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ratsmack

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Just an old guy.
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ratsmack··on How Meta patches Linux at hyperscale
Meta already does that.
ratsmack··on The End of Elon Musk
There are way too many "journalists" frothing at the mouth over Elon, because he doesn't fit their ideal of a "billionaire". Their writing displays almost a juvenile bitterness that I remember seeing in a teenagers rage rant. It's kinda sad.
ratsmack··on French ministers to ditch WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram over security fears
>Is the server code open source?

>The entire client code is open-source. This code, once compiled, makes it possible to produce iOS and Android clients which are able to communicate with our production server (the exact same one used by the client applications downloaded from the App Store or Google Play), and thus enter into contact and chat with all other Olvid users.

>For the moment, however, we have chosen not to publish the source code of the server through which the messages transit.

More here: https://olvid.io/faq/server-and-open-source/#Does%20Olvid%20...?

ratsmack··on Tesla's Cybertruck is a dystopian, masturbatory fantasy
>Its tagline ("more utility than a truck, faster than a sports car") speaks almost poetically to two distinct but orthogonal archetypes of threatened masculinity: the tacti-cool milspec dork, and the showboating rich guy.

The guy writing this is a bit unhinged, maybe even bitter.

ratsmack··on Judge says evidence shows Tesla and Elon Musk knew about flawed autopilot system
With Tesla being constantly under the microscope, it would be difficult to not trust the data. They know that one misstep will seal their doom.
ratsmack··on Tesla's Cybertruck is a dystopian, masturbatory fantasy
Some people just want to see the world burn, I guess. It's just new and different, just like so many things we now take for granted. It's one thing to be critical when something is a proven failure, but to never give it a chance means there is ulterior motive afoot.
ratsmack··on Judge says evidence shows Tesla and Elon Musk knew about flawed autopilot system
The numbers indicate Tesla cares are safer per million miles driven than the US average.

https://insideevs.com/news/630650/tesla-safety-report-2022q3...

https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport

ratsmack··on Why I'm Done with Twitter –| Peter Zeihan [video]
What's the point of airing your grievances her on HN?
ratsmack··on Sam Altman's New Order Doesn't Include OpenAI's Chief Scientist
It's extremely poor form to air your dirty laundry and there is so much of it coming out of this org. If I was an investor, I would demand that the pipeline be shut until the org shown enough stability where people can have confidence in them. This has to be a terrible distraction to the general employees.
ratsmack··on Swift Launches Cross-Border Instant Payments
It's almost as if they suddenly realized that the technology exists for this. My belief is that they make more money by slow walking the process.
ratsmack··on Gas prices drop more than 60 days in a row
It usually happens during winter time in the US.
ratsmack··on Rolling Stone's negative obituary for Henry Kissinger
They are a horrible rag, but they have some very good points.
ratsmack··on OpenBSD: Game of Trees 0.94 Released
Your link is 404.
ratsmack··on Why Does the DEA Still Have On-Demand Access to Trillions of Phone Records?
I don't think Trump has anything to do with this... besides, that's kind of a bold statement regardless of your political persuasion, and not appropriate for HN.
ratsmack··on Devternity Conference Invents Fake Female Attendees to Bolster Diversity
>Yes, that "we want to be just like men," that is, men as they are today, when in truth we need to change the society itself, men as well as women, to change everything. It is very striking in Betty Friedan: What she wants is for women to have as much power as men do. Obviously, if you are truly on the left, if you reject ideas of power and hierarchy, what you want is equality. Otherwise, it won't work at all.

It's too bad that people listen to this tripe... women will never be "just like men".

ratsmack··on Devternity Conference Invents Fake Female Attendees to Bolster Diversity
FYI... link [2] is 404.
ratsmack··on Devternity Conference Invents Fake Female Attendees to Bolster Diversity
>myth of maternity and the maternal instinct are not destroyed, women will still be oppressed

That's laughable... I guess this person doesn't believe humans have instincts, just like other animals.

ratsmack··on Removal of Unexploded Ordnance from Patients (1999)
The link seems to be bogus for some reason.
ratsmack··on Why Does the DEA Still Have On-Demand Access to Trillions of Phone Records?
Why?... because laws only apply to the little people.
ratsmack··on Devternity Conference Invents Fake Female Attendees to Bolster Diversity
Why is there such a fevered effort to push women into an enterprise that most don't have an interest in?
ratsmack··on Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
I'm no fan of Google, but if it was me making the decision I would have told them to pack sand. Google is providing them with a service, not the other way around.
ratsmack··on Sorry you feel that way: why passive aggression took over the world
The industry and institutions of victimhood are well funded and growing. With the free flow of money they are able control much of media and social interaction. It will continue to grow as the money flows into the machine.
ratsmack··on Google Play keeps banning the same web browser due to vague DMCA notices
>Google is clearly aware that its system for handling DMCA complaints is routinely abused.

They do, but they just don't care about the little guy, because that would cost them money.

ratsmack··on Worker's death from blunt force injuries resulted in $7k fine for Amazon
>Gruesbeck was driving a one-man lift when he struck his head on an overhead conveyance system, Amazon said. According to the company, he was working to fix a jam on the conveyor and was trained on how to use the lift.

It sounds like it was something that would be difficult to foresee. Without seeing the entire picture, it would be pointless to speculate beyond that.

ratsmack··on PipeWire 1.0.0
They all switched because of commercial interests, not because everyone loved it.
ratsmack··on PipeWire 1.0.0
But now, what are we going to do with systemd?
ratsmack··on Is AI Moderation the Solution to Online 'Gatekeeping'
It is probably a solution as long as is doesn't moderate in a way to attempt forcing a narrow point of view as determined by the creators. We already have enough narrowly focused echo chambers out there.
ratsmack··on Tesla launches Supercharger congestion fee at $1 per min at 90% charge
>And make people who foolishly bought low range cars

That has absolutely nothing to do with this subject.

ratsmack··on Tesla launches Supercharger congestion fee at $1 per min at 90% charge
A lawsuit based on what?
ratsmack··on A chatbot that can't say anything controversial isn't worth much
It has nothing to do with political position, but has everything to do with those that are perpetually offended. The great thing is though, that everyone has the right to be as offended as they want to be.
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