I was going to say “I don’t use em-dashes in my books for when they sole all those books” but then I went into my first book and found 22 em-dashes so… oops. I thought the word processor changed – into an en-dash and not an em-dash.

I think you’d probably be ok with using em-dashes (I typically use en-dashes myself but I’m lazy), but don’t use cliche phrases like “It’s not [x] – it’s [reframed x]”

“This is not just a leak – it’s a blueprint for mass exploitation,” the researchers said.

Are the researchers chatgpt? Because that looks almost word for word how chatgpt would write something like that, right down to the em-dash.

That is probably the coolest thing I’ve read today. Thanks for posting it.

I sort of wondered how they did that, and it makes sense from that point of view – the mouse could do both. Also explains why those adapters probably wouldn’t work on other mice today.

Looks like a hard drive to me. All my hard drives used to look like that except with a black faceplate.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133801771582

Their ad campaign for warp was memorable. I still remember the Germans nuns going “aus too varp”

The same paypal that thought they can fine you for TOS violations?

Deleted my account, nothing of value was lost.

Always seems self-evident that equipment you don’t own and control isn’t going to work on your behalf.

Imo the future is federated and self-hosted. Maybe not for everyone, but for me.

It’s easy to forget amidst the art and architecture and military accomplishments of the roman empire that it was a particularly brutal slave state.

To be clear, most civilizations of the time had slavery in one form or another, but the combination of the fact that romans implemented chattel slavery where slaves were purely property, and the dictatorial powers the patriarch of the family had over slaves, women, and children in his family combined to have a wide range of permissible behavior towards those who didn’t have any social power.

Though to be fair, we need to also remember that just because a state didn’t have slavery didn’t mean it was a modern liberal democracy. Often, they didn’t have slavery in name but the lowest classes of society might as well have been slaves for the level of control they had over their lives.

As an example, after the roman empire fell many European states didn’t have slavery but feudalism tied people to the land and gave their lords overwhelming power over them meaning they had a similar lack of control over their own lives.

On lotide I click likes on a post and it lists who posted. If you make a post or comment with mastodon you get notified every time someone upvotes.

Is there anyone left in India who would have personal information to steal after this?

Parallel means that the voltage doesn’t get divided. If you connect two 24v fans in parallel to a 19v charger, then both fans will get 19v. They might run a bit slow since the voltage will be lower than expected, but it’ll be ok I think.

“Police in U.S. say technology is helpful[…]”

The same police in the US who need military grade APCs for reasons unknowable to the universe?

Searx is a other good option.

“how often do you think about the Roman empire?”

Well, reset the clock again…

You don’t need technology you when you have indoctrination. At that point every single other human being becomes a potential point of privacy violation to the secret police.

Your roommates, your wife, your children, your friends, every one becomes a potential data leak, and unlike digital technology, humans can look for dirty laundry in places cameras and listening devices can’t.

Oh… I’m sorry, you’re massively overqualified for the position…

Meet people in real life doing real life things.

That’s not just better for privacy, it’s better for your life.

It’s harder, but no amount of followers on twitter will help you move a couch.

Matrix is a standard, so you don’t need to use synapse or element. I’m shocked at how well matrix Conduit works on trivial hardware.