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RotaryTelephone commented on Robinhood aims to court users with 1% interest rate on cash   techcrunch.com/2022/05/10... · Posted by u/prostoalex
JumpCrisscross · 4 years ago
If someone is pattern day trading on Robinhood, they’re not likely to notice let alone be deterred by such details.
RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
Or actually have any significant funds.
RotaryTelephone commented on Bizarre space circle captured in unprecedented detail   nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/gmays
erickhill · 4 years ago
We definitely appear to be approaching a spatial anomaly.
RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
It could be sentient. Let's probe it with our prime directive of non-interference
RotaryTelephone commented on Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia   reuters.com/world/exclusi... · Posted by u/NN88
imwillofficial · 4 years ago
Interesting, I wonder how hack groups have comms and form groups over stuff like this. I’m not plugged into the hacker underground, how does it work?
RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
Nice try, FBI.
RotaryTelephone commented on The Fall of Roam   every.to/superorganizers/... · Posted by u/dshipper
polote · 4 years ago
This is not the fall of Roam. It is just the usual cycle of note taking apps. There was Evernote before, and there was probably even others before. And the current trending app is Notion, which will fall at one point too.

The particularity of Roam, is that it was designed for developers, product managers and execs in the tech industry. So its market is pretty small

RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
I've been using Evernote for years and it's great. Everything is in notebooks/subnotebooks AND tags. Their search is great. I mostly store technical how-to's and notes on books I'm reading and subjects I'm learning. Their UI is great and a joy to browse the notes... I did try Roam and I get the promise of bi-directional Nirvana but so far just for productivity and getting stuff done.. Evernote is just fine... shrug
RotaryTelephone commented on I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)   web.stanford.edu/~learnes... · Posted by u/monort
lokimedes · 4 years ago
I had sysadmin rights on my school’s Windows servers after some very simple social engineering (for a 10 year old). The real irony was that I was called to the principal’s office on multiple occasions because I seemed to be able to fix things on the network that the local “admin” (e.g. music teacher) couldn’t. Fun times indeed.

It completely ruined my respect for authority figures. Which in retrospect has been the most valuable outcome from being the local “that kid from Wargames”

RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
Had a similar problem with feeling betrayed by authority figures when I was called in to be questioned about a hacking incident while in middle school just because I was good at VB in programming glass. Can really ruin a kid's confidence for years to come in case anyone in such position is reading this now.
RotaryTelephone commented on To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is going to work   arstechnica.com/science/2... · Posted by u/wglb
oneoff786 · 4 years ago
Space is pretty bad for you. Would not recommend.
RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
Exactly, from radiation to muscle loss - humans are simply not meant to live in space. BUT - it doesn't mean we won't eventually, especially if forced off Earth due to some human made or natural catastrophy. Humans may need to evolve for space living though. It may take many generations of evolution and adaptation and natural selection.
RotaryTelephone commented on IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts   statnews.com/2022/01/21/i... · Posted by u/alexmorley
raverbashing · 4 years ago
"billed as a revolution in medicine" by whom? IBM's marketing department?

Anything "Watson" (together with 95% of that company - optimistically) is marred too deep in bureaucracy and yes men to do anything productive and innovative.

RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
Heh, imagine a comma "and yes, men, to do anything productive"
RotaryTelephone commented on Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 1890s (2018)   boredpanda.com/spy-camera... · Posted by u/jakobdabo
rjp0008 · 4 years ago
The same thing will exist for people in 2010/2030 because of computational photography filters/algos.
RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
In 2050s they'll look at today's smart phone selfies and wonder why people liked these smooth skin auto glamour edited fakes so much. Then the androids will chuckle to themselves and move on.
RotaryTelephone commented on Death Clock   thedeathclock.co/... · Posted by u/thepaulmcbride
rladd · 4 years ago
Hmmm

YOU HAVE

NAN%

OF YOUR EXPECTED LIFESPAN

REMAINING

RotaryTelephone · 4 years ago
Same. Not sure if should get my finances in order or am an Eternal.

u/RotaryTelephone

KarmaCake day298January 9, 2020View Original