LastYearsPumpkin

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Dell RTO mandate said to be a stealth layoff, for women in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 35 points 8 months ago

I have two of them, and I think they are great. That being said, they are significantly more expensive than similar options from Dell (or Lenovo, HP, etc.) They just don't have the volume of production needed to compete.

MAYBE you'll end up ahead with upgradability or repairability, but honestly, you're paying more to support good company practices.

I'm planning on keeping these laptops for a long time and upgrading when I need to, but we have to be realistic that most people aren't going to stomach a minimum of 30% premium for options they don't care about.

Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 21 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Numbers 5:11-22

If your wife is unfaithful, she should go to the priest and get a concoction to abort the pregnancy conceived with another man.

Are there any programmable digital picture frames? in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 6 points 8 months ago

I think they meant to rotate through different pictures, not to physically walk up and rotate the ipad every few hours.

Which is kind of the point of a digital picture frame, cause... why use an electronic device to display a single static picture. Just go to a store and get your picture professionally printed if you only want one.

This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They could have saved even more by not putting batteries in them, or motors... Man, these things coulda had a way bigger profit margin!

This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting in c/technology@lemmy.world
Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering, halting federal trial in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 0 points 8 months ago

Equal opportunity on PROSECUTING corruption in Illinois. Every state has corrupt politicians, we just really like holding them accountable here.

Judge fines Trump more than $300 million, bars from running businesses in New York for three years in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like NBC needs to care a little more about accuracy and a little less about being first.

Hare's first versioned release, 0.24.0 in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 4 points 8 months ago

Fits on a 3.5" floppy... interesting.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

To what end?

Many people view "looks" with a strong filter of personality. So being active, funny, nice, kind, etc. would actually, really, make you look more attractive to people.

Dress well, stay clean, get fit, improve yourself as much as possible. But do these things to make yourself a better person, not with an ulterior motive.

A California man was found with 1 million rounds of ammo and 248 illegally owned guns in his house, state authorities say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably stored it for 10 years, declared it expired, and then sent it to be destroyed.

Officers looking for missing fishermen instead find "narco sub" loaded with 4 tons of cocaine in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did they stop the search for the missing people then? Sounds like they got all excited that they found a new toy and forgot all about the people they were actually trying to help.

Bose introduces their new Ultra Open Earbuds. “Their cuff-like fit leaves your ears totally open so you can still hear the world around you” in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch -3 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Bone conducting headphones already exist

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Construction Technology - Restoring the Leaning Tower of Pisa (www.youtube.com)
 

Interesting dive into the technology, troubleshooting, and process behind stabilizing the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

In the 90's, engineers discovered that the tower was extremely close to collapse, within just a few % of the structural limit. They spent a decade researching, experimenting, and developing a solution to permanently stabilize the tower, while also preserving it's unique features.

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Does Less Consumer Tracking Lead to Less Fraud? (www.eff.org)
 

The highlight of the research is that Apple users were less likely to be victims of financial fraud after Apple implemented the App Tracking Transparency policy. The results showed a 10% increase in the share of Apple users in a particular ZIP code leads to roughly 3% reduction in financial fraud complaints.

While the scope of the data is small, this is the first significant research we’ve seen that connects increased privacy with decreased fraud. This should matter to all of us. It reinforces that when companies take steps to protect our privacy, they also help protect us from financial fraud. This is a point we made in our Privacy First whitepaper, which discusses the many harms that a robust privacy system can protect us from. Lawmakers and regulators should take note.

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Old Technology - A History of Technical Lettering (www.typotheque.com)
 

A brief history of how lettering on technical documents went from handwritten, difficult to read lettering to interesting an unique templates before computer created documents were possible.

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