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JenLucPiquant, to random

The Physics of Faraday Cages: You can't block electromagnetic waves, but there's still a way to keep electronic devices like cell phones in stealth mode. https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-faraday-cages/

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@JenLucPiquant

Electronic music composer Wendy Carlos enclosed her Manhattan music studio in a Faraday cage due to the extremely high level of RF energy in New York City. It brought the noise floor of her custom built mixing board down dramatically low.

jeffjarvis, to random
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Well, ok, if you say so, Hulu.

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@jeffjarvis

It's actually a pretty decent documentary about pre-Hayes Code films and how they eventually threw off the shackles.

arstechnica, to random
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The iPhone 13 mini is dead, leaving small phone lovers in a lurch

One-handed phones are a dying breed. It makes sense, but it's also a bummer.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/the-iphone-13-mini-is-dead-leaving-small-phone-lovers-in-a-lurch/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica

One-handed iPhones, you mean. The Android ecosystem offers anything you want. I'm typing this on a nice, comfortable Google Pixel 6A that takes amazing photos.

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    @Teri_Kanefield

    I read that to my wife and it made her laugh.

    Obviously, never enter into contractual negotiations without a lawyer present.

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    The real story, a buried lede: "Higher education funding in West Virginia has dropped by about 24 percent, or $146 million, over the past decade"
    Slashing Its Budget, West Virginia University Asks, What Is Essential? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/west-virginia-university-budget-cuts-deficit.html?smid=tw-share

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    @jeffjarvis

    One of the programs they're wanting to completely eliminate is puppetry. There are only two universities that have a program. Some might think it's not vital, or possibly even trivial, but it's a legitimate art form, and they have an excellent program.

    georgetakei, to random

    The more I read, the more it felt like a Jordan Peele movie.

    https://www.comicsands.com/black-images-racist-estate-sale-2662681327.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

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    @georgetakei

    According to American Heritage, 70% of the collectors of this stuff are themselves Black.

    From the 1993 article:

    "About 70 percent of the collectors are black, and they include Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, and Whoopie Goldberg, whose mantel is lined with Mammy figurines."

    https://www.americanheritage.com/collecting-mammy

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield @annabower

    We'd have to look at the history of the prosecution of Mob figures.

    Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield @GottaLaff @Bam

    Thank you so much. I read your posts to my hospitalized wife, and they always cheer her up.

    georgetakei, to random

    Did Mike Pence finally grow a pair? https://bit.ly/3OmiicT

    gaffa,

    @georgetakei

    No, "Mother" had them in her handbag.

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    Sushi spam. Spam sushi. I eagerly await the reaction of Chef Reactions. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8L2g3jf/

    gaffa,

    @jeffjarvis

    Have @PadreSJ take you out for dinner sometime when he's in the US.

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    In which Brooks urges white liberal guilt on Times readers not for how they treat people of color but for their lack of empathy for white supremacist Trumpists....
    What if We’re the Bad Guys Here? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/opinion/trump-meritocracy-educated.html?smid=tw-share

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    @jeffjarvis

    https://youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY

    Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    Thank you so much for writing this. I just read this to my wife as she lay in her hospital bed, and you brought a smile to her face several times.

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    By the way, why are the trucks and logo orange?....
    What Yellow couldn’t deliver, despite getting union concessions and securing a government bailout, was consistent service for customers or profits for investors https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fall-of-a-trucking-giant-why-yellow-is-on-the-verge-of-collapse-3724f662

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    @onpaperwings @jeffjarvis

    They have long insisted that that's a particular shade of yellow.

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield @Yoshi

    Didn't Spiro Agnew plead that way?

    gaffa,

    @Teri_Kanefield

    So is this just a sneaky way to try to ward off a completely legitimate civil suit by the election workers?

    arstechnica, to random
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    Borax is the new Tide Pods and poison control experts are facepalming

    Borax is used in laundry detergent and is not safe to ingest.

    https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/borax-is-the-new-tide-pods-and-poison-control-experts-are-facepalming/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica

    Because they all want to be like Futurama's The Borax Kid

    emptywheel, to random
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    How and Why to Charge Trump First

    https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/07/21/how-and-why-to-charge-trump-first/

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    @emptywheel

    Thanks for this! Very clarifying and helpful.

    Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield

    Folks should remember that his mentor was Roy Cohn.

    Imagine an even less ethical Roy Cohn with unlimited greed and zero empathy.

    arstechnica, to random
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    Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator

    Spelling error misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to company running Mali’s TLD.

    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/typo-leaks-millions-of-us-military-emails-to-mali-web-operator/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica

    Why isn't the military using encryption?

    Why are they sending sensitive information in the clear?

    Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @YourNeighbor57 @Teri_Kanefield

    "Hello", he lied.

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    @Teri_Kanefield @YourNeighbor57

    Fair enough, but if Trump told me the sky was blue, I'd go outside and check.

    JenLucPiquant, to random

    A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users https://boingboing.net/2023/07/18/a-week-in-threads-has-lost-half-of-its-active-users.html

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    @JenLucPiquant

    Hopefully many of them realized that they had gone from a network owned by one socially inept billionaire to a different one.

    taylorlorenz, to random
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    The only good content left on Twitter is Musk’s former employees debunking his bullsh*t

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    @Viss @taylorlorenz

    I'm sorry, that phrase lost me.

    Could I bother you for an expansion?

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield

    Try to take the long view.

    My wife and I have been on the Internet since 1988, calling from Kansas City to Cambridge Massachusetts to get access.

    We remember the day the very first Spam appeared.

    And we have seen communications methods appear and disappear, like mushrooms after a rainstorm.

    Usenet, IRC, chat rooms, you name it.

    They're born, they live, they die.

    Try not to take it personally.

    leo, to random
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    Loads of fun visiting the Computer History Museum in Mtn View with two bona fide geeks.

    A book titled How To Make A Fortune On The Information Superhighway
    The carterfone. In 1968 the FCC ruled against Ma Bell and forced the company to allow third-party hardware on its network.
    Nerds eating in-n-out burgers.

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    @leo

    Canter and Siegel, the original spammers.

    I remember the day they posted their "Green Card" message to every single Usenet Newsgroup. So you had rec.pets and Spam, alt.binaries.pictures and Spam, talk.politics and Spam...

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