NOT_RICK
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
My name’s not Rick.
- Comment on Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT 1 day ago:
Buttery Males
- Comment on Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE 1 week ago:
Fishing expedition an expression for cases where a police officer or agency goes after someone, generally someone they don’t like, usually for personal or political reasons, by searching for crimes the person has committed in absence of any actual suspicion of a crime being committed. Basically digging up dirt on someone as retaliation for whatever they don’t like a person for.
The current DOJ is doing a lot of it. They make up bogus justifications for what are clearly illegal search and seizures so they can make their political enemies’ lives more difficult. None of the charges will stick, but they’ll still ransack your house, confiscate your computers, shit like that. I don’t want to make their lives easier in the event they want to dig up dirt on me; at least they’ll need a search warrant to come in and steal my DVR drive out of my home rather than hitting up a tech company that doesn’t care about me beyond my being a revenue stream to get my data.
- Comment on Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE 1 week ago:
It’s not just a random person, you’re opening yourself up to the government subpoenaing wyze and collecting information about you without your knowledge or consent. In a normal world with a responsible government that wouldn’t be a huge deal provided you’re not doing anything seriously wrong, but that ship has sailed as of late. Don’t let them incriminate you with a fishing expedition for convenience
- Comment on Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE 1 week ago:
My bad, I mixed up wyze with nest, which google owns. Amazon owns blink and ring. I do know wyze was founded by former Amazon employees, which is definitely not the same as their being controlled or supported by Amazon. That said, you may want to read up on some of their security breaches, which have happened multiple times.
- Comment on Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE 1 week ago:
The cameras I inherited from the previous owner. They’re fairly low quality analog cameras but they get the job done. They had a Night Owl Brand system but I replaced it with a reolink dvr I have on a vlan so it’s separate from the rest of my network. When I have more time I’ll probably switch over to frigate though. That’ll likely come with me buying some higher quality cameras that are digital.
- Comment on Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE 1 week ago:
You can have both. I have a 360 camera set up around my house that records to a local dvr. I can remote into it when I’m not home and I’m not supporting ghoulish companies like google or Amazon.
- Comment on How the regime in Iran jams Starlink and what people could do 1 week ago:
Seems like they’ve already lost the reliability anyway due to the jamming
- Comment on How the regime in Iran jams Starlink and what people could do 1 week ago:
Look up Kessler syndrome for an answer as to what may happen if starlink satellites were attacked. Nations only control their airspace up to the Karman line which is 100km up. Starlink satellites are well beyond that.
- Comment on Verizon carriers start switching to 365-day device unlock policy, up from 60 days 1 week ago:
You just made me think of this, has anyone slapped a cell modem onto a gun yet? That sounds like something that would happen here
- Comment on How the regime in Iran jams Starlink and what people could do 1 week ago:
Thanks for actually discussing the article instead of feeding the trolls
- Comment on Verizon carriers start switching to 365-day device unlock policy, up from 60 days 1 week ago:
Thanks republicans, very pro consumer, very cool.
- Comment on FYI: Reddit trademarked some community names (Digg link) 1 week ago:
Yours, solarpunk and maybe Blahaj? Sorry to hit you with an impromptu game of 40 questions
- Comment on FYI: Reddit trademarked some community names (Digg link) 1 week ago:
in the flotilla…
Is this a snowcrash reference?
- Comment on Make Microsoft's CEO cry by installing Chrome's 'Microslop' extension 2 weeks ago:
This is dumb. A local change to your browser that nobody else even knows about is not a protest in any way shape or form.
- Comment on The Archive of Crimes of ICE 2 weeks ago:
Great idea, because I still lurk on Reddit occasionally and it’s sickening how many posts and threads the admins nuke related to ICE
- Comment on A Steam dev is deleting his own game after girlfriend made him realize AI is bad 2 weeks ago:
I checked to see if they were from the MGTOW instance
- Comment on As Fortnite Enables Third-Party Microtransactions, Steal the Brainrot's Developer is Slammed By Fans For Immediately Adding $45 Premium Bundles and Gambling-Style Mechanics 2 weeks ago:
Tim Sweeney really decided to lean in on this by defending the pedo AI gen bullshit on twitter
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
This wasn’t a matter of life and death as this was a wholly unnecessary move that violates Venezuela’s sovereignty. The only one pushing was the White House. Palmer sucks, don’t make excuses for him.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Really showing how much he values his “principles”. Remember kids, principles only matter when they’re convenient! Thats what makes them deeply held beliefs.
- Comment on World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles 3 weeks ago:
It’s 2025 sales numbers are about 4 million, half that of 2024, and that’s with half the year with no successor console. Maybe it’ll beat it, but I don’t feel it’s a foregone conclusion
- Comment on World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles 3 weeks ago:
Probably not, unless Nintendo releases a surprise last iteration of the console which I also don’t see as that may cannibalize Switch 2 sales. A Switch Micro would be cool though
- Comment on Elon Musk’s AI Grok Goes Rogue with Posts Suggesting Trump Is a Pedophile and Erika Kirk Is JD Vance in Drag 3 weeks ago:
Despite all their efforts to lobotomize it, grok always slowly works its way back to rationality. At least, so far it has.
- Comment on YSK Tempur Mattresses fail quickly and the warranty is fake 3 weeks ago:
If that’s the case then Tempurpedic shouldn’t offer a 10 year warranty they don’t intend to honor.
- Comment on YSK Tempur Mattresses fail quickly and the warranty is fake 3 weeks ago:
Unless they are yet another company hiding behind bullshit arbitration T’s and C’s.
- Comment on (Technology Connections) I made my whole-home humidifier slightly less terrifying [34:38] 4 weeks ago:
I have a similar Honeywell model. I’ll add this to my mountain of “maybe I’ll get to this one day” list
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 4 weeks ago:
Unfortunately no, my bro is a “flatlander” who moved to Vermont 25 years ago or so.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 4 weeks ago:
My brother lives an hour from the border, is that close enough?!?
- Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early 4 weeks ago:
Ah, looks like I was misremembering, thanks for setting me straight. Got me wondering if I’m hallucinating about the multiplat promise now too
- Comment on YSK pills are a scam (reposting bc mod accidentally removed it) 4 weeks ago:
This isn’t a community for schizoposting
- Comment on Being afraid of vaccines is literally childish behavior. 4 weeks ago:
Sounds like you may have a vasovagal reaction? My dad gets that too.