xkcd #3170: Service Outage

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Now, if it were the Canon wiki, it's possible to imagine someone with a productivity-related reason for consulting it, but no one's job requires them to read that much about Admiral Daala.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3170/

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David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speech

A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as defendants.

According to David Maltinsky, an intelligence specialist who had served with the bureau for 16 years, his wrongful termination earlier this year was “unconstitutional and politically motivated”.

The lawsuit claims the FBI violated Maltinsky’s first amendment rights and took retaliatory action against him for engaging in protected speech. Maltinsky is seeking a court order to restore his job.

Scenario in short:

I’m trying to install LineageOS onto a spare phone that I have. Hoping to get a daily driver out of it. The installation process requires me to install Android11 to install lineage on top of /over that. Which afaik isn’t directly available outside of some websites that I’ve never heard of.

For safety’s sake: would the install of lineage wipe the install of Android11? Or could there still remain backdoors?

cross-posted from: https://feditown.com/post/2165785

Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. Unfortunately this is quite far from the truth, as interacting with internet services like websites leaves a significant fingerprint. In a study by [RTINGS.com] this browser fingerprinting was investigated in detail, showing just how easy it is to uniquely identify a visitor across the 83 laptops used in the study.

As summarized in the related video (also embedded below), the start of the study involved the Am I Unique? website which provides you with an overview of your browser fingerprint. With over 4.5 million fingerprints in their database as of writing, even using Edge on Windows 10 marks you as unique, which is telling.

When do decorations usually go up and come down? Are there any unique traditions?

I've been running OCR on the recent house epstein email dump. Making this available now that its close to finishing (20k/ 23k emails processed).

Processing script available here: https://codeberg.org/sillyhonu/Image_OCR_Processing_Epstein

I also put an analysis script in there if you want to use drive/ colab.

Currently finished files are available here:

https://files.catbox.moe/xrgts0.sqlite

Before you start making plans to evict your current rig, I want to explain how the Steam Hardware Survey actually works. Rather than representing every player that uses the storefront, the monthly census instead uses a small percentage of participants who've opted in as a sample. It's anything but representative of all 154 million active users, meaning the statistic above isn't an absolute.

Does the author know how *survey sample sizes work?

Do I?

Is it because it's opt in or opt out?

Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

I love when she hides her little nose when she naps. This is my main babe, Penny. Her coat has all the colors of the kitty rainbow and for a small as she is, I've never met a bigger bed hog. She also snores. She means the world to me. She is truly my best friend.

cross-posted from: https://tucson.social/post/2537132

Arizona Republican Rep. Alex Kolodin, who is also running for secretary of state, has introduced a proposed ballot measure that would overhaul early voting in Arizona by eliminating the early-voter list, shortening the time to cast early ballots, and requiring proof of citizenship.

https://thedailyadda.com/2025/11/19/i-voted-for-trump-now-my-family-lumber-mill-in-north-carolina-is-closed-50-jobs-lost-to-tariffs/

I currently pay 27 dollars twice a month for just myself. I'm looking to add my spouse to my insurance plan. If I add children it increases my premium to 190 a month, if I want my "whole family" covered it gets increased to 245 a month.

Why am I not able to just add my spouse for 55$ a month?

This is some bullshit. Thanks America.

Addendum: Just heard back from HR, this is working as intended.

Found being sold online.

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Reposting an old post I made that is more relevant than ever now

As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.

A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats. In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map.

Trump is angry about all this. He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”

So is the scheme dead? No. Several aspects of it still remain unresolved. The Texas seats are in doubt, but that’s being appealed, and Republicans have added four other seats. Meanwhile, Democrats are adding five in California and one in Utah.