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ICE says officers can forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant

nbcnews.com
44 points·by Volundr·6 months ago·18 comments

Tesla Now Recommends Sleepy Drivers Try FSD

cleantechnica.com
4 points·by Volundr·9 months ago·0 comments

ECA (Editor agnostic coding assistant)

eca.dev
27 points·by Volundr·10 months ago·0 comments

Under Trump, the Federal Trade Commission is abandoning its ban on noncompetes

npr.org
13 points·by Volundr·10 months ago·1 comments

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Volundr
·8 days ago·discuss
> But who would go to all that trouble?

I mean, a company I worked at had a significant amount of money stolen after the attackers spent 6 months sitting on their access waiting for the right moment to fake an (expected) reply to an email exchange. The original breach (or at least the breach of this executives account) involved a very targeted phish. When the potential payout is millions it justifies a lot of effort.
Volundr
·8 days ago·discuss
> Maintenance should have the autonomy to do as they did

Really? We're talking about letting strangers in through the literal back door.
Volundr
·8 days ago·discuss
I couldn't decide which sentence of Alice in Wonderland was my favorite, so I just used the full text.
Volundr
·8 days ago·discuss
> That's really tough. Marathon, by Bungie, is a good example of why this is tough - it's basically all the Destiny engine, network, and tooling code. When they shut down Destiny, it's not like they have a snapshot of their tooling. They've been continuously updating that tooling for ten years, and now they're using that investment for a new project.

I don't get why you think that makes it harder? Right up until the final version of the game their developers were somehow making changes and testing their changes. It's not like the game grew on its own. What were they using to test those changes? Release that. Job done.
Volundr
·10 days ago·discuss
That alone would be an improvement from the status quo, but the SKG movement does go one stop further in wanting publishers to be required to leave the game in a working (local) state of they design it to be dependent on central services they then shut down.

This could be as easy as releasing the tools they used for development when developing the game.
Volundr
·12 days ago·discuss
I'm sorry my pun bothered you so.
Volundr
·12 days ago·discuss
Sure, it increases one's borrowing power and that can be useful. But "I can use it to go deeper into debt" is pretty limited utility compared to other kinds of wealth.
Volundr
·12 days ago·discuss
I'm using it to mean someone who doesn't have a place to live. Like say someone who just sold their house and didn't go and use that money to buy a different house. Yes, that's very different than the person asking for change on the street corner, but I thought it was pretty clear from context which I'd be.
Volundr
·12 days ago·discuss
> We've conflated having a home with a financial asset.

And it's a really, really shitty one. My house has roughly doubled in value since I bought it, but in practice that's useless to me. I can't claim that value without rendering myself homeless. If anything it reduces my mobility by making it harder to move, since I really need to coordinate the sale of my current home with buying the new one to help absorb that $500k or whatever price tag.

My if house prices dropped by 50% or more drops my net worth on paper, but it doesn't actually change anything. I still have a place to live + my savings, investments, etc.
Volundr
·20 days ago·discuss
> now I have joined the majority of the population and will no longer cast my vote.

>then they are just disenfranchising a different group of people, me.

"They" aren't disenfranchising you, you are disenfranchising you. You have the same access to vote you always did, your just choosing not to exercise it.
Volundr
·24 days ago·discuss
No, I said exactly the opposite. My exact words:

> I wish he'd sign that executive order and tilt that windmill in the courts instead of the stuff he is pushing.

You say you were very clear, but I genuinely don't understand what about that you disagree with.
Volundr
·24 days ago·discuss
I'm not sure what your saying here? Trump lies so you'd rather his energy be spent on ICE raids, ending birthright citizenship, and illegal tarrifs than ending daylight savings? Personally I'd rather the latter but you do you.
Volundr
·25 days ago·discuss
Trump's said he wants to end it. That's something I'd back him on. I wish he'd sign that executive order and tilt that windmill in the courts instead of the stuff he is pushing. I'd be rooting for him!
Volundr
·26 days ago·discuss
I guess it's "only" 40 years, but my 1985 Civic was an amazing car. Definitely not a death trap, but after I did end selling it for a 99 Acura with airbags. Still kind of regret that one. My house was built in 1970, it's enough for the two of use, but would admittedly be cramped for more. That said at 850 square feet, it's quite a bit smaller than the 1,400 average for 1970.

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/real-estate-...
Volundr
·last month·discuss
How do I know the time zone of an integer? Sure there are plenty of cases where one doesn't care, but there are also many cases where the original time zone is important.
Volundr
·last month·discuss
I mean if we're being pedantic, unless there's something I missed the regulation you linked above only deals with shifting out of park, not starting the vehicle, but point taken, either Toyota has been flagrantly skirting regulations for a decade, or his car won't move without first depressing the brake (I don't think Toyota was making manual Rav4s that late, but haven't researched). I actually don't think my Accura will let me do it either (without putting a key in the bypass), but I'm not quite motivated enough to go out and check. My Baja is manual and would have no problem.

> Quantified, "plenty of cars" is not a number.

I mean did it need to be one? Unless you think I'm the only person whose managed to keep a car running over ~20 years the fact that we're around is enough to make it plausible we're talking a car predating them. But since your curious, it looks like ~40% of the cars on the road are from before 2010.

https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2024/02/average-age-of-cars-t...
Volundr
·last month·discuss
Yes, my riding lawnmower manual also tells me not to clear debris from the blade while the mower is running. Yet somehow I don't think the mower will stop if I do.

I don't know if this model has a brake interlock on the ignition or not, but the fact that it's part of the instructions for starting the vehicle doesn't imply the presence of one.

My 2006 Baja and 99 Acura Integra both don't have one. My 2024 Ioniq however will start in "accessory mode". There are plenty of cars on the road today that don't.
Volundr
·2 months ago·discuss
Bears don't like well seasoned hikers?
Volundr
·3 months ago·discuss
The article keeps saying he was arrested for going a few seconds over, which is weird because it also contains this statement:

"Feary then notified police to have Blanchard removed. I informed Blanchard that he was asked to leave and needed to do so. Blanchard then continued to the front of the room where counselors sat behind a table and insisted on giving them paperwork,” according to the police report. “Sergeant Singer then directed me to place Blanchard under arrest for trespassing. Blanchard was placed in handcuffs, escorted from the property, and transported to Rogers County Jail."

The video seems to back up that account, showing him being told he needs to leave, and him instead walking to the front with paperwork, before finally being arrested.

To be clear I don't think this justifies the charges, but it's weird the article repeatedly frames it like he just went a couple second over and was immediately slapped in cuffs, marched out and charged.
Volundr
·3 months ago·discuss
Reply in thread from Bunny: https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1sglytg/bunnycdn_ha...