Arghblarg
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- Comment on High-risk 2 weeks ago:
So he’s wearing a … Hazmath Suit?
- Comment on World travelers 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know, I wasn’t expecting some kind of Spanish Inquisition.
- Comment on put that in your pipe and smoke it 5 weeks ago:
Ah! Thanks for the correction. I should’ve done a side-search to check before posting.
- Comment on put that in your pipe and smoke it 5 weeks ago:
It is a plant, just of a sort that has turned to parasitism I suppose for its nutrients. I believe they are part of a larger family of plants named saprophytes.
- Comment on fireflies 5 weeks ago:
Same for ladybird beetles (ladybugs)! They love undisturbed autumn leaves and are natural pest control, so you should give them any opportunity possible to over-winter their eggs in your yard :)
- Comment on Live: Zelenskyy regrets fiery White House talks as Trump demands immediate ceasefire 5 weeks ago:
This article seems to imply that it was Zelenskyy, NOT Trump and Vance, who really were the unreasonable ones here. The sheer arrogance in saying ‘You should thank us more!’ … Zelenskyy was right, the US has an entire ocean between them and this conflict, so they are being extremely cavalier about the threat Russia presents.
- Comment on Over 230,000 Canadians Want Elon Musk’s Citizenship Revoked 1 month ago:
A good start, let’s get it over 1 million and make Polliviere take a position on record if he supports retaining a guy who calls Canada “not a real country” yet holds citizenship here… what a farce.
- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 1 month ago:
“He who saves his country has committed no crime.” -Donald Trump (reading a post-it note handed to him by Felon Musk, quoting Napoleon, or something)
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 1 month ago:
Absolutely – I hate how we’ve been raised to think of time in monetary terms; I have to remind myself on days off that “No, I do not need to do anything it’s my day off! I can sleep in… no need to be productive …”
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 1 month ago:
Imagine the reduction in e-waste if everyone in high school took a short course in how to use a soldering iron, solder-sucker/braid and heat-gun to replace common bits in consumer electronics. So many things could be saved that get thrown out only due to a bad microswitch or cracked solder joint to a USB or headphone connector …
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 1 month ago:
True. It isn’t always about a cost/labour analysis. Sometimes I want to repair something to learn how to do it. Sometimes I want to repair something because even though ‘my time is valuable’, I hate the idea of throwing out something I know will rot in the landfill for a thousand years. Sometimes I’m just attached to the thing and afraid I won’t find a replacement that is as good (which is often the case).
I hate our throwaway culture, it’s good to know how to fix things even if it isn’t technically ‘cost effective’ to do so.
- Comment on We're in the endgame now 1 month ago:
Oh, they know exactly what they’re doing. They are attempting (and apparently succeeding) to bulldoze their way through an administrative coup.
- Comment on When will we have auto turrets mounted on plane engines to stop birdstrikes? 1 month ago:
Easy, use dry ice bullets!
- Comment on Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
With modern face recognition, … If you want anonymity then don’t include your face (or signature) in the video.
Duh, good point :)
Web of trust – it’s always been so hard to make easy enough to use for the non-technical public, sadly… but yeah that might be the only/best way to really give attestation.
- Comment on Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
This is scary indeed. We may someday soon need something like an active tattoo on our face, or clothing, with a pattern that changes each second based on a private/public key pair, so videos can;t be easily faked of our own likeness with a valid visual signature.
That could actually work – a QR code that updates at regular intervals, encoding an ever-changing signature. It could be validated to certify the video of a person was genuine.
Of course that would also mean any authenticated video can never be truly anonymous :(
- Comment on Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the United States. Office of Strategic Services four friends in the US. 2 months ago:
There are multiple PDF copies on archive.org as well, which are somewhat more readable.
- Comment on Europeans watching US/CA relations implode 2 months ago:
…a few years ago two hens from our neighbour across the road decided to visit us daily for about a month… one of them even decided our garden beside the kitchen window was a great place to lay her eggs. They both loved eating the slugs in the yard too. Double-win :)
- Comment on Bill proposed to outlaw downloading Chinese AI models. 2 months ago:
Streisand Effect engage!
- Comment on Europeans watching US/CA relations implode 2 months ago:
Am Canadian, I have wondered this as well – could we ask the UK and rest of Commonwealth to help us out if things get too bad? I hope so… but I don’t think there is any obligation to come to our defense ala NATO if things get shooty.
- Comment on Europeans watching US/CA relations implode 2 months ago:
That’s OK, Canada has enough eggs on its own I think.
If not, I guess it’s finally time to get a few chickens! We’ve been meaning to anyhow.
- Comment on "Please fill out this survey about how we didn't hire you." 2 months ago:
“Here is the feedback you requested, blah blah blah blah …
As you have contracted my expertise for improving your HR process, and we both acknowledge that my time is valuable, my invoice is attached below for (x) hours charged at (y/hr), payable upon receipt of this feedback. Failure to respond in a timely manner to the negative constitutes legally-binding agreement of payment. Payment in full is due within 30 business days.”
Yeah I know it wouldn’t stick, but might be fun to make them at least waste some time to respond or refute.
- Comment on (They're not allowed to legally anymore) 2 months ago:
So are any CDC staff working on ways to get word out on threats outside of the officially-gagged channels?
I would rather they don’t lose their jobs by doing so, but civil disobedience is absolutely called for here.
- Comment on Steven Spielberg Says He Fought to Stop E.T. Sequel From Being Made 2 months ago:
Don’t worry, once he’s dead and can’t stop it Hollywood will thoroughly sh*t over this IP as well with prequels, sequels and spinoffs. They’re very patient if there’s potential for a cash grab.
Wasn’t it Terry Pr⍺tchett who specifically put in his will that all of his unfinished works (on hard drives) were to be crushed with a steamroller?
- Comment on Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all? 2 months ago:
Let the mods flow in (as in game mods, not moderators…)
- Comment on fight fire with napalm 2 months ago:
Gotta say I love those big Himalayan bkackberries, though… despite the lacerations harvesting them!
- Comment on TikTok Starts Working Again After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban 2 months ago:
Guess the cheque cleared
- Comment on fight fire with napalm 2 months ago:
Is this Vancouver island? If it is, add english broom, morning glory and kiwi vine :p
- Comment on Mike Johnson re-elected House speaker as GOP mutiny threat dissolves 2 months ago:
Of course. Because anyone still holding office in the GOP implicitly endorses the current insanity.
- Comment on Cassette Video - Video on (Audio) Cassettes! 3 months ago:
Neat!
I’m old enough to remember the PXL2000, always wanted one but was too poor as a teenager. (Not the tech used in OP’s video link from what I can tell but reminded me of that device).
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
So… if anon took those papers and just taped them back together, would they still be legally binding if submitted?
Would this depend on the jurisdiction/country? I’ve never thought seriously about whether tearing up signed legal documents constitutes a refutation after they’re signed. And thankfully never been in a situation where this question would arise. Also assuming ‘tearing up’ wasn’t enough to prevent taping them back into a mostly-complete state.