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New comment by zdp7 in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

zdp7 — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:05:56 +0000

If you were the FBI, much higher than you are assuming. Read up on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bojinka_plot . The FBI had the plans for the foiled first attempt for 9/11.

New comment by zdp7 in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

zdp7 — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:07:22 +0000

Pretty sure you are mistaken. Look up public policy violations. Typically you can't negotiate away rights

New comment by zdp7 in "I moved my digital stack to Europe"

zdp7 — Fri, 15 May 2026 09:07:29 +0000

The US isn't being single handedly dismantled. The damage is being done by thousands. You are fooling yourself if you think it can't happen in the EU. People have been working on this for decades. Obviously if it were to happen it's not going to be one rogue, but multiple right leaning countries. As long as you believe it can't happen, the easier it becomes to do it.

New comment by zdp7 in "Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs"

zdp7 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:30:18 +0000

Many security cameras have the ability to record audio. Depending on where you are, it might be illegal to use it. All the cams I have purchased have it. That would include ReoLink and a recommended model from the Frigate site.

New comment by zdp7 in "Bodega cats of New York"

zdp7 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:59:43 +0000

Cat owners have significantly lower cardiovascular deaths. Children growing up with a cat have an almost 50% lower development of asthma and allergies. They reduce stress and depression.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3317329/

New comment by zdp7 in "Bodega cats of New York"

zdp7 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:46:22 +0000

Less than 0.5% of people are at risk of anaphylaxis from cat allergies. Since you brought up peanut allergies, it's relevant to point out that we haven't banned peanuts. It sucks that you and others suffer, but getting rid of cats doesn't make sense when you can ask if there are cats around, much like people with peanut allergies ask about the presence of peanuts.

New comment by zdp7 in "Bodega cats of New York"

zdp7 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:18:06 +0000

The solution isn't get rid of cats, it's don't lick your hands after changing the litter box. Especially since cat feces isn't the most common source. Under cooked meat is.

New comment by zdp7 in "Bodega cats of New York"

zdp7 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:08:33 +0000

You don't get toxoplasmosis from touching a cat. You get it from touching cat feces and then ingesting it. The most common avenue of infection (in the US at least) is consuming raw or undercooked meat. Considering when my wife was pregnant, she asked our Doctor about it. His recommendation was she should not be the one to clean the litter box. So yeah, avoid cat feces and if you can't wash your hands. We don't need to get rid of cats. Also make sure the meat you eat is cooked properly.

New comment by zdp7 in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

zdp7 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:08:58 +0000

> Japan was indisputably an ally of the US, whereas China has never been.

Except for the time we were indisputably not allies with Japan and were with China.

New comment by zdp7 in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zdp7 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:56:33 +0000

Address space isn't the only benefit.

I'll just leave this here if you want to find out https://www.catchpoint.com/benefits-of-ipv6

New comment by zdp7 in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zdp7 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:44:23 +0000

Maybe you don't need the addresses, but there are other advantages. If we made the move, I suspect we could give you the experience you want and the one I want. I personally do want to host my own services. My phone is configured to send my pictures to Google and my personal NAS. Centralized services mean you have to trust that provider. These days I don't. I intend to leave centralized services so I know my content isn't training AI or the doorbell isn't spying on me or my neighbors. But, no instead we should force everyone to share the same IP addresses and run less efficient routing.

New comment by zdp7 in "Y Combinator's CEO says he ships 37,000 lines of AI code per day"

zdp7 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:48:28 +0000

I get it. This is an 10x ai developer. It's the additional line count to get one good line of code.

New comment by zdp7 in "Juggalo makeup blocks facial recognition technology (2019)"

zdp7 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:50:04 +0000

My solution was to toughen consequences and I didn't directly respond to your tech solutions won't do it, the implication I was trying to make was take self defense class (tech defenses). This is so when the bully punches you in the face, you may not have a bloody nose when the bully gets suspended (ie ineffectual punishment like giving a kid a day off for bad behavior). I have a theory that good actors need to work harder to profit, since bad actors benefit from their unethical actions. Most good guys then get bought out at some point by a bad guy.

New comment by zdp7 in "Juggalo Makeup Blocks Facial Recognition Technology (2019)"

zdp7 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:54:41 +0000

You would want to test the camo. I suspect there is more than just changing ones appearance. I believe I've seen a story talking about not needing to see the entire face. You can still id people wearing neck gaiters and other face coverings if you can make out the facial contour. I think you needed about a third of the face uncovered. https://hyperverge.co/blog/masked-face-recognition/

Edit found a link pretty fast.

New comment by zdp7 in "Juggalo makeup blocks facial recognition technology (2019)"

zdp7 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:46:34 +0000

As long as it is accessible and useful, it will be used. Organized crime is around despite it being illegal. Considering how lucrative tracking people is, people will do it illegally. Even corporations as long as penalties aren't significant enough. We really need a three strikes law for corporations. Three egregious intentional violations and corp, is dissolved all assets going to support the needy.

New comment by zdp7 in "The AI Coding Velocity Trap"

zdp7 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:05:11 +0000

I don't think first mover is going to matter. I think the race to be first is a waste of money. Deepseek sort of showed that LLMs aren't signicantly protected from duplicating results. AI will drastically change how we deal with 3rd party services. Third party services are going to have a very hard time locking in users. You can't lock me in if I can get AI to scrape my data out and translate it into data another provider uses. Going forward I am of the opinion the winners will be the innovators that can create intuitive interfaces. Innovation alone won't be enough. Someone else can rebuild your concept with a better interface.

Edit: fixed intent.

New comment by zdp7 in "The AI Coding Velocity Trap"

zdp7 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:39:28 +0000

Velocity won't matter. How fast you code isn't what matters to the end user. We select software based on what works the best for us. Interfaces that are slop can only be successful if they fit how we work. If we assume coding is essentially an AI task now, the winner will be the team that builds the best software. Think of it like Apple under Steve Jobs. It wasn't velocity that was important, but attention and intentionality. I don't think LLMs can get us Steve Jobs quality. I see developers focusing on code review and optimizing interfaces to function well.

New comment by zdp7 in "Banned in California"

zdp7 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:27:37 +0000

Like I thought you've got nothing.

New comment by zdp7 in "Banned in California"

zdp7 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:33:25 +0000

It is a battery cell manufacturing line and with the intent to facilitate providing research resources to California battery business. Considering the claim was that you couldn't make lithium batteries in CA, having a new manufacturing line shows that's incorrect. It also shows the state sees it as a need. I haven't seen anyone provide any info showing it isn't possible.

New comment by zdp7 in "Banned in California"

zdp7 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:38:29 +0000

Not likely since the state of California provided a grant with the purpose of manufacturing battery cells in the state. Search for GFO-24-304. You are just kidding yourself if you think California is anti manufacturing. If you can show why this is untrue, show the info. Still had a link to the grant info. https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/gfo-24-304-california-batte...