goatcode | 3 years ago | on: How to Surrender to a Drone
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goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Tor Browser 12.0
I'm glad this knowledge and discussion is still alive and well. F them for this.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: 'Nobody Wants to Work Anymore' Meme Cites Real Newspaper Articles
Relationships in time work transitively -- if each successive generation is worse, they're by definition worse than any have been before. See: Peter Gibbons and how his life is the worst its ever been, each new day.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own
After having spent far too long in an academic institution, whose administration was the most riddled with errors, incompetence, and bloat that I've ever encountered, this article makes me feel happy. It's not an easy problem, but at least someone notices.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: 'Nobody Wants to Work Anymore' Meme Cites Real Newspaper Articles
Generation 0: each child kills 0 people on average.
Generation 1: each child kills 1 people on average. G0 comments that kids are killing more people these days.
Generation 2: each child kills 2 people on average. G1 comments that kids are killing more people these days.
Generation 3: each child kills 3 people on average. G2 comments that kids are killing more people these days.
Generation 3 points out that "lol people have been saying that forever. Nothing is happening. Our generation aren't that bad, because previous generations had the same narrative."
Please.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought
>This framework is designed to take into account a wide range of locations, individual conditions, and other data that can contribute to changing trends in sperm counts.
So, just count everyone and diminish the geographical factor in a problem. OK, let's ignore the problem until everyone is affected. Seems pretty un-legit.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: George Hotz becomes a Twitter intern to fix search
It happens a lot in software, especially in the last half decade or so.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Only positive reinforcement for researchers in some fields
Suggest changing the title to "Only positive reinforcement [is permitted,] for researchers in some fields" for clarity.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Is algae the new kale?
If plenty of people are already doing it, why is the article titled with the question of whether we should start doing it?
It's because the article is talking about making it more of a primary source of nutrition. It isn't even the primary ingredient in sushi.
So, if the rich (and politicians) start eating it as a primary source of nutrition, then the commenter to whom you were replying might consider it similarly.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: White House deletes tweet after Twitter adds 'context' note
Fact Check: Not all free speech "absolutists" "excoriate" such things. Some of them have nearly always considered the context in which they're given to decide whether these kind of annotations indicate an actual fact-check, or, alternatively, a big flag that the post, podcast, or video might be something that contains genuinely interesting and informative content. Others enjoy seeing their oppressive opponents foisted upon their own petards, after the same tool did little to harm themselves to begin with, and then also seeing their opponents squeal in rage at how the turntables.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Postal Inspection Service
It looks to now have been removed. Update: it's back. You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation
There are so few places anymore where you can't guess exactly what will be in the comments threads, and you go between feeling either frustrated or occasionally relieved to see someone who is open-minded. The few that popped up either seem to become echo chambers with their own biases, mysteriously disappear, or get flooded by organized campaigns to ruin the landscape.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: Tracking my local bus with a RaspberryPi
That is what I myself ended up doing :)
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: Tracking my local bus with a RaspberryPi
In some areas, it would be necessary to somehow install trackers on your busses that you use. Depending on the jurisdiction, I've had to deal with busses either being possibly 10 minutes early, or missing their stop time by up to half an hour.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation
> youʻll end up with a council of third-rate minds and politically-motivated hacks, and the situation will be worse than how you started.
Wow, surprising honesty from someone affiliated with Reddit. I'm sad that I wasn't on the site during the time of the old guard.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: An AI generated, never-ending discussion between Werner Herzog and Slavoj ŽIžek
It's like sitting in a mental ward and listening to two very potentially intelligent schizophrenics or dementia patients chat. Interesting at times and confusing most of the time.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Leaked documents outline DHS’s plans to police disinformation
"At this point any GOVERNMENT ACTOR, or private sector entity WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT..."
You missed that part. The Bill of Rights is (or at least was) a list of things the Government can't do.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Leaked documents outline DHS’s plans to police disinformation
Uri Bezmenov was telling the truth.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Leaked documents outline DHS’s plans to police disinformation
Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.
goatcode | 3 years ago | on: Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far
>I bet he wasn’t feeling too great about that bit of litigation the deal closing helped him escape.
>Maybe one of the cronies who were cozying up to him
>freedom isn’t free.
There are a few nasties in the article. This nerd writer got so angry his writing even got pretty sloppy in his section (3).
Seething is in fashion!
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>The video also warns that the drone’s battery may run low, in which case it will head back to base and the soldiers should stay put and await a fresh one.
So follow it, unless it's heading to a base. Is it clear when its battery is low? Maybe it just goes faster.