Nollij

joined 1 year ago
[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Not just VPN, but geolocation in general. I am in Ohio, but I am often geolocated as being in Chicago due to my ISP. Similar for mobile.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

The comments are all assuming that it's the same people that are viewing this content and promoting hatred. It may not be - even the reddest areas still have 30%+ blue voters (and vice-versa). Although the implications of that would be equally noteworthy and confusing.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

All of the consumer lines are pretty bad these days. Acer has a reputation for being unreliable (backed by some data from SquareTrade ~10 years ago). HP is just as bad, in mostly the same ways, but has avoided the reputation.

Reliable laptops are the enterprise lines - Dell Latitude/Precision, HP Elite Book, and Lenovo Thinkpad. But they are significantly more expensive when buying new.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is known as the "Dead Sea Effect"

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a sobering detail of our situation. In 2020, Trump really did receive more votes than any candidate in any previous election. That means a ton of people showed up to vote for him in 2020 that hadn't in 2016.

He frames it weird (and it sounded weird when he said it) because otherwise it raises the obvious point that Biden also achieved that same record, plus an extra 7 million votes.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

The same can be said for Ohio. Both of them used to be swing states, and potentially could be again, but are not currently.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 38 points 3 weeks ago

You should probably know that strangling someone is a strong indicator of a future murder attempt. Far more than other forms of battery.

You definitely need to consider your own safety, and those around you

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They each have their own protection detail. Each will quickly move to protect the one they are responsible for, which will mean separating them (probably by a lot of distance).

Someone under SS protection can choose to waive it. There are some former presidents who deemed it unnecessary later in life.

No idea about the rest of your hypothetical

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes. It was also frequently not connected to anything.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

You're getting down voted because this entire thing is literally about the book he published.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago

Often there are contracts. Sometimes for a very long time, often multi-year. There are sometimes escape clauses (like a morality clause for a spokesperson), but these aren't easy to invoke.

I suspect many of them are up for annual review/renewal, when they can be terminated without penalty. It might also just be an attempt to get better terms.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

FWIW, here is the US, the ground wire is often completely exposed. As in, no colored jacket, just the bare copper throughout the entire run. Attached to ground at the breaker box, and attached to any grounding ports or metal boxes throughout the building.

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