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Comment · 6 months ago
They cannot because PGP has no such vulnerability.
Comment · 2 years ago
Are you familiar with FISC? I'd say go familiarize yourself with its case law, but you can't, because it's secret. And it authorizes methods much more powerful and invasive than a simple search warrant. Precedent exists, but nobody outside the national security state actually knows what it is.
Comment · 2 years ago
Fortunately with EVA construction you can now just send Bill to glue one on. I hope JAXA is running >1.11.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I noticed it when I was in Brooklyn two months ago. In DC, where speed and stop cameras are the only form of traffic enforcement and where the bus cameras are also being piloted, the proportion of cars with fake (temp Maryland tags printed on a library printer) or obscured plates is probably approaching 10% of vehicles on the road, and 90% of routine reckless drivers. If NYPD demonstrates a studied indifference to public safety, DC MPD is doing a post-doc in the field.
Comment · 3 years ago
> Also, while we’re on the subject, can we talk for a second about how completely unnecessary a 900-mile EV is? Why not use a battery a third of the size to give us something much more affordable with a still-useful 300-mile range?

I guess the headline they went with is catchier, but this is the real lede. Don't give me a 900-mile battery, give me a 250-mile battery that weighs and costs 1/4 as much. 900 miles is 12 hours of non-stop driving at highway speeds. I can't even conceive why anybody would want a personal car that does that. (Long-haul buses with bathrooms onboard and the ability to seamlessly switch drivers would be great, though trains would be greater still.)

Comment · 3 years ago
Sorry, I did not intend to imply that was your case. I was more responding to a the reply (whether sarcastic or not) wishing that a car existed that combined both commuter and "move stuff" characteristics. I know an alarming number of people who do actually have a second "move stuff" vehicle, and my partner took months to convince to sell our second vehicle which was being (dis)used exclusively for "move stuff" after we relocated to a city with good bike and transit options.
Comment · 3 years ago
I can fit 8' lumber or hundreds of pounds of soil in my Prius. That covers over 95% of my needs as a DIY homeowner. When I need 10' lumber, I rent a truck for $60 and a half hour of my time, which is more than paid for by the cheaper operating costs and insurance. When you throw in the purchase price, owning a second vehicle just to move large/heavy objects doesn't make sense unless you do it multiple times a week for a few years.
Comment · 3 years ago
The problem is "oh, we're still supporting it, we just released an update yesterday that fixed an issue with kerning when selecting certain fonts on the built-in LCD. What do you mean 12 critical CVEs unpatched for years?" So now you have to define "supported," which will be lobbied to death by every vendor in the world.
Comment · 3 years ago
Or non-bespoke.
Comment · 3 years ago
And humans, if their survival depends on it, or they just happen to want to.
Comment · 3 years ago
To become an autodidact, first, teach yourself to be an autodidact.
Comment · 3 years ago
I know there are issues with it, because small plaintiffs would mostly suffer it at the hands of extremely well-funded respondents, but I do wish there was some kind of automatic penalty for bringing such a outrageous suit. Like if the judge can´t stop laughing at you for being such an idiot, you get tarred and feathered in the courtroom and Afroman gets to use footage of that in a music video. Which I guess would be a particularly just punishment in this case.
Comment · 3 years ago
He only seems to agree.

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