Interesting interview w a "hacker type," who figured out there had to be forgotten bitcoins still sitting on moth-balled hard-drives at universities, and schemed a way to get those hard drives!
https://officercia.mirror.xyz/ewfV9-LBnKmgDeTap3FXZ--PNeDzabhQ_5kh1pkKD2A
"A new omicron coronavirus subvariant dubbed XBB.1.5 now accounts for an estimated 40.5 percent of all US COVID-19 cases amid a winter wave that is driving up hospitalizations, particularly in places where XBB.1.5 is most prevalent."
I like the way you cross the street cuz you're, precious
Moving through the Cleveland heat how, precious
Taking rides and all the kicks you're so, precious
But you know I was shittin' bricks cuz I'm, precious
Masto FEATURE REQUEST:
Following someone on another instance is pathetically tedious.
The platform should silently do the "copy external user URL, paste into search field, wait for response, follow user" steps automatically.
cc: @Gargron
Took routine PCR COVID test yesterday. I'm positive, just found out. 1st time. Zero symptoms.
Also just learned, recent 3-day classmate house-guest has proudly had NO vaccinations. Has had COVID once before, he/whole family is sick now.
Now so angry I can't see! And infected.
2.
Two minutes later, a red cardinal flew down fr a tree, landed on a large flat rock and did the hokey pokey, hopping tentatively toward the middle of the rock.
That was when I noticed a single peanut in th shell sitting there. The cardinal grappled w how to lift the nut. After finally securing it, the bird flew off.
The man turned to me.
“The wife is much smarter,” he said in a serious tone. “I’ve known the family for years. I never have to wait when she’s around.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html
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“Rock, rock, rock,” I heard a voice repeating. “Rock, rock, rock.”
I was walking up a trail into the Ramble in Central Park when I came upon the voice’s owner: a tall, slender man with a twist of silver hair over one eye.
I waited, not wanting to interrupt whatever it was that he was doing.
“Rock, rock, rock,” he said again in a monotone. “Rock, rock, rock.”
Anxious?
$52,448 for a Mac Pro rack mount, w all features max'd. $25,000 in RAM alone.
You could play some Doom on this bitch!
"FBI Calls Apple's Enhanced iCloud Encryption 'Deeply Concerning' as Privacy Groups Hail It As a Victory for Users"
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/08/fbi-privacy-groups-icloud-encryption/
"Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout"
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/brittney-griner-release-russia-prisoner-swap-viktor-bout/
This is truly massive - encryption of Apple cloud data!
"Advanced Data Protection for iCloud will be available to U.S. users by the end of the year and will start rolling out to the rest of the world in early 2023.
Starting with iOS 16.2..."
"... it's only Tuesday."
"This is how the Japanese Men’s team left the dressing room after their win at the World Cup yesterday... In 2018 they did the same thing and left a thank you note for the hosts in 3 languages...
On top of this... photo's have emerged of large groups of Japanese fans staying behind after the game to clean all of the stands.
...
Huge respect for the Japanese national team and their wonderful culture, values and people."
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"When you launch a new feature but didn't test it with your users."
"How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle
It began as a visionary notion—that patients could die with dignity at home. Now it’s a twenty-two-billion-dollar industry plagued by exploitation."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/05/how-hospice-became-a-for-profit-hustle
The Dude abides.
