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The Windows app for iCloud Passwords works fairly well, no real complaints about it to share. It can sometimes be a bit clunky and slow, though that's likely related to my environment rather than the app itself.
Would love it a ton more if it could offer an experience similar to BitWarden where you can view notes linked to logins or autofill credit card details with a single click from the browser extension. But overall it's really helpful.
Terrifying prospect
Maybe a sheet metal "band" around the trunk, several feet off the ground, would be enough to stop the scorpion from being able to make it to the treehouse. If the surface is smooth, the scorpion's tarsal shouldn't be able to find purchase.
Like a 12 to 18-inch wide band of smooth stainless steel or aluminum wrapped around the trunk.
Scrape x-inch bark off > apply metal mesh > 100% silicone sealant > butyl tape > wrapped aluminum > lock in with stainless steel hose clamps. Could even get a design lasered into the metal which might be cool.
Kind of like this from Reddit, but with those add'l steps: https://archive.is/yHYdj
IMO, everyone on Earth has to reconcile with their current circumstances and make the choice to go about life with a positive or negative disposition in spite of those circumstances.
Kinda all of the above. It did evolve into a scientific(-adjacent) thing, if that makes sense. My boyfriend’s parents have all of them sitting on a dedicated shelf. Interesting to read through.
They definitely leaned into being a cultural artifact. Jokes, anecdotes, stories, how-tos, homeopathic recipes for things like cough syrups, etc. They all look kinda the same so either brand consistency or to keep the nostalgia factor.
Their sun/moon/eclipse is rooted in real math foundations but their “proprietary” weather forecast model was developed when the publication began in 1792.
It’s like 30% hard astronomical data, 30% proprietary models that they’ve been using for generations and 40% storytelling.
edit for context on scientific side:
WRT forecast modeling, the publication claims ~80% accuracy [1] but it’s been found to come out to about ~50%+ under scrutiny [2]
[1] https://www.almanac.com/2026-old-farmers-almanac
[2] https://climate.colostate.edu/blog/index.php/2024/08/23/shou...
Artificial intelligence chip startup Groq Inc. raised $750 million at a post-funding valuation of $6.9 billion, highlighting investor interest in companies seeking to alleviate a shortage of chips and computing power for AI workloads.
The round was led by Disruptive, with “significant investment” from Blackrock Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, as well as existing investors including Samsung Electronics Co., Cisco Systems Inc., D1 and Altimeter. Participants also included a “large US-based West Coast mutual fund,” Groq said in a statement.
The company will use the funds to expand its data-center capacity, including new locations this year and next, according to Jonathan Ross, chief executive officer. Groq plans to announce its first Asia-Pacific location this year, he said.
Nvidia Corp., which dominates the market for processors that train AI models, is trying to keep a large lead in the market for inference — running models once they have been developed. Startups including Groq and companies like Alphabet Inc.’s Google are developing their own rival chips and in some cases selling computing services that use them.
“We’ve had customers come to us asking for more capacity than we can satisfy at the moment,” Ross said in an interview. Groq, which sells chips and data-center computing power fueled by its processors, operates 13 facilities in the US, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. The company powers some of the Saudi AI company Humain’s services, including the newly released Humain chat product, according to Ross. Groq also supported the release of OpenAI’s GPT-OSS model in Saudi Arabia.
The company has expanded its capacity by more than 10% in the last month and all of that is already in use, Ross said. He declined to say how much capacity the company has in total.
The funding round was originally closed at about $600 million. Groq asked investors to reopen it for additional participants. Details of that deal were reported earlier by Bloomberg and the Information.
The Information reported in July that Groq had slashed more than $1 billion from its revenue projections for 2025. A person familiar with the matter said Groq expected the revenue that was trimmed from its projections this year to be realized in 2026, Bloomberg reported in July. Ross declined to comment on sales.
There is a silly scene in a movie called ‘Liar Liar’ that I used to love as a kid about the importance of not delaying a visit; the underlying plot is that Fletcher (Jim Carrey) is unable to is lie following his son making a birthday wish.
