SpikesOtherDog
@SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
- Comment on Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region (39C3) 1 hour ago:
Pretty sure that gps is a plaintext broadcast. It’s nice because it’s universally accessible, but it’s a target now that people rely on it.
Back in the 90s my head was full of maps of my region because I drove a lot for work. Mobile online GPS is a game changer, since you get traffic updates in real time. While I suppose you could review your route ahead of time, there is not a known way to get relevant traffic updates unless you have a radio station just to that effect.
My real concern for you would be a sudden information blackout.
- Comment on Misspelled learning center, no children inside: Emmer presses Walz over Minnesota daycare tied to $4M 1 day ago:
Pretty sure I would stop answering the door if Internet celebrities were attempting to use me for attention.
- Comment on 1 day ago:
I subscribed when it was like $7 a month. It’s hard to let go of the subscription when I have been enjoying it, but I can’t justify the cost much longer.
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Yeah, I REALLY want to pay for anime and support the artists, even if the money doesn’t go straight to them. The recent changes make this difficult.
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Pluto TV was offering some anime. Honestly, you will probably find stuff to watch through all the free streaming services, but you will have poor luck watching current stuff without a subscription or through pirate sites.
Honestly, it’s time for the big squeeze from Sony, followed by complaints that nobody wants to pay for streaming anime.
- Comment on Google Deploying Huge CO2 Battery Facilities with Company Energy Dome 2 days ago:
I hoped this was going to be direct air capture. Then I realized that all the excess gasses would be valuable, and the system would oxidize faster pulling in atmosphere.
- Comment on Looking for anime with at least three of the following criteria: short, 80s-90s, cyberpunk, hyperviolent 3 days ago:
GITS stand alone complex was produced much later, but you will probably still enjoy it.
Bubblegum Crisis
AD Police
Project A-ko is a comedy movie that sort of falls in there. Not as much cyber punk. Neo Tokyo is just an aside.
Roujin Z - movie. They have hospice in the future, right?
How FAR in the future? Have you watched Trigun? It’s a cyber western. It’s a tragedy disguised as a comedy. Gore is low, and there are less deaths than episodes, but there is plenty of action.
Elfen lied was released in 04, but it still has the 90s animation style. It is overtly violent and disturbing. The setting is pre-cyber revolution, where the government appears to quietly control everything. The tech is in there, but not heavily featured.
Sorry if my list isn’t 100% what you were looking for, but I think you might enjoy some of these if you haven’t had the chance.
- Comment on Russian enthusiasts planning do-it-yourself DDR5 memory amidst the worldwide shortage — building your own RAM is as 'easy' as sourcing your own memory modules and soldering them on empty PCBs 3 days ago:
Not a terrible idea if you have a good process. Not sure my hand is steady enough to do it without a bga machine, but solder paste, custom masks, and a diy rig for lowering the chip could possibly do it.
- Comment on Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft 1 week ago:
W11 was released in 2021, too early for ai. This was intentionally dropped in what appears to be removing user interference from their taskbar.
- Comment on What is the right way to slice/support this model? I've had this fail to print 4 times on my Ender 3 v3 CoreXZ 2 weeks ago:
I think the better answers are already here. It should have had preprinted supports, and the designer may never have thought about actually printing it. 2 halves makes sense.
It’s a shame the raft didn’t work out. If anything, you may still need to print the little gourd separately.
- Comment on What is the right way to slice/support this model? I've had this fail to print 4 times on my Ender 3 v3 CoreXZ 2 weeks ago:
You could flip it over and print it on a raft, but you might get a lot of burrs. Then use tree supports for the gourd-like thing under the neck.
- Comment on Not lovin' it: McDonald's pulls Dutch AI Christmas ad 2 weeks ago:
I stumbled onto it in the r/artificial subreddit from a web search.
- Comment on Not lovin' it: McDonald's pulls Dutch AI Christmas ad 2 weeks ago:
Watched the ad. It’s less terrible than expected and more tone deaf.
There are a few moments that are wrong, such as the people eating the flaming food, the (grandparents?) being surprised before the power went out, physics being off, or motion being too crisp.
Of course, the largest indicator is the 2-second scenes, which is a bit nauseating.
The ad basically says that everything about Christmas is terrible, so just hide out at McDonald’s for the rest of the year. I think McDonald’s being a hangout died 20 years ago. Also, I really don’t want to spend more time in a fast food restaurant than necessary.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s xAI Says It Can Now Stuff AI-Generated Product Placement Into Scenes in Any Movie 2 weeks ago:
BET 365 IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO BET. Yeah BET 365 IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO BET are the worst.
