2026-08-20T03:48:47Z https://nostr.now slash https://nostr.now/npub1zpx4uct4lxp9s93vr9898fac35l935vsdg0h6sr2z0v0y22wg08s0v3rrk https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfvywhdwuu0ug2edqltxvqv6xs66kr608z47zjqkwh6guf7wzsfzgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu75cpwum I finally found a good thing to say about AI. After years of politicians pitting Americans against each other, AI is re-unifying us. We now stand together against the common enemy: Data Centers.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lq68asmanu3etxax9hvrj8au4h585lq8zgzujmufqsewtsz85mkskknf7e" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lauren Weinstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lq6…nf7e</span>)</a></span> 2026-08-26T14:46:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgjmwjgm4pzzsazn7jptcft667e5m7q8sa8nejkzx0q9cqxm6j0hszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ymgxra In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw22l00z8mx6phau94m55wkgalckrsmyj86flj9yx2dw4xzruenns5s9nd0'>nevent1q…9nd0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m trying to figure out why Windows would be mentioned in a book on ZFS. Did someone write an IFS driver for ZFS? 2026-08-25T19:55:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xympredvz0vpfmpnfuu68c063wft8atfzrgdk69t0ns40xs383czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7hrqhv3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2yrugh6yayaua9w8sh6hzzngvpzq90gj4yeueatgt5juxk6eqfzckdfyr8'>nevent1q…fyr8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I (almost) hope that they get everything they ask for, and still lose big in November. Then who will they blame their losses on? And the GOP might finally realize they&#39;ve been pursuing a losing strategy and change.<br/><br/>But only &#34;almost&#34;, because these things are clearly intended to block anti-Trump voters. 2026-08-24T22:00:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszvjfwn44rsefyfm9e0sr3a2wz20xcq763xcn5pmr3mcxy23vxmhczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7n6z3xj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsru9sjuyd8vuznsncwq577z8ssfka82cmxtpyej5wylm2sc0qqeesfgt0ak'>nevent1q…t0ak</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Let&#39;s not forget &#34;Network&#34;: Go to your windows, stick your head out and yell &#39;I&#39;m as mad as hell, and I&#39;m not going to take it any more!&#34; 2026-08-24T17:05:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglxzrhy7h9faj6v7r966vhmprju04ns3p24wlcf7gvhsdf2z2d8qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7gkp7r6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq69l8kp9ajlsg3wdl9laygkxd5h5n09lkajjyqhnlgpen6k9xkmc3m8dmw'>nevent1q…8dmw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Proposition: Kirk was *always* the bad guy. Violated the Prime Directive like it was just another Monday Night. Always telling people how to think, how to organize their society, and interfering militarily when they were &#34;wrong&#34;.<br/><br/>Discuss. 2026-08-23T05:31:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd03csvn596zgm0ue6925rk7m2uek5yxxeq7hh29mwkc5sfwnn6wgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7sz4qf0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2wda5rdwf905lhucnr3ummcd8t8nmp6rmh4z268amw5xrwp8nwjstcreuy'>nevent1q…reuy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>LOL! Or screw worm...<br/><br/>I&#39;m glad your sense of humor hasn&#39;t left you. 2026-08-23T04:53:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs07d5qllnhmr6qcpcn0t64dmd0thy8aplqsy8s0qnmfywyyaaltaczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7vmsa5z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzcche7q28s472u2u9jrxj7w526naqhc84f7mvezwask9m4zuu6cr92evu'>nevent1q…2evu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>LOL.<br/><br/>For those who may not realize this was a joke...There is documented proof that I read at least one of MWL&#39;s books carefully.<br/><br/>Buy his books. If nothing else, you can throw them at people who ask stupid questions. 2026-08-21T17:38:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx0wltg24repf5wf7xyff9ltch99kqzq2nzhhg4rlqunz5a5e8zxqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu769xrh2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhzhrtk7cfacxn380f92kfp7g806zrvfhw463fctu340qj6gkq8snu48hx'>nevent1q…48hx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I, for one took your advice to not read it. I did flout you by _buying_ it, though. 2026-08-21T17:35:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszjwdemy9tglr9e2dunvxtj7g86yxs8j3mqyphrcxjdcxwyh4wjcczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7wu9nrd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pmak57s39psm5mdkht3u3y8fmfm6339elk9zcg2qawrum2pljkqkxpqyn'>nevent1q…pqyn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At my place of business, Google is _forced_, and that&#39;s despite a strict prohibition against using any off-site LLM/AI. They tell me not to use it, then they force me to use it. 2026-08-21T17:32:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqe90863npx099enfywjwrkpupw6mh2ccqjxeyy2mwzseh6eeh45qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7g2nq55 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrweyecekqjjsft73luctxskj3h7962nstlx4xex2j5skt2ykngzgmqylmt'>nevent1q…ylmt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Weren&#39;t they the stars of the movie &#34;Chinatown?&#34; ;) 2026-08-20T19:51:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstelkku7jctyhgcqw9lhryrwfn5xau4j6eez5nx7p0rep2h4vk5xgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7mq3vx6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2eqqle88qxteuudt8hny2h3mu7h62cwn3en6jp29emhus5cm6fqp2ta0g'>nevent1q…ta0g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And this is why I value your books. You take all these pains to thoroughly learn the subject, setting up the weirdest situations just to see how &#34;feature X&#34; actually works, and then write clearly about it. Plus, you know, tech books rarely make me laugh, but yours always do on at least every other page. (I mean that in a good way. Not like Dave Cutler writing that &#34;Windows is a multi-user operating system. One user at a time.&#34; That one made me laugh, but not in a good way.) 2026-08-20T17:21:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszzhlvtf9s5tnhl6v2hhdfgdnjjng8j3k02d2wcfvgrva508hzjnqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu75tk2x2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsymfqtewzwcs5pad55j54cmxhc6ejdezkmqk3y8my5wjcgq0tgllgrj8vtc'>nevent1q…8vtc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t see this on your wishlist. Did someone buy it for you? 2026-08-19T20:28:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydvh74wgq23r2sjuj96dgf5lcywu5dht8j0huv5z9qeyhcjmrvwqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7cygvgf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2c2entvxpvcu8s8h3rypmas4tfxnwwdupxqwdejvau4d0ycwhllcsl6kmv'>nevent1q…6kmv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always like watching Dr. Scott. There was (IMO) a huge difference between him and pretty much all other televangelists and megachurch leaders. Scott actually tried to teach the Bible. The others simply _used_ the Bible to motivate followers to pay them.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t get me wrong. He was crooked as a dog&#39;s hind leg. Do you remember tuning in to find him sitting there silently? Because the money wasn&#39;t flowing in, he&#39;d refuse to teach. But his teaching had an integrity no one else had. 2026-08-18T16:42:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2q96rctc4ymk887djtl6zl9fdrks8w7v4l2ffsf7sgzxzslqvtdczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu76fya5g So I get back from vacation, and the next day I get a notice from the landlord to move out. (They&#39;re selling the place, so I have to go.)