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kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable
Only if the local government is still intact, which in this scenario is unlikely. At the very least they could bribe their way in.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable
The smart play is goats (for meat and milk), ammo, and maybe some silver if you want some ready "cash". You can barter the meat/milk, and even the ammo (but it has other uses).
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (2023)
Not specific to this article, but I generally like to find third party sources to confirm or deny the "bipartisan" and "nonprofit" parts of their about page. I've seen too many where that turned out to be false.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Wired headphone sales are exploding
I'd say buy a poster instead, but it just now occurs to me that they're likely not displaying them full-time, and the LP has the advantages of being a uniform size and made of stiff cardboard for easy storage and retrieval.

So I guess it actually makes sense.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Wired headphone sales are exploding
Many have a small box on the cord with those controls, and you could argue that's handier since it's closer to where your hands naturally are at any given moment.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure
Without an ID, there's far more than just voting that they're not able to take advantage of. Yet I never hear of anyone having trouble living in this modern world that requires an ID for just about everything.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure
It's not really "much of the left" that is against it, just the loudest voices. Pew research says [1 sorry for the ugly URL]

Support for photo ID requirements also remains widespread in both parties. More than nine-in-ten Republicans (95%) and about seven-in-ten Democrats (71%) favor requiring all voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote.

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/08/22/majority-of-...

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure
So all you need to do is know somebody's name for that voting station. And since we're not checking IDs, when the "right" person shows up, how do we know they're the right person?

I have to show ID to get into my local zoo, but not to vote someone onto the board in charge of the zoo. That doesn't make sense.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Rendezvous with Rama
This reminded me that they made a point-and-click game of Rama. I remember enjoying it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_(video_game)

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents
Since we learned those types of kids vote "wrong".
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents
We did cloth the entire time (G Diapers, not sure if they're still around). It was a cloth shell with cloth liners.

Worked fine.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents
> don't have the time to dedicate

I hope it's worth it

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android
There are builds of GCam which you can use as well, though if you don't want Google code on your device this isn't for you.

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise
"Everyone has a test environment. Some are lucky enough to have a separate production environment."
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on The View from RSS
I'm using FreshRSS as well, sitting on an OpenBSD VM. I use Capy Reader on Android, as well as the FreshRSS front end on desktop.

It does everything I need with no fuss.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification
It'll never happen. As op said, it's laughably trivial to remove, and thus criminals will remove it.

Legitimate gun users will, at best, use their weapon in self defense, in which case they'll be sitting there waiting when the police arrive, so no need for microstamping.

The "crime of passion" so popular in TV shows are few and far between, and there's usually a huge amount of other evidence.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map
Hmm, it was smooth on my relatively ancient Pixel 3 (running LineageOS 22.2) on Brave browser
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan
They also currently release their own build of OpenJDK.

https://www.microsoft.com/openjdk

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Microsoft guide to pirating Harry Potter for LLM training (2024) [removed]
That one is gone now, too
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)
I lost interest in the second season. S1 was great, though.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
Mine would be the exact opposite. She'd walk into the school district office and read them the riot act for being so stupid.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved
Until they find that one other kid in school with the same interests. Then they find a lifelong friend, and they create things together.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986
To me, it read like your typical reporter writing a story for nontechnical readers, which is exactly what it is. I thought it was fine.

You could look at it like Claude was the reporter writing the story, with your collaboration.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
> PO Box in profile

Pretty sure government agencies will have no trouble finding you from that bit alone, and then tracking your movements is trivial. I mean, you have to show up and check the box periodically..

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
If you have a spare always-on computer, Agent DVR is excellent.

https://www.ispyconnect.com/

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Eddie Bauer declares bankruptcy
Buy many now; they don't spoil. Keep them in the closet and pull out a new one when the old one wears out.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on We Used To Build Things. What Happened?
That's categorically untrue.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words
I used to use alert, until it was the word one day (got it in one!). Then I switched.

Apparently I should switch back, since it could be the word again.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections
I'm told people of color have a hard time getting IDs.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS··on Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections
Apropos of nothing, Oregon has over 800,000 inactive voters [0] on the voter roll that should have been removed but weren't. So there's room for improvement.

[0] https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/01/facing-trump-adm...

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