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TT3351··on Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning
And also choose not operate in the nations whose laws they are flouting in most cases; EDIT: a few weeks ago EU posters here were describing how ERCOT was preventing access to the company's public facing website, citing not wanting to comply with GDPR
TT3351··on Griddy Is Shutting Down
Out of curiosity can you point me to where that's stated in plain English by the parties involved (if there is such a place)? I must have bad info/assumptions
TT3351··on ISO 8601: a better date format
You could even say "The Fourth" and almost all Americans would understand. I think that's why; [begin speculation] it's such an exceptional date it necessitates saying it differently.
TT3351··on An Interview with Sci-Hub’s Alexandra Elbakyan on the Delhi HC Case
I'm willing to bet publishers understand that will make any remaining good will they have with the people who generate their content evaporate
TT3351··on Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of Uighurs as genocide
Where's the line between the Chinese population and the Party's indefensible acts? Will more expensive food in China help to resolve this [or are Canadian ag exports re-exported]? I say this because I'm not convinced sanctions have been effective in cases like Cuba, Iran, etc
TT3351··on Abundant Capital
You can also "dump" your service when the money pump won't stop flowing; ie operate at a loss and offer it at rates that competitors cannot beat. EDIT for context: this is illegal internationally when it comes to physical goods in almost all circumstances I'm aware of.
TT3351··on Diablo II: Resurrected
Grim Dawn is another alternative, without much of PoE's online functionality
TT3351··on Amazon documents reveal company’s strategy to dodge India’s regulators
Depending on which side of the bed I wake up on, I can lambast the US status quo as crony monopolists who own the government as well; yet I'm still nervous about the move "fast and break things" philosophy when it comes to real world markets, societies, and governments.
TT3351··on 'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
Surely there must be at least one federal or state judge who quietly whispers to himself 'I am the state' every time he/she signs a court document in that way
TT3351··on What’s interesting about the Florida water system hack is that we heard about it
Normally they jail people for releasing "state secrets" not the other way around
TT3351··on 90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T CEO about slow internet
I have seen a variety of "IHate[SoAndSo].com" websites advertised on highway billboards. I can't say I've ever followed through to investigate the source of anger but I'm impressed with the commitment.
TT3351··on Fully convolutional naturalistic video reconstruction from brain activity
If I'm not mistaken the source material actually has a probe wielding alien of some kind, you may be seeing that
TT3351··on McKinsey to pay $573M to settle claims over opioid crisis role: source
I have worked for a startup operated by a McKinsey alum; he was totally incompetent, throwing buzzwords around constantly without understanding what they meant. I have come to realize his entire strategy was to purchase the company, dress it up in new clothes (without understanding tailoring or fabric) and sell it to another rube.
TT3351··on India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency
Very optimistic outlook for you to take towards a government which has taken even more drastic steps in the past aimed at corruption to (from what I can tell) limited effect and great disruption to non-corrupt citizens -- thinking specifically of demonetization. This seems like "big stick" policy to me, a hammer looking for a nail.
TT3351··on Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites (2019)
I had great results switching my payment method to recurring via PayPal and then using the PayPal interface to cancel the recurring charge, FWIW. Any time a merchant with recurring charges lets you use PayPal you can usually cancel the subscription in that way.
TT3351··on Navy “UFO Patent” Documents Talk of “Spacetime Modification Weapon”
You don't need a working gizmo to get a patent.
TT3351··on Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger
I believe the implication was it was lost in the Dark Ages and re-discovered in 19thc. No reason to suggest plywood is not in use today
TT3351··on Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger
Isn't concrete an engineered composite material to begin with? It's ancient. AFAIK plywood is an 19th century invention.
TT3351··on The people the suburbs were built for are gone
Quit being a jerk please. EDIT: Really, why do you think something like that is appropriate? You have no idea how I make my money.
TT3351··on Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
Going to guess it starts something like this: Step 1: Have lots of healthy debates
TT3351··on The people the suburbs were built for are gone
I get no use out of the vast majority of objects in my house on a day-to-day basis. I know people in my community need objects that I have. I know people in my community have objects that I need. If they/I had those objects when they/I needed them, the entire community is more productive and "worth more."
TT3351··on Game Design Perspective: Stardew Valley (2020)
The timer prevents the player from performing the same task endlessly. Even trying to do the same task every day of every season is likely impossible. I like the timer, because I felt like it forced me to pick new things and explore every morning.
TT3351··on DDoS-Guard to forfeit internet space occupied by Parler
"antifa" is as vague as "anonymous"
TT3351··on The Apgar Score helped decrease the infant mortality rate
One issue with GDP: how do you define wealth? It's hard to incorporate more abstract assets like social trust or environmental conditions (latter can have direct impacts on things like tourism)
TT3351··on Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores
Of course that has an impact too; I hope you do realize the exploitation of and the health of the environment is actually very closely intertwined with the economy. There is fundamentally no way to "literally just look[] at the economics." All land use has an impact.
TT3351··on Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores
Removing native flora and fauna and replacing it with domesticated varieties has a clear impact on the environment
TT3351··on Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores
>Growing in warehouses or vertically forces you to substitute the sun with artificial lights

Couldn't one construct pylons outdoors for planting? I don't see why it wouldn't work if you constructed it narrower at each successive plant height.

Some indoor vertical farming I've seen rotates the entire vertical structure, necessitating only one light facing a section of the column. I would expect this kind of rotation might help outdoors as well.

TT3351··on Mammalian Aggression
I think the landmine is in looking for some kind of differentiation among humans rooted in the unique genetic patterns of groups of humans (i.e. convicts or members of a given race), not necessarily in understanding how genes shape our behavior generally.
TT3351··on Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing
The best college courses I took were ones where the professor frontloaded all the hard assignments towards the first month of the semester. Every slacker dropped out, and for most of the semester we just had great discussions because everyone was doing the readings.

Just like DRM, make it a little harder to skate on by and you actually filter a lot of casual/non-serious people.

TT3351··on Putin's Billion Dollar Palace
He's actually not that rich... All image and pretense
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