<br/><br/>I was already juggling some life changes, and really didn&#39;t _need_ one more on top of the pile.<br/><br/>But I&#39;m just plodding ahead, taking each thing in turn. Plus I think I&#39;ll do a bit of drinking this weekend.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1d0r80ud5zs5f3vz2qfhk9aud3vnahejqrsw26k4g7uc744knmyyqa0qh90" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Agent Spooky Michał, FBI</span> (<span class="italic">npub1d0r…qh90</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ksfsk7zf88lk37thy0w5254empykpkw2aenr3chpnjv7wp2usyjsgmr6s6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ksf…r6s6</span>)</a></span> [@cascheranno](<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@cascheranno">https://hachyderm.io/@cascheranno</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1f4lwdmyc999y3fygr7t03zrplauvc3c889tz2hz3da62l0ydhzpskwa93q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>System Error</span> (<span class="italic">npub1f4l…a93q</span>)</a></span> 2026-08-14T07:38:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs24ujxumx70exx5wcllmk9e9clgzedh5x3a4cgxz2faafkx9hwfvszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu70ctz6y When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Colin Percival offered free use of his back up system (Tarsnap) for them to save their data.<br/><br/>I thought that was a really nice thing to do, and he&#39;d incur those expenses without income, so I added some money to my account, and sent him a note. (IIRC, it was $300.)<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been waiting, and just received a notification that I&#39;m finally running low on my account. So 4 years, at $75 per year, to store 2.1TB of data? Nice.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ksfsk7zf88lk37thy0w5254empykpkw2aenr3chpnjv7wp2usyjsgmr6s6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ksf…r6s6</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gar64hd8h8fpnkd2lzql0p4y3nq8l5wmqqrrj6c6jejt28m885zsanuee2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Peter N. M. Hansteen</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gar…uee2</span>)</a></span> 2026-08-14T01:47:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstf8sadvzvndjrpmrjna93v39z06pf4se9ecn6cz7ulkekczswyyczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7zuyusd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03pvhudex3v8rh7pc5pnl4jes2jhra4slqpfkeaa002crh7wy3jsgmqvpu'>nevent1q…qvpu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>First, you need to know. Apparently in their test runs they had to disable the beep because it was going off so often.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think most people know the extent to which their lives are recorded. This sort of thing should help with that.<br/><br/>Once you know, then you can act. 2026-08-13T17:19:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsts8fgwuav99n37s7j9e2ywnea0qdvdk245c4mg4yj50uasdk6leczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ufyp0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxnt9whkf6xt0euzmdjete7ax7pkcar3ga77w4s50fl97tfu6956qprcqta'>nevent1q…cqta</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At Defcon, there was a presentation of an ESP32-based Flock detector you could just keep in the car and it would beep when you&#39;re near one.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not all about running deauth attacks on an airplane... 2026-08-13T17:11:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmn84lwf8mj5zdkryd56dfvvrq5t5ag6w7p02j5lckpghcstal3szyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ve3npc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8q7fqavltx8qx7wrjptsjt3cfxaujaz4yq28avtlkyzz9fqupwvgpkercl'>nevent1q…ercl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OTOH, you just _know_ one of those apes is going to make some remark, and punctuate it by grabbing his junk... 2026-08-12T01:26:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8tdltxvt23lxld78h0evwlty0l3velykkdapj584u7eawtk0vz7qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7efd3kv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpx7hvxtahm246emn7u62phvx8lyaw2a2csxdfmwn4ayvhxy6zdqjysugp'>nevent1q…sugp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wish people would read the novel &#34;Make, Room! Make Room!&#34; instead of that movie.<br/><br/>It&#39;s &#34;soylent steak&#34; because it&#39;s made from soy and lentil beans.<br/><br/>(The book was about the Population Explosion and how it would drive us to eating things we would never eat if we knew what it was....Which is pretty much what we have throughout our grocery stores now.) 2026-08-09T23:23:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0senqss3j2acg82dv7nn8umck45nm03pl47n0s4nvpj47qpjffvqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7g647y7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2fpt9ad8y6pytzc6lv0duzmavtedzkssrcn4n5w4mwwk89g2wnjqsq5dq0'>nevent1q…5dq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s allegedly illegal to jam (or interfere) with GPS. But when I worked in Maryland, we would notice our GPS signal drop at _exactly_ the same day and time each week. The Freq. Mgmt. folks assured us that no such thing was happening, or they would have been notified.<br/><br/>So I don&#39;t know this as a fact, but my guess was the the CIA training facility was testing GPS tools. And my guess is that now those tools are being used.<br/><br/>This is why secrecy is bad. People died, and no one can talk. 2026-08-08T23:02:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd52yccczq742tht4vtj4sj3hhl5ftw9wxqhflppdx355e87zpz3gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu768xnfj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhur3jsswu32ymcxhws4423ahagkna86qd88e32w9s6q7ezhn46czzh57y'>nevent1q…h57y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Almost as much as when I slap my forehead while reading your books! ;) &#34;Wow. I coulda had a SSH cert!&#34; 2026-07-25T00:06:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszasydmsm5ya8ux7j4lgmnfc0w6ep9tadkn8f0xwqwxr72yxwu5cgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7cglfr2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyrgfhxt2zk7wskpse9z46ae7prsx36ndj0fllgapx7tyqr2cn5suvqzk4'>nevent1q…qzk4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is the process, but I wasn&#39;t smart enough to put the drive serial number on the drive sled, and I&#39;m sure my vdev layout is less than optimal. (I wasn&#39;t sure how to think through the trade-offs.)<br/><br/>And I&#39;m likely not doing replication to my second ZFS box well, plus I doubt my shares are quite right for my specific mix of systems.<br/><br/>That&#39;s what I meant: That I always find things in your books which make my systems better. Worth the price right there. 2026-07-24T20:47:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz4fgqsns26qc0yd4xhstr94tqt8t7zty4ky94fh4tnhuc2ncmnkszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7sypefe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfuftuy4rz3z529cjtvelt5jehspx8lmdct0rnuaunwxhu6dh44ssvcuehr'>nevent1q…uehr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I&#39;ve done that. Replaced 1TB spinners with 4TB SSDs. 14 drives worth. (The other two were my boot pool mirror.)<br/><br/>It was tedious, and always a guess as to which physical drive you just removed from the vdev. Then you have to wait for the resilvering. And only after this week-long process do you finally see your storage expand.<br/><br/>Based on my personal history, I&#39;m going to read this new book, and discover at least a few things that I should have done to make things better. 