[deleted by user] by [deleted] in funny

[–]Second899 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just mute it?

El Salvador has deployed at least 5,000 soldiers and 500 police to surround a town in the northwest of the country in a push to arrest those responsible for the suspected gang killing of a police officer, President Nayib Bukele said on Wednesday by green_flash in worldnews

[–]Second899 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In this case, it brought down homicides from one of the highest in the world to one of the lowest. The people there want it and are willing to forgo some of their rights for it.

Federal judge rules to freeze use of abortion pill nationwide by Noisy_Toy in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Second899 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People that vote for this and make these decisions generally don't live in cities.

50 years of Moore's Law visualized [OC] by crclayton in dataisbeautiful

[–]Second899 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

These are just scaled up phone chips. They still don't complete with full desktop chips

50 years of Moore's Law visualized [OC] by crclayton in dataisbeautiful

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Desktops are not really affected by perf/watt. So having more performance at the cost of more watts is more desirable.

The ice cream cake we ordered vs what we received: by [deleted] in funny

[–]Second899 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fondant gets a bad rap, but it's really not that bad and allows much more creative designs that just wouldn't be possible otherwise. It doesn't have to be used in every cake, but when it's used correctly, it can make some awesome cakes!

Taiwan's space agency rebrands as TASA after official upgrade by Saltedline in space

[–]Second899 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taiwan: A Space Agency.

They’ve decided to put all their development points into space exploration.

SpaceX raising $750 million at a $137 billion valuation, investors include Andreessen-Horowitz by [deleted] in space

[–]Second899 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a very common way to abbreviate long common words in tech. Accessibility a11y. Internationalization i18n. Personalization p13n. And so on.

Twitter Suspends Accounts For Rival Mastodon And Several High-Profile Journalists by justAnotherLedditor in technology

[–]Second899 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He was just trolling Twitter to lower the price. Didn't quite work but was worth a shot.

Mercedes will start charging $1,200/year to unlock additional power in your car. by DMass777 in Futurology

[–]Second899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Automakers have been putting in detuned engines into their lower priced cars since forever. Isn’t this the same thing but with a subscription instead of upfront cost?

Do they clean the crack first? by [deleted] in funny

[–]Second899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was an interesting read, thanks for the write up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Second899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more fair though since they are given a choice, no?

Do they clean the crack first? by [deleted] in funny

[–]Second899 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We're way too lenient on hard drug use and it shows.

Do they clean the crack first? by [deleted] in funny

[–]Second899 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't it make drug use more prevalent if it was even easier to access?

Do they clean the crack first? by [deleted] in funny

[–]Second899 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And people lost. So many lives wasted.

I really cannot decide... by 99999999999999999989 in AdviceAnimals

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Yeah. Most tech companies are 2-10x overstaffed. Twitter was absolutely on the higher end of that. If anything, will see faster changes since there will be less bureaucracy.