I forget what the ad actually was, but I have seen much more intrusive ads in files that had been to rented.
- Comment on Brewed up some tree beer 2 weeks ago:
I did. Made the same argument, too.
- Comment on Brewed up some tree beer 2 weeks ago:
Hey, I am just skimming through and see that you are saying that the ponderosa pine is edible, while making beer from the Leland Cypress. These plants are similar looking, but different species completely.
Here are a few more sources that advise that it can be toxic to humans.
plantura.garden/uk/…/cypress-trees-overview
www.thespruce.com/leyland-cypress-trees-2132063#t…
Also note that a book on plant toxicology was referenced in the Wikipedia article.
I can’t say whether there would be any effect on you from making a beer from it, but I am concerned that you had said it was fine because the ponderosa pine is edible. I would consult a specialist before drinking any more of this brew.
- Comment on Crunchyroll is Officially Ending Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service on December 31, 2025 3 weeks ago:
Sorry, I recall some really bad fansubs from back in the day. I can’t say whether the translator actually knew Japanese.
- Comment on Crunchyroll is Officially Ending Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service on December 31, 2025 3 weeks ago:
That is true, you do have a point. A translator should know enough Japanese to handle things.
- Comment on Crunchyroll is Officially Ending Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service on December 31, 2025 3 weeks ago:
You have a point. The translator should know enough Japanese to be able to step in.
- Comment on Crunchyroll is Officially Ending Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service on December 31, 2025 3 weeks ago:
They have a point. The translator should know enough Japanese to be able to step in.
- Comment on Crunchyroll is Officially Ending Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service on December 31, 2025 3 weeks ago:
Honestly, I’d prefer not to steal. I WANT the anime industry to have something for my appreciation.
To have it simultaneously decrease in quality AND go up in price is a slap in the face.
Anime was made popular by nerds sharing VHS tapes. A friend of a friend of a friend would get some episodes, another friend would add on to it, and it would end up a whole season on one tape that was a copy of a copy of a copy. The first time I saw the correct opening scene of the original Ranma 1/2 I was surprised by how the music didn’t actually warble from being copied. Digital piracy takes away from that because nobody is buying tapes.
Guess I could still buy merch.
- Comment on Crunchyroll is Officially Ending Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service on December 31, 2025 3 weeks ago:
Honestly, I have been considering cancelling. The price is going up and the quality is going down. Any 2-bit translator can crank out what they are putting out with raws, screenshots, and voice to text. With the resources they are gleaning, this shit should sparkle.
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 3 weeks ago:
Huh, guess you are right
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 3 weeks ago:
Easy! Assuming the earth is the center of the universe, coordinates are 360,360
± the current position of the Earth in the solar system ± the current position of the solar system in the Milky Way. In the Local Cluster, in the Local Group, in the Virgo Supercluster, in the Local Mesh
In order to return, we just go that way: Image
- Comment on Switzerland no longer wants American cloud in the public sector 4 weeks ago:
No, no, no, no. It’s fine! We won’t give up your information unless specifically requested by a warrant! Otherwise, it will totally be anonymized before we sell it to data brokers.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I’m suggesting either using the secure erase utility built into your efi if available or using hdparm and calling secure erase.
grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16716
I suggest calling these utilities with no other drives connected.
- Comment on [Episode] May I Ask for One Final Thing? • Saigo ni Hitotsu dake Onegai Shite mo Yoroshii Deshou ka - Episode 10 discussion 4 weeks ago:
Why did you manipulate her into betraying everyone?
I just think she’s cute.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
True, but it’s not clear to me that both drives are exhibiting the behavior and it sounds more like a copy between two drives. I wouldn’t rule it out and do think it is a possibility, but in my professional experience drives fail much more frequently than controllers.
It makes sense to me to test the drives individually, in another system preferably, using smart long test, which is non-destructive. Next test other drives in this system. If there are errors, try changing out the SATA cables, too. If you can shuffle the data off the drives, do so and then try running them through a secure erase in another system. A bad drive should fail the same way in another system.
My other thought for probably not being the controller is that 4TB is a very long time for a sustained transfer to fail on a flakey component. Also, there are no reports of other errors.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Sounds like a bad drive, TBH. Not as much the platters but the electronics.
- Comment on Insulin 4 weeks ago:
It’s no longer about saving money at that point.
