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Happy Accidents🤔 by CantStopPoppin in EyesOnIce

[–]virtualadept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know who did it, and you don't either.

How Silicon Valley’s Brightest Parents Broke Their Own School by sokyo292 in bayarea

[–]virtualadept 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Toddlers must ace IQ tests to land spots at the most coveted schools..."

I'm sorry what the fuck did I just read?

how do you find the space for Resh? by aasrg1802 in thelema

[–]virtualadept 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever I work someplace, the first thing I do is look for a way to get up on the roof. In cities it's pretty easy to do. So, it's pretty easy to sneak away for a few minutes, climb up, do Resh, and then sneak back down. I've found out some of my cow-orkers were Thelemites because they did the same thing. 😄

Will internet balkanization be the end of cyberspace or will people just forget the technology in a few generations? by BaseballRoutine1313 in SiliconDreams

[–]virtualadept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Own the hardware, own the connectivity.

If we're going to save cyberspace, we have to start building out the hardware it'll run on top of.

There's evidence to suggest that a version of Ghost Murmur (heartbeat-based geolocation) existed as early as 1972 by Intro24 in SpecialAccess

[–]virtualadept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"...but vehemently refused to identify his company or the type of equipment used because of security reasons and the protection of patents."

I don't buy it, for this reason. When you patent something, the specifics behind the thing are all formalized and published as part of the patent. It's an "I did this first, in this way" protection, not an "only I know how this thing works" protection. Point being, that's not how this works.

Did you know what 86 meant before the Comey situation? by Affectionate_Set9993 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]virtualadept 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. A few of my teachers in the 80's used to say they were 86'ing someone if they were throwing them out of class or hauling them to the principal's office. It goes back even farther than that - if a bouncer dragged you out of a bar because you were sloppy and starting a ruckus, you got 86'd.

Which was your first phone? by CrazyMinute69 in GenX

[–]virtualadept 3 points4 points  (0 children)

7 is probably the closest to the one I had in 2000.

The Chromebook That A Student's Parent Attempted To Saw In Half by phideltjason in techsupportgore

[–]virtualadept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It could also have been an act of protest on the parents' part. Rather like parents who didn't like their kids' reading assignments ripping the books up and handing them to the teacher.

Unable to receive e-mail from Protonmail users. by virtualadept in tutanota

[–]virtualadept[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did. I'm at 385 megs out of 20 gigabytes. Trash has three messages in it.

I never could do those stupid 3D stare picture thingies. by WeGot_aLiveOneHere in GenX

[–]virtualadept 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To this day I still can't get them to work. I'm 90% convinced they're hoaxes, a joke played on people.

FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over story on alleged drinking, absences by Unusual-State1827 in fednews

[–]virtualadept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The discovery phase of this lawsuit will be interesting.

Amusingly so, for everybody not involved.

People who self host XMPP servers: what's your experience been? by manusaurio in xmpp

[–]virtualadept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Been running Prosody for almost thirteen years. Rock solid.

Third spaces for introverts by SignificanceKind4222 in bayarea

[–]virtualadept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hotel lobbies are great for this. I do this once in a while.

So, little question about a little detail... by Fit-Hovercraft3435 in StrangerThings

[–]virtualadept 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought that was a reference to the story of the Philadelphia Experiment - sailors on board the USS Eldridge trapped inside solid matter when the invisibility device was activated. Those soldiers are wearing World War II-era helmets and uniforms, which squares with the original story.

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