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    Maggie’s For All The Statistics and Numbers Geeks

    Computers don't do random numbers well. Years ago I remember reading about one of the big tech companies using lava lamps to create truly random numbers (instead of pseudo random numbers). It's a neat story and I suspect that some variant of this approach is still in use today.
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    Another reason I want my neighbors armed.

    I know it's a shitty thing to say but all of us need be prepared to protect ourselves, so we don't end up like this poor woman.
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    Trump and Bill gates team up again!!! 😂

    I suspect that whatever comes of this alliance, the rest of us aren't going to enjoy it one bit.
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    Adding a Riser to the Rifle

    The video mentions that it changes the recoil pulse. Can you provide any more detail on this? Thank you.
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    Walking Tall,... a lie?

    People sometimes want to change history to better suit their tastes. Maybe the claim is true but, but we all should be mighty suspicious whenever history is being rewritten because the dead have a hard time defending themselves.
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    Electric Razors, what do you use?

    I have always had very good luck with Panasonic electric shavers.
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    State of Nevada Cyberattack

    Imagine how surreal it is to have to go to the C-Suite and tell them that you need to buy $10 Million in Monero and then send it to parties unknown on the uncertain promise that your going to get the decrypt key for your locked files. Not only do you have the potential for US Criminal law...
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    State of Nevada Cyberattack

    Public sector IT is horrible. To make it even worse the laws are written and enforced by them so they get all kinds of free passes to do wildly stupid shit that would result in biblical fines or jail time if the things they do were committed by an entity in the private sector. The average time...
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    feels like somebody's watching me. Flock Safety.

    A whole lot of our tech companies get paid by spying on "customers". This is going to get much much worse.
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    Envision what could go wrong with this B/S

    Coming soon, some pissed off autistic 15 year old male is going to use them to wipe out his high-school bullies. IT security in the private sector sucks ass; IT security in the public sector is dramatically worse.
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    They even take orders from a machine

    I dream that someday police officers will be held accountable for their actions. Now I must get back to tilting at windmills...
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    Suppressors Otter Creek Cease and Desist

    The USPTO patent granting process isn't particularly adversarial and the examiner has limited time and resources to investigate the prior art when determing if something is patent worthy. The real test of a patent's validity is when you run into somebody like Apple or Oracle that can bring 8 and...
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    Your take on what our (society) future looks like...

    I'm not sure on all the math but one thing that does stand out to me is the home price to wages ratio. 2024 median wage 62K and 2024 median home price 419k means the average home now costs 6.7 years of earnings 1994 median wage 27k and 1994 median home price 130k means that the average home...
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    Your take on what our (society) future looks like...

    America (and the West) is on an experiment to implement techno-Feudalism and bring in a new golden age where a small minority of rich folks own everything and the rest of us slave away at their whim. I hope to live to a ripe old age, but not long enough to have to participate in a second French...
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    Work compensation --how would you handle this?

    You weren't promoted into your dead bosses position (CTO) and didn't get any kind of a meaningful raise or retention bonus. You might have been skipped on the CTO promotion as you had only been there for 2 years and that is an important position, but the lack of a raise or performance bonus for...
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    Powder compacting when seating bullets.

    I think I remember reading that very mild powder compression (say 103% capacity) or so was beneficial as it resulted in more uniform powder packing because powder would not shift around like it would in a case that was partially filled. I have no data to back this up.
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    Maggie’s VPN- if you have one, which did you select?

    VPN providers might be able to provide you with some protection if your trying to circumvent things like porn bans and data collection, or torrenting things like music, movies, or ebooks. Treat it as fairly cheap insurance against low level snooping and inconveniences. If you are playing with...
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    CHINA WAR INEVITABLE...SOONER THAN LATER

    China has been winning the cold war against us for a very long time. Why would they want the risk a change to the status quo?
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    California Magazine Ban Update

    A while back California banned standard capacity magazines with no grandfather clause. California gun owners fought back and are now on our second trip to the Supreme Court to find out whether it is constitutional to ban magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. The Supreme Court chickened out on...
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    Newsom plans to steal the House

    California was already fairly gerrymandered before Greasy Gavin started being a blowhard on social media. Not much is going to change.
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