2026-07-24T20:01:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyul3d02rtefmful8u0yxl47ermg5t9f3dr3le43uc73nf9u409xgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7j6mrwg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjud8tcqedrv9fquddhxnf89egc4t3ddez03wdkxgh5lasamqrvg0afaqu'>nevent1q…faqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, as I understand history, cities (and, really, anything above nomad tribalism) were created to manage shared resources in a fair way. For some definition of &#34;fair&#34;.<br/><br/>I think Gene imagined a future in which technology made scarcity disappear. Antimatter for unlimited power, food created from atoms at the touch of a button, etc. In that sort of future, cities and their elections are not really required.<br/><br/>Organizations will still organize, but not at a government level. 2026-07-24T17:08:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyx8mvlpwyztepuwms7xhytuqs8klse4dyux9p8gzsfd9chnwjm4czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ssfkcf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9vf6gvvftnnemv3seuw9kr3uhpl5duufpfx53un040h2py5wfpq5cmlh9'>nevent1q…mlh9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I found that certain chassis support functions which will list all slots, and you can make two queries, one for drives and one for the chassis, and be able to link them together.<br/><br/>Labels are definitely the best method. Which is kinda sad, really. 2026-07-22T22:44:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw26gx4aqalqd7wsp8ytmsykwcjy4zypjmnazz7z7lmq85rsuju7gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu75emhgy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dwlpdadlu8dk60kvj57vezyc5qhr4aht6hhche52tfq0v5ycdqqxydt6e'>nevent1q…dt6e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a side-note, one of the hardest things I&#39;ve had to do is figure out *which slot* drive s0d1-NCC-1701B is in. I&#39;ve resorted to using a piece of tape with the drive serial number on it. 2026-07-22T21:57:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqup5dlfvs05qcyujhzfu4vd3n5p5cpjc8ap98ywx0dsyk9rh5h7qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7025d6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqjxr0xnvj5jzrckj6h8mq5m95x79qsv7cy6dnz4dwapd5xrtlmtgkp0rl9'>nevent1q…0rl9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think this is just blaming the victim. 99% of people (and 100% of programmers) have no idea how computers work, let alone an LLM. <br/><br/>They are handed a tool, and told -- loudly and repeatedly -- that it &#34;thinks&#34; and can summarize all human knowledge for the asking.<br/><br/>So they ask. And they get answers. Why *wouldn&#39;t* they trust that?<br/><br/>Expecting an average person to &#34;know better&#34; is asinine. You should be ashamed of yourself. 2026-07-22T21:54:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdntn4vxr408947j890tp9qskum7zehe3434mp04h6yyh42p9mjxgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7v9ycc5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0hxlpw6jcrtwnjwnwe393e6r839gtcmtynjl6f8rup6pq45yj8qfhaezs'>nevent1q…aezs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most definitely. Most platforms (like Signal) do not. And I can tell you that I have recently had to hover over one of yours to figure out what was being communicated. But I _could_, so I&#39;m great with that. 2026-07-21T17:14:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0tn67c9re8jq6u8pcy0a4fdxuvrge68yy656zvjc7tk4skvp063gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7w8vz5g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv78t683mfnasevtlj48yfuwxd5tecd7zx065nhh6c0nzaq5u9f7qpq26k0'>nevent1q…26k0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And &#34;emojii&#34; (which they are NOT) are just tiny cartoons, mostly with facial expressions. And most of them are indistinguishable to me. People react with a tiny face, and I&#39;m lost as to whether they agree, disagree, are happy or angry, etc. I don&#39;t _see_ any of that. Words. I hear your words. Sarcasm is tough, and I often have to ask. 2026-07-21T17:09:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqa4dv9xs7n2h632lu5cxccul09cnh6ks57ev4llm7056fc2mw98gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7wy27gd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cvdpcygadn6xg83cpz205mr4qhznjyp6h5kq6nnnfc7zpmgvj5qrg4hve'>nevent1q…4hve</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#39;Silent spring&#39; -- wasn&#39;t there a book with that title? 2026-07-18T12:52:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxz6u5y58ny23daqpen03ln222jslgewnrr7w2e2sp75c2zhsfylszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7l04hev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvpuw07ahe2rvmpql3ycz4mf2a2yys0evuha2pccz4x6nfy2ndwyqusshqt'>nevent1q…shqt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have been very disappointed to learn what sort of human she is.<br/><br/>And I think it hits worse because the Harry Potter books spoke to something inside me. I felt I lived like a Harry, being different and looked down on for it. HP made me feel like someone understood that feeling, and created a place in my imagination where I could be happy.<br/><br/>And the mind that created it, which felt just like mine, turns out to be a rabid badger. She&#39;s taken that happiness away from me. 2026-07-15T01:53:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8hd03ws0he7f92cuzr6645ct3gr44z2g7mw270jxyfvvfzdkpw3szyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7z4cwsu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs879cpshppgw5h8nn7mqp4n0h4a9cx8j8t8zyc687grpa7l5xl8pszwylxn'>nevent1q…ylxn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is that the photo with 6 fingers on his hand? ;) 2026-07-13T17:44:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqcqmlq8jnak0eh82vaj2a84jt43fp53tlmu3l6qtymu5603zz7gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7mrrrvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvfv3cawdsmphsga4242keq2e6cwesxt63ffgrm23t5u9pcmlavsnymt42'>nevent1q…mt42</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That hurts my heart. It&#39;s beautiful, and such lovely grounds. 2026-07-11T18:19:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9f0jdhkk9vmlu4u8zwrfulv5zzzfs4kn8ymgy9c2z36seelkyv6gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu79qz3jh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8mj93vxqkqgces6wchk4gtcpa822cy0eklfkc0nm7kdpjv4vgqqqxrmxxs'>nevent1q…mxxs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;A midden may be a regularly used animal toilet area or dunghill, created by many mammals, such as the hyrax, and also serving as a territorial marker.&#34;<br/><br/>I love learning new words. ;) 2026-07-11T16:58:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspzmpqv7ea8d5u4kykylp57nkx9r6wtgtjk2y5yawm85gurmfd7ygzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu73f9hj9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3c298ghy9he0qedqep2fhn2cklfzr9waz8x3693n6shz8sg8wtsvxdgm9'>nevent1q…dgm9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All I know is that Grosse Pointe Blank is one of my favorite movies. ;)<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure it&#39;ll sell well. There seem to be very few available homes on the market these days. Plus there&#39;s bound to be a real estate company who will buy it and keep it off the market to goose their stock prices or investment returns. 2026-07-10T16:46:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gn2yzspcsraatydgmk7ghr3sfkeyu62nc589trzrl9xg524w9rgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7lzptqw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsh4zcx56jc0edsq2vlsmk7j5mv8upnfkn2ytmderz5wjsevgnpswa98ew'>nevent1q…98ew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wasn&#39;t that inspired by having one of his (Bradbury&#39;s) 3am walks in L.A. interrupted when cops stopped him for unusual behavior?