Planet Money did a really interesting episode on money in Gaza. Basically, bank branches don’t really exist, and physical paper money is really hard to come by, so getting money into Gaza is really hard.

Any money you donate would need to get past various embargoes to get to a Palestinian bank, then be passed to a person who can’t really access it.

What? Taiwan doesn’t want to give up its only strategic advantage? I’m shocked.

/uj

I’m curious how long it would take to build the supply chains and fabs to make the 50% things a reality.

Your nose yearns for the mines.

I feel a little relieved to stop using it, tbh. Every time I read the label, I couldn’t help but think it must be bad. I’ve found that Head and Shoulders is enough to keep flakes in check (it wasn’t before the T-Gel), so I’m just worrying about that now. 😂

T-Gel is no longer available in Canada possibly elsewhere. Apparently there’s a lawsuit.

What service generates it?

The Wired story says the same thing but with more context and less “trust me, bro”.

They are both interesting reads.

Everything that dude says passes the sniff test: it seems like it could be explained as a run of the mill criminal spamming operation. The Secret Service story doesn’t offer evidence that there’s anyone extraordinary about it.

FWIW the dude also makes a number of unsupported statements that seem to be “trust me bro, I’m a hacker”. The statements aren’t outlandish, so maybe.

but agreed, the name is not informative

From the wikipedia link:

Marshall Rosenberg … explains that the name was chosen to connect his work to the word “nonviolence” that was used by the peace movement, thus showing the ambition to create peace on the planet. Meanwhile, Marshall did not like that name since it described what NVC is not, rather than what NVC is. In fact, this goes against an important principle in the fourth component of NVC, i.e. requests. Specifically, in an NVC request, one should ask for what one does want, not what one doesn’t want. Because of this, a number of alternative names have become common, most importantly giraffe language, compassionate communication or collaborative communication.

Ironic, indeed. It looks like it got that name from what Rosenberg was doing at the time, rather than an attribute of the system itself.

I really like the system. Knowing that it was part of a utopian counter-culture nonviolent peace movement makes it even better.

I haven’t heard it described as nonviolent communication, but yes.

I work with software development groups. It’s very helpful in stating a series of facts, separating them from the speaker, and limiting emotional involvement. When we’re requesting work from each other, it’s helpful, because it cushions demands and makes it easier to talk about what will happen if the request isn’t completed.

When stuff goes wrong, it’s even better. It makes it harder to blame. It also reduces absolute statements and hyperbole.

Generally, it reduces the emotion in a conversation and turns it into a discussion of alternatives and outcomes.

👉 complaint

Know your users.

You’ll have to head over to lemmynsfw.com then.

You’ve got the no-NSFW filter on, don’t you?

The SD card? I have to track down my SD card reader, copy the pictures over, and then upload them to my photo service. It’s not a huge amount of work, but I’m pretty lazy.

My rx100 doesn’t have Wi-Fi. I assume newer cameras would do that automatically, but I don’t want to spend $600+ to get another good point n shoot.

I find that my Sony RX100 produces better photos than my Pixel phone. It has an auto mode that generally picks the right settings.

The pictures are more detailed and less blurry, especially in low light.

The only post processing necessary is copying the pictures from the SD card, which is admittedly a pretty big hassle.

You’re right about buying one second hand, since they’re incredibly expensive.

I’m still using an original Sony RX100. I think it’s something like ten or twelve years old.

The photos it produces look better than smartphone pictures, especially in low light.

It’s the kind of thing that’s a hassle to carry around, so I usually just bring it to family gatherings or my kids milestone events. Otherwise, I use phone pics.

Nonsuccessful attempts are exhausting and can be kind of soul destroying. After a certain point you realize you’re not so much learning as reconfirming what you already know.

I agree with the sentiment to keep trying, but the end of each try hurts.

I expect cultural references that make sense.