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iszomer··on US throws out millions of doses of Covid vaccine as world goes wanting
IIRC they all have varying requirements for storage during transport; some require extreme temperature control while others do not.
iszomer··on Bitcoin: Who owns it, who mines it, who’s breaking the law
Weird tangent with how cocaine has "contaminated" the US paper currency.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8835657/

iszomer··on Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots amid schedule meltdown
It doesn't matter. What mattered is it sparked my curiosity in knowing more, above and below my immediate reply as well as the rest of the comments in this post, however true or false they are. Everyone goes somewhere and I (try to) go where they've been with some DYOR.

Some things I never knew until recently:

- PTO isn't federally and legally required yet most companies do it

- Some states have some influence on PTO policy

- Southwest Airlines is a Texas-headquartered company

- Because of claims that MSM are either incompetent or narrative-driven, secondary and tertiary conjectures leading to this headline should be considered as well

- Lastly, a visit to Wikipedia yielded this line:

> If PTO hours go unused, employees may sometimes call in sick near the end of the year so they can obtain the benefit of paid leave before it disappears. Employers may counter this tendency by paying employees for some or all of their unused days at year-end or upon retirement or resignation.[1]

iszomer··on Syncthing – a continuous file synchronization program
It's sufficient enough for my needs. I use Joplin with it as well as no-frills file syncing across my home network. Just a note on revision history: it's better to configure this feature on the notetaking app alone while disabling it on Syncthing.

My only gripe is that this utility may soon become deprecated as Android continues to update their convoluted storage schemes.

iszomer··on Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots amid schedule meltdown
Yes, optics matter and this was one of the worst among them.

But you didn't have to go all the way back in history though. In my opinion, CNN's trope of succession is largely forgotten today in this specific journalism-is-dead context but unless "hackers" have been living under a rock for the past few years, pointing this out is far more important than continuing to cherrypick out the headlines. Remember when HN was all about punk/hackers culture from two decades ago? Times have certainly changed.

I have seen more humanity in people than I would normally expose myself to but more about those caught in the crossfire. Two examples I can think of was the story of a Seattle security guard snatching away a rifle from a group of rioters whom freshly pillaged a police car and, an urban explorer vlogging his departure from Seattle as a result from the protests.

Security guard -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXoGzJZw4Z4

Vagrant Holiday -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUO8secmc0g

Somewhat related -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZPgz5T7PXI

iszomer··on Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots amid schedule meltdown
"Mostly peaceful" said the reporter, in front of a burning building.

Context matters.

iszomer··on Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots amid schedule meltdown
Some have also claimed that PTO's are the precursor to likely (mass) resignations too.
iszomer··on China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual Property Organization
Try Spy Game starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt.
iszomer··on TSMC weighs response to U.S. call for supply chain disclosures
Not a good singular article but try searching for all fab-related keyword combos for the past year or two, eg: smic, tsmc, asml, china, trade, ban, etc.

I have a difficult time undestanding it myself but found the Asianometry YT channel being able to put things into the greater overall context on why things are the way they are.

iszomer··on Waterfox Browser
There's also LibreWolf.
iszomer··on 2450MHz radiation induces stress and anxiety like behavior in rats (2019)
Rat Lives Matter (more)?
iszomer··on Plan 9 Desktop Guide
SDF recently started hosting a Plan 9 bootcamp.

https://sdf.org/plan9

iszomer··on Clean environment could become U.N. human right
Tit for tat or a part of a consistent NATO combat exercises? If this is the new norm for a Chinese excercise, they clearly are overcompensating: a fleet of them versus a trio of bombers.
iszomer··on Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated
> Trump had 0 experience holding any political office at any level, in contrast to Reagan.

Yeah well he certainly does now, however brief it was.

iszomer··on Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated
> Trump was elected because he was an oligarch,

Can you source this or is this your personal opinion of him? I'm trying to understand why you're defining this as a purely oligarchal issue where there are many other such instances of oligarchism in history whether it'd be politics or tech/FAANG.