<br/><br/>I sure miss him. 2026-07-08T22:38:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9za7msfauqr097j9k3ahh2gr0e4cts3qnnwdn32l8h5kxjwcrx2gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ew6ul5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgfw8qjf7vs7df7h52q8u09r0tfh0r2gcm3478mdtzqvyc7utt2csuqtkg'>nevent1q…qtkg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don Lancaster had some exercises in his microcomputer books. The one most like this is &#34;Simulate the known Universe over all time in &lt; 100 bytes. List any simplifying assumptions.&#34; 2026-07-06T05:38:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxzt35yr4kr3vpp0r0xyg0yy4ha6pcvwcy3knlnfe7zrhaatdn0eczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu72gku70 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszax39esuar7u6fgveu9llzd9ss6qvuj9sazs327fhrsp9hl0p74sc3z4jn'>nevent1q…z4jn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This must be going around. Someone at work told that joke just before the holiday. 2026-07-06T05:35:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsytxt83qlvuy6lv9wdddfc5uwerfr9w2dn3n88fhesyr8ylpsckpszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7mqj6p9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9zr9pn2nv52wq79spp728f7tqqvweylv7nj0txzhud7rwa2wvxnsy530x8'>nevent1q…30x8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I loved &#34;I, Spy&#34; when it was on. I bought the complete set on DVD some years back, and a few episodes really stand out. Some of the best episodes ever put on screen.<br/><br/>The shock: they were written by Robert Culp. I had no idea he could do that. 2026-07-06T05:23:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdukkuldns2l2yeqnpzu7esxtd2wn6susx6z045nmdj0tynrncwcczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu784vtgh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6ppwy5xkjld88fdpddfndc4at2cmzhxepw29udcj2y0c5drs7ggwl40r6'>nevent1q…40r6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;ve done better than I did. I read my older stuff -- some published in magazines -- and I don&#39;t much like that person. 2026-07-06T05:19:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf6vk6zdjxqrnj8phfmwgupl825f0hnumtxttrnq6x7wjglrk49aszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu75v7t4e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzsexx5v5zzzqhq5kutexj4x6cj987dmn2nyv8rlzky50rvxentspveftx'>nevent1q…eftx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be fair, I often watched it while wearing my _own_ leisure suit... 2026-07-06T05:18:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy48jwek494507d0yghumztsp4ms3d6838rjte9uzvdntux200zaczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7pucyft I often think I know networking pretty well. Then I&#39;m reminded knowledge is no match for stupidity. I set up a server, on a private LAN. Then when I turned it around to be on the public LAN, it wasn&#39;t able to reach any other devices. I checked all the things, and made sure to edit the switch config to put it on the right VLAN. All good, no joy.<br/><br/>Then, after reloading the OS from scratch (no change), I thought to check the trunk at the *other* switch. Which blocked that VLAN. Doh!<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ksfsk7zf88lk37thy0w5254empykpkw2aenr3chpnjv7wp2usyjsgmr6s6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ksf…r6s6</span>)</a></span> 2026-07-03T01:47:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2lyx3ljvqcupn0d387jlkhn92l02plgt6sw8qzzc6yda4xnm5l9czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7fz8uuu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgvrp56j28gr79c7utsvzt5sys909eaner0yggmf0zjqznp5v05slqwpsc'>nevent1q…wpsc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They have a funny definition of &#34;purchased&#34;.<br/><br/>I recall Cory Doctorow talking about how Amazon treats ebooks as a sale for lowering the tax they owe, but as a lease in order to reduce what they have to pay authors.<br/><br/>You never &#34;bought&#34; anything, or you&#39;d still have it. I learned that early and painfully when DRM-Free Fictionwise was bought by Amazon, and all my books disappeared. Now I buy DRM-free, or crack the copy protection so I *actually* own the book. 2026-06-28T05:57:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswl6vmtd8zc65lh3frrl4w5xzpfm8d6xm9xw73ump0kv7ndrf78qgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu70jjapj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspf3j4s42w5ceh2sreu7dufcac4zsmlhf745yktq40ag0ymu2z5hq4tch72'>nevent1q…ch72</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK, I was doing well until, I think, Thursday. Did then include movies? Because some of those looked like movies instead of TV. And I don&#39;t remember the one with James Stewart at all. But I think I got 60-80%. I&#39;d have to watch again and pause it to write down hits and misses.<br/><br/>What I love about those old special effects is that those fancy transitions were new tech (&#34;genlocking&#34;?) , and had definite limits on what sort of wipes and insets they could do. 2026-06-26T03:37:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd33c7tm65ktvt87070l2cppzmvzrrqkd0uxynzd7t24cs4u2d78gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu79pp0y5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkhyceqpt9av3hnwzmjmd2rwp2upjhywqhcnp76mghwj2ns28kasu88w5k'>nevent1q…8w5k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Congratulations! I think.<br/><br/>I have always liked reading logs. Mostly to figure out what folks are trying to do.<br/><br/>Hopefully, their attack just bounced off your protections. 2026-06-25T19:12:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz3a4ufqqla4lxqvx5mgqnf2antknvpd7w97yrp2dvt4cn53mjz2qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu74d589k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvwzq3kqe2txmdkf7dkkp7yhlaupulqcx6cpx0reapmqmhya5g3czrx6sa'>nevent1q…x6sa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if that means the DoJ has finally figured out why they keep getting No Bill&#39;ed by every grand jury? 2026-06-21T16:08:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgrd00t8zv25yjwnfz7zl8hvffey0saywxcu3x3lfd73a6uynrmqgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ldjrrn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd8zqslw4pmff6pupnjnar5xvsdrkne2uurydq5gutjfsxml7fjjqhs0t3v'>nevent1q…0t3v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure how Israel can violate an agreement which they were not a party to.<br/><br/>But the paper the US signed specifically said the US could not &#34;threaten&#34; Iran. Within hours Trump had...threatened Iran.<br/><br/>It&#39;s almost like Iran knows they won, and simply waited for the US to withdraw to use their newest weapon, &#34;Closing the Strait&#34;.<br/><br/>And the US is prohibited from re-deploying to Iran by that same agreement. So I expect the bombings to start soon. 2026-06-20T17:15:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq8zx0eg433ygff4we2qdqqmegwgglrc6h3mp6tx8n5qd3prd7utgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7tpgyd3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tjkj26yhk6sydmpkh94fpwl4amf5xm6tpg6efnnep2txkfky69qz5kes2'>nevent1q…kes2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d like to see some efforts that start at the community level. For example, have your town council remove the Flock (or other) cameras.<br/><br/>Just like Odysseus, we start by blinding the Cyclops. 2026-06-20T02:05:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2cpxfqer0n3s65ggk70wkgsnylm5e0cndwtfycnuu7jue5lf39qszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7vgthqx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswjyesemxnt3sxtcpujl39e9m6anq9nwpfpy09dr7grzmcxjtudwck7d8lh'>nevent1q…d8lh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I could go on at length on this topic. But I&#39;ll just say that most Christians have no idea what Christ taught. Nor what those after him taught. They mostly just parrot what &#34;the guy in the white robe&#34; tells them on Sunday.