Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

"Israel to vote on renewing law that keeps out Palestinian spouses | Occupied West Bank News | Al Jazeera" https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/7/5/israel-to-vote-on-renewing-law-that-keeps-out-palestinian-spouses

"Israel’s parliament is set to vote on Monday on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003"

A law so temporary it's old enough to vote.

https://youtu.be/7sQNpjnJe40

My inner physicist wants to scream watching this video... How does a guy have an entire YouTube channel about testing climbing gear, yet doesn't seem to have a real understanding of how force vectors work?

Of course the load on each leg of a 90° triangle adds up to more than 100%! How else could it even have an angle?

And ropes stretch, a lot. The relevant angles are the ones _during_ full load. Not the angles prior to applying the load; ∞ loads are impossible.

😂😂😂😂

This isn't the movies. It'd be quite easy for those Gazan hackers to get themselves good enough defenses 100% unhackable; the only offensive route probably is a physical attack.

It's also not that hard for the Israeli's to do the same... there's no need to resort of offensive tactics in cyber security. Our defenses can be as strong as we want.

"Gap announces the closure of ALL of its stores in Britain and Ireland" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9742837/amp/Gap-announces-closure-stores-Britain-Ireland.html

Not a good sign at all. They're moving to an online only model.

@jimmysong My OpenTimestamps calendars run nodes that are quite out of date. Because why waste time and risk downtime on unnecessary upgrades? Properly engineered software doesn't rot; poorly engineered software in need of security updates was broken in the first place.

@cgarison Interesting how it doesn't apply to guess with a history of positive reviews.

I wouldn't be surprised if what they're actually doing is using this as an excuse to cut down on the number of house wrecking parties without the bad PR of saying they're doing that.

@nvk fun fact: oil is believed to have been mainly formed from deposits of marine life 💩.

@nvk IIRC Czechia has something similar.

@mir_btc

"Do you just get hard creating sentient life?"

I mean, that's kinda how it usually works...

Is it even physically possible for an episode to have more plot twists than Rick and Morty, s5e2?

...and CC @mir_btc, for the ending should have special meaning for you.

@stephanlivera The anti-lockdown side argues with reason and tradeoffs. The pro lockdown side argues with emotion...

@lupyuen Sounds like a good incentive to stay fit.

lineGrip rubber plates - specs, features, types • LineGrip Corp.
https://www.linegrip.com/knowledge-base/linegrip-rubber-plates-specs-features-types/

Nice writeup of the huge amount of engineering work that goes into a seemingly simple product: the rubber pads on a slackline tensioning grip.

This Cop Conducted 3 Warrantless Searches in Under 3 Years. He Gets To Keep His Job. – Reason.com
https://reason.com/2021/06/24/this-cop-conducted-3-warrantless-searches-in-under-3-years-he-gets-to-keep-his-job/

"During that traffic stop, he and four other cops strip-searched a minor on a public street."

He should be in jail.