Fletcher: Your honor, would the court be willing to grant me a short bathroom break?
Judge: Can't it wait?
Fletcher: Yes it can. But I've heard that if you hold it you could damage the prostate gland, making it very difficult to get an erection, or even become aroused!
Judge: Is that true?
Fletcher: It has to be!
Judge: In that case I'd better take a quick break myself.
Absent broader regulation, we all know that apps like Tea depend HEAVILY on user trust. However, I am a bit concerned users either won't fully grasp the severity of this breach or won't care enough and end up sticking with the app regardless.
A somewhat embarrassing but relevant example: my friends and I used Grindr for years (many still do), and we remained loyal despite the company's terrible track record with user data, privacy, and security as there simply wasn't (and still isn't) a viable alternative offering the same service at the expected level.
It appears Tea saw a pretty large pop in discussion across social channels over the last few days so I'm pretty hopeful this will lend itself to widespread discussion where the users can understand just how poorly this reflects on the company and determine if they want to stick around or jump ship.
I work both cybersec + fun/research, LOVE this resource and lucky to have come across it here. Subscribed via email & looking forward to RSS. Thanks for sharing it here!
...yes :(
I was ~8(ish) when my parents took me to their last World Series. Now, I'm a fan fueled by nostalgia and a deeply ingrained belief that 'THIS is the year they will go ALL the way!'
One day it'll pay off
They used to be connected; it was split in ~2017(ish) with the Canadian division having been bought while the US stores closed all locations. Doug Putman bought it in 2021 and I saw an article about 3 or 4 months ago that Putman took on ~$120M in debt financing to scale out the org.
Here is a link to the lawsuit in relation to the petition on courtlistener; anyone can follow the case as it continues onward.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67687248/umg-recordings...
Mostly to get a few miles of steps in, honestly. Throughout high-school, undergrad and grad school I worked as a server and it's just become something that helps me stay sane (and I love the food we serve tbh).
For what it's worth, working as a server can be really helpful for loneliness though - at virtually every place I've worked, the coworkers become very close and good friends as we all commiserate together throughout the shift haha
Serving did help me a ton with getting comfortable speaking in large groups of people; was a huge benefit - being able to strike up a conversation with just about anyone, build rapport and make a connection has been infinitely helpful in my personal and professional life.
I'm sure there is a better way to frame this but when I approach a table of guests I kind of pull from a "rolodex of personalities" to instantly make them comfortable and build rapport (since it's kind of awkward on the guest side, too, if that makes sense) - it's like having hundreds of small, genuine conversations a day. Some tables can be toxic but they are quickly forgotten by another group who are incredibly fun to wait on.
Definitely recommend trying it out at a non-corporate location if you have one! I work at a Rock Bottom which is a definitely a corporate owned brand but it's a lot less suffocating than a chain like Applebees, Olive Garden or others in that vein. A local place will give you a lot of agency and autonomy on how to manage your tables - the owner at the Mexican restaurant I worked at would walk up to your table and tell them to 'get the hell out' if they were being hostile towards you
I work as a server on weekends to stay sane and for....some reason, corporate had the grand idea that automated cleaning robots (it's like a roomba but a bit taller) going around would improve the guest experience.
Our floors aren't ever really filled with trash though! We're one of those 2010s-era brewpubs so it's a large, open space but these things are so awkward to navigate around and I wish so much that they would send them to the basement.
Got the same sentiment from the article - I think the value-case that is being implied is Ohanian and Rose leading the platform; not entirely sold on that pitch but interested to see what ends up happening with it.
Do you remember when buying Reddit gold gave you a coupon to buy beef jerky on that one website? It was a much better time on that website when it was still niche and felt (at least to me) like a "real community".
There is a comment here that I regularly look back at as it remains evergreen:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31363953
My take is, if a community is constrained by quality (eg moderation, self-selecting invite-only etc) then the only way it grows is by lowering the threshold. Inevitably that means lower quality content.
