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- Comment on US | Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule 4 days ago:
I dunno, this feels like the cars that require subscriptions or the TVs that show people ads over whatever they are watching. On the one hand, I just would never buy anything with those restrictions.
On the other hand, I don’t expect everyone to become an expert on anti-features and technology, especially when capitalists are constantly seeking new and creative ways to profit from deception.
Consumer protections exist because there is no limit to greed, and no threshold too terrible that someone won’t cross it for profit. Locking phones is a small inconvenience that pales in comparison to the bullshit cell service providers try to get away with, but it is also anti-competitive and monopolistic, not to mention deceptive marketing when common sense (not to mention experience) dictates that any phone ought to work with other carriers as long as they operate on the same frequencies.
- Comment on Concert encores are like adult peekaboo for a crowd. 1 week ago:
Imagine if the whole show was like that. Maybe not every song, but maybe after a 45 minute set, the band walks off, and if the crowd is still into it, they come back out. As a fan, you remember all the shows where everyone was disappointed that the band didn’t keep playing, but I bet the bands remember every show where the crowd couldn’t care less.
- Comment on YSK there is an intense Zionist propaganda campaign ongoing 1 week ago:
Cuts both ways. They have included both, but they treat them the same. This allows them to handwave away any reasonable objections that they are not the same thing, because it doesn’t make a difference to them.
- Comment on The information density on a vinyl can be higher earlier in the record than later... 1 week ago:
So the arc speed increases as the radius decreases, both in cutting and reading.
- Comment on The information density on a vinyl can be higher earlier in the record than later... 1 week ago:
I always assumed that the initial cutting of the record accounts for the variation in speed as the needle moves towards the center. If that’s the case, the information density would be relatively consisten, because the size of the bits of information would get smaller as the speed increases. But I don’t actually know if that’s how it works.
- Comment on If you have an exceptional intelligence... You live in IDIOCRACY right now 1 week ago:
You don’t need to be particularly intelligent to see it. Case in point, I can see it.
- Comment on Bicycles should be allowed on the road with the full rights and requirements (tags, inspections, and insurance) as motor vehicles. 2 weeks ago:
Ok, but do you actually think that every bicycle rider should be licensed, inspected, and insured?
- Comment on I'm looking for the best free online storage site my files. That is heavily encrypted and respect people's privacy, what would you suggest? 2 weeks ago:
If something is free, then you’re the product. Your data will be used for whatever the storage provider would like. For example, Google Photos was initially very generous with storage, because they were using your photos to train their recognition software. Gmail is reading your emails to build our your advertising profile. Your data is a commodity, and your privacy, if you protect it, is valuable.
The best way to do what you’re asking for, to ensure privacy and security, is to self-host. There’s an initial cost, and some maintenance fees over time, but you’ll also be investing in learning valuable skills in your free time.
- Comment on Has anyone seen thier stuff getting sold on Storage Wars? 2 weeks ago:
Not for nothing, but those reality shows are often staged. If they “find” something interesting and potentially valueable every episode, you can bet it was probably planted. Most people store old furniture and clothing in storage units, and people probably wouldn’t even recognize their own stuff. A box of old coats? A generic cherry armoire from the 1980s? Old documents? Even bulky sporting goods like skis and golf clubs don’t have any actual value.
That’s not to say they never find something valuable, but they might obfuscate where exactly it came from to try to reduce lawsuits. If they find anything that could be easily identified by the original owner, especially if it is extremely valuable, they aren’t going to put that into the show at all.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
If that were true, they would be on every jug of milk, and they would all be the same size.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
With plastic blown molds, especially when you make millions of them, there are going to be slight variations in the sizes. If the jug is too big, they use the dimple to reduce the volume of milk you can fit inside. The bigger the jug, the deeper the dimple. If you look at many jugs at the store, they will all be roughly the same diameter but different depths. Some don’t have any dimple at all.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
That’s fair. You can believe what you want. But that doesn’t make it less true.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
If the jug holds slightly more than a gallon, if you squeeze the sides, it holds less.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
Fresh milk that’s been pasteurized and refrigerated should last at least three weeks.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
Or they check the volume before they are filled. Air pressure or water could be used to check the capacity.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
It’s added after molding the jugs and the volume is checked, but before the milk is filled.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
The labels go on the flat sides, and the dimples would get in the way. The bottoms of the jugs are usually a thicker plastic, but I can’t say for sure that this is why they don’t put the dimple there.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
It’s a US thing. A gallon of milk will last my family about two weeks, or less if the kids are into baking or cereal that week. I sometimes put a little milk in my coffee or tea, and I occasionally use some for making sauces or marinades. Very rarely will we throw away milk because it has spoiled, but it has happened. Maybe once a year or so, usually because of a power outage or having to travel unexpectedly.
We also have half-gallon plastic jugs which feature the same dent sometimes. When I was a kid, I remember we even had tiny pint-sized jugs for half and half, but I think that was more of a novelty.
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- Comment on G-Assist is ‘real’: NVIDIA unveils NitroGen, open-source AI model that can play 1000+ games for you 3 weeks ago:
Right? Like, figure out how to sort and fold laundry.
- Comment on The difference between logical and pathological is a path 4 weeks ago:
The difference between path and pathos is metaphorically indescribable.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Yes, obviously.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 5 weeks ago:
So is Matthew Lillard. The whole thing feels oddly personal. Like if he had said “I didn’t like Dano in There Will Be Blood” you could understand that’s just a professional opinion. Maybe he thought someone else could have done better. But making it insulting undercuts his credibility as an impartial critic.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 5 weeks ago:
Criticism is fine, when you’re talking about someone’s work and how to improve it. Calling someone “weak” and “the worst actor in the SAG” is deeply personal and insulting.
Revealing a personal bias in a professional setting belies unprofessional attitudes and prejudices. Tarantino isn’t a critic, he’s a filmmaker, and an influential voice in the industry. Taking pot shots at a couple of B-list character actors is hurtful on a personal level, and wantonly destructive on a professional level. The power dynamic between producers and actors is massively unbalanced. It would be like the CEO where you work talking shit on LinkedIn about project managers at a rival company. If he’s saying this publicly, what is he saying behind the scenes? Is he trashing actors to casting directors to influence their careers?
He has every right to say “I don’t want these people in my movies.” It would also be professional to say “I did not like this specific performance for these specific reasons.” It’s extremely unprofessional to say “I hate these people because of who they are and anyone working with them is on my shit-list.”
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 5 weeks ago:
He also took some totally unnecessary shots at Paul Dano, saying he was the worst actor in the SAG. That’s a bizarrely personal attack out of nowhere on a guy you never worked with.
- Comment on Just work a little harder 1 month ago:
Oh that’s a terrible plan. Veterans are far more likely to end up poor than rich, and that doesn’t include the ones who never come home.
- Comment on Just work a little harder 1 month ago:
Don’t forget be extremely lucky.
- Comment on Just FYI 2 months ago:
“Is that right? I had heard an alternate theory…”
You’re definitely wrong, and I know more about this than you do.
- Comment on If I were a waiter, I would describe the days soup as "Very hot, and very wet" 2 months ago:
I would just think you’re trying to be funny. If you keep a deadpan face, you might succeed.