<br/><br/>That Evangelical leaders endorse Trump, a human cesspit of foul deeds done with the glee reserved for the truly evil, proves they don&#39;t understand the Gospel.<br/><br/>The only modern President who was truly Christian was James Earl Carter, Jr. 2026-06-06T01:24:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2kx5ulkjuvknfeqmy68fzxjp6sthsd468gcst6hqt9790kpqtx7czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7wzy4rg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx56lkwye5mt4nurua9mtdehgskscmxgxrsayqruhpwdg88vvz2cczelh22'>nevent1q…lh22</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So...OED? Or a vintage edition? 2026-06-03T21:33:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8vugcvv5jzxyle3wd87typ7yysr5mrq0wzkdhedwl02jx4r6794qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu73ftfsq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmjt4g0f8cuvhzhsygx75k3nx6jcfrf6kxfwke38tu0kgc6n2qyg3lzk2y'>nevent1q…zk2y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>During my divorce I got so many people with comments like &#34;you don&#39;t have to do that,&#34; or &#34;why would you give that up.&#34;<br/><br/>My response was always, &#34;It&#39;s not about her; it&#39;s about what kind of person I want to be.&#34;<br/><br/>Life is not a zero-sum game. 2026-05-30T17:11:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gens4t832yuvvdhjr0u9efe7t3avumcpq4mhcxlur5fvqhncweqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7nlhc3w <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ksfsk7zf88lk37thy0w5254empykpkw2aenr3chpnjv7wp2usyjsgmr6s6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ksf…r6s6</span>)</a></span> My book has arrove. But I&#39;m at work so I can&#39;t revel in the defenestration of a beloved text. ;) 2026-05-28T20:17:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdgujc3qnha2nnlcxeyamttfmcnwheyak77mrc2a0x3j3e42s8q4czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7xpd52j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ju4ftk4x8hfentwsrpzqzkgfh98fy709c90awpwwa44txfkp6qg72ulre'>nevent1q…ulre</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Huh. I thought she was ousted a few weeks ago? And was taking some job with an impressive title but no substance. 2026-05-23T03:12:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqlram5dmzae0xghg4x024v0vjf6gx0805y4z8q4sjk7gcuttr5yczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7sh3xwt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fu3n4mscgd92cev5s4lyt8yma9nu3l5fepalhyfr3dwj4sk03lg279t98'>nevent1q…9t98</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t realize Dick wrote that much. 2026-05-20T22:27:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd8gzaj4luwt69fhweske2c649ep3pk8g5t5tmks6c03fu6puvz8gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu72m22lk The Bureau of Dangerous Goods. This actually exists. Every time I see this logo, I am tickled at how wonderful that name is. Some people are just damned good at naming things.<br/><br/>FWIW, this is a company which specializes in compliance. If you have to ship something considered hazardous, these folks can ensure you do it correctly. Which is worth money.<br/><br/>Someone needs to make a movie about this. &#34;Dangerous&#34; could mean just about anything a clever writer wanted to write about.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ksfsk7zf88lk37thy0w5254empykpkw2aenr3chpnjv7wp2usyjsgmr6s6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ksf…r6s6</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/593/873/717/304/180/original/25bbe3f7bab6a40e.png"> <br/> 2026-05-18T05:19:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxshma4akhx7cjscm0zrk58hcwsflnyyc7l8x7n6nh03lnmh378hczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7rp5p7p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ylujapt5tlfza4qwe6p4u6rlhplzthqxms4rpz8e7ss8c5a3nycqt5mnd'>nevent1q…5mnd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>email outage? or your bootless FreeBSD box? 2026-05-15T16:42:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5aezerk2n2fnsj2xkk6vt7vfdv53x22k6un78ksf80207wpl2tgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7j27nn0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswychxqcafg54vn0v025ck5v27wnsqg5x70pjvwvvyzql2w2xh6nqtsqt5n'>nevent1q…qt5n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>LOL. Any film is going to have to deal with the reality that we&#39;re still on a planet. Books have a bit more freedom, like Hal Clement&#39;s &#34;Mission of Gravity&#34;.<br/><br/>Again, it&#39;s the chocolate vs. vanilla thing: I prefer my SF to be scientifically plausible. 2026-05-07T03:16:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst2qzyfk4rnc0xp3dw45nd68xzkdfk0gl2udavjwp3tlgsgme8lcszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7thy0fx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80cyceum5dspc85uczwgnygeaae4w02qcvnntw52839pnnf4k7ws6c06dk'>nevent1q…06dk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read the book. They lost me on page 1. They have this super-sensitive IR detector. So the first thing they do is aim it at the sun, which would burn it out.<br/><br/>The method for making artificial gravity was similarly weird.<br/><br/>But they make chocolate _and_ vanilla for a reason...so that&#39;s just my taste. 2026-05-06T17:31:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0h4dxat9j4zdehhtl2365d55g5zetx5t742v9tp4atwgmcwez9vgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7r8anjr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8gs5nf640uq8zgrnudt5kup8cm6dyp8mxw5jla96plzyt6ggx8jcq3ussk'>nevent1q…ussk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But Powell is still a member of the board, and has said he wouldn&#39;t think of resigning unless 1) the case was concluded, and 2) the Fed was assured of their independence.<br/><br/>So #1 is done, but I suspect putting a Trump stooge (in all senses of that word) in as the Chair would be a no-go for Powell. 2026-04-24T17:04:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0x3uv4zs5as76yap3c5644ezwdq92csy7vn5u8twkncaf3567qczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7r0td82 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxu3q9cd9a0mzqnrag69g6dyerjuslmwv6yt854c595ldrcn7yhysrj6ykp'>nevent1q…6ykp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Was this his personal newsletter being sent to all Medicare folks? Or a Medicare newsletter, perverted by the Quack in Chief? 2026-04-15T22:46:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfvxx82ae0qvpxhprvc7c9tev4zxanfezrjsmx4xgdec9ye8dsfgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7wmpmgw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspywufvhvmkfnx8utjvlx2chplpfpfr3csq3uf29m3kak3353fs9cs0vcsa'>nevent1q…vcsa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have a question about the Neo: what is &#34;Apple Intelligence&#34;, and can it be disabled? 2026-04-03T20:07:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj6rme6aaat3m6nm0k4hl588vn99js2g8564cw9uku2jydnl0y9czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu78dlp2e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnqylcntd4kzg3v4h38n22ugtaglyez7lzy6yal4mpn4wdg0mjmqdr9qhr'>nevent1q…9qhr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to think Dell was impressive; they&#39;d put a tech with the new part in my server room within 4 hours. No matter what the part was or how far away the replacement might be. Guaranteed by contract.<br/><br/>But, yes, other than the guarantee, the &#39;Zon dwarfs all of that. I do feel bad, though, knowing this is only possible through inhumane means. 