SpikesOtherDog
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- Comment on Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace 2 days ago:
Interesting idea. How do you deal with illegal trade?
- Comment on Switching out UPS batteries 3 days ago:
I’ll admit, it could, but the battery conditioning might still struggle.
- Comment on Switching out UPS batteries 3 days ago:
This is correct.
Additionally, you would not want to substitute a larger or smaller capacity battery as the charging cycle of the UPS is built for a specific capacity.
- Comment on It is time to ban email. 1 week ago:
None of these examples are problems caused by email itself.
The Metropolitan Police has apologised to victims of the Westminster “honeytrap” scandal after it accidentally sent an email which named all of them.
This could have just as easily been a social media post or a newspaper publication.
sent an email newsletter with all patient email addresses in the ‘To’ field, rather than the ‘Bcc’ field
This is caused by not understanding the tech just as much as they described. Sure, carbon copies are antiquated and hardly used. With those stakes, the newsletter should be sent using a managed process, not a human. Using some kind of proprietary delivery system has its own risks. I wouldn’t want a specific HIV app on my phone to identify myself, and not everyone even uses smart phones.
Search any social network at any time of the year and you’ll find people kvetching about its inadequacies.
Friendly reminder to use anything other than email if you need to have a conversation between multiple people that you have any hope in following.
You can literally find people bitching about anything. Look into why people hate Tom Hanks. Snarky complaints on social media are not great points
Email is getting out of hand and people use it in suboptimal ways.
Not everyone meditates on the most optimum way to use a tech product. You ever watch someone open Chrome, type Google in the unibar, locate the search field, and then type a url? I have watched techs paid much more than I do this same thing.
I am only now realizing that some … [People] do not understand the concept of sending a file via email.
Again, everyone needs to learn it. I have met so many people afraid of their computer that this does not surprise me.
- Comment on Project A-ko (1987) is a silly, over the top good time 1 week ago:
It’s absolutely the product of a different time. That being said, I had a blast every time I watched this movie. I think between this and Ranma my friend’s egg started cracking.
- Comment on Windows 11 Microsoft Paint AI Generative erase is now available for everyone 3 weeks ago:
Seems like a lot to add to paint, which isn’t intended to be a an intense photo editing tool.
“In fact, it ruined most of the images in our tests, which is also okay, given the Generative Erase is not supposed to be perfect for all types of images.”
- Comment on "Dorohedoro" Sequel New Visual 3 weeks ago:
YES. ALL HAIL LIZARD MAN.
- Comment on Getting up to speed with Gundam 3 weeks ago:
Not really advice, just sharing an experience.
I started watching it in release order. I got burnt out and had trouble with double zeta due to the shift in tone. I really liked Witch From Mercury, but I haven’t been able to drag myself back.
- Comment on Top 10 Anime of the Week #01 - Winter 2025 (Anime Corner) 3 weeks ago:
Here I am finally discovering Mashle and trying to binge the whole thing before the new season gets established.
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 4 weeks ago:
I have heard it repeated several times. It’s based on how virtual assistants are allowed to listen over your mic for keywords, applications like Facebook requesting full microphone access, and people with stories of getting ads for things after having a conversation about the same.
The third could be a form of recency bias; I just learned about this, and now I see it everywhere. Also, it’s easy to know who is in your circle, and items you recently searched could be advertised to your friends. I saw this by getting sudden ads for handguns after getting an Amazon link from my gun crazy friend.
- Comment on I appreciate CR calling it 'training' 1 month ago:
Connect won’t let me edit my last post. I can’t get the edit icon to appear.
- Comment on I appreciate CR calling it 'training' 1 month ago:
- Comment on Anotha one 2 months ago:
Subscribed.
Keep on making!
- Comment on Claw machine deckbuilder Dungeon Clawler arrives November 21 and it's going to grab you 2 months ago:
My older teenage son got into the game pretty hard for a month or two on beta or whatever and got me to play.
The mechanics are fun. I’d like to see more story.
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 2 months ago:
25-35 hours. I’m about to cross the temple of the ancients.
In my opinion, it’s acceptable to possess a ROM in this situation. Just remember up use a VPN for protection.
- Comment on Let's go on a new adventure! 3 months ago:
It’s actually been good so far, but I couldn’t pass up the meme when I saw this image.
Also, I will be surprised if there is no tournament.
- Submitted 3 months ago to animemes@ani.social | 2 comments
- Comment on Badgers 3 months ago:
Ugh. Searats again? Didn’t we just send them packing one book ago?
- Comment on Bruce Schneier: China Possibly Hacking US “Lawful Access” Backdoor 3 months ago:
Pretty sure the dangers of backdoors were explicitly outlined the 1980’s documentary, “War Games.”
- Comment on Glass Reflection talks about Fall 2024 season. 4 months ago:
First time watching this person.
They only finished watching 2 anime this season.
Dungeon People (I liked it) Ramen Akuneko (I didn’t watch)
They recommended Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian and Bye Bye Earth, along with Yatagarasu, Slime, and Spice and wolf.
They feel that most people only watch 5-6 shows, so it’s fine.
Since they watched 9 shows this spring it gives them credibility.
There is some discussion about how one feels about their favorite shows.
My first impression of this influencer is that they are experiencing changes in taste.
My rant is that everyone slept on dead dead demons dededede destruction. Same reason. My cred is that I probably watched 45 shows this year.
Also, my taste is shit.
- Comment on Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch 4 months ago:
I’m in govt IT and looking to prevent this feature.
- Comment on Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it 4 months ago:
Out of the criticisms I have of Vance, I do have to say that he wears the Trump uniform better than Trump himself.
- Comment on Fall 2024 4 months ago:
Thanks! I completely missed this thread somehow.
On a positive side, the Lemmy community in general does seem to be growing!
- Comment on Fall 2024 4 months ago:
If it’s good, I’ll love it. I rarely drop anime.
- Submitted 4 months ago to anime@ani.social | 4 comments
- Comment on How do I make my own internet? 4 months ago:
Yeah, I was thinking more of having a dedicated border device, and limiting the number of neighbors. You would also have to trust you neighbors to run software that self assembles a network, especially in a crowded area.
- Comment on How do I make my own internet? 4 months ago:
Not sure exactly what I would do with it either. It’s not meant for illegal activity, but I can see it being used they way. Properly secured it could be another dark web.
I thought about it needing some kind of border protocol to manage locations and routes. One would need to come up with an address and probably a certificate.
Regarding physical connections, I would say it’s easiest to use wireless. I personally wouldn’t want to advertise that my location is my network, so like the onion network I would like it to route away and double back.
- Comment on How do I make my own internet? 4 months ago:
I know this isn’t what is being asked, but has any of us considered a crowd network where independent users mesh? I would say that I would not want the mesh to meet the www due to endpoint abuse, but to have an independent can/man could be pretty rad.
- Comment on Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents 4 months ago:
This may be rude, but we talked about this elsewhere in this thread.
- Comment on Has anyone ever seen a "10A" USB-C cable and can tell what their purpose is? 4 months ago:
The spec is too use 4 of 24 pins each for power and another 4 for ground. What if you used 16 pins for power? One could even be reckless enough to use 22 pins for power If the ground isn’t tied together, but that means you have to take a moment to sense ground.
Maybe you will see 8.5a at the device, but 10a at the source with the cable heating up…
