Merc
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<p>I'm a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/critter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>critter</span></a> (someone who likes <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CriticalRole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CriticalRole</span></a>), a Gooner (a fan of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arsenal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arsenal</span></a>), and for work I do tech stuff.</p>
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IMO one of the more upsetting facts about Trump&#39;s Venezuela attack is that the initial phase worked flawlessly. It&#39;s like getting home safe after driving drunk. Or, using a coin in place of a fuse. It&#39;s something extremely dangerous that they got away with doing, which will only make them bolder the next time.
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NBC&#39;s producing the Winter Olympics from its studios in Connecticut. But, what happens when a commentator in Italy wants the volume on their in-ear monitor raised? The round-trip time is too long to have the sound sent back and forth to Italy. So, instead, the tech in Connecticut slides a fader, which moves a virtual fader on a &quot;mixer in a box&quot; in Italy, so the volume is controlled remotely, but the sound stays local. Other neat technical wizardry documented here:...
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@cstross@wandering.shop It's more the CIA isn't it, they stop "bad" people but they're not restricted by laws? And, wasn't it also ambiguous whether or not he's a cop? Like, he steals a "CIA" ship, disables the remote destruct, goes after his foe, and at the end his boss says something like "You were working for us all along, mwuhahaha". (My memory is iffy here) In the end, he isn't following orders, he's working alone, and he's...