2026-04-02T18:23:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszlclnenyz4dglzqv23w70rw4kn44tcgjlvmthqyedd42sdkjxw7szyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7u7k4s4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrqqygm23x56lg7sw9asgay5ygu6p5zug26wt2ygefnuqqwqf6u0g99hqg8'>nevent1q…hqg8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve always been surprised that the spaceship in &#34;My Favorite Martian&#34; looks *exactly* like the cockpit of the SR-71. Which was deep, deep, black at that time. I&#39;d still bet money that someone in the production staff had access to the program at some point.<br/><br/>(Although Skunk Works was still in Burbank at the time, so maybe there was a slip when moving things around at some point. It happens.) 2026-03-25T20:14:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqyks23e42a03g0gf4a3x9rkld4fz3g8w9psn5uz2xzkkad38cwggzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ns4alp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyf3s2lqpxep2edd4x4zzak6x2mturkyjx3f097k0yva5wdmydzfqjgg5n9'>nevent1q…g5n9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had a Nehru jacket when I was a lad. In polyester, of course. I was quite the eye-catcher in it. Though, to be honest, the bell-bottom trousers didn&#39;t hurt. ;) 2026-03-23T02:04:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0efpcldr4udx5p9r7f072f88c7sy4pg32lk36rwk5qv4k29mdqyczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu793uj46 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvfgd343tfx77s6thzh0e62krn0x8v2prryqzq0hv48lgqp0taqgj3nd0c'>nevent1q…nd0c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As I recall, we were in negotiations with the Japanese, and right in the middle they started a war. Perhaps he thinks they&#39;ll like him for doing the same thing to Iran. 2026-03-19T22:30:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8wdja54an0sufneefayu3tups4ka4npljfvd4tudtl65nm8gwarqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7eqe64k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjtkyx5v3e6h77lqx3hjkqgzfthz39hl2gusx0l6y4fw6ecwnxfsf74yp8'>nevent1q…4yp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve avoided Apple products since they discontinued the Apple ][ line. But your piece has me rethinking this. It would not be my daily driver, but at that price I&#39;m considering it, especially if it gets good iFixit scores. 2026-03-19T22:10:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszccznuazkxtqeh3ml2ge7lngnnpeje9nwuzemu4vq68e23h39l7qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ervtnk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9py5gyrdjxyhw9np8wuzs40f0dnngx9525zxxt9kx97qfz7me46gvsmgur'>nevent1q…mgur</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A Republican-controlled Congress is quite capable of assisting Trump by adjourning. 2026-03-09T04:29:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp8vpjguwqd29r5mvfd02ugswu5ajfk0yxfwc8wytrp8r45ydpldgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu727cxpn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdknxj8l3mffhnz5wjk39fp9cjk6zs7dl7kmhkmqzqfpfmrqzqfkqcpj4qy'>nevent1q…j4qy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I laugh in their general direction. Courts can host some of the best stand-up comedy at times... 2026-02-10T23:24:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsreqgptqv5m2z7ggkt5a822gvpgm9l0mht8mnwns6j47e3aqzxesgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu70t33za In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5rds2nre2muexzk4m7tx9wkt09yff0cl28sej6e0hdtv7t4h50crdk6rv'>nevent1q…k6rv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe Musk was a bridge too far for Epstein. Think about that. I can&#39;t believe QAnon told us the US was run by a cabal of pedophiles, and they were _right_. 2026-01-31T03:34:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsryv8fnme03nxv53mtul35ul9kj7k7hfp42s45n4lqzyy6t2hm49czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7vt6ahk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstu3544kx5l9gqq6ppx44m29yjy59hz366chzse08e7ta65crdzccvtec9h'>nevent1q…ec9h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I saw this movie. David Carradine, wasn&#39;t it? I definitely don&#39;t want to see a live-action remake. 2026-01-31T02:58:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqgpxpc7xaxz628dnlxejyjjdm6tesfrlda59qyl5w2u8u0f0wpwszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7yk8fm9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2qq09pftmtmucntcegs9menlm3nvgg4s7usr3wlmq40gkzrqgdsp6a3py'>nevent1q…a3py</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree completely. I think the theory was that he was known to have beaten Trump before, so he should go again.<br/><br/>I think switching candidates in the *middle* of the campaign made it all but certain to be a failure.<br/><br/>Usually, if a President is on their last term, they prime the VP for the next run; give them more visibility and responsibility. None of that was done, so I wonder how long they planned for Joe.<br/><br/>OTOH, perhaps Biden was the best the Dems could do? 2026-01-27T23:58:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ve0e5hm933w2ctx4amp0gjrkz79umxye60g8yxevs7wrdmnkq8czyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7eel8qh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyktfte2m4l9rnnc9m3ul24aqj9swj3l2njenwk2n3hz2zu0jactclptsa8'>nevent1q…tsa8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if the pressures from the GOP on the WH would even exist if this were not an election year.<br/><br/>We should all keep hammering at the at-risk Republicans; that should make them throw another tool on the fire, like Noem. 2026-01-27T02:23:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs90e007xk2rvl2z5lrjy477yw0kfa7j00gxgw69jfazmtsnmlv8dczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7njstss In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxp632zf89fddutqlqzeeswac0ks897nt2rklm2ykhp7uwnq3g7rchdu3g9'>nevent1q…u3g9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I recall having a conversation with Larry Niven at a convention, years ago. Digital Art was then new, and people generally thought of it as &#34;less artistic&#34; than art in other media. Niven said he liked it because, &#34;It&#39;s infinitely perfectable.&#34;<br/><br/>Right now there&#39;s not a clear separation between artist and tool. I believe that will change, and then we will happily include art produced using AI techniques. This will also change the current copyright stance in the USA. 2026-01-21T17:55:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9d27d83c0xr4z5e74hrhl5h5aej4f9ayv7fl8quu5u5xezcltxhszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7fnfu8v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg56w6ghmzkte5aag3we34a2updmyaqvy9ujcdf88h5apgsuxdvmg7fu264'>nevent1q…u264</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, nobody likes being watched. This is why the Establishment tries to hide the warrantless wiretaps, the Flock cameras, and the ubiquitous ALPR systems. And people are pretty good at ignoring things they don&#39;t want to deal with, which is why this stuff has being going on for over a decade with zero pushback. 2026-01-14T19:30:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs00hkd3sqzzmt0lgjgrcj6d8ydafnllmvuwgcdp77vy2xrvxp0zlqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7tl6rcf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqgn3y88rxmat9f48w665mup8qf9d55rrx5xu7g8uf90vn6lkuckcpt8caz'>nevent1q…8caz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe they need a redundant system, with _both_ GPS and GLONASS.<br/><br/>Well, the USA has decades (and decades) of experience with getting news and information to people in denied areas. And since this much dissent doesn&#39;t happen overnight, I&#39;m sure CIA has assets in-country with access to specialized equipment. 