cadekat @ cadekat @pawb.social

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How was I supposed to know from your earlier comment that you weren't literally saying "the COVID vaccine is safe because it's made of things similar to stuff in our body"? 🤣

I am not calling into question the safety of these vaccines. They are safe.

I'm pointing out that just because something is a salt doesn't make it safe (see Sodium Cyanide), and just because a compound is mRNA doesn't mean it isn't dangerous.

If you base your assessment of the safety of a drug on the premises you laid out instead of on controlled studies, you're no better than anti-vaxxers.

Every single cell in our bodies contains mRNA at all times.

That's like saying computer viruses are fine because they're made of code, which computers are already full of.

We're full of mRNA, sure, but we're full of mRNA that's supposed to be there.

What are these ways that mRNA could mess you up of which you speak?

I'm no biologist, but perhaps mRNA that creates a prion?

While I do agree the vaccines are safe enough, saying "mRNA which we all have in our bodies all the time" is a bit misleading. The number of ways an mRNA strand could mess you up is astronomical.

There's a three month period after giving notice of resignation in France? Is that just a blanket thing, or part of your contract? Does it work both ways (like if you're terminated without cause)?

And? You believe Meta/Google should have waited to block links?

Canadian government's news link tax is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada

Let's place blame where blame is due.

I couldn't help but read that to the tune of t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said

Set a code of conduct and ban people who misbehave. Might lose some top players, but it'd be better for everyone else.

What's the better alternative to dracut? Normally I compile everything into the kernel, but have been having issues with my Intel firmware and need an initramfs.

Eventually "passing the cost on to consumers" increases the price so much that the deceptive printers cost more than legitimate ones.

Eh, beamer is more than enough for most presentations. If your slideshow needs to be that flashy, you probably need more substance.

git puts track changes to shame.

You're absolutely right about compatibility though.

It's common when you "wrap" one file type inside another. Like .tar combines multiple files into one, then .gz compresses a single file.

You also see it with PGP (encryption).

Why not .tar.xz?

The big picture might be nuanced, but link taxes aren't. They're a ridiculous way to try and solve a problem.

Would it be fair to charge a phonebook for listing the mailing address of a business/person? No. Mailing addresses are just bits of information that describe where to find something. Same with links.

If a business wants to make money from people going to their physical location, they stop you at the door and ask for a ticket. They don't go after phonebooks for telling people where they're located.

All true!

You should consider transaction fees though: someone's gotta pay 'em. "Run their own chain" you might say, but then just use a database. Don't need crypto-economic security when you're the issuer and primary retailer.

That leads into having a public ledger. Great for public blockchains, but if you're issuing company scrip, you probably don't want outsiders auditing transactions.

I'm not so sure. Gravity only travels at the speed of light so mass outside of the observable universe hasn't been able to affect us yet.

Say what you want about crypto in general, but it'd be an extremely bad choice for company scrip...

Flipping a bit in software doesn't cost Tesla anything, the hardware is already installed.

It would be totally different if Tesla didn't install the hardware by default, and you had to pay to have it put in.

Fire bans are pretty common around here!