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ThePowerOfGeek

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  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem transported to DC-area hospital after allergic reaction, DHS says

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  • I thought her constantly puffy face was due to Botox. My apologies Ms Noem if it was actually due to allergies. Next question is: what is she allergic to? Pollen? Dead dog fur? Ethics? Empathy? Morality?

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  • Showing my age here, but the first time I remember using the web was in the mid-90s when there were only a girl's of hundred web sites. Almost all of them were universities. But I remember going to playboy.com as a joke and being amazed that there's was actually a website for it. There was also a pizzahut.com website that pointed to a specific restaurant in San Jose CA.

  • Plex has paywalled my server!

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  • Awesome, thanks for the tips!

  • Plex has paywalled my server!

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  • I started down the Jellyfin path after they made that announcement. It's super easy to install, and in many ways the UI is nicer than Plex. But I ran into challenges getting my server safely accessible for users outside my LAN. And I haven't had the time to look into that further.

    Would be great if there was a clean, easy way to set up the webserver portion so it's as easy to share content entirely as Plex. But I get they are a volunteer project with a lot on their plate.

  • Protester shot and killed at 'No Kings' rally in Utah, police say

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  • Was that the video where one of the peacekeepers pulls the backpack away from the person and starts shouting about how he has a rifle, and then cops descend on the guy with the rifle?

    If so, that might have been them later detaining the peacekeeper who shot the guy who ran into the crowd (the same peacekeeper who accidentally shot the Samoan bystander)?

    Or maybe not. This whole situation is very confusing.

    Edit: Or more likely, the guy with the rifle who was called out and detailed by cops wasn't the volunteer but instead was the guy who initially ran at the crowd. Either way, it's still a confusing situation.

  • WhatsApp is officially getting ads

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  • Good news good Signal.

  • Republicans Want to Ban Pets From Domestic Violence Shelters

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  • I think they are referring to the Democrats.

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  • No, not really. Not for my own pleasure anyway. When I'm not working, helping my wife out keeping the house tidy and raising our kids, doing misc planning for the family, budgeting, and trying to just relax, I'm too tired to play games.

    The only games I play are games with my kids, and even though it creates some fond memories, it kind of kills my enthusiasm for gaming in general. It's sort of like when your job is your hobby, usually the shine of that hobby wears off and it largely becomes a grind.

  • Speaker Mike Johnson suggests California Governor should be ‘tarred and feathered’

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  • Politicians hide themselves away

    they only started the war

    Why should they go out to fight?

    They leave that role to the poor

    (For those who don't know: "War Pigs", by Black Sabbath)

  • US Attorney General Bondi's brother loses election to lead Washington DC bar

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  • In b4 the Trump administration issues a war proclamation on the Washington Bar Association, labels it a terrorist organization, bans it, and sends in the National Guard to destroy its building.

  • The White House claims California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

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  • Like this administration adheres to rules.

  • The White House claims California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

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  • Nancy Pelosi, AOC, Mike Pence, and really anyone who they deemed to have offended their god-emperor and who happened to still be in the building.

  • The White House claims California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

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  • Depends on the payroll company. And it depends on whether they are cloud-based and which region they are hosting in the cloud. And it depends on whether the payroll software offers the feature to disable federal tax deductions from pay checks. And it depends on whether the employer using that software enabled that feature, and if they are willing to face the consequences from a vindictive government.

    Edit: basically it's a lot more complicated than just "screw it, we as a state just won't pay our federal taxes!", unfortunately.

  • The White House claims California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

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  • How does that happen though? It's deducted from paychecks by employers. So unless a large number of employers (especially bigger ones) have the inclination and means to block such deductions on their payroll software, it won't happen. And I don't see a lot of larger companies wanting to jump into a legal violation with the federal government.

    Edit: fixed some typos.

  • TIL Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock) discredited Robert Koch ( discoveror of tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax) tuberculosis cure.

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  • Is this the origin story for the super-villain Koch family?

  • Uploading The Human Mind Could Become a Reality, Expert Says

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  • Accelerando is such a weird but excellent novel.

  • What TV show has had the most positive impact on you?

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  • Surprised nobody here has mentioned Mr Rogers Neighborhood yet.

  • He abandoned his friends for some beach

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  • He's going to use his Shai Hulud to selectively breed with the dunes until the spice flows!

  • Sunsetting the Ghostery Private Browser

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  • TIL Ghostery had their own browser.