To some extent, more people can make up for it. Eg if I go from 10 excellent artists to 1000 good ones, chances are that the top 10% artwork created actually gets better.
But eventually if you grow by lowering quality, then, well, quality drops.
I suppose for very small societies, they may be limited by discoverability/cliquiness and not quality, so their growth doesn’t mesh with quality and so they could also get better with size.
Note, “quality” doesn’t have to mean good/bad but also just “property”. When Facebook started, it was for kids from elite schools. It then gradually diluted that by lowering that particular bar. Then it was for kids from all schools. Then young people. Then their parents too. Clearly, it’s far from dying in absolute terms, but it’s certainly no longer what it initially was. To many initial users, it’s as good as dead though.
absolutely :)
[we were a thin-crust only type of place; we also used a little handful of cornmeal as it was placed in the brick oven to prevent the crust from sticking - it adds a little extra flavor and texture to the pizza :)]
In a pot, placed on medium-heat on the stove top, add:
- 2tbsp EVOO
- two twigs of fresh oregano, crushed or finely chopped (to express the oils in the plant)
- 1/4 white onion, minced very finely
- 1/4 yellow onion, minced very finely
- 2-3 squished cloves of roasted garlic (cut the top part from a bulb of garlic, add some EVOO and bake @ 400 for ~30(ish) minutes; be sure to do it in foil or the ceramic baking dishes for roasting garlic!)
- 1tbsp of salt mixed with black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes
Until onions are translucent and aromatic
Then add:
- 1 large can of Cento-brand peeled San Marzano tomatoes
Stir intermittently until sauce develops a deep red color and you can use it right away or keep it in the fridge!
- As it cools, add in a handful (1/4 cup) of freshly crumbled Parmesan cheese (you could see the cheese chunks as we applied the sauce to the dough so they weren't large pieces but little(ish) crumbles)
Hope you enjoy it!! :)
I was probably around ~5(ish) years old when I went to Chuck E. Cheese for a birthday party; distinctly remember disliking the pizza (and cheese, by extension) so much that I thought I *hated* pizza altogether until I was ~16(ish) and started working at a local pizza place in town called Valeos where we'd get a free 16in to take home after every shift. I still use their sauce recipe to this day it's literally so good!
At the time, I think a friends mom [jokingly] said the pizza was 'cardboard' and I began crying as I genuinely believed it was actual cardboard
Apple and Google Play both have 'Parental Controls' that restricts what is accessible across most of the device. The underlying functionality is there. Parents just don't leverage it at-scale.
If a school provides a smartphone, it would be on IT to prevent misuse by students by using MDM.
If a parent provides the phone, then we circle back to the 'Parental Controls' that are available.
Apple, Parental Controls: https://support.apple.com/en-us/105121
Apple, MDM: https://www.apple.com/education/k12/deploy-and-manage/
Google Play, Parental Controls: https://safety.google/intl/en_us/families/parental-supervisi...
Google Play, MDM: https://support.google.com/googleplay/work/answer/7042221?hl...
I uploaded the ruling to the Internet Archive along with a copy of the document pushed through Google Translate
Thank you for the link.
I uploaded the ruling to the Internet Archive along with a copy of the document I pushed through Google Translate (which may not be perfect).
