antizero99
@antizero99@lemmynsfw.com
- Comment on Thieves return Android phone when they realize it's not an iPhone 11 months ago:
Did you not read anything I wrote?
And no, that isn’t likely the path for stolen phones,especially when it’s a theft of opportunity by someone looking to feed a drug habit. They aren’t thinking about going to a fence who can give them what the phone is worth at that level of the chain.
As I said in another comment, the locks both apple and android put in years ago had a major impact on the theft of phones. It’s pointless to steal them unless it’s part of a larger operation or your trying to get a phone that’s unlocked so you can siphon money from someone instead of just reselling the phone.
- Comment on E-cigarettes: France backs bill to ban disposable vapes 11 months ago:
Nicotine is harmful and no one, especially kids should be using it. Maybe you don’t know what nicotine does to the human body. If you know how it works on insects, it does the same thing to humans, especially when it’s consumed over decades.
- Comment on Thieves return Android phone when they realize it's not an iPhone 11 months ago:
True. But the average idiot stealing a phone to feed a habit isn’t going to be able to bypass it. Of course those being stolen by order of a larger group can do it. But these locks severely reduced the number of opportunity thefts.
- Comment on Thieves return Android phone when they realize it's not an iPhone 11 months ago:
This isn’t the case anymore. Starting sometime back you can’t just reset android and set it up from scratch. It needs the pin and/or account that was on it prewipe. They are still likely good for parts but it’s pointless to steal newer smart phones.
- Comment on Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. 11 months ago:
I miss trillium. Those were the days.
- Comment on Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. 11 months ago:
Add no-script to the mix and you are golden. On mobile I use adguard to filter ads from pretty much every single app and website. As soon as I can figure out a couple of things bothering me with FF mobile I’ll be moving over to it with extensions.
- Comment on PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For 11 months ago:
It was.
- Comment on Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn't “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress 11 months ago:
That’s just the beginning. Other artists have tried to avoid livenation venues but when the artist finds a venue, livenation just goes and buys said venue. That shit right there should have been taken to court.
Funny how these legal actions against companies like this only happen under democratic presidents.
- Comment on Why do a lot of fediverse instances put their software (i.e. Lemmy/Mastodon) in their name somehow? 11 months ago:
When it goew up you can usually transfer to another provider for a decent discount. I recently did this with one of my domains when godaddy went nuts on a renewal for a domain I’ve had for like 10+ years at this point.
- Comment on Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists 1 year ago:
I thought the nuance of what I was saying would be recognized by communities like this.
Yes, technically it still exists in the environment. Nothing ia ever made to not exist. What I meant was that it would no longer be able to ingested by any creatures. This is after all where our petroleum deposits came from, millenia of plankton and other creatures dying and being covered up by other matter.
- Comment on Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists 1 year ago:
I’m confused as well. I thought the idea was that things that ate the plastic would then die and sink to the bottom of the ocean thereby taking it out of the environment.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I thought this fud had been debunked.
Are you accounting for the energy used to extract the oil, the energy used to transport it to a refinery, the energy used to refine it, the energy used to transport it to the gas station and then the energy used to pump into your car?
There is no way that the carbon needed to create a battery is more over the decades of life for said battery along with the renewable used to charge it, than the ongoing carbon released to keep ice engines running.
There is also a move to power battery facilities with renewables and when we reach a point where batteries are being recycled it gets even better.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. We have move past ice engines and right now ev is our best option.
- Comment on Company found guilty over New Zealand volcano disaster 1 year ago:
Setting aside the public ownership of land (I don’t think we would differ as much as you think).
No there is no difference. The issue here is you focusing on the volcano part. It’s a land mass like any other. The article didn’t go into history of ownership but it’s possible that it was passed down and likely from before the USA was a thing and well before Hawaii was part of the USA.
I can guess without looking that if I did a search for privately owned mountains I would find more than a few. Same goes for the aforementioned private islands that can be bought by anyone with enough cash/credit.
What about people owning lakes? If I took an acre of my land (yes, we are buying 3+acres) and turned it into a lake, would that seem odd to you? Would you want me to open my land up to anyone who wanted to visit, fish, etc? Or would that not be as absurd?
Do yourself a favor and ignore the volcano part, it will make much more sense.
- Comment on Company found guilty over New Zealand volcano disaster 1 year ago:
How is that absurd? It’s a landmass, people own land including entire islands. Inheriting a mass with a volcano on it doesn’t seem any different from inheriting a farm.
- Comment on Apple says BMW wireless chargers really are messing with iPhone 15s 1 year ago:
That was a general answer. As others have said it breaks the motors in the camera and can do other damage. This isn’t an apple thing, damage is done to any phones used with a motorcycle and from what I’ve heard the vibration dampening mounts don’t eliminate the problem completely.
- Comment on Apple says BMW wireless chargers really are messing with iPhone 15s 1 year ago:
The vibrations fuck with the phone.
