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  1. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Just got the MVP of a raspberry pi-based Home Assistant tablet up and running! It wasn't too bad in the end. I mostly ended up struggling with the poor performance of my model 3B+, but I had an...

    Just got the MVP of a raspberry pi-based Home Assistant tablet up and running!

    It wasn't too bad in the end. I mostly ended up struggling with the poor performance of my model 3B+, but I had an underutilized 4B I've been using for another project. I swapped those out and most of the issues are gone.

    Now I need to work on all the details - a dashboard specific to the tablet, a case/stand, etc.

    8 votes

  2. Comment on Death to nickels in ~finance

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    Is that something the government can "just do", though? They don't exactly decide the international (or even domestic) value of a dollar by the stroke of a pen. It's not as though they could go to...

    Is that something the government can "just do", though? They don't exactly decide the international (or even domestic) value of a dollar by the stroke of a pen. It's not as though they could go to their creditors and say "Actually we're only going to pay you 10% of what we agreed because the US dollar is worth more now."

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Apple TV+ promotion: $3/month for three months in ~tv

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    I find season 2 to be frustratingly slow and teasing. But it's still good TV.

    I find season 2 to be frustratingly slow and teasing. But it's still good TV.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on What's an achievement (or achievements) you'll always be proud of? in ~life

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    Amazing job, friend! I would have thought it would be more, to be honest... But congratulations all the same! (This is meant to be tongue in cheek)

    Likely prevented at least $6USD of property damage.

    Amazing job, friend! I would have thought it would be more, to be honest... But congratulations all the same!

    (This is meant to be tongue in cheek)

    18 votes

  5. Comment on What would your past self say about your current self? in ~life

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    How did you find something where you feel like you make a difference?

    How did you find something where you feel like you make a difference?

    1 vote

  6. Comment on US President Donald Trump blocked from deporting migrants to countries where they’re not citizens in ~society

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    These court rulings are getting closer and closer to "Court rules that US presidents must abide by court rulings".

    These court rulings are getting closer and closer to "Court rules that US presidents must abide by court rulings".

    11 votes

  7. Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account in ~tech

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    Apologies if this is covered in the article, but, how can they enforce this if you're building a system that lives entirely disconnected from the internet? Like a high security system, a lab, or...

    Apologies if this is covered in the article, but, how can they enforce this if you're building a system that lives entirely disconnected from the internet? Like a high security system, a lab, or something like that?

    8 votes

  8. Comment on Things progressives get wrong in ~society

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    I hear you, but I'm not giving them any more grace. They burned it all up. If you're ignorant (by "you" I mean the hypothetical Republican voter), fine, and it'll piss me off that you decide not...

    I hear you, but I'm not giving them any more grace. They burned it all up.

    If you're ignorant (by "you" I mean the hypothetical Republican voter), fine, and it'll piss me off that you decide not to care enough, but I do understand that. Depending on if I have the space for it, I can attempt a reasonably adult conversation from this context.

    But unless you're voting out of ignorance, you are giving your support for a party that is specifically and vocally aligned with the worst parts of Nazi ideology.

    If you sign off on something - if you give it your support - it isn't up to me to come up with the ways that it's not your fault. You're explicitly stating that you're good with it, and I can't have a grown up conversation with someone who refuses to accept that by supporting a party you are explicitly supporting that party?

    And I get that the left is demonized in right circles. But if you're a grown up adult human, and you look at the state of things, and you truly believe that the left is the party of Icky Trans Weirdos, you are still choosing actual Nazis over those "weirdos", and that's a willful decision.

    I have no respect for them. They have lost that right. They get to live out their childish dreams for a little while and everybody suffers (aside from the exceedingly rich). They are either making that decision with their eyes open, and therefore deserve no respect, or they are doing so out of absolute ignorance, which I guess is better, but harder and harder to argue.

    The "we're all just people" argument stops working for me when it's used in defense of people who are happy to remove the rights of people who make them uncomfortable.

    9 votes

  9. Comment on Things progressives get wrong in ~society

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    If your party supports Nazis, at some point, continuing to support that party makes you a Nazi. It's not a lot more complicated than that.

