My former boss is from Suriname. Had never heard of it before working for him, or since then.

(X) Doubt.

Sure, missiles coming in from Iran were probably considered “friendly” by Israel…👍
Yes, the good system will magically discern which of the missiles are nuclear tipped when the time comes.
Also, it won’t be missiles raining down once the shit hits the fan. It will be MIRVs. Good luck catching all of those with the secret, ultra capable ABM system that has been deployed to all likely target locations! If you’re willing to spend the money, a combination of THAAD, Patriot, and perhaps an Arleigh Burke or two parked off the coast might be able to catch a good number of warheads headed for e.g. NYC or DC but you cannot possibly cover every place in the country all at once.

With all due respect regarding your desire for discretion, you’re going to at least have to make an argument here, rather than an unfounded claim. Why will an attack with ICBMs be unsuccessful?

Almost correct, except that the patterns it works with are on the byte level. Not all files contain text, after all.

You mean because people think the rich earned their wealth?

Like Jeff Bezos slaving day and night, as he does, to get all those parcels sent out.

Or Elon coming up with, like, cool ideas. And shit. After smoking another blunt and thinking about how great Adolf Hitler really was.

Happy to see a fellow Hashiwokakero enjoyer. ♥️

For free games, I would like to add Gobble (by Never Ads) to the list. Unfortunately, I cannot find it in Google Play Store right now.

For paid games, After, Inc. is pretty nice.

It runs great in LDPlayer…

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True, true. But also

Depending on the era and genre, the most ubiquitous drum machine would be a Linn Drum (late 70s & early 80s pop, e.g. ABBA), Roland TR-808 (80s soft pop, e.g. Phil Collins), or Roland TR-909 (90s House/Dance/Trance, e.g. Scooter).

There are many others, of course, and even if the actual machine wasn’t used, these sounds have been sampled and reused countless times, e.g. using a Fairlight CMI.

Interestingly, the 808 is the only one of the three that does NOT use samples itself but synthesizes all of its percussion sounds, which gives it a rather distinct character. Perhaps that is what led you to believe that it is the most ubiquitous drum machine - it’s easier to recognize than the others, even in a crowded mix.

God, that reminds me of the debate on XML that I had with a developer about fifteen years ago.

Both our companies were working for a client who needed to publish product catalogues in several languages twice a year.

They had implemented a sort of Content Management System which they used with a plugin to feed data into Quark Xpress files as well as their website, IIRC. Cross-media publishing, essentially, and they had their own little set of format instructions to make words appear in bold, different colors, etc.

Since my company was tasked with translating the text into various languages, I suggested they come up with a way to store their data as XML. The standard tools in the translation industry can be easily customized to work with that, and XML would be a good way to future-proof their software. After a lot of delaying, grumbling, and ho-hum, they agreed to implement this plan.

Lo and behold, when the first meeting on the new XML format came around they showed it to me for the first time and… everything was in CDATA sections. Entire paragraphs of text with proprietary formatting instructions. 😐

When I tried to explain, very politely, and very patiently, that this was not going to work, the lead dev started insulting me. I swear to God, I’ve never been this close to punching someone in the face at a business meeting. 🤬

Thankfully, the client understood the issue and we eventually got an XML-based data exchange going. It is probably still in use today.

🤨 The sheer NUMBER of websites, you mean? Yeah, that is sometimes annoying.

This comes up quite often in people’s descriptions of Germany and I wish I could see some real life examples, because it’s not something I experience a lot. So maybe it’s a cultural/perception issue.

Even a dedicated lab might not be able to read your data once you’ve hammered nails through the platters.
Usually what they do is they take out the platters in a clean-room environment and place them in an otherwise identical drive, then read from that. But a deformed platter with a hole in it will cause extreme oscillations once you start rotating it at thousands of RPM. Which will crash the head(s) pretty much instantly.
So realistically, outside of an MI6-style lab with Q and his team using custom-built equipment dedicated to reading data from purposely destroyed drives, I don’t see how anyone could do it. Would love to hear from someone who works in data recovery or is in contact with people who do, though.
One thing we haven’t talked about, by the way, is how to prevent SSDs from having their data recovered. That should be straightforward though, just schwack the NAND chips with a hammer until they’re all broken. As with the HDD, be sure to wear appropriate PPE to protect against eye injury and dust inhalation.

Regarding #5, don’t bother with the wiring. No data stored there. It’s all in the magnetic coating of the platters.

I run 1440p capped at 75fps and cannot see a noticeable improvement with higher resolutions or framerates (my hardware is capable and I’ve tried).

Isn’t the tension between Gatsby’s great image and his complex, problematic actuality kind of the point of the story?

(My bonus interpretation: it’s also about how America looks like Gatsby’s lavish party spot from afar with its green pier light beckoning, yet once you get close it’s more like the valley of ashes, its people downtrodden and consumed by jealousy to the point of violence)

18 or 3, for summer and winter respectively.

I was also wondering if this is a continuation of the socks as a social construct thread.

Unlike you, however, I don’t consider the idea to be “hippy shit” at all. In fact, I’ve often thought that we might be better off without corporations. Entrepreneurship is what we need, not impersonal investment.

Probably downvoted by the same people that would downvote my above comment. 🙄