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New comment by rapidaneurism in "We Are the Last People Who Know How It Works"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:05:48 +0000

Similar experience in the 90s, but we don't really know the intricacies of doping silicone, or smelting metal to make the pins. And what about mining it?

I think the last time people knew how things were made was in preindustrial societies because they had to build everything themselves (whatever little things they had)

New comment by rapidaneurism in "US Supreme Court Just Blew Up EU-US Data Transfers"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:43:12 +0000

Do they mob potential Johns?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:58:59 +0000

>It is logically inconsistent, IMO, to both want to fight a system, and want to be afforded its privileges.

But isn't this exactly what people do when they vote for a different government?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Philae's extraordinary comet landing relived (2024)"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:43:36 +0000

What nobody mentioning the guy's shirt?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:33:54 +0000

There is a bootlegger and baptist thing going on here. One understandable point of view is that of parents that control their kids' phones, but other parents in the community do not. Then their kids are the only ones in the class without tiktok or Instagram or something.

For those parents life is easier if nobody is allowed on these things.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York"

rapidaneurism — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:07:36 +0000

I suspect they would hire a Nobel laureate that was willing to work as an unpaid intern.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless"

rapidaneurism — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:41:40 +0000

I think there is plenty of people, but they have these obscene demands about getting paid a living wage.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness"

rapidaneurism — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:37:43 +0000

You might still puke, as the phone is correcting for the car motion, not for your eyes failing to move as commanded, or your ear accelerometer giving faulty readings.

You might still die, so don't eat poison berries please.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

rapidaneurism — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:02:12 +0000

I do not understand the outrage, law abiting users have nothing to fear (TM) and criminally minded users (or undocumented) can always pay a homeless person, a few bucks to register their burner.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring"

rapidaneurism — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:08:11 +0000

Consider characters that look the same but have different unicode?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring"

rapidaneurism — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:04:13 +0000

Apparently the key 'hack' is to present white or hispanic.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Roughly a quarter of American professionals hit a wall in their careers"

rapidaneurism — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:12:17 +0000

I'm a bit cynical :) there are other reasons to stay in a job, but the definition of market value is how much you can successfully interview for. So yes staying in a job signals that nobody wants to give you more money.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Roughly a quarter of American professionals hit a wall in their careers"

rapidaneurism — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:00:52 +0000

Internal people are people paid more than their market value (otherwise they would have left).

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Roughly a quarter of American professionals hit a wall in their careers"

rapidaneurism — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:57:50 +0000

And if they do rise to the occasion you keep paying them the lower salary.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "The UK Government's Low Value Purchase System Is a Waste of Time"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:38:42 +0000

Aren't local profits taxed?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "SF startup is testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:08:15 +0000

But that like costs money and/or time.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Can we have the day off?"

rapidaneurism — Thu, 28 May 2026 04:01:29 +0000

France had revolution and guillotines, but the UK had a strong police force and good suppression.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "What Were Ancient Greco-Roman Curse Tablets?"

rapidaneurism — Sat, 16 May 2026 18:20:22 +0000

https://archive.ph/Kqh0h

It seems to redirect based on location, and the article cannot be accessed

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent"

rapidaneurism — Thu, 14 May 2026 06:12:09 +0000

Or started a company, and eventually ended up being convicted for lying to the investors? Who am I kidding? She is probably giving ted talks.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

rapidaneurism — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:28:24 +0000

Especially if the device in question is linked to an enemy of the state and the people.