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1 month agoThis is an extremely naive take
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2·1 month agoVasagel, based on an Indian product called RISUG
Noone funds it because it’s too cheap? No real profit potential?
Essentially – it’s a gel that’s injected into the vas def which doesn’t actually block the flow totally (which sometimes causes side effects like granuloma in vasectomy), but rather it disrupts sperm cell membranes, but allowing the remains to pass through.
It is reversed simply by flushing it out with saline.
Last time I donated to the project it was at the live rabbit trials stage with Parsemuns Foundation?
(OH WAIT IT HAS BEEN USED IN HUMANS IN THE USA (see wired link below)
RISUG was used in humans for like 20 years with good results I believe.
Really don’t understand why this one hasn’t gained traction.
https://www.planaformen.com/vasalgel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_inhibition_of_sperm_under_guidance
https://www.wired.com/story/male-contraceptive-contraline-vasalgel-hydrogel/
(Ohh right the rabbit study was for reversibility)
Amazon just announced this is exactly what’s going to happen
17·4 months agoBuy an older pixel and install Graphene
Keep it off/in a faraday bag at all times, never turn it on at home. Go to elsewhere to set it up.
If they REALLY want you, you will get got.
But there’s no reason to make it easy.
No.
There is no search warrant for the contents of your mind.
Of course “rubber hose decrypt” is always an option, but we’re not quite there yet.
Can we get a tldr of the “problematic behaviours”?
As a casual who bought a pixel 9 specifically for Graphene, I not too embedded in the culture/dramas, and surely many others reading here are similarly unfamiliar
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43·8 months agoI have been having the same reaction as y’all over this all day.
I went to see how my rep voted (had a pretty good idea already) and incidentally found the actual text of the bill
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hres719/text
The front half of it is a load of fascists dick sucking, of course
But that’s all in the "whereas"es which are not the meat of it.
The main bits are a fairly level condemnation of political violence and assassinations.
I was all set to fire of a testy email and donate (more, again) to the primary challenger…
But then i read the statement on the resolution and why he voted for it. Not sure I agree, but there is some logic there.
https://hoyer.house.gov/media/press-releases/hoyer-statement-resolution-charlie-kirk
All of the votes are shown on this page: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/h282
Somewhat like it, but with different operational goals.
FreeBSD focuses on wide hardware compatibility and very high speed.
OpenBSD focuses on security, exclusively. It’s slower and with a narrower range of supported hardware, but a MUCH higher effort in security, assurance and audit.
So, the fact that some bugs have been found in FreeBSD is more or less irrelevant to the security of OpenBSD
You may not be aware, but find it interesting that MacOS is also a BSD variant, and there was a distro called NetBSD which was (is?) focused on what you’d expect from the name of it.
Another thing you might not know is that the OpenBSD folks also publish OpenSSH which is a very well regarded and widely used package.
Of course all software is subject to bugs/error/vulnerabilities and OpenSSH as well as OpenBSD are constantly being reviewed, revised and audited for potential security issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSH