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jdadj··on We Will Not Be Divided
I don’t have any particular insights, but I’m curious to learn the antitrust implications of how the execs can/cannot coordinate.
jdadj··on Some Epstein file redactions are being undone
> What happens in a court case when this occurs? Does the receiving party get to review and use the redacted information (assuming it’s not gagged by other means) or do they have to immediately report the error and clean room it?

Typically, two copies of a redacted document are submitted via ECF. One is an unredacted but sealed copy that is visible to the judge and all parties to the case. The other is a redacted copy that is visible to the general public.

So, to answer what I believe to be your question: the opposing party in a case would typically have an unredacted copy regardless of whether information is leaked to the general public via improper redaction, so the issue you raise is moot.

jdadj··on The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
"We have documented cases of humans leading normal lives with little to no brain beyond a cerebellum" -- I take this to mean that these are humans that have a cerebellum but not much else.

Your npr.org link talks about the opposite -- regular brain, but no cerebellum.

Your irishtimes.com link talks about cerebrum, which is not the same as cerebellum.

Your biology.stackexchange.com link talks about Cerebral Cortex, which is also not the same as cerebellum.

And the cbc.ca link does not contain the string "cere" on the page.

jdadj··on Some people can't see mental images
I haven’t heard of Galtonism. From my experience as the colorblind child of native Russian speakers, it’s Daltonism (дальтони́зм).

https://en.openrussian.org/en/colour-blind

jdadj··on Rescuer at Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash Says Car Doors Wouldn't Open
Lots of cars have mechanical latches that automatically lock when driving over 10mph.

I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the safety of non-mechanical doors. But are these auto-locking mechanical doors any better?

jdadj··on PayPal to support Ethereum and Bitcoin
I've seen such features on business accounts (Wells Fargo ACH Fraud Filter, JPMorgan ACH Debit Block, etc).

What bank allows that on a consumer account?

jdadj··on IronRDP: a Rust implementation of Microsoft's RDP protocol
Probably coincidentally, in a blog post today, Cloudflare announced clientless, browser-based support for RDP. It seems they're using IronRDP under the hood.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/browser-based-rdp/

jdadj··on The Onion buys Infowars
I wonder if Cards Against Humanity bid against them.
jdadj··on It's always TCP_NODELAY
Depending on the specifics, you might be able to add socat in the middle.

Instead of: your_app —> server

you’d have: your_app -> localhost_socat -> server

socat has command line options for setting tcp_nodelay. You’d need to convince your closed source app to connect to localhost, though. But if it’s doing a dns lookup, you could probably convince it to connect to localhost with an /etc/hosts entry

Since your app would be talking to socat over a local socket, the app’s tcp_nodelay wouldn’t have any effect.

jdadj··on First-in-human implantation of bionic device to halt Crohn's disease (2023)
Look up vagal maneuvers. Used by a subset of tachycardia patients to reset to a typical heartbeat.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagal_maneuver

jdadj··on Samsung debuts the first transparent MicroLED screen at CES 2024
Perhaps a stack of these could be useful as a volumetric display?
jdadj··on USB-C Cures Mosquito Bites
The Bug Bite Thing seems to have a similar miraculous effect for my family. I was initially skeptical, but it works surprisingly well. Also, no need to fiddle with batteries.
jdadj··on How does Shazam work? (2022)
SoundHound is a credible alternative.
jdadj··on Seeing like a bank
I use palindromes. Easy to check and will catch extra dollars added.
jdadj··on Heat pumps show how hard decarbonisation will be
Seems like the article is addressing two orthogonal issues — home insulation and heat pumps. They are suggesting that heat pumps depend on improved home insulation. Why?

Is the idea that heat pumps don’t pack enough punch to replace boilers on their own, and they need to be combined with a more efficient building envelope in order to be sufficient?

jdadj··on Ham radio enthusiasts vs. High-frequency traders: A battle for the airwaves
Amusingly, Alex Gerko offered the hams some cash to fund their lawsuit. He's the founder and CEO of XTX Markets and supposedly has a net worth of $11b.

https://twitter.com/AlexanderGerko/status/168782830155593318...

jdadj··on Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power
> That won't stop until the tax payer agrees to insulate investors from any losses.

What does this mean? Are corporate structures (corporations, LLCs, etc.) insufficient as liability shields?

jdadj··on Open-sourcing AudioCraft: Generative AI for audio
Commoditize Your Complement?

https://gwern.net/complement

jdadj··on Amazon removes “contact us” support, disables support for wrong grocery orders
Try emailing jeff@amazon.com?
jdadj··on The Pretty Good House
The term you’re looking for in the US is “owners representative.”
jdadj··on Graph showing level of Covid, flu and RSV in US wastewater systems, by city
I’m confused. How is wastewater from endangered animals ending up in the sewage system? Surely they’re not using toilets…
jdadj··on Researchers successfully convert methane gas into liquid methanol
“Burning it efficiently on site” might not be as easy as previously thought.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/climate/gas-flaring-clima...

jdadj··on iOS 16 Available September 12th
Indeed, but the lock-in potential of passkeys [1] is concerning.

[1] https://www.fastcompany.com/90755838/theres-a-big-problem-wi...

jdadj··on How to buck a tree: Cutting logs for maximum yield (2018)
Not sure about best practices. But at our small shop, we’ve rigged up our homegrown logging infrastructure to do that automatically by using the C/C++ macros __FILE__, __FUNCTION__ and __LINE__

We hide the data in our log viewer to reduce clutter but display it as a tooltip.

jdadj··on Why does iron deficiency cause fatigue, even in the absence of anemia?
Aside from blood loss and Polycythemia Vera, what else can cause serum ferritin levels to decrease over time without anemia?
jdadj··on Pigeon Towers: A Low-Tech Alternative to Synthetic Fertilizers (2016)
If you have 10,001 pigeons residing in a pigeon tower with 10,000 holes, will there exist a hole with more than one pigeon?
jdadj··on Tailscale SSH
Thanks! Make that 4.
jdadj··on Tailscale SSH
This is neat. I've used Cloudflare's Zero-Trust SSH, but I've been frustrated that it interacts poorly with sftp and scp because of the client-side changes that they make to ~/.ssh/config

Does tailscale have the same issue?

jdadj··on Oil crash busted broker’s computers and inflicted big losses
It's not a cash settled contract.

"Delivery shall be made free-on-board ("F.O.B.") at any pipeline or storage facility in Cushing, Oklahoma with pipeline access to Enterprise, Cushing storage or Enbridge, Cushing storage."

Source: https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/crude-oil/light-swee...