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cynar

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  • Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession

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  • Different parts of the government. Charles has all but kicked him out of the royals themselves. This would just be finishing the job.

    Neither group has any real say in prosecution etc. This is just an additional ceremonial "Fuck you for making us look bad!"

  • House committee advances bill to ban chemtrails

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  • They are, but clouds disproportionately reflect IR. Basically the energy comes in as a mix of high, medium and low energy light. The earth re-radiates as low energy IR. Clouds trap this keeping the warmth (and energy) in.

    Clouds and CO2 act in a similar way.

  • If real life loaded like a video game did, what would the loading screen tips be?

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  • This only works if the group size exceeds the Dunbar number. Below that, you will quickly be kicked out.

  • Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long

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  • The answer is quite mundane. I've a few friends in a (non-US) police force. The answer is that the rich/powerful are annoying as hell to go against.

    They either know the law, or pay someone to know it for them. They can make obviously illegal things legal on paper. They can also nitpick everything. E.g. spending £5K on lawyers to get out of a £100 fine, since they don't want to get the points. Any procedural mistakes, or paperwork errors can kill a case, or at least drag it out for years.

    They also have contacts that can apply pressure. When their wife knows your boss's, boss's boss's wife, they can make your life and career VERY uncomfortable.

    End result, most officers learn to pick their battles with the rich and powerful. They will make your life hard, and will get away without everything being perfect.

    In practice this can easily turn into taking the easy road. Even when the rich aren't even technically in the right.

  • Just ice

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  • In terms of old money politics, they've thrown him to the wolves.

    He's effectively gotten old fashioned parole (old European, rather than American). If he disappears, everyone will assume they are involved. They won't want him making them look bad, so will not let him use their resources to flee.

  • Reddit car crains at it again

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  • A line I've used before is "It won't be your fault, but it will be your problem."

    Pedestrians should be able to walk on the roads. It should be down to cars to not hit them. However, when they screw up. The car owner has a dented car, you have shatter bones and organs.

    It's against the grain here, but my personal view is that all school kits should be given a family size pack of high Vis strap vests and taught the risks. It's amazing how effective an educated 8 year old can be at changing behaviours.

  • Just ice

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  • We also need to make sure we don't accidentally witch hunt. While I think most of the Epstein files are genuine, there is a possibility of fakes. It would be entirely in his MO to create fake or misleading evidence, when he couldn't get the real thing. The charges need to be backed by other evidence as well, which takes time to gather.

  • Just ice

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  • The default in the UK is to be released on bail. The current charges are for leaking documents, and the royals have made it clear they are not going to get in the way. His lawyers would have a field day with the police for not allowing bail, given what he's currently been charged with.

    Hopefully that will change, now the investigation is officially open, but it's the nature of our legal system.

  • Thoughts about my (potential) first server?

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  • The rule of thumb with servers is

    • Performance
    • Reliability
    • Power usage
    • Noise
    • Size

    The trick is to remember you don't actually need much performance. A home server isn't generally a powerful machine. What matters is that it is always there.

    A raspberry pi would actually make a wonderful server. It's power efficient, small and quiet, with enough grunt to do most jobs. Unfortunately, it falls down on reliability. Arm servers seem more prone to issues than x64 servers. Pis also seems particularly crash prone. Crashing every 3-6 months isn't an issue for most pi usages. When it's running your smart home, it's a pain in the arse.

    I eventually settled on a intel NUC system. It's a proper computer (no HDD on usb etc), with a very low power draw. It also seems particularly stable. Mine has done several years at this point, without a crash.

    Bigger servers are only needed when you have too much demand for a low powered option, or need specialist capabilities 24/7. Very few home labbers will need one, in practice.

    It's also worth noting that you can slave a powerful, but power hungry system, to a smaller, efficient one. Only power it on when a highly demanding task requires sorting.

  • Are LoRa networks a way around the surveillance state?

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  • There is always the option for gorilla node deployment. They need very little power, so solar etc is an option, and the hardware is relatively cheap.

    A cheap drone could easily place nodes in hard to reach locations e.g. top of telephone poles. You now have an anonymous node that is trivial to connect to but harder to disable.

    It's far from perfect, but a good option.

    I also now have the image of a node built into a drone. Then it bolting, like a startled sparrow, when they try to remove it...

  • X-ray of a pregnant dog

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  • A friend had a radio isotope cancer treatment. He also built a geiger counter (for his own amusement). It was quite scary how much he set the thing off getting close to it!

    Instructions were to not sleep in the same bed as anyone else for 2 nights, and limit closeness to people or pets for the same period.

  • A non-existent problem

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  • Protests serve 2 purposes. They act to spread a message and connect people.

    They also act as a warning. We are willing to invest effort in this to change things. If you don't change, some of us will put the effort into other methods, some of which are... far more unpleasant for you. We also act as support to the people doing this.

    The latter is important. For a good example, look at the Northern Ireland troubles.

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    Wishes

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  • True love is being willing to give almost anything for the other person. It is also being unwilling to accept that, because you would also be willing to do the same.

    Somewhere in the middle you find what is best for both of you.

  • The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, the two best members of the Swedish group shooting team

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  • It puts the hand in a neutral, stable position and ensures it doesn't move and affect their position/balance. It would let them focus totally on their aim with the other hand.

  • OPINION: Zelensky Should Kick the US Out of Peace Negotiations

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  • I believe most are chemically pumped. Producing an electrically pumped laser, of sufficient power is not an easy task. Making it small enough to be useful is even harder.

    The problem is that each shot costs more in materials than the drone. Lasers are also quite easy to counter, if deployed in mass (mostly by adding reflective foil coatings).

  • What advice or tips do you have which sound like nonsense but really work?

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  • The uses of "ACHOO syndrome"!

    Aka the photic sneeze reflex.

    Apparently not everyone has this reflex.

  • The sun is a deadly laser...

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  • The other option is a "barbeque roll" a favourite of sci-fi starships, from authors who have done some homework.

    You're basically trying to balance half way up a waterfall.

  • The sun is a deadly laser...

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  • It also needs something that can form complex molecules. The lightest element we know of that can form these is carbon. That didn't appear in reasonable quantities until the first stars exploded.

  • Primal Instincts

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  • Even the violent instincts are often better than implied. They tend to take the form of "Defend" or "Protect".

    Very few people have the instinct to attack or hurt. That is learnt and reasoned.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Room temperature IQ is a far bigger insult in Europe than America.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Robot Lawnmowers

  • Android @lemmy.world
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    Kids Tablet recommendations.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Low cost Zigbee GU10s via Ikea (UK)

    www.ikea.com /gb/en/p/tradfri-led-bulb-gu10-345-lumen-smart-wireless-dimmable-white-spectrum-40517647/
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Recommended linux variant for gaming.