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tenpies commented on Our Response to Mississippi's Age Assurance Law   bsky.social/about/blog/08... · Posted by u/Kye
mrtesthah · 2 days ago
So, does Mississippi's age verification also apply to Twitter, Truth Social, Rumble, etc.? Curious what these right-wing platforms are doing about age verification. Surely Mississippi's attorney general will go after those platforms too...
tenpies · 2 days ago
It does, but almost all the major platforms/companies are members of NetChoice, a trade organization that fights this sort of thing. This presser from Bluesky doesn't mention it, but the case is "NetChoice vs Mississippi", so that's how involved they are to this.

Here's their write up on the Mississippi case: https://netchoice.org/netchoice-v-fitch-mississippi/

And obligatory Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetChoice

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tenpies commented on New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles   theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/sva_
felineflock · 2 months ago
I will spend this weekend creating burner social media accounts for my kids as a precaution. Each one will be crafted to look like they've never had a controversial thought in their lives.

Just lasagna pics, birthday cakes, kittens, golden retrievers, baby goats, maybe an artsy photo of a leaf with #blessed.

Everything I can do so that an AI running immigration background checks might match my kids to the profile of a low threat, emotionally well-regulated, consumer-minded citizen material.

Absolutely no pictures of Winnie the Pooh to keep China travel option open too.

I welcome any tips. Someone here must have cracked the code to be completely unremarkable and "wholesome" to governments.

tenpies · 2 months ago
What method are you using to predict what future governments won't find offensive/illegal?

Short of time travel, this seems impossible.

tenpies commented on Alberta separatism push roils Canada   nytimes.com/2025/05/22/wo... · Posted by u/paulpauper
SketchySeaBeast · 3 months ago
Yes, it's unpopular. There've been no polls that indicate it would have any chance of passing if it came down to a vote. A lot of Albertans love to grumble.
tenpies · 3 months ago
Polls were also showing the Liberals would be wiped out - possibly not even the opposition party - and Conservatives would form a super majority.

Which is why it's important to remember that polls are a moment in time and the circumstances of that moment.

One divisive comment from Carney or his cabinet. One Trump truth. One more set of tariffs. That's all it takes for a 20% swing in polling that already shows that shows that 36% of Albertans are for leaving[1].

Also worth adding that everyone is sleeping on Saskatchewan which is crucially important to Canada, even more ignored by the Liberals than Alberta, and just as likely to leave.

Saskatchewan is also suffering China's tariffs on Canada, which Carney has not ever responded to and ignores almost as much as he ignores Saskatchewan itself[2].

[1] https://angusreid.org/referendum-alberta-saskatchewan-smith-...

[2] https://www.rbc.com/en/thought-leadership/the-trade-hub/food...

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tenpies commented on First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV   cnn.com/world/live-news/n... · Posted by u/saikatsg
ralfd · 4 months ago
Dislike Chicagoans ketchup?
tenpies · 4 months ago
Yes, it's very much anathema to put ketchup on a hot dog, at least among Chicago hot dog enthusiasts.

For those unfamiliar, Chicago is also one of those American cities with its own style hotdog, so it's something of the local culture:

> All-beef frankfurter, on a steamed poppy seed bun, topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, bright green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices, and a dash of celery salt.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_hot_dog

Obviously, this is only as serious as you take hot dogs, but they are very good and compared to deep-dish pizza, the Chicago-style hot dog feels almost healthy.

tenpies commented on Only Teslas exempt from new auto tariffs thanks to 85% domestic content rule   fuelarc.com/cars/only-tes... · Posted by u/abduhl
Mystery-Machine · 4 months ago
Odd how sentiment about Elon Musk changed rapidly... Some HN users pointed out in the comments here that not even Teslas reach 85%. Is the article wrong? Interesting that everyone is talking about favoriting, but no one talks the anti-favoriting of Tesla during the Biden administration. Tesla wasn't invited to any EV conference that was organized by the previous admin. They are the biggest EV factory in the US yet somehow they were never invited...smh
tenpies · 4 months ago
It's also quite telling that this gets attention and rampant cries about the oligarchy and cronyism, but not a peep about:

> New York state lawmakers have launched an effort to shut down Tesla’s stores in the state

From: https://electrek.co/2025/04/28/ny-lawmakers-shut-down-teslas...

> WA Legislature considers new tax aimed at Elon Musk’s Tesla

From: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-legisl...

"For my friends? Anything! For my enemies? The law [and new taxes]!"

tenpies commented on University of Waterloo withholds coding contest results over suspected AI use   thelogic.co/news/waterloo... · Posted by u/amichail
gonzo41 · 4 months ago
Hand written coding. The wheel comes full circle.
tenpies · 4 months ago
Just the participant, a tall deck of blank IBM punch cards, and a punch. None of that fancy punch card machinery either.

Return to tradition[1].

[1] https://www.ibm.com/history/punched-card

tenpies commented on DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower   krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
stevenwoo · 4 months ago
Any guesses for best possible interpretion? The Russians have infiltrated their PCs with keyloggers and DOGE are working from insecure open networks.

The worst possible interpretation is straightforward - they are working for the Russians as agents and let the Russians in or installed the keyloggers for Russia.

tenpies · 4 months ago
Don't forget the third option: false flag.

The objective may not have been to obtain access or any useful data. The objective may have been to get the scary headlines about Russians and use the existing media and political agitprop to further destabilize the government you seek to color revolution away.

tenpies commented on The most famous carbon dioxide absorber   howequipmentworks.com/apo... · Posted by u/bemmu
josefritzishere · 4 months ago
Many of us knew the story from books, or even the Tom Hanks Apollo 13 film, but the detail here is fascinating.
tenpies · 4 months ago
Also for anyone interested, some of Flight Director Gene Kranz's recordings are available online. Here's the first part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfnY9cRXO4

The comments have time stamps for some particularly interesting moments, but the incident occurs 8 minutes in, and the infamous "Houston, we've had a problem" remark happens at 9:20.

The blog post talked about how everything had to be communicated verbally because you could not share images, but since we're so used to Hollywood adaptions or documentaries, I find the recordings really drive the point home.

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