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corkybeta commented on I salvaged $6k of luxury items discarded by Duke students indyweek.com/culture/duke... · Posted by u/drvladb

cgio · 9 months ago

When I put out any electrical/electronic device here in Australia, the only thing that gets picked up, is the wires, snipped from the devices; I still don’t know why. Recycling would not make sense at this scale I think. And in the process, they destroy the device for anyone who might have a use for it.

corkybeta · 9 months ago

Maybe there are plenty of art projects going on nearby.

corkybeta commented on We're Still Not Done with Jesus newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/diodorus

corkybeta · a year ago

Mention of Richard Carrier was odd. The mythicist angle of Gospel accounts seems the least worthy of mention, even when the author encourages taking his work with the proverbial sodium. I like watching Tim O'Neill angrily refute everything Carrier says - he really doesn't like the guy.

corkybeta commented on UK General Election called for July 4th bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-po... · Posted by u/dukeyukey

namdnay · 2 years ago

If you think you're more popular today than you will be tomorrow, it's best to call the election today

corkybeta · 2 years ago

Shinzo Abe was great at doing this - timed some early elections perfectly.

corkybeta commented on Is this radical redesign of GIMP possible now? librearts.org/2023/11/rad... · Posted by u/sacrosanct

corkybeta · 2 years ago

Unity 7 HUD could search the menubar of any application. I was quite good at guessing the name of the function I wanted, far better than I was at finding it in menus. It looks like MATE, XFCE and i3 still have this.

https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-hud

https://jamcnaughton.com/2015/10/19/hud-for-xubuntu/#jp-caro...

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corkybeta commented on Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10... · Posted by u/gslin

corkybeta · 2 years ago

cardholders Mastercard thinks will be “high-value”—predictions used to target certain people and encourage them to spend more money.

Sorry, I don't understand, perhaps because I am in the UK not US. My bank issues my Mastercard, so I don't have a direct relationship with them. How would they target me?

corkybeta commented on The quest for a simple smartwatch binarymoon.co.uk/writing/... · Posted by u/ingve

corkybeta · 3 years ago

I'm using a Fossil Hybrid. A nice analog watch with an e-ink display for notifications. https://www.fossil.com/en-gb/products/neutra-gen-6-hybrid-sm...

corkybeta commented on AMD Claims New Laptop Chip Is 30% Faster Than M1 Pro, Up to 30 Hours on Battery macrumors.com/2023/01/05/... · Posted by u/CharlesW

FatActor · 3 years ago

Even if the claims are valid it is still Windows/Linux only and ignores the cost of getting M1 customers to leave macOS which is like trying to get a linux user to switch to Windows .... not bloody likely. Maybe they are trying to get a design win at Apple against Apple's own silicon also not bloody likely.

corkybeta · 3 years ago

I think the bigger intended effect of this choice of marketing is to try and stop Windows users moving to Mac for the excitement of the M1 chip.

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mmastrac · 4 years ago

Somewhat amusing that one of the justices suggested reconsidering all of the "big" cases of the past but omitted Loving v Virginia for some odd reason.

"In future cases, we should reconsider all of this court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell" [1]

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/24/clarence-thoma...

corkybeta · 4 years ago

What threshold has to be met to be substantive due process? Does Loving meet that criteria or is it a lesser due process ruling?

The Wikipedia page also mentions the equal protection clause; will the ruling survive if only one basis of the ruling falls?

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