2026-01-14T01:46:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5cngucngnzkpmqru3z2nvdsmc3cjz79gvz4fcacz4vszvd3ntcqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu77wksda In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8w5xfn0kclxr9rgqlml8qmyvuplpaw0h6q70cpxssehc2yt97vs2ucues'>nevent1q…cues</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have a pathological need for autonomy. As a result, I have always bristled at anything that tried to get between me and what I wanted to do. I want to make backups of my purchased software, so I learn how to remove the copy-protection. I discover that Google detects that I filter my browser, and switches from direct links to relaying through their servers. Ditch Google. And on it goes.<br/><br/>It can be exhausting, and I realize it&#39;s all futile, but I am compelled to try. 2026-01-10T19:16:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqw6aht3pf8vxnyzn5dvshxkfvk97nwwwlf6c0asdvjp83l9rslqszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu790jxd4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9kkm8kynsz4j4dtety742guk94k8vqxjv7gvr9vewtt8ufx4ppq8hnnv8'>nevent1q…nnv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A pen? How does that work? A light pen? A stylus on the mousepad (assuming one exists)? A finger on a touch screen? 2025-12-29T07:38:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswsu0nf5tnv9f5rpkwfwu2p228f2735udugcnhaveqfeavk4ftf7gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7gxuvrp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsphaa0c4guu6y9puwxcuxvgxs287dvefq2nqttkuzfgagzmcqrmxqq6ykk8'>nevent1q…ykk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve seen a journalist claim the KC can&#39;t be renamed, but I read the statute and I see no impediment. The only thing the board can&#39;t do (in regards to the name) is to make it a memorial to anyone else. If only we were that lucky... ;) 2025-12-27T18:45:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspv9n8ezefekt7l06krdk2vptm73yvhq8y5ejjyd2h2h36jel9axgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7kgl6zr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrvn83u42d7ahjntjww5067yg534y387w7p8lwnzcvs8qx86995crumngk'>nevent1q…mngk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK, I guess I didn&#39;t grok the syntax. Blocking spam is always a site-specific tuning process. I started my journey in the 90&#39;s, using the acme.com mail guide. I still run 3 spam detectors, and use a 2-of-3 automatic training system (heh. didn&#39;t even need AI to do that). 2025-12-12T18:16:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz50955th94e6hz6ttemhx70f0fvuff6aex6um4cq2yxwhghkut8szyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7qlhkf6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgw3csqkwscfqydntsez0jsdpuqpnhksxmj8jzsg8fxnhsf6anlasqln9lq'>nevent1q…n9lq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>.windows I get. Nothing there do I care about. But .net? My mail system gets about zero spam (probably my aggressive use of throw-away addresses), so I can&#39;t judge. Do you really get enough spam from .net addresses to warrant a TLD block? Just curious. 2025-12-12T18:01:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydvcxeyjylftf55e0x9hk0xehva7nsfxvk9nt8cd0f3z3jpls2qqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7tvdk03 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfknwj3pud0psyc6rdlm0dtcspy984rhx9wazfkdu4zkeqg3868scddu67t'>nevent1q…u67t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Didn&#39;t the appeals court disqualify her already? Or is this a recognition that they won&#39;t take it to the SCROTUS for Trump-as-King rulings? 2025-12-08T21:30:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdp4ekddlusf0f2q69a06hhgj90x3w56fwl2degtms64l5aa7dvgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu78620mp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjwv8tp3nfrdantxe7khdyk4vd28vqx5lvg7y7cdrwxrhta2d27ch80kpk'>nevent1q…0kpk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When they invented TSA, I stopped flying unless forced (by my employer). I do not have a RealID motor vehicle operator&#39;s license (which is in no sense an &#34;ID&#34;). I&#39;ll just let my employer pay the $45, and I always have the backup of a passport.<br/><br/>And why would anyone trust RealID, since ICE seems to ignore that when deporting American Citizens? 2025-12-02T18:26:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyum9waearjh3ecu087r56spwkn5frqr74ms7klj7lxedw90hmm8qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7669gl9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxwnzpw9n4qnevpljt2fgw27xuxhl5t02ke2g8q5s50zedxasfuqcwhsda2'>nevent1q…sda2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure if I blame Google more, or humans who can&#39;t recognize a bad idea when they see it more. I suppose that&#39;s just how humans work, though, so maybe it&#39;s Google for exploiting the human condition. 2025-11-14T22:39:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszr5fdmrcvg3hxhw96gsh8agr2wzmwm9x6gywsafhhyq9xpl8svuszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7fq2kz2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrx3e293awq86tkuuj8rr26cmy8xtllmsxfks3ewv34yvug92q6fg5hyypg'>nevent1q…yypg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I was looking at 2025. But I think it&#39;s time for me to back away from the keyboard, before I do anything else stupid. Today. ;) 2025-11-10T02:53:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdt658cdh3syzahl4a2ew2ek6j92470jmg5eyamkulsjyk462w2fczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu77mly20 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgluaztmfjfldhslqrj79484fd0d4yrzmeutxwk4r3jtsqg25wvaq674dva'>nevent1q…4dva</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, sorry. I was looking at October. I&#39;ll have to start *reading* things before I run off to look up something unfamiliar. 2025-11-10T02:44:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2sq2jqazyj336cfvypernvvm0g4e56wan7ua0r0ghlug6ncslvjqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7xyqj29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsremtdm3lvw4w7lucgqekrfg2m8va9vy0xf8a5wcw3dgjyk0qsr2qspzjym'>nevent1q…zjym</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Today I learned, thanks to you and Emacs, that Tuesday is Shemini Atzeret. It doesn&#39;t appear to be a Federal Holiday, but I can see why it would not be the best day to call D.C. offices. 2025-11-10T02:39:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr6k69ph0ns2prpz08afpxfyntqkl39gkne783yjruymf3g9ch5dszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7e0s39m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsryadsztm9ahvkgkqa925dka2wh6al6krlu6jdr5lf8n2mghzqjmq7nj52h'>nevent1q…j52h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Upvote for adding character limit to the config file. Hard-coded values went out with vacuum tube computers. 2025-11-09T17:55:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsds2xxa3hqkljgqmf3ek7xhu7thhy9ptd0497my9khuza05gs8fjgzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7394vu4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3c9zn4ahmkqt6raczjysy98uzurja5e7mzm7nksn97x862lcrkq80v2ed'>nevent1q…v2ed</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;You&#39;re either an Elvis person or a Beatles person. Now an Elvis person can like the Beatles, and a Beatles person can like Elvis; but no one likes them both equally.&#34;<br/><br/>I once wrote a program to format output for a Postscript printer. The sharpest programmer I&#39;ve ever worked with suggested I add a feature to drop into raw Postscript. That was a game-changer.