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aplummer··on US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'
How can anyone take this seriously when the US also recently imposed a 12.5% tariff justified by “Australia’s active slave trade”?
aplummer··on What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals
Ah that’s why Australia and Japan have no copper left, no open carry.
aplummer··on Diesel prices in U.S. top $6 a gallon for first time
The whataboutists will tell you Bernie would storm the front himself.
aplummer··on Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates
This thread really inspired me to never release anything for free for decades.
aplummer··on Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children
Completely agree. Talk about designing for addicted kids
aplummer··on Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children
I can’t wait for the equal coal reckoning. What is it 20k direct deaths a year? 2 million early deaths? The Great Barrier Reef 100% dead after this El Niño. A deliberate cover up of the science?

In a top 10 harmful corporation list meta wouldn’t make my cut.

aplummer··on The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding
Whataboutism? Also I’m not American
aplummer··on The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding
These are allegations of war crimes / criminals it’s not bias to describe them accurately.
aplummer··on Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed
I read this entire article and didn’t sniff AI, plus it had some good insights…?
aplummer··on SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status
Does seem a bit like; we’ve never tried roasting people at 1200C, only at 1000C
aplummer··on What it would take to rebuild U.S. manufacturing might
I don’t think factory worker is quite a covered specialty profession…
aplummer··on No more JetBrains products for me
I'd love to give this a try, I work at a privacy sensitive company, can I ask in advance is it possible to opt out of:

> We automatically collect certain information when you use DB Pro:

> Device information (IP address, browser type, operating system) > Usage patterns and interaction with our services > Log files and analytics data > Cookies and similar tracking technologies

aplummer··on Sense Humans with WiFi – Ruview
Are all your posts downvoted because you sound like AI?
aplummer··on Sense Humans with WiFi – Ruview
Ah extra raw WiFi photons please.
aplummer··on We intercepted the White House app's network traffic
See gov.uk for a good example
aplummer··on Volvo Centum is Dalton Maag's new typeface for Volvo
My anecdata on a 2019 Volvo xc40 is that it’s my most reliable car ever? Made in china too
aplummer··on California electric vehicle drivers will lose carpool lane privileges
Oh yeah I’m a big fan of 911s (and fun cars in general) that’s why I’m always looking!

But I’m also a new Maserati owner and your Subaru friend is doing rookie depreciation numbers above…

aplummer··on California electric vehicle drivers will lose carpool lane privileges
That’s how it works now, for 5 bucks you just zoom down fastrak. Always blows my mind seeing 911s sitting in traffic instead of using it
aplummer··on A sunscreen scandal shocking Australia
Yeah I think it’s the water resistance, I bet it way below par
aplummer··on A sunscreen scandal shocking Australia
Ok I found this handy chart on a guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/12/sever...
aplummer··on A sunscreen scandal shocking Australia
Anecdata on QLD everyone knows banana boat is a scam. That sunscreen straight doesn’t work. The cancer council being on here is surprising though
aplummer··on The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years
How can that make sense, the photons are emitted and fly straight at us
aplummer··on Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition
> Have any of you asked a woman about the utter insanity of generation ships?

Isn’t submitting the proposal to a jury that is 40% women explicitly asking women?

aplummer··on Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers
I spend a lot longer than candidates do on themselves if they have open source (or if an internal transfer, internal) code I can review.

50% that I’m terrified of bad hires, 50% I recognize the opportunity and gravity from their side so try to respect that.

aplummer··on Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting
Just bought a dream 7 and so far it’s the best router I’ve owned. The software portal is a cut above
aplummer··on Building my own solar power system
Feral cats kill 2 billion birds a year, FYI the green energy kills birds thing is a right wing talking point designed to distract and delay. All human activity kills some nominal number of birds
aplummer··on An appeal to Apple from Anukari
Have you filed a feedback? Seems like the right next step.
aplummer··on Slouching towards San Francisco
I don’t think this is true though, as this chart from the city indicates: https://www.sf.gov/data--homeless-population
aplummer··on Tesla drives into Wile E. Coyote fake road wall in camera vs. Lidar test
Also humans suck at driving compared to what we expect of machines
aplummer··on Playstation 5 Pro Shows the Futility of the Video-Game Graphics Race
Ironically, my switch only has a bad frame rate when it’s on the dock / plugged into a tv.
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