> ..not because of his political experience.

Well he's certainly no Reagan given his class(ism) progression or upbringing, as described on Wikipedia. Is that really the issue here though, because he lacked "political experience" upon entry into the presidency?

iszomer··on Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated
> ..The US just elected a game show host president 4 years ago.

^ Was responding to this. He really _was_ an actor prior to becoming governor of California. Actor, media mogul, "game show host", why should it be any different? Even Michael Bloomberg served in politics as mayor of NYC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_filmography

iszomer··on Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated
Shouldn't be a surprise as we've elected an actor before.
iszomer··on Facebook-owned sites were down
Thanks for telling this story as it was more amusing than my experiences of being locked in a security corridor with a demagnetised access card, looooong ago.
iszomer··on Web Scrapers Claim to Sell Personal Data on Facebook Users on a Hacker Forum
> (then, somehow, the CEO gets arrested by regular cops, lol).

Because he had a gun in hand not because of his forced labor practices.

iszomer··on In-ears headphones fit matters a lot
I've been using memory foam buds as well and found that given enough time and use, they will start _melting_ from in-ear wax interaction.
iszomer··on Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging networks (2000)
Saw plenty of DirectConnect usage while attending college..
iszomer··on Napster.com banned at some universities for clogging networks (2000)
Remember the days of Wrapster?
iszomer··on Apple is working on iPhone features to help detect depression, cognitive decline
> From what i understand, absurd overregulation prevents hundreds of diseases to be diagnosed because ... reasons. They cant add various sensors, but they happily add useless and dangerous stuff like face recognition, even if it 's harder to implemetn. You can't even get a health report based on your genetic profile anymore. Which i understand can be a problematic in the US but it s happening in europe too

Opting into [a feature] should be as easy as opting out. I for one don't mind people making their data available for analysis but to include a blanket default opt-in for everything is the very reason why "absurd overregulation" exists now.

> It is curious that they chose depression and cognitive decline because , even if you diagnose them , depression is iffy to treat and i dont know anything to prescribe for cognitive decline

Especially when depression and cognitive decline can be so subjective. For example, I think CSAM is quite objectively understood as detrimental for everyone but is it really in Apple's interest to specify a systemwide implementation for all of their product lines to combat this behavior?

iszomer··on John Stossel sues Facebook for allegedly defaming him with fact-check
Aren't fact-checkers another semantic for censors?
iszomer··on Lithuanian government warns about secret censorship features in Xiaomi phones
They've been quietly trying to enter the featurephone market as well with candybar styled phones with their own custom Android firmware: Qin 1s, F21 Pro, etc.

Although they're not specifically tailored for the American market, folks whom are looking to enter or are following the digital minimalism lifestyle have been snatching them off Aliexpress and making review content for them.

iszomer··on Lithuanian government warns about secret censorship features in Xiaomi phones
Agreed but `crateless` diverted the issue.

The experience of using Google to search in China is vastly different than the rest of the world, unless you rely on a VPN service. IIRC, VPN usage is illegal and is reserved for the more state-sponsored "privileged users".

iszomer··on Manyverse – A social network off the grid
It's optional. There are some benefits to relying on a hub such as having the ability to follow channels of interest the hub hosts and structured similarly with hashtags on twitter.
iszomer··on Google to Buy New York City Office Building for $2.1B
Bought the dip?
iszomer··on Manyverse – A social network off the grid
Or not. IIRC, one of the main ethos of SSB is to establish contact peer to peer not pick them out of the crowd (or swamp).
iszomer··on More Casio Watch Mods
Also a Casio fan. I have the GW1701D from 2006 as my daily driver and have not had to replaced it's battery. Some of the newer models that sport MIP displays are beautiful but is hard to compromise in not having at least a solar element and atomic timekeeping as the standard minimum of features.
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