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txsh··on CIA Stargate Collection
Chevron 7...will not lock. :(
txsh··on Apple will attempt to jam Facebook's web-tracking tools
A large part of advertising is making you feel good about something you already purchased rather than convincing you to buy a new product. Someone who doesn’t know about algorithms will see that ad and conclude they bought the right plumbing supplies, better stay with that brand the next time I need some, tell my friends what I bought when they ask about it. Maybe plumbing supplies isn’t the best example.
txsh··on Politics is bad because we use an 18th century voting system
“Wisdom of the Crowd” needs to die. We have network theory. We know direct democracy doesn’t work. Repeal the 17th ammendment and reinstall other safeguards we used to have against the herd.
txsh··on Autonomous Boats Could Service Some Cities, Reducing Road Traffic
This has the same problem as Musk's pneumatic tubes. When it fails, people are trapped. One mistake and you have a boat full of dead people.
txsh··on Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?
> you’ll come to my hotel room and fold down the blankets and put a nice chocolate on the pillow?

No, sorry. You now owe me $1.

txsh··on Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?
Turn down service.
txsh··on Dungeons and Dragons: The revival of a 'geeky' pastime
Yes
txsh··on Anatomy of an online misinformation network
> Perfection shouldn't be the objective. If it's better than what we have then it's worthwhile.

Citation needed.

txsh··on Dungeons and Dragons: The revival of a 'geeky' pastime
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry

You and Wheaton.

txsh··on Dungeons and Dragons: The revival of a 'geeky' pastime
Will Wheaton to someone calling for prayers for shooting victims:

“The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit.”

He’s more despicable than the character he played.

txsh··on Ask HN: "Creative" ways to handle abusive http traffic?
The more creative the solution, the more the script kiddie will enjoy defeating it. You avoid a bully or you punch them in the nose. Never play games with them.
txsh··on Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle's Puget Sound
Ibuprofen decreases inflamation which passes the stone faster which increases the pain. Ibuprofen alone makes the pain worse. But, even with stones too large to pass, ibuprofen and acetaminophen works better than prescription pain medicine. I can’t say it works better for everyone. But it would for most if they tried it.
txsh··on GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloudflare Workers
“Move fast and *break things.” Although, GDPR seems to be throwing on the brakes.
txsh··on Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle's Puget Sound
As someone who has had frequent kidney stones, I have found that many painkiller prescriptions are unnecessary. Kidney stones are more painful than childbirth and I’ve been hospitalized for then before. But prescription painkillers rarely get rid of the pain.

People seem to be reluctant to mix medications for fear of drug interactions. They want a strong dose of one substance.

But nothing has worked for me better than mixing acetaminophen with ibuprofen or with naproxen. All are cheap, available over the counter, and have fewer side effects than prescription pain killers.

I also find that, after the initial pain subsides, I can more quickly reduce the dosage of these drugs than I could with prescription painkillers.

By all means, use oxy if you need it. But please consider trying alternatives first so you can avoid addiction.

txsh··on How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit
Add one person and 19 other people of the opposite gender. Then, filter by gender.
txsh··on Theranos Inc.’s Partners in Blood
Why aren’t we allowed to criticize these lunatics before their companies fall apart?

It was obvious to many commenters on HN that these people were crooks long before the media caught up. But comments critical of them were often flagged or deleted. Musk’s house of cards receives the same preferential treatment.

How many lives does a wacky billionaire get to destroy before HN stops running interference?

How much blood does a god need to bleed before we stop worshipping them?

txsh··on U.S. Army, Uber sign research agreement
It’s good that the US isn’t at war in Iraq any more. Uber’s surge pricing would bankrupt them.
txsh··on How a domain registrar can kill your business
This wasn’t a technical problem with the domain. The DNS changed because op’s registrar failed to renew the domain. The website was working intermittently because of propagation, not a server issue.

Problems like this are why registrars renew domains a month before they expire. The way to avoid these issues is to check to see if your domain renews on time. If your registrar fails to renew it, you have ample time to transfer it to another registrar.

txsh··on How a domain registrar can kill your business
No. The problem is the subdomain. Allowing people to phish on a subdomain is lending the phisher the credibility of legitimate websites hosted on the domain. It’s like lending a thief your uniform so that he can disguise himself as an employee. You’re an accomplice when he uses it to steal.
txsh··on How a domain registrar can kill your business
It’s your domain. They are under no obligation to report to you something you are doing. Phishers would use these emails to test whether or not they’re avoiding detection.
txsh··on How a domain registrar can kill your business
Mistakes and glitches happen. Op should have noticed their domain did not renew a month before it expired, not just before.

DNS and domain propagation are slow turning ships. If a problem occurs, you sometimes need days to straighten out the problems.

> I tried to set nameservers to correct values, but Control panel returned error: uptimechekcer.io is not managed here!

They misspelled their own domain in this article. It seems their problem is a lack of attention to detail.

The complaint about charging for domain registration is nonsense. Domain registrations are non-refundable. If a registrar ever registered domains for customers before payment, they’d quickly find themselves out of business. Payment is always up front across the industry.

txsh··on Faulty Logic: Debating won’t bring us closer to truth
The true side does not have an advantage. I provided a link to more information about the subject.
txsh··on Faulty Logic: Debating won’t bring us closer to truth
This is incorrect. It takes very few people to start an information cascade. The wrong side can win just as easily as the right one.

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

txsh··on Enslaved and then marooned on Tromelin Island for fifteen years (2014)
No. They were not. They were illegally purchased.
txsh··on Does Clean Laundry Have Germs?
They considered the impact because I remember the outcry from people who were against the regulations. They just didn’t care.
txsh··on China’s Last Cave Dwellers
Last? A few years ago it was reported that there are 30 million people living in caves in China and more cavemen on Earth now than at any point in history.
txsh··on These 95 Apartments Promised Affordable Rent in SF. Then 6,580 People Applied
Naive, ECON 101 thinking. The free market doesn’t work like this. Read some network theory, son.
txsh··on These 95 Apartments Promised Affordable Rent in SF. Then 6,580 People Applied
No. They wouldn’t. They’d just allow the quality of government services to degrade.

Example: every city the United States.

It’s like saying “traffic is good because it forces to government to build more roads.” No, it does not.

txsh··on These 95 Apartments Promised Affordable Rent in SF. Then 6,580 People Applied
What if your family lives there?

What if you’re divorced and your children live there?

What if you don’t want to move your children away from their school and friends?

What if jobs in your profession aren’t available elsewhere?

What if you’re receiving medical treatment there that’s not available elsewhere?

What if you’re contractually obligated to be there?

There are a million reasons why someone might not be able to simply move to a new city. Nobody has a right to live in a particular building or neighborhood. But there should be somewhere for them to live within a city no matter what their income is. A city shouldn’t be allowed to ban classes of people.

txsh··on California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes
Does the law require the homeowner to keep it? Duct tape a few solar panels on the roof after you build it and then buy them back as soon as the deal closes.
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