Simon Dyer
@simondyerr.bsky.social
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If *you* attempted this, you'd be stopped pretty quickly. People would realize you somehow borrowed $100,000 of money using only $10 and go "woah that's fishy, nope."
If a lotto winner attempted this, well they have no idea who the right guys to talk to are.
If a lotto winner attempted this, well they have no idea who the right guys to talk to are.
December 2, 2024 at 10:44 AM
If *you* attempted this, you'd be stopped pretty quickly. People would realize you somehow borrowed $100,000 of money using only $10 and go "woah that's fishy, nope."
If a lotto winner attempted this, well they have no idea who the right guys to talk to are.
If a lotto winner attempted this, well they have no idea who the right guys to talk to are.
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there should be an option to automatically block everyone from England that isn't trans or a solid ally. i want opt-out britblock
December 2, 2024 at 9:24 AM
there should be an option to automatically block everyone from England that isn't trans or a solid ally. i want opt-out britblock
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atproto devs who don't have someone test driving your app using a web DID, PLEASE reach out. In recent memory I've come across two proper sites that didn't function/crashed when attempting to log in with a web DID.
Literally just a DM mentioning what your app does and a link to it would work.
Literally just a DM mentioning what your app does and a link to it would work.
December 1, 2024 at 1:12 PM
atproto devs who don't have someone test driving your app using a web DID, PLEASE reach out. In recent memory I've come across two proper sites that didn't function/crashed when attempting to log in with a web DID.
Literally just a DM mentioning what your app does and a link to it would work.
Literally just a DM mentioning what your app does and a link to it would work.
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A normal person would see a big chunk of money and think about what they could get with it. The goods and services they can exchange.
Perhaps, they'll wonder if there's a way to make that money grow over time at a good rate.
They probably *won't* think to immediately light it on fire.
Perhaps, they'll wonder if there's a way to make that money grow over time at a good rate.
They probably *won't* think to immediately light it on fire.
December 2, 2024 at 10:48 AM
A normal person would see a big chunk of money and think about what they could get with it. The goods and services they can exchange.
Perhaps, they'll wonder if there's a way to make that money grow over time at a good rate.
They probably *won't* think to immediately light it on fire.
Perhaps, they'll wonder if there's a way to make that money grow over time at a good rate.
They probably *won't* think to immediately light it on fire.
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One way of thinking about finance is:
You have $10 in your pocket. You ask someone for a $100 loan, pointing to the money you have. They give you the loan.
You go up to another person and point to the $110 you have and ask them for a $1,000 loan. They give it to you.
You have $10 in your pocket. You ask someone for a $100 loan, pointing to the money you have. They give you the loan.
You go up to another person and point to the $110 you have and ask them for a $1,000 loan. They give it to you.
December 2, 2024 at 10:38 AM
One way of thinking about finance is:
You have $10 in your pocket. You ask someone for a $100 loan, pointing to the money you have. They give you the loan.
You go up to another person and point to the $110 you have and ask them for a $1,000 loan. They give it to you.
You have $10 in your pocket. You ask someone for a $100 loan, pointing to the money you have. They give you the loan.
You go up to another person and point to the $110 you have and ask them for a $1,000 loan. They give it to you.
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it's literally the honor of my life every time it happens to me
November 22, 2024 at 12:02 PM
it's literally the honor of my life every time it happens to me
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calling a cis woman clocky is the highest compliment a trans woman can give and i will NEVER let anyone take that away from us
November 22, 2024 at 1:08 AM
calling a cis woman clocky is the highest compliment a trans woman can give and i will NEVER let anyone take that away from us
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wait a second why did nobody tell me that jay sounds kinda clocky???? no wonder this website is so good. women are so beautiful and talented.
November 22, 2024 at 12:34 AM
wait a second why did nobody tell me that jay sounds kinda clocky???? no wonder this website is so good. women are so beautiful and talented.
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His name was Impenetrable Wall of Swine Johnson
November 22, 2024 at 10:40 AM
His name was Impenetrable Wall of Swine Johnson
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Good morning! You’ve bodied me to get started. Let’s go!
November 22, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Good morning! You’ve bodied me to get started. Let’s go!
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Good morning, @amandageard.bsky.social @lizfenwick.bsky.social @lthompsonwrites.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social
Wishing you as many words as you need today. You are brilliant!
Wishing you as many words as you need today. You are brilliant!
a woman in a wonder woman costume is holding a sword and shield
ALT: a woman in a wonder woman costume is holding a sword and shield
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November 22, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Good morning, @amandageard.bsky.social @lizfenwick.bsky.social @lthompsonwrites.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social
Wishing you as many words as you need today. You are brilliant!
Wishing you as many words as you need today. You are brilliant!
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All the R2's sounds are in the SFX track of the movie, not the dialog track, so it never gets affected by dubs. Same with Chewbacca.
November 22, 2024 at 8:19 AM
All the R2's sounds are in the SFX track of the movie, not the dialog track, so it never gets affected by dubs. Same with Chewbacca.
