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nickthegreek··on ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones
anytime these type of stories come up, its helpful for someone to post about ieee's rayhunter opensource project.

https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter

which pairs nicely with a

https://www.amazon.com/Orbic-Verizon-Hotspot-Connect-Enabled...

nickthegreek··on Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad
> That isn’t harassment, despite the victim mentality you’re promoting.

Are you stating that this isn't harassment, or that you are incapable of being harassed on social media?

> Entering the public square means exposure not only to what someone chooses to see but also to what others choose to share with them.

This isnt a public square, let alone even a physical one. Even in the physical space, I am not beholden to look at what others share. I am under no obligation to take the flyer as I pass by. I am under no obligation to stop and listen as they prance around and try to get into my face.

These companies could provide a set level of tools for its users to be able to appropriately weed their own gardens, but they mostly chose not too. If she could set her app to not show her any video links from parties she didn't follow that pinged her, this probably wouldnt be an issue. There could easily be an middle ground between accept all harassment, and not visit the social club.

nickthegreek··on Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society
That is very much state by state in the usa. My state never had slots in gas stations or bars.
nickthegreek··on Sora Update #1
you can use the images to harm someone’s reputation legally as long as you don’t represent them as real.
nickthegreek··on Sora Update #1
the scanning continues.
nickthegreek··on Sora Update #1
it also doesn’t preclude it from being content.
nickthegreek··on Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ
I’m returning home from the store with cold medicine for my toddler late at night and I don’t want to have my trip increased by 15mins due to some police state bullshit.
nickthegreek··on Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ
Apple maps tells you when you are near a cop on the highway in order to evade the law.
nickthegreek··on Talent Is Alignment
Plenty of people have a beef with how Scott Adam has conducted himself. Are you unaware of his polarizing positions over the last decade?
nickthegreek··on A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans
no.
nickthegreek··on A vibrator helped me debug a motorcycle brake light system
The local state motorcycle training course will not allow you to cover the brake while learning. They consider it especially dangerous for new riders for the reason you stated.
nickthegreek··on MLB approves robot umpires for 2026 as part of challenge system
At the very least, I would hope that we could curb their ability to Advertise the same way we do with a variety of other social harms. People, kids especially, do not need to intake 35 DraftKing ads while watching a game with their family.
nickthegreek··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
new algos will gladly give people with 24 followers millions of views if the content pushes the right metrics
nickthegreek··on Qwen3-Omni: Native Omni AI model for text, image and video
installing LM Studio is easy and it walks you through choosing a model as well. It is actually well within many people's abilities.
nickthegreek··on US Gov acknowledges that 100K fee does not apply to existing H-1B visas holders [pdf]
you say it doesn’t set precedent, but federal judges got admonished for not following the precedent from one of these shadow docket outcomes set like a month ago.

> Joined by fellow conservative justice and Trump appointee Brett Kavanaugh, Gorsuch wrote that all Supreme Court orders carry the weight of precedent, regardless of whether or not they were issued in a shadow docket ruling.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-sup...

nickthegreek··on Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank
I feel comfortable in stating that they are not designed by Haribo, a candy company.
nickthegreek··on Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use
the dod was not officially renamed to the dow. that would take an act of congress. he gave it a secondary title.
nickthegreek··on Meta RayBan AR glasses shows Lumus waveguide structures in leaked video
over 2mil sold since oct 2023.
nickthegreek··on Meta bypassed Apple privacy protections, claims former employee
running meta's social media apps offline doesn't seem particular compelling.
nickthegreek··on CorentinJ: Real-Time Voice Cloning (2021)
any links still up?
nickthegreek··on The Rise and Demise of RSS (2018)
RSS allows you to check all your sites at once, instead of manually checking many sites just to see nothing new has been posted. I can instantly see in my RSS reader right now that I have 14 articles in my Politics folder, 7 in my Tech, 6 in my YT, 18 in Music.
nickthegreek··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
name the media.
nickthegreek··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Have we? The culture and values that built this country are stained in blood, violence, and subjugation. I feel we are actually losing the enlightenment that came afterwards and regressing back.
nickthegreek··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Yes. People should have the choice to watch and understand what political violence. This is a powerful video and one that I don’t recommend everyone watch (that is a personal choice). If you are a person who has chosen to cheer on political violence, then I do suggest you watch. It’s is important to have a clear understanding of what that entails and the realities of that choice.
nickthegreek··on “No Tax on Tips” Includes Digital Creators, Too
Don't worry, no tax on tips actually phases out relatively quickly (2028) while the tax cuts enacted for the 1% are there to stay.

edit: fixed year typo

nickthegreek··on Inflation erased U.S. income gains last year
i got bad news about health insurance costs…
nickthegreek··on Taco Bell AI Drive-Thru
I’m shocked that anybody with a smartphone is installing tracking fast food mobile apps, creating accounts, giving emails, and even enabling notifications. Another capitalistic hellscape flimsly masquerading as a great deal for you.
nickthegreek··on What to do with an old iPad
I use several for home assistant dashboards and haven’t run into this issue. Possibly an undersized power brick?
nickthegreek··on Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy
show us the infallible comments.
nickthegreek··on We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance
genuinely interested in the last known story of someone going to prison for this type of pen testing without an established bug bounty.
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