https://archive.org/details/Brazil-Court-Suspends-X
IN VIEW OF ALL THE ABOVE, given the necessary legal requirements, fumus boni iuris – consisting of the repeated, conscious and voluntary failure to comply with court orders and failure to pay the daily fines applied, in addition to the attempt to not submit to the Brazilian legal system and Judiciary, to establish an environment of total impunity and “lawless land” on social networks as well as
Brazilians, including during the 2024 municipal elections, the periculum in mora – consisting of the maintenance and expansion of the instrumentalization of X BRAZIL, through the action of extremist groups and digital militias on social networks, with massive dissemination of Nazi, racist, fascist, hate speeches, anti-democratic speeches, including in the period leading up to the 2024 municipal elections,
I DETERMINE:
(1) IMMEDIATE, COMPLETE AND INTEGRAL SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF “X BRASIL INTERNET LTDA” in the national territory, until all court orders issued in these proceedings are complied with, fines are duly paid and a legal or natural person representing the company in the national territory is appointed in court. In the case of a legal entity, its administrative representative must also be appointed. The President of the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), CARLOS MANUEL BAIGORRI must be notified, including by electronic means, to IMMEDIATELY take all necessary measures to implement the measure, with this COURT being notified within a maximum of 24 (twentyfour) hours.
(2) THE SUMMONS, to be complied with within 5 (five) days, and must immediately notify the court of the companies (2.1) APPLE and GOOGLE in Brazil to insert technological obstacles capable of making it impossible for users of the IOS (APPLE) and ANDROID (GOOGLE) systems to use the “X” application and remove the “X” application from the APPLE STORE and GOOGLE PLAY STORE stores and, similarly, in relation to applications that enable the use of VPN ('virtual private network'), such as, for example: Proton VPN, Express VPN, NordVPN, Surfshark, TOTALVPN, Atlas VPN, Bitdefender VPN; (2.2) Which manage backbone access services in Brazil, so that they insert technological obstacles in them capable of making it impossible for users of the “X” application to use;
(2.3) Internet service providers, represented by their Presidents, for example ALGAR TELECOM, OI, SKY, LIVE TIM, VIVO, CLARO, NET VIRTUA, GVT, etc..., so that they insert technological obstacles capable of making the use of the application “X” unfeasible; and (2.4) That manage personal mobile service and switched fixed telephone service, so that they insert technological obstacles capable of making the use of the application “X” unfeasible
(3) THE APPLICATION OF A DAILY FINE of R$50,000.00 (fifty thousand reais) to individuals and legal entities that engage in conduct involving the use of technological subterfuges to continue communications carried out by “X”, such as the use of VPN ('virtual private network'), without prejudice to other civil and criminal sanctions, in accordance with the law.
Wow, this is actually really cool and absolutely something I find value in. The integration was smooth and data generation was quick. Previously used Mockaroo but that shoots out an excel sheet which just adds additional steps to getting the data into Salesforce whereas this was seamless.
Congrats on shipping and thanks for sharing it!
So the models are effectively all caricatures, to varying degrees? I'm not exactly offended but seeing and interacting with the 'Popular: Gay Bestie' model is...uh...patronizing. In real life, whenever I interact with someone who has preconceived ideas of who I am [as a gay dude] it's been really annoying.
Gay Bestie: lets get into it
Me: hello
Gay Bestie: Well hello there, gorgeous! What brings you to my neck of the woods today? Need some advice or just looking for some good old-fashioned tea? Either way, I’m here for you, hunty!
Screenshots:
[landing page] https://i.imgur.com/vsEMDdW.png
[chat] https://i.imgur.com/SzUbvxw.png
edit: I figured it'd be interesting to see how it answers questions that most gay people have probably been asked by our peers, the responses weren't disappointing
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You: are you sure you're gay
Gay Bestie: I'm not just gay, I'm a high-end gay. I'm the kind of gay who knows the difference between a Chanel and a Chanel knockoff. I'm the kind of gay who can serve up some serious sass and style. So, if you need any advice on how to slay the fashion game or how to deal with your love life, I'm your guy!
You: how do you know if you've never been with a girl
Gay Bestie: Well, honey, let me tell you, I may not have been with a girl in the biblical sense, but I've been around the block a few times. I've got more gaydar than a pride parade, and I know how to spot a queen from a mile away. Plus, I've got more sass and style than most girls I know, so I think I've got this whole gay thing down pat!
