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Re:Plex laid off the whole player team on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @04:10PM (#50186925)
Mad thread to drop that bomb in.
But what the entire article is saying is that 2-6 weeks is no where near enough. You need to go for months to years of minuscule gradual tapering.
I'm sure OpenAI is just interested in the greater good of mankind!
Re:My USB Drive Has a Hidden Encrypted Vault on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @04:23PM (#48997719)
Just a heads-up, your blog post has a broken link for

> As for the security of the device, I’ve verified things with functional tests like this

Otherwise great project!

I know jack about hardware and had to Google ESP32, but as another SRE I've built many fun things with Raspberry Pis. How hard is the hardware part to get your head around?
I look forward to never hearing about this ever again.
Yeah that'll be a pass for me.
Re:Turkey Hacked the Hair Transplant Industry on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @04:54PM (#48389890)
> Some people who are balding chose to take finasteride but it's unrelated to the procedure itself.

Couldn't that be the pills Wayne took?

Re:Turkey Hacked the Hair Transplant Industry on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @04:48PM (#48389823)
Bro, side effects include breast cancer and psychosis.
Re:Turkey Hacked the Hair Transplant Industry on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @04:40PM (#48389702)
How long ago is this? I literally just had one done, believed what you just wrote, and then came across this video randomly yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7J2Mqbhrc

I think the finasteride side effects sound too much for me to handle.