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ct520··on America.gov
I would be careful not to confuse navigating a government built website with finding information and records from government related entities. Those two are not the same issue and shouldn’t be painted as such regardless of one’s reading or comprehension (IMHO)
ct520··on Steam Machine launches today
Going out on a limb here, maybe they think the average gamer isnt trans?
ct520··on Reverse-engineering the 1998 Ultima Online demo server
Yeah - I feel like UO outlands is ran better then the original UO. Their discord is pretty active too about 20k users on there.
ct520··on OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent
I second that.

Have fun on windows - automatic no from me. https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20...

ct520··on Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
Get outside and touch grass?
ct520··on AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1
I always find it interesting how many large enterprises have all these DR guidelines but fail to ever test. Glad to hear that everything came back alright
ct520··on UnitedHealth's Effort to Deny Coverage for a Patient's Care (2023)
What I believe he is referring to is Jury nullification. I interpret your statement of open and shut case as you believe jury must convict if what they interpret to be facts of breaking a laws written by man. By a jury choosing not to convict there is another form of justice implied…
ct520··on Airline informant received thousands from passenger cash seizures
Been through the airport shenanigans enough; collected DEA cards like they was Pokémon. Glad to see them do away with this practice. DEA could definitely use more checks and balance structure with their history of warrantless taps, gps tracking, stingrays, parallel construction (obscuring the true source of where information came from denying those charged the ability to challenge and defend themselves properly.)
ct520··on Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted
Dumb question but my assumption is fiber optic cables could be “tapped”? But the disruption would be noticeable when monitoring the cable. Could you just tap it when you cut it and when it hooked back up that’s the new baseline with the tap in place? That would seem more of a logical reason then a country just randomly cutting lines to me?
ct520··on GLP-1 pills are coming, and they could revolutionize weight-loss treatment
I agree with statement. Nothing really to add in to your response, just seconding it.
ct520··on GLP-1 pills are coming, and they could revolutionize weight-loss treatment
Yes. Having used both I can say indeed it is. Not only does GLP-1 slow digestion which limits what you can eat and when it also is being study for its effects on alcoholism etc reducing cravings. I and many people I know noticed the difference in cravings were not limited to food.
ct520··on What "consent" looks like for the DEA and TSA
Yeah... They use to pay 10% of the "bounty" seized. Not sure what the going rate is with the heat now and days. The war on drugs lol.. war on peoples rights. Warrantless GPS trackers, then it was stingrays.. quite an intersting organization. They use some .. unique software. Penlink use to publish their software updates publicly was a good read. (you can probably find it on wayback machine) Interesting software to say the least.. https://www.penlink.com/digital-intelligence-original-work-2...
ct520··on Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone
Ah I see someone is capitalizing on the whole iPhone 15 pro max touchscreen not responsive issue. Kudos to click
ct520··on Show HN: Rem: Remember Everything (open source)
Works well. Been using it since beta. I got a memory like a gold fish and this comes in handy.
ct520··on Cybertruck Launch
I appreciate your thinking, unfortunately if it sells well I feel the industry will just do the same thing. Instead of shoe shaped things, we will just have cyber truck knock offs. Which ugh I can’t say I would prefer over what we have now.
ct520··on Consumers defrauded on Zelle are left high and dry by the banks that created it [pdf]
Low transaction limits? I regularly send $xx,xxx through zelle. Guess I got to up my game..
ct520··on eSignature Beta for Google Docs and Google Drive
As someone that consults in this space I more or less agree with you. Requirements are derived from interpretation of UETA and ESIGN Act. Itext has a good write up and great library to leverage when taking on project like this. Docusign has a good writeup on esign/UETA. ESRA is the goto body on the subject, and if you need legal opinion DLA Piper is the goto in the industry. This stuff is fairly simple once you know it.
ct520··on Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer (2021)
rewind.ai has entered chat.
ct520··on Doom the Way It Was Meant to Be Played – v1.1 Multi-Monitor [video]
Kali was great, I also remember using ten.net on duke nukem 3D release was a blast. Especially with the “K” trick to see other people screens remotely!
ct520··on Airspace over Lake Michigan restricted due to national defense
If I was China and I wanted to disrupt Space Development Agency plans over my country (go after and destroy low orbiting satellites). It would make sense to me to strategically provoke my opposition into being the bad guy (shooting down benign low orbiting stuff) setting a precedence so I may be free to "retaliate" with less recourse of public opinion.
ct520··on WiFi Routers Used to Produce 3D Images of Humans
Can see it already. Sounds like a breakthrough in urban warfare. Swarm of drones flying around mapping enemy positions live like a video game. Scary
ct520··on No Start Menu for You
Had both Mac and pc. Made switch with latest M1 Pro to replace windows pc desktop. Got 49inch ultra wide and 27inch using magnet works great.
ct520··on A corrupt file led to the FAA ground stoppage – also found in backup system
Working with critical infrastructure and lack of true in depth oversight it wouldn’t surprise me DR plans were not ever executed or exercised in a meaningful manner.
ct520··on Tell HN: Employers are not desperate to hire developers
Not sure what you are doing. But for the few jobs I applied for I always got an offer. Maybe take a look at the jobs you are applying for and what you are putting in your resume?
ct520··on A Chinese American gangster transformed money laundering for drug cartels
Good site if you into narco news.. http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/04/chinese-nationals-used...
ct520··on GeForce RTX 40 Series
my thoughts too. As someone that has been buying generations of video cards from matrox, riva tnt and onward. This doesn't exactly seem off to me, I hope AMD brings some competition with RDNA3 this time around.
ct520··on Show HN: Pornpen.ai – AI-Generated Porn
Total recall, more like total nightmares lol!
ct520··on The 5/25 Warren Buffet Rule
Yeah - multiple people preach this in different ways.

I prefer traction with setting rocks and a mix of ivy Lee to focus on my daily stuff to make sure I’m hitting long term goals. Works awesome when I stick to it!

ct520··on Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?
Well said! The comment about Linux I feel is spot on and gave me a chuckle. “ Contrast with Linux, where you can do absolutely anything you want, but nothing ever fully works.”

I’ve ran MacBook for mobile dev and pc for in home for over a decade. Swapped to new m1pro and finally ditched my windows desktop. Still keep a local esxi server with windows dev vm in case. But Best upgrade I’ve had in awhile.

ct520··on Two-qubit silicon quantum processor with operation fidelity exceeding 99%
gave me a chuckle. Thank you for the summary and commentary.
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