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Readit Newsfergbrain commented on They Travel the World–and Cheat Death–For License Plates wsj.com/lifestyle/license... · Posted by u/domofutu
Fair point. Maybe I'm too young and have bought into the narrative that Google was the first widely available and free email. Still I think though, the plethora of their other services widely available for free (maps, drive, sites, youtube) were extraordinary for the price, at least for me.
> “their other services widely available for free”
None of their services are free. You just pay for them in other ways, even if you don’t realize it.
fergbrain commented on U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat theatlantic.com/politics/... · Posted by u/_tk_
This is why you have a constitution, codified laws, judicial system, separation of powers, etc. We're just learning now none of these things are worth the paper they're written on.
The issue is that there’s nothing that requires prosecution, just allows it.
This is the doubled edged nature of prosecutorial discretion.
fergbrain commented on All CDC data is no longer visible to comply with executive orders cdc.gov/datainfo.html... · Posted by u/stormbeard
Is this malicious compliance or is the data all really in violation of the EO?
fergbrain commented on Show HN: New search engine and free-FOIA-by-fax-via-web for US veteran records birls.org... · Posted by u/Asparagirl
Thanks for your efforts in liberating this data so that Ancestry.com isn’t the only ones with it!
Reminds me a bit muckrock.com as well.
fergbrain commented on Lyft launches a rider verification pilot program fastcompany.com/91179119/... · Posted by u/eamag
Traditional taxi services haven’t needed this feature, why does Lyft?
Is there a way I can opt out, short of deleting my account?
I wonder if this ruling could also force the courts to start addressing unconstitutional civil forfeiture
fergbrain commented on Vulnerable transistors threaten to upend Europa Clipper mission science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/cratermoon
Did Infineon not issue a GIDEP Notice for these parts?
If not, does that mean that maybe NASA is using them outside of their designed spec?
(See also: https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayDir.cfm?Internal_ID=N_PR...)
fergbrain commented on Building a DIY CT/CAT scanner for $200 [video] youtube.com/watch?v=zj7Yj... · Posted by u/walterbell
Ben from Applied Science did this 11 years ago too: https://youtu.be/hF3V-GHiJ78?si=I6xH7WrrqVaDK-Hv