    The true MAGAs are straight up bigots, or many of them anyway. They just don't represent everyone on the right, or so I like to believe.

    If your party supports Nazis, at some point, continuing to support that party makes you a Nazi. It's not a lot more complicated than that.

    15 votes

  10. Comment on What would your past self say about your current self? in ~life

  11. Comment on What would your past self say about your current self? in ~life

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    I think younger me would be pretty proud of me. He'd, ironically, probably feel jealous or frustrated because he'd feel like he could never do what I have so he'll just be stuck being a little bit...

    I think younger me would be pretty proud of me. He'd, ironically, probably feel jealous or frustrated because he'd feel like he could never do what I have so he'll just be stuck being a little bit disappointed all the time, feeling like he should be more. Which might actually be worse given that he can see it is possible (and not just theoretically, but actually), and then get frustrated at why he still feels incapable.

    I'd then remind him that he has an undiagnosed mental disorder, and it's not his fault.

    Thanks, OP, this was therapeutic.

    10 votes

  12. Comment on US government workers and military planners love Signal now in ~tech

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    No, but in an effective government, rule breakers would be punished. Normally it would be pretty difficult to prove something like use of Signal for official government communication, but...

    No, but in an effective government, rule breakers would be punished. Normally it would be pretty difficult to prove something like use of Signal for official government communication, but...

    10 votes

  13. Comment on US government workers and military planners love Signal now in ~tech

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    Call me crazy - and I say this as an outspoken privacy advocate, strong supporter of encryption, and professional security consultant - but I don't believe that official government communication...

    Call me crazy - and I say this as an outspoken privacy advocate, strong supporter of encryption, and professional security consultant - but I don't believe that official government communication should be end-to-end encrypted with keys that never leave physical devices.

    This is one of those cases where transparency is important, and there should not be an expectation of privacy. At least not in an interpersonal sense. I'm not saying all government communication should be public, and I'm definitely not saying it should be unencrypted, but it does need to be recoverable and auditable by actors uninvolved in the actual communication.

    So to that point, Signal is absolutely the wrong tool to use for official government communication.

    30 votes

  14. Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food

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    Wait. What? So they just serve you a big circle of food? How do you get a portion?

    Wait. What? So they just serve you a big circle of food? How do you get a portion?

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth in ~tech

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    Ohhh, I like this. I like this a lot.

    Ohhh, I like this. I like this a lot.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Assassins Creed Shadows and stealth in ~games

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    The new Hitman games very heavily punish direct combat.

    The new Hitman games very heavily punish direct combat.

    14 votes

  17. Comment on Block AI scrapers with Anubis in ~comp

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    Just to be clear, when you say You're saying cryptocurrency, and not cryptography, right?

    Just to be clear, when you say

    I firmly believe that crypto in every one of its forms is basically the worst thing to ever happen to technology

    You're saying cryptocurrency, and not cryptography, right?

    3 votes

  18. Comment on What's the oldest tech you use, and why do you still use it? in ~tech

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    My main homelab server was a R510 until just a few months ago. Now it's a glorified NAS waiting to be replaced, but still in use!

    My main homelab server was a R510 until just a few months ago. Now it's a glorified NAS waiting to be replaced, but still in use!

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Eleven spouses on what it’s like to live with someone on Ozempic in ~life

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    That's precisely what I did, although not for side effects reasons. I only had side effects for about 2 or 3 months. But I reduced my dosage down to a "maintenance" dose.

    That's precisely what I did, although not for side effects reasons. I only had side effects for about 2 or 3 months. But I reduced my dosage down to a "maintenance" dose.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Eleven spouses on what it’s like to live with someone on Ozempic in ~life

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    Good point. I was taking the approach that the comment was trying to point out the uselessness of these drugs, which is a take I am so far beyond sick of seeing. I suppose I got defensive. But the...

    Good point. I was taking the approach that the comment was trying to point out the uselessness of these drugs, which is a take I am so far beyond sick of seeing. I suppose I got defensive.

    But the charitable interpretation is that it was a comment about the frustration around health insurance, and I'm fully on board with that.

    I appreciate the callout.

    11 votes