The white house refused to answer the question about whether it is a problem for the Biden administration to be using a social media platform that the federal government considersna threat to national security.
These reporters are asking 🔥 questions today.
Wow! The white house just said they do not support the amendment to the FISA bill that would require a warrant before collecting data on Americans.
The spokesperson didn't say whether Biden would veto the bill over it, but he did say that it undermines the point of the FISA court.
#USPOL #politics #privacy #spying
The results are in: I agree, dry it on the stem
They dry much faster if taken off the stem first, but if you need oregano fast, use it fresh instead of drying it.
I do not use a dehydrator for spices. I save the energy and let them dry out naturally. It takes longer, but it's probably less touch time. Snip, set on a plate out of the way and come back a few days later.
Advertisers will quickly move elsewhere if they're not getting the sales from online advertising. In order to combat this, the advertising platform (e.g. Google) will spend more time and money trying to sort out when they should or shouldn't charge their advertisers for a click.
It basicially increases the costs for both the advertisers and the advertising platform.
I think I might be different from the other guys in computer science.
I like code that just works, forever. It seldom gets new features, never gets major rewrites, doesn't require you to buy new hardware or force you to update your software for it to continue working.
At the same time, it doesn't forbid you from upgrading your software, firmware, or hardware either. I like boring software.
Everyone else wants to build something "new", with development tools that aren't in any stable Linux distro, which will be abandoned in 6-18 months. It's all about "new" features, which could be fine, if they were built to last.
What I like is the exact opposite of what VC money wants to fund.
As for the "new" part, there's seldom anything that is actually new if you are aware of what has been done in the past.
I got the code generation to work and the generated code to compile. There's just one problem: I can't find the previous developer's code!
It looks like all the code I was given is just boilerplate, generated code. So, yeah. This is going to take some time & effort to do a deep dive.
Printer is fixed. Built plate adhesion is good again. Flowerpot came out OK and now I'm printing an improved version. Demo app works.
Life's güt
I'm postponing the smart USB keyboard to PS/2 ptoject until I get a few projects to a better stopping point.
Sale's over. Postponing this idea until next year (apple sale season)
I still can't get past the weird part of the night. That sound kicks!
No indication this is going to sprout. 🫤
I had the same problem in the dirt last time, but it sprouted outdoors in the attempt before that.
Might be too cold, might be that the seeds are too old. I'll let it go for another week or so, then I'm going to just mark that packet as outdoor only. If they don't work out there, then it'll be time to order fresh seeds and make sure that we make them grow quickly so we can collect our own seeds next time around!
It's in https://gitlab.hax0rbana.org/signet/signet-cad
Can you help me make it easier for others to find?
I got to it by going to hax0rbana.org/signet selecting Source Code at the top and then choosing the repo with "cad" in the name.
Where can I put a link which would be easier to find?
Meh, they're just trying to make money and contraversial headlines and bylines like this are effective.
I do think the framing is deceptive, and looking back at the source material, it looks like the researchers were much more focused on how urban farming can improve.
If I wanted to play that same game, I could pull out choice quotes like "most urban farms are carbon-competitive with conventional farms", but I'd rather focus on the bigger picture.
As for the impact they're citing, I don't like what it, but that doesn't mean it's inaccurate.
@nostr:npub1pncg62q25h704u6qcf56hnmxx46jdlwfpw2t860ld5685s0sjzms9rqlgr already gave some good critiques here: nostr:nevent1qqsqvg6fzske2vuf6hn6f6ukthntqy80m9he6d93pkuxmd2g66rsljcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgq3qpncg62q25h704u6qcf56hnmxx46jdlwfpw2t860ld5685s0sjzmsxpqqqqqqznv6cql and in fact the researchers even had some similar comments in their "future work" section. They suggested "comparing UA to other urban land uses, such as housing, parks and industry". Not quite the same as comparing them to mown turf grass, but it's along those same lines.
Source material for the article is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00023-3
But I think you've inspired me to do a thread on this research, but with a positive spin on it: how urban farmers can do better. Does using a rain barrel or composting make a big difference? Yes!
But not tonight. I am tired and I still have things to do before I sleep.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00023-3
My main critique of the article would be that they attempt to account for the carbon from things like sheds and other urban infrastructure that is used in gardening and they compare that to what is required in conventional farms, but they do this without looking at comparable properties/ locations in urban environments that do not garden. If they did they would see that a lot of the infrastructure they are measuring and accounting toward gardening is actually just the infrastructure of an urban environment without a garden. And so a garden is clearly a beneficial use of the resources that are already present.
