person420

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[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

For future reference, double space at the end of a line to start a new line, double enter to skip a line.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't figure out if this is a joke or serious, so just in case, you might want to look up what happened to the Library of Alexandria.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

That's kind of the problem, you don't have to do any research to know Musk's politics and why he's a shithead. He makes sure everyone knows it.

It's one thing to have a political opinion, it's a whole other thing when you spend 40 billion dollars to make damn well sure everyone knows what it is.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

The Mach E is at the top of my list currently. It would be a great replacement for the Model 3. The only thing the Model 3 really has over the Mach E is the range, but since Ford can charge at Tesla chargers, it's not really an issue.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

There's a bunch of trucks that do reverse charging now. The Rivian R2 supports it, the R1 was supposed to as well but I'm not sure if that OTA update went out yet. So does the new Silverado EV (which is soooo much cooler than the Cybertruck IMO). There's probably more, but those are the two off the top of my head.

It was something I was also interested in until I realized I really don't want a truck.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Check out some of his novellas like The Langoliers, If It Bleeds, Elevation, etc. They are shorter reads (for King at least, usually only a couple hundred pages) and generally get straight to the point (instead of spending a chapter describing a scene).

That and his short stories are some of his best work. It might make you want to jump into some of his more iconic stuff or allow you to realize you don't love his writing style and save you a couple thousand pages.

The Boogeyman is my favorite short story from him. Jerusalem's Lot is also the short story that Salem's Lot comes from. Another great read.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

The gunslinger is definitely a hard one to get going (but it does get going) because he was super young when he wrote it (I think he was like 19 or something like that) but overall the Dark Tower series is one of the best pieces of fiction I've ever read. Especially if you're familiar with his world building (lots of books live within the Dark Tower universe like The Stand, Salem's Lot, even The Shining to an extent). It also has one of the most memorable open lines of any book series "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gun slinger followed".

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 month ago

It was more than just the phone books. Back before smart phones, if you needed to look up a phone number you'd call information (411) and they'd look it up for you. For instance, if you were stuck on the side of the road and needed a tow truck.

Information would be able to look up businesses close to where you were using the NPA/NXX of the phone number you were calling from (the first six digits of the number including the area code) and then give you a couple options in alphabetical order.

I had a client who had a phone number in every exchange in NYC and had a name like "AAA Towing" so no matter where in NYC you called information for a tow truck from, they'd usually be the first option given to you.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 months ago

They're not hurting the people they need to be hurting.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These aren't regular people, these are navy soldiers on a high tech warship, I have to imagine their IT would know how to find rogue wifi APs.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

You could easily scan for hidden SSIDs. It might not show up in your phone's wifi list, but that's by design. The traffic is still there and discoverable. Even with an app like WiFiman (made by Ubiquiti).

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are two main reasons why those numbers are skewed and incorrect.

  1. Mojang/Microsoft can't legally keep tallies of players under the age of 13 due to COPA regulations, so that demo is underrepresented
  2. Those numbers include Java metrics which contrary to popular belief, are absolutely dwarfed by Bedrock players.

Bedrock players are Mojang/Microsoft's target demo. They spend more money (with both realms and the marketplace) and purchase more merchandise.

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