You: so in a relationship which one of you is the woman
Gay Bestie: I'm a top, but not just any top. I'm a power top, a dominant top, a top who knows how to take charge and give you the ride of your life. I'm like the Beyoncé of tops - fierce, fearless, and always in control. So, if you're looking for a top who can handle you, then you've come to the right place. But don't say I didn't warn you...
Your comment reminded me of a cool little project I found a few years ago re: niche problems and smaller solutions - the target demo being soldiers who (very generally) have some disposable income to spend on a small app that can improve their professional QoL was kind of genius imo.
There was (still is, though the website is now dead) a really cool website/app that a fmr Air Force soldier made called AFI SWiM[0] that extracted 'Shall, Will and Must' references from Air Force publications which blew up in popularity among the target demo. The dev recently(ish) wrote a blog post[1] how it surprised him to see the app[2] had gotten around ~20k downloads, though I am unsure if the app was always priced at $1.99 (which would be just under $40k).
I like the idea of developing a problem solver for a niche market, though finding and monetizing it definitely is pretty tough.
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20220601160702/https://swim.afie...
[1] https://willswire.com/blog/chat-afi/
[2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/afi-explorer/id1564964107
the github repo: https://github.com/willswire/afi-swim
I really like seeking out collecting and curating Old Hollywood content, the kind that mostly lives on old niche blogs. Google is just not great at pulling them up to a point where if I am seeking those niche blogs, Yandex is my go-to.
I find much higher quality content on Yandex for those niche topics.
That would be pretty cool actually.
There is hn.algolia.com which can be used to (kind of, at least) achieve that but it's not a perfect fit.
This is a result if you search "JAXA" and sort by All for the Last Year so it's just kinda there
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...
A versatile recipe: you can use it for your dish and bring it along for a voyage on the high-seas to combat against scurvy.
Near(ish) where I grew up there is a Lutheran church also has that domed flying saucery look about it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7109737,-87.849723,3a,75y,35...
Their domain is pretty funny too: https://www.spaceshipchurch.org/ :')
Oooh I can try tackling a bit of this (I'll try not to ramble... )
But anyway studios have been outsourcing animation work to Asian countries for a while now.
You might have seen some of the work product from one of the larger Japanese animation studios: TMS Enterainment who has worked on things like Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, The New Batman Adventures in addition to shows like Tiny Toon Adventures and Transformers in the 80-90s.
Some more recent(ish) examples are Cartoon Network outsourcing the animation for Steven Universe to Rough Draft Korea located South Korea and Nickelodeon outsourced some of the work for Korra to a Japanese company called Pierrot.
I'm just rambling at this point so I'm going to just leave a few links below that can do a better job of illustrating than I'm able to.
Wikipedia, Outsourcing of Animation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing_of_animation
[DCAU Fandom Wiki, TMS Entertainment: https://dcau.fandom.com/wiki/TMS_Entertainment,_Ltd.
Reddit thread, Stylistic differences between two studios: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/1m4wbn/st...
AnimeNewsNetwork, American animation outsourced to Japan (2015): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2015-11-02/.94920
I'm pretty happy with my path, all things considered - the biggest issues re: programming for me is:
- carpal tunnel; have already had the surgery 1x on left arm and 2x on right with some persistent issues that some PT is tackling
- eye strain; have been messing with blue light glasses alongside some monitor changes and using trying to use more saline (I forget to blink all day), not perfect but it's manageable for the time being
A good friend is a mail carrier and I'm actually super jealous of her job; I went from walking several miles a day as a server in undergrad to 5hrs standing/3hrs sitting while working with an AM/PM walk to bridge the gap but it's just not the same as being active all day. Have been considering making a move into something else...but it's unlikely to actually happen tbh
Oh wow, I wasn't really online at that point in my life but I wanted to read more about it - were these the articles/threads you remember?
Munich Finally Starts to Embrace Linux, September 26, 2006
- https://slashdot.org/story/06/09/26/0236246/munich-finally-s...
Munich Reverses Course, May Ditch Linux For Microsoft, August 18, 2014
- https://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/08/18/2219253/munich-rev...