mx_smith
@mx_smith@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Don’t even try and format code with markdown, now you have to make a post with a title.
- Comment on If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain? 5 weeks ago:
Here is a great visual representation
- Comment on RIMJOBS 1 month ago:
Did it cause Sepsis?
- Comment on Republican senator renews push to make daylight savings permanent 2 months ago:
So we can be 8 hours difference from India instead of 8 and a half.
- Comment on Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies 2 months ago:
Actually you can find many videos on YouTube that show how to disable the OnStar transmitter and you can always wrap those internal antennae in foil.
- Comment on Got a Ring doorbell? Expect a 43% increase in annual subscription 3 months ago:
You can roll your own, using raspberry pi’s and usb cameras, and home assistant if you want a fully automated house. This solution is not for the average consumer, so you would have to read a lot and be comfortable installing Linux.
- Comment on Peter Dutton calls for boycott of Woolworths after Australia Day merchandise dropped 3 months ago:
TIL Woolworth’s are still around in Australia. I can’t remember the last time I went into a Woolworths here in the states.
- Comment on Followup on the vehicle "kill switch" mandated by the Infrastructure Bill 4 months ago:
I’m not sure about the interoperability between GM cars and OnStar, but almost every other car it can be disabled by removing the three plugs in the OnStar box. Here’s an article on how to do it.
- Comment on Followup on the vehicle "kill switch" mandated by the Infrastructure Bill 4 months ago:
You know you can disable that with some foil. Wrap the On star module in it and it can’t send any signals.That’s assuming you don’t use the OnStar.
- Comment on Tesla claims California false-advertising law violates First Amendment 4 months ago:
Oh interesting I didn’t realize they were able to view the driver while your driving.
- Comment on CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants 4 months ago:
Is that without a warrant? It wouldn’t be hard to impersonate a cop or even a cop with a grudge against someone to come find out what medications they are taking to dig further into someone’s lives and ruin said life.
- Comment on CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants 4 months ago:
People don’t sue as much as you think, we don’t have the money for lawyers.
- Comment on Tesla claims California false-advertising law violates First Amendment 4 months ago:
How does the car know where your looking? Don’t you have your hands on the steering wheel? I have a lane keep assist feature in my car and it has you take the wheel every 15 secs if it hasn’t felt your hand weight on the wheel.
- Comment on OpenAI says it is investigating reports ChatGPT has become ‘lazy’ 5 months ago:
My partner is a CompSci teacher and have been training a local llm in her class. As soon as they named their AI it started producing all these weird emotes with every answer, it became super annoying to where it would rather make up stuff than say I don’t know that answer. It was definitely an eye opener for the kids.
- Comment on Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars 5 months ago:
FOCO
- Comment on Thomas 🔭✨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome 5 months ago:
The average person is scared of massive lawyer fees trying to defend against any law suit.
- Comment on A bride to be discovers a reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photography 5 months ago:
Thank you for saying this. If you have ever shot a panoramic shot you know how steady you need to keep it on the line, otherwise you get a lot of weird things like this, not to mention if your moving while it’s happening.
- Comment on If other countries can afford massive internet pysops why can't I find a job in the states where I get to meme and troll all day for the US military? 5 months ago:
You need to join the military and go to this school.
- Comment on The death of ownership: Companies are taking away your ability to actually own the stuff you buy 5 months ago:
I also but vinyl and it smells delicious.
- Comment on I hope you enjoy ads we have to make our $69B back 6 months ago:
After the red rings of death, never again.
- Comment on Firefox lost users during “failed” Yahoo search deal, says Mozilla CEO 6 months ago:
Hunger games style
- Comment on Google’s claim that search users have choice is “bogus,” Microsoft CEO tells judge 7 months ago:
A better search engine is out there, it’s just not free.
- Comment on Epic Games is reportedly laying off around 900 employees | Said to be roughly 16% of its workforce. 7 months ago:
And don’t they also own Bandcamp which I think they are selling.
- Comment on Amazon Has Turned Into an Monopolistic Shithole Littered With Pay-to-Play Ads, FTC Lawsuit Solemnly Argues 7 months ago:
We got spray items that had nothing but compressed air in them
- Comment on Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often 'correct negative behaviour immediately' 7 months ago:
Isn’t that why everyone uses Discord.
- Comment on I feel like are all stuck in a movie where all the rich people live on some kind of floating island or satellite with everything they need to live well, and all of us have zero chance of going there. 7 months ago:
I hope your right, but their previous behavior suggests this is a fuck you all, I got mine.
- Comment on I feel like are all stuck in a movie where all the rich people live on some kind of floating island or satellite with everything they need to live well, and all of us have zero chance of going there. 7 months ago:
Well they have been buying up the Hawaiian islands. I think Larry Ellis, Zuckerberg and few others have bought a ton of property on Lanai or Molokai.
- Comment on YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star 7 months ago:
What about Johnny Depp?
- Comment on YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star 7 months ago:
This puts Russel Brand in a position to sue for libel and slander as the court of public opinion has already declared him guilty. What happens if he is found innocent at his court case. What if they did this to Johnny Depp?
- Comment on Inside ShadowDragon, The Tool That Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking Sites and Fortnite Players 7 months ago:
Does anyone know the specifics of this app? Is it calling public APIs on these sites, or do they pay for special access, or is it just scraping. I feel like most of us aware of the data collection prob put very little public data out there. RIP babycenter.com they might lose a bit of traffic from this article.