<br/><br/>You have to give users a way to do things you didn&#39;t think of. 2025-11-09T17:53:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswd6cy786etzcehh0le9gm42fjzcus9ddty0je0q0603gvtnf6rfszyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7jyuh6y I&#39;ve been doing a bit of learning on IPv6 security. It&#39;s not good. Maybe not worse than IPv4, but in my head I thought they had taken the IPv4 lessons to heart.<br/><br/>So far, it appears that fake Router Advertisements, and bad Neighbor Discovery Protocol packets can allow global MITM attacks. APTs were found using &#34;Spellbinder&#34; to maintain covert persistence on networks, using these sorts of techniques.<br/><br/>So much more to learn.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rp65huha7xkdw3l9w0jt87yzjdlrg54rxq4fw4h0978hm78nttfqjnw5et" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>God Emperor of Mastodon</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rp6…w5et</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ksfsk7zf88lk37thy0w5254empykpkw2aenr3chpnjv7wp2usyjsgmr6s6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ksf…r6s6</span>)</a></span> [@thegibson](<a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@thegibson">https://masto.hackers.town/@thegibson</a> ) 2025-11-09T10:19:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0ucwr9uhw5sp867hzjhdvnmrqw5at8jlql5uummxeac0y6t9nggzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu78fdm2l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstaj0mx59nqed2xkwcqzg7hm4htxu2zk2t0w736hj7wpa2vq4e8tc09aug3'>nevent1q…aug3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not enough room to sufficiently explain this, but: I build, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles for a living. Have done so for over a decade. Autonomous cars can *never* be made safe. Much like AI, there are specific tasks where self-driving would be useful and safe. But public roads are not one of those places.<br/><br/>Instead, we should simply invest a similar amount in public mass transit. 2025-10-31T17:21:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf8z6j59dnvcwt60utkkn9l545mxphhn8pr5rdch2q7w6u8ewu37szyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu754ka6u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzkaevpqtcrqp9a7knmydngta33alhr3ffm6qx4v9nap49kfkgls83sehf'>nevent1q…sehf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was great, but my favorite was I Spy. I mean, sure, Jerry Goldsmith, but Earl Hagen wasn&#39;t too bad either. To be honest, all the shows from that time period were all 3/4 time jazzy tunes. Then someone went back to 4/4 time and it&#39;s been boring. ;)<br/><br/>One bit of trivia: I loved a bit in the show NCIS where someone asks what the character played by David McCallum looked like. There was a pause, and &#34;Illya Kuryakin&#34;. Cracks me up every time. 2025-10-23T23:19:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstf5ndrsle8vgs9ysjtg2mjrv7p509a9qd93zs823tjguk9z7psuqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7z8q822 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5npx7jj2yz3jg4qgrsl86xerc3j5du4rldtwhrzvx7vffvyn7gsqcmdlp'>nevent1q…mdlp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I say we break them up for parts. Help humans who *aren&#39;t* a waste of space. 2025-10-22T17:43:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0axvc80eh3ee87tg6z7maqe0hf7f5lmjaaufrvakdaz8vvc2he5gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7hlph56 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwqqwltgzuxnykh428pz0za77wddgv686gz8przun280svf6tlegys9ypr'>nevent1q…9ypr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that, much like Arizona currently, they can only make that law apply to state elections. Congress passed the NVRA in 1993, which _prohibits_ requiring ID for Federal elections. 2025-10-22T17:06:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxh5lpqna9kfwu4tjdwh6zhpad7pw67gywlqhnwlkrds2chedvqkqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7xaseyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr4mytahuqpfsc8dhcwkls9x58twhg4du3yu5dqhj6zz6vglyuclczrnwpy'>nevent1q…nwpy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You see weird things when you hit the non-bureaucratic parts of the government. I grew up around a USAF Base. You&#39;d see odd things, and you knew better than to ask about them. Occasionally, the mystery would be cleared up when something hit the news, and you realized what you saw was &#34;the rest of the story&#34;. 2025-10-22T00:04:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspgjz4tuwrpsuudf462duw702a6fmmxftccmd8s8l334xy5yu3duczyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7jnrqul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvchcw3h6l3mw08rq0egg25xacqgczyrkpnvm7gadwkdxkda9j3crhdlgm'>nevent1q…dlgm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gene wrote a book about ST (long before the Movie), and it contained bits of info that folks think of as later inventions. Like the holodeck. I won a steak dinner by betting that the Enterprise being able to separate the saucer section from the engineering hull was mentioned in the series. I don&#39;t recall any mention of the replicator, but I may not have noticed. 2025-10-19T21:46:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2407la5ckqcs5gazc65qsrag9dlx4ll3s2y96gw6cl7600j5et9qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7ju4xfq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp88y5jsg8u2r6e0xaej9l0d3e606ymrm29fyf39s4nqd2pq67qpclt2k6f'>nevent1q…2k6f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We&#39;re long overdue for the poles to swap. So you may get your wish sooner than you&#39;d like. 2025-10-14T06:49:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyp9m2kc0j5z7gznwps32ephstm9ztdx9l6p9tg592rqaf4j3y5qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7rjk2kq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwhxhv23mv082qpclrzam8wqhxxe402jd6e0vd750eajv34tk70sgrslwr'>nevent1q…slwr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The TV Show was so much better that common wisdom is to *never* watch the movie. Even Joss thought the movie sucked. 2025-10-07T14:43:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdf55nvmzz0j5lcgzzwjtmx254gmauhheqepdpslv08akhed2nd4gzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7w3dvul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xvnd28yaxr3u50z9ans9nhzp3e0cjea3nayjgr6rf5l0jlrqs9ch07u68'>nevent1q…7u68</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I saw it in theaters, and had no idea it was related to the others. In fact, I avoid anything that even *smells* like a horror film, because real life scares me quite enough. I can handle &#34;Army&#34;, and &#34;Sin City&#34;, because they don&#39;t try to scare _me_, they scare other characters.<br/><br/>BTW, I assume you realize the three words are from &#34;The Day the Earth Stood Still&#34;? 2025-10-07T03:35:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvshshwglm6868yuuw43rfvf7qkv4xl7syjva0c6qwd6t0fq9w9dqzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu774lcx2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdx53m53n5ej02wea8jl295p0t33efy4nlzmfldldytevkd5xykdqa4g5r5'>nevent1q…g5r5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did they get you mixed up with Vint Cerf? ;) 2025-09-29T17:12:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqf4akl6tfph6hwwh3j8kxegh37yxks307ur48whg5e0q4l8v3v7qzyqgy6hnpwhucykqk9sv5u5a8hzxnukx3jp4p7l2qdgfa3u3ffepu7y7ghfd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfly7zhqpjmddl4h29ekqf9y76xxj622zt5mj3v7466t69yqjjjkqlv0u8g'>nevent1q…0u8g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm. Nixon vs. Trump. At least Nixon came through on his campaign promise to end the war... And Nixon didn&#39;t fool around: he sent B-52&#39;s downtown, and only *then* offered to sit down with the North. I&#39;m pretty sure that would work just as well on Putin. 2025-09-27T01:12:13Z