller EV410 features 400 cubic feet of cargo space and can cover 250 miles on a single charge.
FedEx is expanding its order with BrightDrop
Meanwhile, FedEx is expanding its order with...
General Motors claims it will sell autonomous vehicles to consumers by āmiddle of decadeā
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General Motors is going to sell fully autonomous vehicles to regular people by the middle of the decade, the companyās CEO Mary Barra declared during her speech at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. It was a bold claim that is sure to cause waves in the auto industry, especially as it continues to grapple with its own over-inflated expectations about the future of driverless cars.
Barra didnāt offer further details about the kind of vehicle it will sell, which markets it will target, how it will address liability in the event of a crash, and most importantly, whether owners will be able to sleep in their autonomous vehicles.
To date, there are no self-driving cars for sale to consumers as personally owned vehicles. Autonomous vehicles,...
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zkat@toot.cat ("Kat MarchĆ”n š") wrote:
imo what folks usually want out of decentralization isn't decentralization itself (which has its own cost/benefits), but _shared centralization_ where a single entity is credibly owned by those it affects.
So maybe uhhh... look into co-ops and such instead of cr/ypto?
@kumailn ("Kumail Nanjiani") wrote:
7! SEVEN!!!!!!
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Dead By Daylight Devs Remove Leatherface āBlackfaceā Mask
Fans of the 1974 horror film _The Texas Chain Saw Massacre_know that its famed antagonist, Leatherface (aka the Cannibal), has a gruesome penchant for wearing the faces of his victims as masks, a detail that developer Behaviour Interactive incorporated when it introduced him to _Dead By Daylight_as one of the gameāsā¦
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Google is buying a company for half a billion dollars to boost cloud security
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Googleās $500 million acquisition of Israel-based startup Siemplify is supposed to help the company bolster its own cloud security initiative, Chronicle, according to a report from Reuters. In a blog post announcing the deal, Google describes Siemplify as a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) organization and plans to integrate its capabilities into Chronicle.
āSiemplify allows Security Operation Center analysts to manage their operations from end-to-endā
āSiemplify is an intuitive workbench that enables security teams to both manage risk better and reduce the cost of addressing threats,ā Sunil Potti, the vice president of Google Cloud Security, states in the blog post. āSiemplify allows Security Operation Center...
@zkat__ ("tired but āļøfestiveš gay") replied to a tweet by @zkat__:
We have to come to terms with the fact that a lot of things are _better off_ centralized, too! Factories can be way more efficient than uhhh... lots of small independent shops. And that's ok! And it's ok to mix and match!
@zkat__ ("tired but āļøfestiveš gay") replied to a tweet by @zkat__:
But what's going on is also not really decentralization, either: it's a recentralization from one concentration of money and power (and "location") to another, often with tons of overlap in participants (the currently rich are often the ones buying a crapton into cr/yp/to).
@heddle317 ("Kate Heddleston") replied to a tweet by @heddle317:
It takes for-fucking-ever, too
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InternetEh@dads.cool ("SidšØ") wrote:
In the '90s I thought being a hacker meant being about to read or write code in a blink, having a Jansport full of homemade hardware peripherals and wearing sunglasses indoors, but really it's just pretending to be a pretty lady like Bugs Bunny and asking a Fortune 500 CTO for his passwords and he gives you them