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Beej Jorgensen

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Instructor, author, developer. Creator of Beej's Guides.

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  • US Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseek

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  • I'm not sure they realize.

  • A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders

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  • Some people really don't like celebrating diversity for some reason.

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  • I'm not bagging on signal, here, since I use it too. But what about xmpp? It does e2ee, right?

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  • Should be, but sometimes it just isn't. I've definitely had plenty of times where I was like, oh shit, the only place I have that information is in this chat somewhere.

    Other people, kind of like me, are just data hoarders. Just because I can't think of a use of the data now, doesn't mean I won't be able to think of one in the future! I have piles of old inboxes in my archives.

  • Was the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good?

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  • I thought the stunt was on the part if TikTok. They shut down when they didn't have to and then came back on all chummy with Trump when he announced the 90 day extension. The play was to kiss Trump's ass. Biden signed it and they took advantage of the situation.

  • Trump Backs Elon Musk as Possible TikTok Buyer, Suggests Government Stake

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  • Was the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good?

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  • "These reports have not been confirmed at this time," the article notes.

  • TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law - CBS News

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  • Sounds like a question for the judicial branch.

  • US makes strongest-ever armor material with 100 trillion bonds/cm²

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  • Goes on to form company called General Products, builds spacecraft hulls. 😉

  • TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law - CBS News

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  • And TikTok wants to be in his good graces. So they shut down their service voluntarily, then when Trump says they get the 90 days, they bring it back up immediately and thank him loudly for it.

  • TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law - CBS News

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  • It seems like the law prohibited distribution, but not use, is what I'm saying. So people could keep using it if Bytedance kept it up, right?

  • TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order

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  • Point taken, but I'm just going to presume that all that will be declared satisfied in the EO in some token form or another.

  • TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law - CBS News

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  • AFAICT, TikTok didn't have to do anything. Looks like the law is all about preventing distribution of the app. So... why'd they shut it down?

  • TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order

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  • has no basis in law

    Wikipedia says, with a couple references:

    The president may grant a one-time extension of the divestiture deadline by as long as 90 days if a path to a qualified divestiture has been identified, "significant" progress has been made to executing the divestiture, and legally binding agreements for facilitating the divestiture are in place.

    So I think he can do it.

  • TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order

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  • Does the FCC have the discretion to do that after Chevron, I wonder?

  • TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump

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  • It's weird to see all these transparent, self-serving maneuvers playing out before our eyes. TikTok kisses ass. Trump, who advocated for a ban, now refuses to enforce it so his inauguration can be seen on it.

    Did the law give Trump the power to change the deadline through executive order?

  • Coinbase added the official Trump token in Solana

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  • Also a great way for coinbase to curry favor with the Trump administration.

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    Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes

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  • What does it being the majority have to do with it? Being skinny is overrepresented in movies but that doesn't seem to hurt sales.

  • StackOverflow has lost 77% of new questions compared to 2022. Lowest # since May 2009.

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  • I used to land there a lot on my searches, but ChatGPT gives higher quality results, unbelievably. Kagi+AI goes far.