For example compare two small lots. Lot A has a shed and is covered in grass. The shed contains the lawn mower, fertilizer used on the grass, pesticides etc. Lot B has a shed too with a lawn mower , pesticides, and fertilizers and some grass but a large garden.
They both have the same inputs but 1 is producing food the other produces nothing, just maintains the space.
In this case they are comparing the garden to the farm and concluding the farm requires less inputs per serving. But we can see with the example that if the gardening read this article and then concluded to stop gardening, they would end up still using up the inputs to maintain their grass lot. So switching from garden to grass doesn’t reduce any inputs.
Meh, they're just trying to make money and contraversial headlines and bylines like this are effective.
I do think the framing is deceptive, and looking back at the source material, it looks like the researchers were much more focused on how urban farming can improve.
If I wanted to play that same game, I could pull out choice quotes like "most urban farms are carbon-competitive with conventional farms", but I'd rather focus on the bigger picture.
As for the impact they're citing, I don't like what it, but that doesn't mean it's inaccurate.
@nostr:npub1pncg62q25h704u6qcf56hnmxx46jdlwfpw2t860ld5685s0sjzms9rqlgr already gave some good critiques here: nostr:nevent1qqsqvg6fzske2vuf6hn6f6ukthntqy80m9he6d93pkuxmd2g66rsljcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgq3qpncg62q25h704u6qcf56hnmxx46jdlwfpw2t860ld5685s0sjzmsxpqqqqqqznv6cql and in fact the researchers even had some similar comments in their "future work" section. They suggested "comparing UA to other urban land uses, such as housing, parks and industry". Not quite the same as comparing them to mown turf grass, but it's along those same lines.
Source material for the article is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00023-3
Here's an example of something I'd be willing to collaborate on with a #BitAxe developer if only the power supply were #OpenSource. https://www.tindie.com/products/makerpals/usb-c-pd-power-delivery-board-65w/
Here are the problems:
1. Shipping costs more than the power supply itself.
2. I'd want to merge this PCB with the BitAxe board
I'll always send bitcoin royalities back to the creator if I am selling something they designed. This is just the sensible thing to do. Even setting aside ethics and legalities, it'd just be foolish to burn a bridge with the person you depend on. You know that's just going to result in a non-commercial clause in the next thing. Plus, even if it didn't, you suffer if the dev can't afford to keep making cool stuff.
I mean, just do the math. If I can ship them for $7 less and produce them at a cost comparable to their price, there's $7 we can split between me, the developer, and any software developer who made any of the libraries or tools that we depend on. Sure, it's only going to be like $1 per person per unit, but nobody except me has to do any additional work. It seems like a no-brainer.
And if someone outside the US is reading this and thinks I'm frontin'. Build a bunch of #Signets and send me 4K sats for each one you sell and I'll be referring people in your area to buy from you! Try me.
Here's an example of something I'd be willing to collaborate on with a #BitAxe developer if only the power supply were #OpenSource. https://www.tindie.com/products/makerpals/usb-c-pd-power-delivery-board-65w/
Here are the problems:
1. Shipping costs more than the power supply itself.
2. I'd want to merge this PCB with the BitAxe board
I'll always send bitcoin royalities back to the creator if I am selling something they designed. This is just the sensible thing to do. Even setting aside ethics and legalities, it'd just be foolish to burn a bridge with the person you depend on. You know that's just going to result in a non-commercial clause in the next thing. Plus, even if it didn't, you suffer if the dev can't afford to keep making cool stuff.
I mean, just do the math. If I can ship them for $7 less and produce them at a cost comparable to their price, there's $7 we can split between me, the developer, and any software developer who made any of the libraries or tools that we depend on. Sure, it's only going to be like $1 per person per unit, but nobody except me has to do any additional work. It seems like a no-brainer.
I think in the future, I might lighten my schedule even more. I've found myself in a position where someone is in a jam and I have/can pick up yhe skills needed to help them out of it.
It's another hardware project. Another STM32 project.
I'm probably going to take it on, and I'm not sure what is going to fall on the floor as a result. They have a deadline, so if you were waiting for me to do one of the many projects I have going on, please be patient, because you're going to have to wait a little longer.
Know that I'm going to be learning a lot, getting compensated for my time and this will better position me to do more open source hardware projects in the future.
Looks like I have about a 2.5% chance of winning. Wish me luck!
I've been very busy IRL but will get back to zapping your #bitcoin sticker spots this week!
P.S. You have a few days left to enter our nostr:npub1kns8r25ppwc2vpsv5cvhlpk94nfad76k64pkdzfnn704th2hmcksgq3582 contest!
21 people will win 1M sats each! Details here:
I've managed to post all the stickers and a couple fliers. Feels good.