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IMO the problem with companies doing “fast” technology (i.e. AI) do so by pushing security aside to get things through the pipeline and into production as quickly as possible. Security has always been a “blocker” to development teams because it slows them down with all the, you know, requirements to make a product/application secure. Unless you have security-minded leads or a security representative in the C-suite (i.e. CISO) who has significant influence, half-baked and insecure products will continuously be pushed out.

Just a side note: This specific protest was organized by a powerful religious sect that practices block voting, meaning all members vote for the policitcians the church leaders endorse. So political candidates go out of their way to court that sect to corner a significant number of votes.

Guess who they endorsed in the last election? The current Marcos Jr. administration. I guess credit to them that they are expressing their displeasure to what’s happening instead of sticking to their support no matter what, but remember they are one of the reasons for this clusterfuck in the first place.

I think it’s because it deters some people from joining the instance. Yes, an instance with more focus like slrpnk doesn’t necessarily mean they only talk about climate, as you can interact with other federated instances anyway. But people who are new or aren’t very familiar with how federation works gravitate towards general purpose instances because they either don’t have a preference or they don’t want to be “locked in” to a focused instance (even if it’s not true), or that access to content will be limited (also not true). That’s why .world and .ee (rip) are/were popular.

Denis Villenueve has not made a bad movie yet. At worst, he has had mid films, but not actual bad movies.

The scene in Dune Part One where the Bene Gesserit arrive on Caladan has an amazing score but it’s not in the official soundtrack.

Jane Doe by Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada. End credits song from Chainsawman: Reze Arc.

I do for larger/expensive purchases. For example, I registered all our home appliances. I use a separate email for all warranty registrations.

The explain-the-joke sub and posts that are always on the frontpage of reddit are used to train AI to learn and understand context.

I think the battery-powered ones are simply just weaker. Making them as powerful as the corded versions means shorter working times and you have to re-charge more frequently. Mine was also getting jammed with hair clippings that I had to clean them out after every use. My corded clipper on the other hand has barely any hair on it after use and a light brushing cleans it up. It also has fewer nooks and crannies for hair to get stuck in.

Within the US, west coast Asian American accents. I can’t explain it, but second generation Asian Americans have this very clear and neutral diction that is very easy to understand by anyone.

Outside of the US, probably Irish and Afrikaans.

Hair clippers. I started with a $25 cordless rechargeable one that I got on sale during the pandemic when everything closed down. I recently upgraded to a much better and more powerful corded variant. Looking at how much haircuts are these days plus tips, it definitely has paid for itself multiple times over.

Robot mower. I bought one on sale 4 months ago. It hasn’t paid for itself yet because I’ve only had it for a short while, but I believe within a year it will, with how much time and effort I save for myself. That and my knees and back are thanking it.

Damn, his heart must have been beating out of his chest.

Thankfully your cousin didn’t have any drugs on him. Pretty much the death penalty.

That’s brutal. Assuming he took a single gulp, I wonder what the equivalent of that is in the regular crystal/powder form?

Kenjataimu is the japanese word for post-nut clarity.

That’s fair. But the fact that MIDI 1.0 isn’t going away anytime soon shows how good it was from conception. From Sweetwater:

Because MIDI 2.0 coexists well with MIDI 1.0, it’s likely MIDI 1.0 devices will continue to be produced in the future if MIDI 2.0’s features are not needed for a particular application. In developing MIDI 2.0, backward compatibility with MIDI 1.0 was always a priority.

MIDI 2.0 is not about replacing the original specification but about adding features that enhance the spec with features users have wanted almost since MIDI 1.0 appeared.

The MIDI protocal. The technologies that use it have evolved in all sorts of ways, but the protocol has remained unchanged.

Shoot ‘Em Up (2007). Basically Bugs Bunny in action movie form.

I’m no food scientist or dietitian, but I won’t be surprised if Keto and Carnivore diets are confirmed to accelerate high blood pressure and heart disease.

I use Mint at home. Having said that, I do still have a macbook for two reasons: work and music production. Yes, I know there are good music production tools for Linux. I’ve dabbled in Ardour before. But my workflow in Logic is already a well-oiled machine and I like how it has a ton of plug-ins that come with it out of the box.