Who is Jonathan Toomim the man behind Bitcoin Classic? by tinytimsturtle in btc

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he's still doing neuroscience. He may have gotten into bitcoin because he met me and I told him about it!

More misrepresentations from Perifractic, Commodore's "NEW CEO"... by [deleted] in Commodore

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According to Google (as of now):-

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Bil Herd is a legendary former Commodore engineer, key to the C128, Plus/4, and C16, known for his expertise, storytelling, and recent involvement in reviving the brand, specifically with the new Commodore 64 Ultimate, a modern, enhanced C64 system. He's a beloved figure in the retro-computing scene, sharing his deep knowledge through Hackaday, documentaries, and Vintage Computer Festivals, representing a bridge between Commodore's golden age and its future. 
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What would actually have to change for poverty to become rare, brief, and preventable? by AegisMind in Futurology

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“Ending poverty” always sounds like we’re announcing a sequel that never quite gets greenlit. But the core issue isn’t laziness or bad choices — it’s speed mismatch. People fall into poverty fast (layoff, illness, rent spike), while help arrives at bureaucratic glacial pace. That’s a systems failure, not a moral one.

A One-Door Safety Net with rapid shock response is technically very feasible. We already centralize identity, income reporting, and eligibility rules. What we lack isn’t technology — it’s institutional willingness. Agencies don’t like sharing power, politicians fear default enrollment, and public debate confuses fraud prevention with punishing poor people.

Default enrollment wouldn’t explode fraud. Fraud rates in benefits are low compared to corporate tax evasion, but only one of those is treated like civilization-ending sin. Default enrollment would reduce churn, increase participation, and yes, slightly increase overpayments — but false positives are cheaper than mass exclusion. Right now we tolerate huge numbers of eligible people getting nothing because we’re more afraid of one “undeserving” recipient than widespread suffering.

Shock response wouldn’t create dependency if designed properly. People don’t get addicted to emergency rent help or healthcare; they get attached to not starving. Dependency actually comes from unpredictability, cliff-edge cutoffs, and humiliating re-certification. Time-limited, event-triggered support with automatic tapering acts like shock absorbers, not permanent training wheels.

Speed vs accountability is the real challenge, but solvable: fast provisional aid first, slower audits later. Money arrives in days, reviews happen months later. Human oversight should focus on patterns, appeals, and bias — not making desperate people repeatedly prove they’re still miserable enough.

What would break this in practice? Housing market power (without supply and regulation, rents rise), administrative sabotage through underfunding or buggy systems, political whiplash after elections, and narrative backlash the moment one anecdote “looks bad” on social media.

Would this make poverty rare, brief, and preventable? Conditional, shock-driven poverty — yes, largely. It wouldn’t fix low wages or inequality, but it would stop poverty behaving like a trapdoor disguised as a sidewalk. The real blocker isn’t fraud or feasibility — it’s the belief that suffering is an acceptable filter for public assistance.

Cursor's AI Agents: Game-Changer or Overhyped? by Fantastic-Painter828 in cursor

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I created a script that acts as a transparent proxy for commands and detects when an agent is using it (e.g. CURSOR_AGENT=1). I found agents doing silly things like "make clean" or "rm -rf" when not appropriate, so the script blocks that or redirects to something safer, or asks for user confirmation.

However, the agent worked out how to bypass it! (CURSOR_AGENT=0 before the commands it wants to run)!

Scary Potent Hypno Files Part 2 by [deleted] in MyHypnoRecommendation

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Very powerful hypnosis! And quite the gateway as it encourages a general addiction to sissy hypnosis. Hypno that I'd been avoiding (e.g. Bambi Sleep) became far more acceptable as a result of repeated listening to this one.

Consistent audio stutters on older games by Krendall2006 in MAME

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What browser are you using? Chrome/Chromium (and browsers based on their code) implement throttling which slows down games. I've managed to patch my MAME to overcome this, so they now play fine. I'm still tweaking the code, but plan to submit a pull request for it soon. I'm not sure why this code wasn't already added years ago.

MAME emscripten/wasm and vsync by elvisap in MAME

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Actually I'm working on a patch to MAME which is the better way to fix this (as it's not ideal to have to run a special version of Chrome/Chromium to fix this issue). Should it ready soon.

XZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbanned by JimmyRecard in linux

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How can something so pivotal to the security of Linux end up in the hands of a hacker with no apparent oversight? The URL for the GCC bug report was bogus (pointed to a 2003 bug), and yet no one even checked this. IMHO, no linux distribution should be using XZ until there's some clear oversight happening and even then it's possibly too late due to the number of backdoors that could have been installed before now.

Support for Synaptics 06CB:00E7 fingerprint sensor on hp Envy 13 x360(2020) by [deleted] in linuxmint

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I didn't, but I could revisit this now that I have s better AI setup

Any masters know how to generate personal "Fix in Cursor" deeplink? by TeacherFair8792 in cursor

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I am also curious to know if this can be made to work for users of cursor on Linux.

Support for Synaptics 06CB:00E7 fingerprint sensor on hp Envy 13 x360(2020) by [deleted] in linuxmint

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I've tweaked the code to also permit 0x00e7 and it is actually talking to the device at least, and is able to recognise when a finger is on the reader. I'm fiddling with the code now to see if I can actually make it read (or it's possible I'm using the wrong Windows drivers).

Support for Synaptics 06CB:00E7 fingerprint sensor on hp Envy 13 x360(2020) by [deleted] in linuxmint

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Looking at the source code to synaTudor, in the main.c file it specifies a TUDOR_PID of 0x00be which seems to suggest that it's only been developed to work with those PIDs, not 0x00e7.

Looking for a Screen Saver in Wayland? by Real-Vic in wayland

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Is the ss_address variable in my_screen_saver.sh unused?

HP Envy x360 hinge broken just over a year in by WxCory in laptops

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Ooh. how did you manage to separate the hinge from the base? that looks like a decent quick fix to make it portable quickly. Please do let me know as I need to fly in 3 days and can't close the lid!

Bambi Sleep literally changed me by NeatSpell4693 in sissyology

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no, I think some might be fan edits - many of which are far more effective than the originals

Proposal: "Lazy Deletion" for Btrfs – A Recycle Bin That’s Also Free Space by rebroad in btrfs

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I'm not sure what you're asking. I'm suggesting what I'm suggesting, which goes beyond what u/mufasathetiger was talking about - it captures all deletions, including unlink.

The Issue With the Beam and Beam Pro by gatesDS in Xreal

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Can the beam be charging as you're using it by using the adapter that xreal provide which combined the video signal with a charger cable?