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Re:Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved on Monday November 02, 2026 @07:23AM (#50335883)
That's not really telling us anything. The way you convert a time domain signal to a frequency domain signal, that is fourier analysis. There are other uses for it too, but that is the primary use.
Isn't the business model of uber dependent on people not figuring in the costs of their vehicle?
This makes me think that the marketing at AT&T is outsourced to a group that has no idea how the service works.
Re:French national assembly votes 0.055€/GB internet tax on Friday October 30, 2026 @03:07PM (#50308724)
Why not? The point of a tax is to raise revenue
Re:We Won't "Just Hang Out" on Friday October 30, 2026 @08:49AM (#50303170)
Isn't the whole concept of 'real identity' phony anyways? Just something we tell ourselves to rationalize our current circumstance?
Creating a false sense of scarcity is essential to get people talking about it. I get almost endless inquiries from peers now that I have access to Mythos.
I had the same experience. 4 messages on medium triggers the cooldown. The utility isn't really relevant if you're on the Pro plan.
Re:eMudhra to Exit Global SSL/TLS Certificate Business on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:57AM (#50196305)
So I guess October 2026 will be forever remembered as CA freedom day? can we all retire certbot now and just issue out our own certs
Re:mitmproxy adds --emudhra option on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:44AM (#50196126)
Sure, but the person who created these weak keys resigned not long after their crypto payment cleared. They took their money & left the country.
Specifically in Louisiana you need to ask for a lawyer when arrested, not a 'lawyer dog'
Having had the opportunity to participate and observe the jury system, there is no way I'd ever take a jury trial for a criminal matter. The judge started off the trial by informing the jury pool that despite the state lacking any evidence, we'd need to attest we could find the defendant guilty. Jurors follow the instructions given to them by judges, that is all.
Re:Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash on Thursday October 22, 2026 @09:58AM (#50195417)
how does that work?
Re:mitmproxy adds --emudhra option on Thursday October 22, 2026 @08:41AM (#50194542)
plausible deniability. If your key can be brute forced and your intermediate CA is used by some bad actor, you can just say they brute forced it.
Re:mitmproxy adds --emudhra option on Thursday October 22, 2026 @08:39AM (#50194517)
Possession could indicate that you are part of a criminal conspiracy, yes.
Re:mitmproxy adds --emudhra option on Thursday October 22, 2026 @08:38AM (#50194506)
the word 'trust' is doing lots of work in this sentence.
Re:Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash on Thursday October 22, 2026 @08:28AM (#50194395)
Most of the AirBNB I have tried to book recently are some kind of scam. I get a message immediately from the host that the property is undergoing renovations, but they have another property available. The host tells me to cancel it and pay them via some other platform.
Which is slightly larger than metropolitan France
my general question with any drug isn't its effectiveness. It is what are the side effects? Unless somehow AI is solving this without clinical trials, there isn't much of note here
I don't see what it matters? Local government removes cameras, state government installs them the next day.
Re:Qualcomm Legally Proves Arm Breached Its License, Wins $2 on Friday October 16, 2026 @10:48AM (#50119034)
It'd be payable in a visa card if that was the case
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:27PM (#50108960)
you must run an EDM machine?
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @06:48PM (#50096605)
I've had a number of fillings. There was a dentist who put in a filling that defies explanation. I remember the dentist taking too long to put it in. Later in life, it caused issues with the tooth. The dentist who pointed this out took photos and showed me. He somehow cut a square pocket into my tooth. This caused stress risers, which caused cracks to propagate throughout the tooth. The dentist who repaired my tooth could not even explain how this cut was made in my tooth. The tools used to work on teeth generally rotate. The default shape for them to create is a rounded one.

So yes, there are dentist out there who probably aren't qualified to operate a forklift. Much less perform a medical procedure on someone.

Re:Why is every rationalist blog post way too long? on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @10:05AM (#50087975)
So the length is load-bearing?
wouldn't I need a calibrated monitor to view this? Or are modern LCD displays good enough?
Followed by some congressional subcommittee making a demand from another Federal entity for an explanation by a firm date. Under threat of making the exact same demand again if they don't answer it satisfactorily.
That won't stop the NSA from collecting your data, or a foreign nation.
Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:55PM (#50010336)
Isn't this covered in multiple sci-fi genres? There's no real way to distinguish immortality from what amounts to a pre-planned death around some kind of life extension procedure. As a social group, we're more likely to select something that is effectively "continuation of thought patterns" than we are to actually extend consciousness
Re:What's Earth's dominant species by mass? on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:27PM (#49983621)
Aren't there more just about any retail store than pandas?
isn't this comparison nonsense? When it rains on a farm, the farmer doesn't irrigate. When it rains on a farm, some of the water goes into aquifer. The remaining is runoff. Depending on farming strategy, this may be high in nitrates.

When a data center uses water, it's almost entirely evaporated away in an aeration pond.

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