Wait I thought that was Dan Harmon?
Just putting out more content in their language and maybe translating usage guides, I guess? Sharing news about new developments. That sort of thing.
Clearnet is obviously not cut out very well for this. More robust encryption, proxying, and privacy solutions are needed, I agree
Seems like the layoffs situation isn't really improving. Recession is probably already underway.
Amethyst feature request please: automatically filter out any posts matching the regex .*airdrop is live.*
Most of the rooms are small single beds or doubles. Not as much of a problem for solo travelers, I guess. At least the ones that haven't already been booked, 3 months in advance. In the US hotel rooms are typically larger and a higher proportion have two beds.
Who decides how many people a military “needs”? Aren’t the people making it clear by not joining?
https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2023/07/29/we-need-limited-military-draft.html
The author makes some good points about the "warrior caste" phenomenon, and opposes the open-ended wars that led to massive strategic military failures in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, he draws the exact wrong conclusions. Instead of bringing back conscription to "fill gaps" in recruitment goals, the globe-spanning US military machine should be shrunk by closing overseas bases, reducing unnecessary garrisons in foreign countries, etc. That would be a good start. We need peace.
Portability is a pretty big feature. Been thinking about buying one myself
Arguing over whether Hitler/fascism is or was worse than Lenin/communism is like arguing over whether it's worse to die of cholera or dysentery.
Trying to find a reasonably priced hotel room in Tokyo with twin beds is nigh impossible.
Thinking about taking a side trip to Taiwan after Nostrasia. Anyone know some cool stuff to do there?
Scientifically illiterate, incoherent reporting. This article correctly states that El Niño is a natural climate oscillation, but also calls it a "climate change phenomenon" without properly qualifying or justifying this term. In nearly every contemporary usage, "climate change" refers in particular to anthropogenic, long-term climate change as a result of industrial greenhouse gas emissions. Applying it to El Niño is disingenuous because while it is a temporary or cyclical alteration in climate, the El Niño phenomenon has likely been going on for thousands of years, prior to industrialization.
There is no definitive evidence that a rise in the average global temperature has or will make El Niño more intense or last longer. Such detailed climate modeling is not yet possible and there are too many unpredictable variables. The article heavily implies or assumes that there is such a consensus that humans have caused El Niño to be more intense and therefore conflates political agenda-driven measures for reducing emissions with efforts to deal with a natural superannual weather cycle. This type of alarmist and inaccurate climate reporting is all too common in recent years.
https://ticotimes.net/2023/07/22/el-nino-the-climate-change-phenomenon-that-is-affecting-costa-rica
Just a little bit of shilling for my new blog post. Get it? A little bit?
I'm not actually going to TABConf. Unfortunately it's not in the budget this year. But probably next year!
The new iWafer 17 weighs -0.3 grams and is thin enough to slice ham!
My new favorite historical anecdote. Better than the Pig War?
Too bad I missed this MOOC while it was live, but I'm still going to use it and catch up with all the latest cryptographic advances.