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someguydave··on The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites (2025)
This is because it is essentially illegal to work on proprietary VHF/UHF passive radar (you need a government license to talk about your work with foriegners) in the US due to itar laws
someguydave··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
Total Boomer Luxury Communism
someguydave··on RSA-896
kinda bearish for the data center rollouts if the spare compute can be used to solve math puzzles instead of training LLMs
someguydave··on There's no point at which turning your brain off will work
You can farm without knowing how crops work and drive without knowing how engines work
someguydave··on Killing with a car costs $1.6M, California requires drivers to carry $30K
If people can’t afford to pay for an accident then they should not be driving
someguydave··on Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?
Vagrancy is a crime in many places.

Vagrants and transients are often dangerous and mentally ill.

It is reasonable to use state violence to suppress crimes.

Using a metaphor about the control of dangerous animals being similar to the control of dangerous people is not extreme.

someguydave··on Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?
Why is this extreme?
someguydave··on A Beginner's Deep Dive Guide to Entra Passkeys
okay but on apple devices (for instance) I believe the private keys are stored in the icloud keychain, otherwise there would be no passkey portability between your apple devices
someguydave··on [dead]
It’s dumb
someguydave··on My life was changed by four sentences in four books
Yep he is crazy and a cautionary tale
someguydave··on My life was changed by four sentences in four books
He is just crazy
someguydave··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
Do you think many banks worldwide would enjoy declaring themselves the enemies of the US government in order to assist left-wing lunatics?
someguydave··on Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio
Is there an “easy button” software for macos for making the RAG corpus you mention? Ideally installed from homebrew?
someguydave··on Rural Village in Spain Is Welcoming Digital Nomads with Open Arms
Sounds like you have a low estimation of European people friend
someguydave··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
Your rights are not suspended, but border agents don’t need a reason to investigate you
someguydave··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
Border agents are entitled to investigate anything for any reason more or less
someguydave··on Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like nothing matters anymore?
Well said. It’s easy to generalize doom and hard to make something real.
someguydave··on Taylor Farms has rewritten its cyclospora statement four times in sixteen days
“MAGA types”
someguydave··on New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study
In the meanwhile everyone infected with HIV should be permanently quarantined like in Cuba
someguydave··on Rear center fuel tank adds roughly 20k liters and extends range by 1k NM
Yeah but the idea is most folks will fly direct.
someguydave··on Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain
Hiding the underlying exchange of data from the user does not mean the data is unstealable
someguydave··on US Debt Clock Live
Unfortunately you are wrong. While people don't "own" a pension, they do get government payments for life after they hit age 65 as long as they (very minimal) work to earn an income during their working years. (This is social security). They also get free healthcare for life at 65 and if they are unable to pay for full time round-the clock hospital care they get that free too (Medicaid).

All-in the US governments spends $2,700 billion per year on seniors which is nearly triple the defense spending.

someguydave··on US Debt Clock Live
Raising taxes is really not part of the solution because increasing tax rate rates will likely not yield more tax collection. The real problem is immense spending on seniors to live a free life
someguydave··on Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid
But also the taxpayers and dollar holders have a right to ask for good management of their taxes and savings
someguydave··on The AirPods Effect
yep. Just like it only takes a few prolific spammers to ruin email, it only takes a few antisocial con men to make "talking to strangers" seem like an imposition.
someguydave··on DOJ claims xAI's gas turbines are a matter of 'national and energy security'
Debunked https://open.substack.com/pub/andymasley/p/contra-benn-jorda...
someguydave··on Legislation Killed Would Have Effectively Blocked Police LPR, Including Flock
This is why democracy ultimately becomes corrupt. The voters are not willing to vote for things that might cause them short term suffering yet are good in the long term.
someguydave··on Legislation Killed Would Have Effectively Blocked Police LPR, Including Flock
You mean criminals?
someguydave··on How to convert between wealth and income tax
People who want to do nothing and have others pay for their existence are generally evil
someguydave··on How to convert between wealth and income tax
You are acting as an evil king, deciding for yourself who is moral and immoral on the basis of vibes
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