I disagree. A lot of thinking went into this. It's not a dumb idea -- it's a very smart (in a very anti-democracy) way to try to subvert the midterms

Given that they are dedicated to causing chaos in the midterms, how is it best countered? Whisper campaigns to tell all your friends to vote in person? When he loses, what stops him from putting troops in the streets? Is the recourse just wait until he goes? We all see what's happening, how do we meet the moment?

I'm skeptical that the federal government can be saved. I suspect we will experience a process of balkanization.

balkanization is an offensive word

So is "federal" at this stage.

Feels like you'd just need a former employee who was in an engagement engineering meeting.

Here I am.

... who can't be bribed for a fraction of $1.4T.

Has to be a pretty decent sized fraction.

https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/whistleblower-pro...

> The Commission is authorized to provide monetary awards to eligible individuals who come forward with high-quality original information that leads to an SEC enforcement action in which over $1 million in sanctions is ordered. The range for awards is between 10% and 30% of the money collected.

This case isn't an SEC enforcement action.

I'm aware. Start one.

what about hydrogen or helium to extend battery life?

Question, can we spoof a fingerprint to be random and valid each time?

I would have really liked to have a temporary node to test the outputs. Better than that, I would have liked to see the truth table update in real time without running the tests.

Yes.

Could be fun to turn these into initial conditions for Game of Life

How would anyone be able to afford anything if all their possessions were under hardened magma

It wasn’t magma, it was 4-6m of ash and pumice.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

Romans were known to take poor people and make them slaves, that's one solution

Why would apple ban this? Seems like a great way to increase sales!

The sensor was only needed to park spinning disks when the laptop was in free fall. Without the spinning disks they no longer fitted the sensor.

applecare abuse

Seems like the solution is right there. "Your claim was denied because we found and app installed on your device that promotes physical abuse."

Do you mean a browser with a HN comment section open?