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I want to both echo this and say that for anyone who might be quite rightfully worried about [gestures broadly]
all of a sudden our pesky system of independent states with incongruent laws and institutions is an asset.
all of a sudden our pesky system of independent states with incongruent laws and institutions is an asset.
"We won't have free elections again" is I think unhelpful because it's unlikely to be true. Elections are administered by the states, which are uneven levels of bad-to-good, and just can't all be rigged. You just can't analogize Hungary (pop 10m) with the US (pop 330m).
November 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I want to both echo this and say that for anyone who might be quite rightfully worried about [gestures broadly]
all of a sudden our pesky system of independent states with incongruent laws and institutions is an asset.
all of a sudden our pesky system of independent states with incongruent laws and institutions is an asset.
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we don't see every network participant needing to store a full mirror of the entire network, any more than every web browser needs a full search index of the entire web.
the goal is to have enough infra diversity to have alternatives and credible exit.
the goal is to have enough infra diversity to have alternatives and credible exit.
November 8, 2024 at 5:17 PM
we don't see every network participant needing to store a full mirror of the entire network, any more than every web browser needs a full search index of the entire web.
the goal is to have enough infra diversity to have alternatives and credible exit.
the goal is to have enough infra diversity to have alternatives and credible exit.
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hrm! that Linode number is quite a bit more expensive than the couple hundred/month that both Alice and I found.
even linode block storage (expensive!) seems to be on the order of $512/month for 5TB?
current relay impl stores most data as files-on-disk; postgresql is an index
even linode block storage (expensive!) seems to be on the order of $512/month for 5TB?
current relay impl stores most data as files-on-disk; postgresql is an index
Notes on Running a Full-Network atproto Relay (July 2024) | bryan newbold
These are some informal notes on setting up a full-network atproto Relay, using the bigsky relay software developed by Bluesky. This is the same software we run ourselves at https://bsky.network. The ...
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November 8, 2024 at 5:16 PM
hrm! that Linode number is quite a bit more expensive than the couple hundred/month that both Alice and I found.
even linode block storage (expensive!) seems to be on the order of $512/month for 5TB?
current relay impl stores most data as files-on-disk; postgresql is an index
even linode block storage (expensive!) seems to be on the order of $512/month for 5TB?
current relay impl stores most data as files-on-disk; postgresql is an index
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Love the footwear choice here; just because you're an unstoppable force of entropy doesn't mean you can't do it elegantly.
November 8, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Love the footwear choice here; just because you're an unstoppable force of entropy doesn't mean you can't do it elegantly.
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POV: crunching in the fall leaves in the cemetery
November 8, 2024 at 5:51 PM
POV: crunching in the fall leaves in the cemetery
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They're gorgeous! We spotted a huge fly agaric last month.
November 8, 2024 at 5:06 PM
They're gorgeous! We spotted a huge fly agaric last month.
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Like the oracle at Delphi, I would argue that Moo Deng’s prophecies are more open to interpretation.
November 4, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Like the oracle at Delphi, I would argue that Moo Deng’s prophecies are more open to interpretation.
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I have a remote-controlled ceiling fan in my living room and ever since we had a brief power outage in a storm it's been responding to someone else's remote.
So that's fun.
So that's fun.
November 5, 2024 at 12:09 AM
I have a remote-controlled ceiling fan in my living room and ever since we had a brief power outage in a storm it's been responding to someone else's remote.
So that's fun.
So that's fun.
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i'm playing a horrible little makeover game and i've NEVER seen something more obviously designed by a straight man in my life
November 4, 2024 at 11:39 PM
i'm playing a horrible little makeover game and i've NEVER seen something more obviously designed by a straight man in my life
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NYC reaches built and residential densities rarely found in Europe. Only Spanish cities and Paris can really compete (and even then, not at the very highest end of NYC density).
November 4, 2024 at 11:26 PM
NYC reaches built and residential densities rarely found in Europe. Only Spanish cities and Paris can really compete (and even then, not at the very highest end of NYC density).
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An interesting part of this is that the original D rations had to be heat-resistant up to 49C.
Later, they developed a "congo bar" that could withstand 60C, closer to the ambient temperature inside military vehicles in the middle east.
Later, they developed a "congo bar" that could withstand 60C, closer to the ambient temperature inside military vehicles in the middle east.
November 5, 2024 at 12:06 AM
An interesting part of this is that the original D rations had to be heat-resistant up to 49C.
Later, they developed a "congo bar" that could withstand 60C, closer to the ambient temperature inside military vehicles in the middle east.
Later, they developed a "congo bar" that could withstand 60C, closer to the ambient temperature inside military vehicles in the middle east.
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Hershey's infamously awful chocolate D rations, one of the top 3 contenders for real life dwarf bread
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...
Military chocolate (United States) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 4, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Hershey's infamously awful chocolate D rations, one of the top 3 contenders for real life dwarf bread
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...