partial_accumen

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

I'm very glad to hear that! Thank you for correcting me on this.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

For instance analogue IO would be very welcome for many purposes.

I have a handful of the original Raspberry Pi A and B models that have analog audio built in (with 3.5mm jack) and they're still in use today because of that built in analog audio out. Also honorable mention to the original Pi Zero which had the logic (but not the header pins) for NTSC out. I have a couple of those in use too because of their NTSC out capabilities.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The byline at the bottom of the article jumped out at me:

This is a professional journalist and doctor of microbiology. She has spent many many years in education and practice to reach her level of knowledge and ability. Then some editor says "hey I need 1500 words in a story we want you to write covering dudes injecting their junk for cosmetics and athletic performance enhancement. Can you have it done by Tuesday?". I can just imagine her eyerolling as she accepted the task. Dr. Beth Mole, don't worry. We still respect your credentials and achievements and understand you just have to pay the bills too.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 30 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

If the text messages of Agent Exum show deep remorse for the killing or immense anger with the system that put him in the position he needed to kill then I think that would reflect well on Agent Exum.

If instead it shows him making jokes about the victim or boasting about the killing then, yes, Agent Exum's reputation will be further sullied.

The government is telegraphing what the tone of his text messages are even before they are being released.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

pass the asvab.

Oh man, I made a mistake taking the ASVAB. I had no plans of joining the military, but was encouraged to take the test anyway. I got 99s or 97s in all the general categories and a 99 in Electronics (my program of study at the time). I had Air Force and Navy recruiters chasing me for months. Navy recruiter said he wanted me for a nuclear technician. It took close to a year for the last attempt to contact me ended.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 49 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

In Nebraska you're old enough to vote or die for your country at age 18 or 19, but don't you dare think you're worthy of earning the regular adult minimum wage.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Just a heads’ up — I get these messages, not Hegseth.

You understand that in that context (because of how the headline is worded) the response is to Hegseth and not you, right?

When I'm replying to a headline a person posted, I'll specifically address the person in the article by name, but I wanted to let you know that most people aren't going to think you're a Nazi because you're posting a new article about a Nazi's behavior.

I'm not understanding why he would want the station to be renamed "Orange Turd Station"?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

There has to be enough motivation for them to get rid of bad cops before they become a problem, not after.

I'm understand where you're going with this statement in spirit, but not in execution. An officer is only a problem after they have done harm to the public for which they serve. How then could a department get rid of a bad officer before this bad behavior presents itself?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

"Are you going to get vaccinated against the Vegas Virus or are you going to roll the dice?"

"Blakloclovier vaccine against the Vegas Virus shows strong protection. Always bet on Blak"

"Don't cash out early on life. Get vaccinated"

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

My suggestion (though I’m open to any idea that works) is fines/penalties/settlements for shit like this comes out of their retirement funds.

My favorite reform approach is for law enforcement officers being required to carry professional insurance. Police are often referring to themselves as professionals. Let them carry insurance like doctors do for malpractice or professional engineers do.

To ease the transition, I propose that the department cover the base insurance premiums for each officer. If an officer has a judgment against them that raises their insurance premiums, the officer is now responsible for paying for the overage out of their own pocket. If the officer continues to exhibit behavior that results in judgments against them, their premiums will continue to rise eventually to the point where the bad officer cannot afford the overage premiums and will then have to stop working as police because they are not carrying the required insurance. So bad officers will self select out.

There's also another angle where the base premiums will likely be calculated based upon the entire department. If there is a badly behaved officer, this will raise the base rate of all officers too, so the department has a financial incentive to get rid of bad officers because they are too expensive.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

after decimating the indigenous americans that have been here more than 10k years.

No argument on the truthfulness of your statement, but I'm not sure what that has to do with the premise of society enforcing the thought that the rich are rich because of god.

 

This text description is mine, not from the article. The article linked goes into much more detail.

This is an anti-scam/anti-fraud protection measure. This is apparently a method folks are getting their accounts cleaned out by thieves. They get your SSN, name, and account number from one of the many data breaches that happen today, they open an another account at another brokerage in your name, then transfer your funds out to the new brokerage they control. The system used to do this is called ACATS which is designed to easily let customers transfer funds from other accounts, but it is apparently easy to abuse.

Fidelity makes turning on the block crazy easy just by logging into your account and setting the "Money Transfer Lock" to "on". If you ever do want to use the ACATS to legitimately move your money to another broker, you just need to go back in here and set it to "off", complete your transfer, and turn it back "on" if you still have funds remaining.

Vanguard has this feature too, but its super sketchy to get it turned on. You have to call the vanguard agent, pass an OTP code, try to get them to understand what you're asking for as the agent I talked to did, get transferred around again a few times, do another OTP to a different department and finally they enable it. However they say it takes 5-7 days to take effect. Better than nothing I suppose.

Currently Schwab doesn't have a feature to block ACATS transfers at all in any capacity.

 

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/66094

It all started with a sarcastic comment right here on Hackaday.com: ” How many phones do you know that sport a 5 and 1/4 inch diskette drive?” — and [Paul Sanjay] took that personally, or at least thought “Challenge accepted” because he immediately hooked an old Commodore floppy drive to his somewhat-less-old smartphone.

The argument started over UNIX file directories, in a post about Redox OS on smartphones— which was a [Paul Sanja] hack as well. [Paul] had everything he needed to pick up the gauntlet, and evidently did so promptly. The drive is a classic Commodore 1541, which means you’ll want to watch the demo video at 2x speed or better. (If you thought loading times felt slow in the old days, they’re positively glacial by modern standards.) The old floppy drive is plugged into a Google Pixel 3 running Postmarket OS. Sure, you could do this on Android, but a fully open Linux system is obviously the hacker’s choice. As a bonus, it makes the whole endeavor almost trivial.

Between the seven-year-old phone and the forty-year-old disk drive is an Arduino Pro Micro, configured with the XUM1541 firmware by [OpenBCM] to act as a translator. On the phone, the VICE emulator pretends to be a C64, and successfully loads Impossible Mission from an original disk. Arguably, the phone doesn’t “sport” the disk drive–if anything, it’s the other way around, given the size difference–but we think [Paul Sanja] has proven the point regardless. Bravo, [Paul].

Thanks to [Joseph Eoff], who accidentally issued the challenge and submitted the tip. If you’ve vexed someone into hacking (or been so vexed yourself), don’t hesitate to drop us a line!

We wish more people would try hacking their way through disagreements. It really, really beats a flame war.


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So wholesome!

 

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle.

“I’m just devastated,” his brother and the duo’s other half, Dick Smothers, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. “Every breath I’ve taken, my brother’s been around.”

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