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OedipusRexon A warning about 'model welfare'

Citizens United proves we won't do any better this time around.

OedipusRexon Finish Your Projects

My thoughts exactly lol

OedipusRexon K340A: The Brain Computer of Chernobyl Duga Radar [video]

This sounds like something you'd run across in the Zone.

OedipusRexon Cloudflare DNS is down (1.1.1.1)

Another tally in the “It was DNS” box

OedipusRexon Social Security now expected to run short on funds in 2035, one year later

Somethings got to give if SS dries up, what that is I do not know. I have hopes for a more robust, more ahem socialized healthcare system, but that doesn't seem likely with current trends

OedipusRexon Social Security now expected to run short on funds in 2035, one year later

2035 is in 11 years.

OedipusRexon Semiconductor Fabrication 101

Boiler Up

OedipusRexon Cable companies, automakers try to derail FTC, FCC quest to kill misleading fees

It's literally illegal to do D2C sales of cars in a lot the USA.

OedipusRexon Mickey, Disney, and the public domain: A 95-year love triangle

I think it was to mirror Marvel's intro showing the history of the brand.

OedipusRexon Nuclear Reactor Simulator

This one is super fun.

OedipusRexon Nuclear Reactor Simulator

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1428420/Nucleares/

Another nuclear plant simulator, haven't played too much but diving into later today with a friend.

OedipusRexon Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat

Reddit did

OedipusRexon Epic’s new program lets developers keep revenue in exchange for exclusivity

https://heroicgameslauncher.com/

This is a Linux launcher for Epic (and others). It’s very popular with the SteamDeck community.

OedipusRexon Trusting Fatshark with Warhammer 40k: Darktide (2020)

This was published before the game released. Since it's release it seems that Fatshark made some false promises in terms of what the game would entail and that the game took a large step back from what Vermintide 2 (Fatshark's prior game) offered in terms of QoL, stability, and gameplay loop.

OedipusRexon Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

Stockholm Syndrome.

OedipusRexon Discover Kentucky Archaeology

I was there a few years ago and the power went out for a few seconds and everyone just froze in place lol

OedipusRexon Discover Kentucky Archaeology

Mammoth Cave is worth the visit if you’re in the area.

OedipusRexon Song from 1989 declared a cybersecurity vulnerability for crashing hard drives

Last time someone posted this he showed up in the comments lol

OedipusRexon LackRack: IKEA's cheapest table is perfectly sized to rackmount computers (2020)

These are also commonly used for 3D printer enclosures. Get two and flip one upside down and stack them, add some walls and a door and you’ve got an enclosure.

OedipusRexon Gun owners’ private information leaked by California Attorney General

If I’m looking to steal guns and I know you’ve got them, then I’ll just wait outside your house for you to leave and then go in and get them. Or worse.

OedipusRexon Purdue Starts Comprehensive Semiconductor Degree Programs in U.S.

Boiler Up!

OedipusRexon The SNESticle Liberation Project

Mindrape was a friend of mine. He's since passed away unfortunately.

OedipusRexon Salesforce completes acquisition of Slack

Teams is the worst UI I’ve ever used in an application.

OedipusRexon Apple is building the metaverse substrate

Which is where this falls apart. In the book the Metaverse is basically a completely novel location in “VR”.

If we’re pursuing a Metaverse, VR Chat is closer to a Metaverse than Apple.

OedipusRexon US video game sales have record quarter as consumers stay at home

Sea of Thieves came out in 2018.

Paper Mario: Origami King was announced yesterday.

OedipusRexon Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more

That's incredibly insulting.

OedipusRexon WhyTheName

Whoever wrote this, hats off.

>chromium - web browsers on Linux spent a decade going through a cycle of slick new slimline web browsers gradually getting buried in creeping features until they were as weighed down with chrome grills and ornamental fins as a fifties US car, at which point everyone would switch to some new minimalist alternative. Meanwhile these GUI widgets came to be referred to as "chrome", which explains why Google would choose to advertise their browser as if it was manufactured entirely out of deadweight bling...

OedipusRexon Belgian biscuits, packaging, and copywriting

This feels like an advertisement for the book more than an article about Packaging and Copywriting.

OedipusRexon Twitter starts testing 'Fleets,' its version of Stories

T&Cs stop at Twitter's border.

OedipusRexon Twitter starts testing 'Fleets,' its version of Stories

You cannot prevent that and it cannot be policed.