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New comment by 0x59 in "Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'"

0x59 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:36:54 +0000

Silver lining - It's not oil/gas extraction or mining.

New comment by 0x59 in "The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games"

0x59 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:18:59 +0000

I believe were all largely responsible for our own agency. different strokes for different folks I guess

New comment by 0x59 in "The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games"

0x59 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:49:59 +0000

I like where you're going and obv industry will just have you buy a license

New comment by 0x59 in "The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games"

0x59 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:48:11 +0000

its silly to me that soo many people buy into such schemes

New comment by 0x59 in "The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games"

0x59 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:01:41 +0000

Why would you buy my new game if you're spending all your attention on the one I sold you 10 years ago?

New comment by 0x59 in "The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games"

0x59 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:00:18 +0000

I think this is the root of it and what the article describes in the first half. I suspect owning a copy of a game will soon be completely eliminated and replaced w the subscription model. Then when subscription dollars stop flowing, the company naturally winds down the service.

New comment by 0x59 in "Arithmetic Without Numbers – How LLMs Do Math"

0x59 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:46:36 +0000

One could use many things to do arithmetic:

- color wheel

- oxidation reactions

- interpretive dance

- migratory patterns of curlew sandpipers

Whether one should is another question

New comment by 0x59 in "Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen"

0x59 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:13:16 +0000

Stripe has a useful tool and markets it well. With that said, I'm glad there are other options.

New comment by 0x59 in "New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste"

0x59 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:09:41 +0000

Agree! Shout out to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

New comment by 0x59 in "How Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S."

0x59 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:44:35 +0000

I own one gun. If another own guns, that's none of my business. The question, how many guns are "optimal" introduces a surface for regulation that is none of the government's business to be regulating.

New comment by 0x59 in "The Environmental Cost of AI: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints"

0x59 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:18:58 +0000

Article says that US power consumption for AI would be 11th largest country if it was a country.

It's a shame this isn't being used to fuel the build out of an energy grid of the future. That would be a real asset

New comment by 0x59 in "Bot vs human traffic"

0x59 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:55:01 +0000

Sorry for the confusion, I was pointing out that the submitter submitted something silly and not that CF is boosting its business.

New comment by 0x59 in "Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground"

0x59 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:47:58 +0000

An issue I see is who controls the information. The next generation may not recieve the knowledge, it may be gatekept by industry who *will* own the gate.

The future may not have access unless we fight to ensure they do. This is how I read the article.

New comment by 0x59 in "Bot vs human traffic"

0x59 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:40:14 +0000

CF posts metrics which reinforces their business... shocking

New comment by 0x59 in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"

0x59 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:19:16 +0000

Back to work slaves!

New comment by 0x59 in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

0x59 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:54:29 +0000

A gmail expat, I've been over at posteo for about a decade. Couldn't imagine a reason to go back for my personal account.

I've used gmail for corpo email since, but I don't have a choice there.

New comment by 0x59 in "The way we treat pigs is a sin"

0x59 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:20:08 +0000

Yeah, that's kinda where I am. States (for now) have the right to regulate what's for sale on their shelves.

This is a case where "the customer is always right" applies. CA and others have passed legislation for what kind of pork they will buy. IA is not compelled by those laws to fill those orders and doesn't have to rebuild out a new supply chain.

They may need to retool some of it if they want to capture these clear market demands, but again... nobody is compelling them.

New comment by 0x59 in "Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai"

0x59 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:08:45 +0000

IMO if you're participating in a BB program, you should abide by he rules set forth by the program.

If you're not, then you don't have to.

New comment by 0x59 in "The way we treat pigs is a sin"

0x59 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:46:47 +0000

Always has been.

> The [Save Our Bacon] Act would stop any state or locality from regulating the sale of meat based on how it’s produced in another state.

Interesting to think about this adjacent to the current availability of mifespristone by mail debate. They're not identical, but to what extent do the laws of one state impact the lives of those who reside in another?

New comment by 0x59 in "Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai"

0x59 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:34:11 +0000

From what I can tell, the message is

When you discover an exploit, only communicate with source (and pray they respond) or get sued. Seems like the position is customers and stakeholders shouldn't be allowed access to this information.