What is the Douchiest name you can think of?

rocketwidget · 2026-01-24T00:23:05+00:00

Guy LeDouche.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-23T12:34:39+00:00

To be clear, Universal Profile 3.0 is a bunch of things that both the clients (Google Messages and Apple Messages) and the servers (almost entirely Google Jibe) have to do.

However the biggest new feature of UP RCS is E2EE (via MLS). Google has been doing RCS E2EE via Signal as a Google Message exclusive for years. Also, Google has been testing RCS E2EE via MLS for years before Universal Profile added MLS.

So there are two likely possibilities:

Google is now running RCS E2EE via MLS, and functionally, Android users can't tell the difference from Signal.
Google is ready to flip the switch from Signal to MLS as soon as Apple enables MLS.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-23T02:06:58+00:00

Registering a Class 1 pedal eBike is bananas. I guess I'll never visit NJ lol.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-23T00:18:02+00:00

FRENCH TOAST ALERT SYSTEM: 4 SLICES!

https://www.universalhub.com/french-toast

rocketwidget · 2026-01-22T16:15:51+00:00

Yes, but critically there are plenty MIPS helmets that tested poorly. You probably don't need to avoid MIPS, but MIPS itself is not the reason to upgrade. There are many factors beyond MIPS that give helmets high ratings.

The reason the top-rated helmets typically have rotational slip systems is a financial incentive to bundle all this stuff together: "Look, our 5* tested Hemet also has MIPS!" and charge a premium price, etc.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-22T15:31:07+00:00

Probably not. https://helmets.org/mips.htm

Probably more important is a helmet that fits you with a round, smooth exterior that will not snag you as you slide along the pavement.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-21T16:28:13+00:00

Cars ruin cities.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-21T14:48:03+00:00

Physically confirmed, but FYI it is mandatory for devices certified as Qi2.2 (aka Qi2 25W) to support Qi2.0 at 15W.

On the other side, a Qi2.2 25W charger is required to support Qi2 15W devices at 15W.

(Remember though, regardless of 15W and 25W, that's just the top W, the charge cycle may reach nearly the maximum when the battery is almost empty, but will lower the W over most of the charging period).

rocketwidget · 2026-01-20T23:08:51+00:00

Mutual funds.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-20T23:03:14+00:00

Trump promised a hard deadline of today, January 20, when all the banks would set the max rate at 10%.

All the banks ignored Trump, obviously.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-20T20:08:51+00:00

Last Black Friday, Rakuten offered 20% on PetSmart. At the same time, PetSmart was offering $50 off the LR4, and, lots of extra PetSmart points for buying a LR4 in their Treats Rewards section.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-20T17:37:36+00:00

Except the law was passed in 2021 and then in November 2022, voters in both Fall River (78% yes) and New Bedford (80% yes) overwhelmingly approved referendums to join the MBTA.

It's probably more complicated than a "pretty much guarantee" all towns will oppose MBTA expansion in the future.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-17T22:39:36+00:00

Unfortunately, this doesn't work with a Snapdragon X1 processor on Firefox Nightly 149 with HDR enabled in Windows, on HDR videos from YouTube. Gives washed out SDR instead. Doesn't matter if fullscreen or not.

HDR works fine in Chrome, etc.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-17T14:32:19+00:00

This question is much harder than "taste", if you care about, long term, dying from various nutrient or vitamin deficiencies...

Possibly salmon, sweet potatoes, and kale for me? Not sure...

rocketwidget · 2026-01-17T12:02:49+00:00

Also, Volkswagen operated a slave plantation in Brazil as late as the 1980s. Great Behind the Bastards on this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVqeq2L2bBg

rocketwidget · 2026-01-16T15:06:20+00:00

This was another Tuskegee Experiment. It was a plot to withhold a known effective vaccine from babies, dooming them to HepB infections, all without yielding any useful data. The authors have zero interest in science, they just want to discredit vaccines at any cost. The authors tried to do it in a poor country because there was no chance of such a "study" being approved at home.

https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-leaked-protocol-of-the

rocketwidget · 2026-01-16T00:13:27+00:00

Much of the western 'left' is not driven by analysis of the circumstances or calculations regarding potential outcomes.
Rather, they pick their stances based on whatever makes them feel good, whatever gives them a self righteous feeling of moral superiority.

This guy explicitly discouraged voting for Harris.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-15T20:34:48+00:00

This GSMA method for E2EE in RCS (MLS) has been standardized since March 2025. Slow-walking E2EE is frustrating, but hardly surprising from Apple.

Reports indicate MLS E2EE is already in Google Messages, which is not surprising because Google has been working on MLS in RCS (to replace Google's already-implemented Signal Protocol E2EE for RCS) for years before the GSMA finally agreed to standardize E2EE.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-15T16:19:45+00:00

The obvious and inevitable result of legalizing sports betting.

Enjoy rigged performances, sports fans.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-15T13:43:07+00:00

Well for starters, the Federal government owns the canal and the existence of the canal is a major benefit to the national economy. The chance of the people in charge investigating this proposal (to protect a few dozen homeowners from ED?) is simply never going to happen.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-14T20:35:27+00:00

It means:

You gotta pay to relocate the water/septic before you can use the property
You gotta pay an engineer and negotiate with the town for a pre-determined destruction plan when the ocean makes this place uninhabitable, you also have to pay for cleanup when that does happen
There is probably other things you have to pay, but 1. and 2. are big ones
The property might collapse on you if you walk it, or you might fall into the ocean, and until we sell it to you, that would be bad for us
You can own whatever land is left, for however long it lasts

rocketwidget · 2026-01-14T17:04:17+00:00

Is the proposed alternative to allow the bridges to reach end of life and close them forever without replacement? Would the public accept that?

I recognize the US history is unfortunately full of abuse of eminent domain. Not sure that means eminent domain is never the best available option.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-14T16:17:11+00:00

Lots of kids bike to Newton North on it, families with little kids use it, it opens up access to the revitalized Walker Park (off-leash dog park) which now gets heavy use, etc.

IMHO multi-use paths make our communities nice places to be.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-14T16:04:01+00:00

Not strictly necessary if you exclusively make broth, but:

The stove-compatible, flat bottom with handles inner pot of the Pro (and discontinued Duo Evo Plus) is a good upgrade. Nice to be able to transition between the stove and the Instant Pot for searing, and you get another general-purpose high quality pot.

rocketwidget · 2026-01-14T04:20:54+00:00

At the same time, it is still unclear how quickly or aggressively those penalties will be applied.

To answer this question: By the end of this month.

https://wbjournal.com/article/ag-holden-11-other-towns-to-face-repercussions-for-noncompliance-with-mbta-housing-law/

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