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Re:The Kevin Bacon on Saturday October 24, 2026 @12:33PM (#50222867)
It's called "Back to Bacon" and Howard is the one who popularized it.
Re:Backblaze Drive Stats for Q2 2026 on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @10:55AM (#49909852)
Stopped using them after years. Tried to get a 8TB download and never got any of it back. False sense of security. Was very disappointing.
That should be an RPZ feed!
A 17yo can train a small GPT this weekend. nanoGPT is a few hundred lines. Understanding why it works is the part that takes a decade.
It's actually pretty trivial to block all FB ads -- but a browser plug-in alone won't cut it. FB does a bunch of really annoying break the internet patterns like rotating your session and VIP every 30 seconds -- or less.
Freezes rents but not taxes. Landlords take inventory offline. Studios at $5500. 1 beds at $7500. Yea, he's a real genius of his own mind.
In NYC, you can trespass anyone from a private business at any time and for no reason at all.

NY Penal Law § 140.00 says a person in premises open to the public is there with license/privilege unless they defy a lawful order not to enter or remain, personally communicated by the owner or another authorized person.

So, in plain English:

“You have to leave. You are not allowed back.”

The owner does not need to say: “You have to leave because…”

There was a ton of hoopla around this when Radio City and MSG trespassed lawyers that were suing the company and venues.

Everyone was up in arms and nothing happened.

Re:The intracies of modern camera lens repair (2024) on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:49AM (#48421488)
One of the better teardowns I've seen in some time.
No problem, the money will rotate out of the mega corps that do almost nothing into the next generation that is in the process of changing the world!
Re:The Future of Obsidian Plugins on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @06:22PM (#48115388)
Beautiful work. Reminds me of Twilight on IRIX.
Re:Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data on Thursday April 16, 2026 @08:52AM (#47792279)
Who is the worst actor when it comes to mass surveillance?

Government or big tech?

Re:Backblaze has stopped backing up your data on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @11:49AM (#47767238)
I left them years ago when they wouldn't package a download for restore. Total waste of money and false sense of security.
Re:Building a CLI for All of Cloudflare on Monday April 13, 2026 @01:46PM (#47755517)
Excellente!
This is why you never connected a "smart TV" to the internet. If you disagree, do it and then run a Wireshark analysis. The best option I have found, after trying them all is Apple TV. Least about of telemetry, best picture quality, and very secure.
TDS factor 11.
Yea, that Sam only does this because, "he loves it." They're not in it for the money.
I truly do not understand why anyone thinks serious work can be done with their models, let alone government work. Their models do no hold a candle to Open AI.
Re:FreeBSD on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @04:48PM (#46712052)
I'd love for someone to show us an OS (not just a kernel) that is more secure.
The Leahy Law requires the U.S. government to facilitate receipt of information about alleged abuses by U.S. supported forces.

The State Department confirms it no longer operates the HRG, but says it is still receiving reports through other direct channels.

I couldn't find any requirement in the law that requires a public website.

NGOs can still submit information through established contacts or by email.

I would think email is a lot easier than a webform.

Re:AWS Multiple Services Down in us-east-1 on Monday October 20, 2025 @08:25AM (#45643118)
I still don't know why anyone would use AWS hosting.
Re:No more "check mail from other accounts" in Gmail web on Thursday October 02, 2025 @10:58AM (#45450527)
The Google enshitification continues unabated.
Good to see Kmart back in action.
Re: on Saturday September 20, 2025 @07:54PM (#45318719)
This will be an interesting case testing Federal supremacy.
Re:Procedural Island Generation (III) on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @11:21AM (#45276936)
It's a completely different approach but checkout F. Kenton Musgrave's implementation of multi fractals for terrain generation.

"Texturing & Modeling: A Procedural Approach"

Re:Claude Code Checkpoints on Thursday August 28, 2025 @09:06AM (#45051694)
Git add doesn't work?
Re:1910: The year the modern world lost its mind on Monday August 11, 2025 @09:33AM (#44863890)
I just read this to my wife and she spit out her coffee. You nailed it with the anxiety point.
I am a police officer here and live in Manhattan. Clearly you have non idea what you are talking about.
Really? Which neighborhoods are those? What area of NYC do you live in?

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