- Comment on Comcast resists call to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims | Comcast renamed its whole network "Xfinity 10G" despite cable's slower speeds. 1 year ago:
A growing number of towns and cities have done exactly this. It’s partiallu responsible for pushing att and others to expand their true fiber networks. I’m in NC and we currently have by my count 5 companies offering ftth with 3 of them actively burying fiber and conduit all over town.
- Comment on New plant :) Should I remove the offshoots? 1 year ago:
Instead of trimming it back, how about putting into a larger container? I’d bet that the roots are running out of space.
- Comment on ChatGPT can now access up to date information 1 year ago:
That’s not what dystopian means.
- Comment on Do you think VPN companies will start to feel pressure from legal/corporate powers to crackdown on pirating? 1 year ago:
That’s not how that works. Torrent has been around for decades and none of that actually happens. None of that will ever happen and couldn’t actually be enforced even if it did.
I’m not sure some of you here actually understand how this tech or the world at large actually functions. Plenty of files are shared p2p that aren’t under copyright and it would be damn near impossible to limit people’s ability to connect p2p with others without fundamentally changing how the entire internet is connected and functions.
I’d suggest you look up concepts like zero knowledge encryption. I’d also suggest you look at VPN providers that claim to not keep any logs at all along with proper encryption. I’d also suggest that you look into the number of jurisdictions around the world who don’t give a flying fuck about the dmca.
- Comment on Do you think VPN companies will start to feel pressure from legal/corporate powers to crackdown on pirating? 1 year ago:
Actually, no. Even if they trace it back to the provider, if said provider is running little to zero logs and proper encryption, there is no way for the provider to know who is doing the downloading of anything.
It’s also not the movie/gan I companies doing anything. There are companies that monitor p2p for specific files for TV shows, movies, games, etc and then automatically send a boilerplate cease and desist to whoever owns any ip addresses for said files. Some isps like Google fiber (at one point) just ignored these requests and didn’t pass it on to the end user. Every other isp including VPSs, seedboxes, etc will autoforward the dmca notice and if you rack up enough they will fire you as a customer.
I suggest you and others here check out proton, they have a ton of servers including ones that support p2p. They don’t and can’t tell who is transferring what. If you do a ton of downloading of pirated content, I’d also suggest setting up even a basic seedbox. The one I am currently using takes crypto and doesn’t need any info aside from an email address. They will forward dmca notices and the auto delete the offending content after about 12 hours but if you restart the torrent you can download it again if needed and you can then let it seed for as long as you want.
- Comment on Do you think VPN companies will start to feel pressure from legal/corporate powers to crackdown on pirating? 1 year ago:
Plus, if the VPN is setup right, they can’t know exactly what you are downloading or what you are accessing.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
Right but that coating can come off with an abrasive cloth. The oleophobic coating doesn’t last forever and between our hands, pockets, etc, it eventually wears down. Polishing the screen with an abrasive fabric (even if it doesn’t feel abrasive to you) only hastens that wear.
Holy shit is the ignorance palpable here.
I’ll bet you blew into your game cartridges as well and still have no idea that was the cause of the issues with games.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
Damn. Way to double down on the ignorance. You should really re-watch that episode of Mythbusters because iirc they had to freeze it or something to get it to take a polish.
You my good sir are the one who needs to shut the fuck up. Either shut up or go film yourself polishing your phone screen with sandpaper. Your choice.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
This shows that you don’t actually understand how these hardened glasses actually work. They can most definitely still be scratched even if it’s micro abrasions. Plus the oleophobic coating doesn’t protect against scratched, it helps prevent fingerprints and that coating along with any others will get worn down even faster.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
It may not look scratched to your eye but unless you are only using pure cotton fabric and not cleaning the screen while wearing any of the moisture wicking work out shirts that are full of plastic, it’s most definitely scratched by now. Especially if you have been using the same phone for 5 years.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
You’ve always “needed” a soft cloth to clean glass of any kind. The ts not a downgrade, it’s doing the best you can to preserve things.
I wonder how many people in these threads also use vinegar to clean their led/lcd tvs and monitors? If you are, stop it. It’s also not a downgrade to not use acid.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
I think I got ny first blackberry around the same time. Still have my 9700 around here somewhere and last time I checked it still worked. Maybe I notice it more but the shirts I wear don’t clean my glasses or my phone very well, all they do is move the oils around and it isn’t as clear as it can be.
I’ve stopped worrying about screen protectors with the latest editions of gorilla glass.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
So you always wear a perfectly 100% cotton shirt? More clothing than you realize has plastic in it these days and can be very abrasive.
I’ve been doing the same for nearly as long. Maybe you don’t wear glasses with any of the extra coatings on it, I do and can tell you that it will scratch them. I’ve never had a shirt get any glass as clean as a microfiber cloth or towel.
- Comment on Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max 1 year ago:
Shirt doesn’t get it as clean and clear as a microfiber cloth. I have a few very large microfibers that I keep around the house and at least one in the car.