brianorca

brianorca , 2 months ago to news in North Texas man sues Cinemark claiming 24-ounce beer cups can't hold 24 ounces

I thought a pint was 16 oz. Quart is 32oz and gallon 128 oz.

brianorca , 2 months ago to technology in Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10

The problem is “unsafe websites” is actually a very broad category. Even popular, reputable websites have accidentally hosted malware in the advertisements, some of which can infect without a click.

brianorca , 2 months ago (edited 17 days ago) to news in Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

In this case, the defendant was on parole, so there was already a court order allowing the search of his devices.

brianorca , 2 months ago to asklemmy in Did the year zero never exist ?

Also note that before this switch, years were often designated in relation to the founding of a city or by the start of a ruler’s reign. There were always ordinal numbers, so the first year of a reign would be year 1, and there was never a zero, because it was year X of a previous reign.

brianorca , 2 months ago to world in Attacks on Ukraine's nuclear plant put world at risk, IAEA warns

Air support.

brianorca , 2 months ago to technology in 5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

Or there was documentation. You even remember reading it.(Or writing it) But since then we’ve changed from shared folders to SharePoint to something else, and reorganized folder hierarchy at least five times. I have no idea where to find it, or if it was purged in one of the cleanups.

brianorca , 2 months ago to memes in Calligraphy

But obsolete jobs do become hobbies.

brianorca , 2 months ago to world in Unprecedented GPS jamming attack affects 1600 aircraft over Europe

If enough people are using this new system, Russia could easily pivot to target it as well. Jamming is not inherently hard, especially if a nation is attempting it.

Jamming in the US will bring the FCC down your throat. The stronger the signal, the faster they will show up. Russia transmitting a jamming signal from Russia doesn’t have to worry about such things. A jamming device is not hard to find, but on sovereign soil it’s still untouchable short of war.

brianorca , 2 months ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Sovcit was found by the IRS, other sovcit gives hilarious advice.

Everything they do has a “bit of truth” but it’s the parts they make up from thin air that gets them.

brianorca , 2 months ago to programmer_humor in Daylight saving creator left the chat....

The guy that invented time zones was solving a problem where each little town had their own time standard. I don’t think that was sustainable.

brianorca , 2 months ago to noncredibledefense in Xi watching 5 Russians in a two stroke Chinese golf cart getting atomised by a Chinese DJI drone

There’s no such thing as needing to disconnect while charging, unless you literally leave the battery behind somewhere. If you have two batteries on board, then you can use them in parallel.

brianorca , 2 months ago to world in Unprecedented GPS jamming attack affects 1600 aircraft over Europe

In what world would Putin allow anything other that a yes-man be his official backup?

brianorca , 2 months ago to world in Unprecedented GPS jamming attack affects 1600 aircraft over Europe

Not as easy for individuals. Still relatively easy for a state actor. It’s not a magnitude difference, just a difference in degree.

brianorca , 2 months ago to insanepeoplefacebook in Sovcit's passport was denied, sovcit received advice of lunacy.

A passport would also make it easier for someone to just leave the country permanently, and never pay their child support. This seems like a reasonable thing to prevent by denying the passport.

brianorca , 2 months ago to music in How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream?

How many minor artists are doing big tours?