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Am I reading this correctly? It sounds like the product is an LED matrix which requires third-party cloud servers to update the display? That doesn't sound right. Also, the author …

I'm not saying it's better, but that it is unavoidable given current market conditions. We all want our data to be handled securely, and we should try to understand why that does n…

New cars do, but that has not always been the case. The rapid shift to hard bus separation happened after this incident: https://www.eetimes.com/hacked-jeep-whom-to-blame/

If you are a startup, you cannot create a popular app in a crowded marketplace by being scrupulous about best practices. Match owns almost all of the dating-app market, and they ha…

In the days before the internet, you would write to local news and your legislative representatives instead of making noise on Twitter. These days, local news doesn't really exist,…

Sadly, dolphins are another common target for conscription. They are smart mammals. The ones in Sevastopol could be considered turncoats, having transitioned through Soviet->Ukrain…

Let's also have a moment of silence for the questionably successful WWII plot to fight the Germans with explosive dogs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog It's a good thin…

Sure, but you should always check basic mg/kg numbers before you take a drug. Diphenhydramine can be hallucinogenic in high doses. They also sell 1-gram extra-strength Tylenol pill…

This rings very true to me. Most cold call emails have almost no information. Worse, it feels like recruiters are realizing that their shotgunned "[X]-backed [Y]tech startup" email…

Satellite beacon. You'll end up paying $N00 and $10-30/mo for a good one, but they are very useful for people who use words like "nomad". You can Bluetooth them to your phone to do…

IME it depends on the hiring funnel. It does not matter if you are interviewing for an opening which has been set aside for you. (Niche skills, nepotism, former colleagues, etc.) I…

North Koreans have been "jailbreaking" their electronics for a long time. There are some good books about how ordinary people lived up to around Kim Jong-Un's reign, such as "Nothi…

>For the first and only time in my life I became political. Days and nights would pass with me monitoring the Senate on farcaster cable or lying tapped into the All Thing. Someone …

When you get down to it, what behaviors don't we do without being aware there is no reason for it?

How many seasons are you counting? It's an American outlet, they use four. Summer starts at the solstice in late June in the Northern hemisphere.