clegko
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- Comment on Google Feed alternative 6 months ago:
It’s not self hosted, but I spent some time curating the news feed on Bing. It works well enough that I felt comfortable switching from Google Feed, and I don’t have to worry about self-hosting random news feeds.
- Comment on Toyota recalls 1.9 million RAV4 SUVs as batteries can shift, catch fire 10 months ago:
This is the real issue. Gas cars burn quick and it’s done. EVs can burn for days.
- Comment on Researchers warn that Windows 11 restrictions could send 240 million computers to landfills 10 months ago:
Not wrong calling the rabid fan base that though…
- Comment on Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts 11 months ago:
Have you tried Pandora? I always thought Pandora was better at recommending music than GPM was, but it was close.
- Comment on Soon, Google has even more leverage against adblockers - gHacks Tech News 11 months ago:
There are but sometimes you want shit to just work. Annoyingly, a real windows computer is the easiest sometimes.
- Comment on Soon, Google has even more leverage against adblockers - gHacks Tech News 11 months ago:
Lots of those fucking proctoring softwares detect when you’re in a VM and refuse to run. 🙄
- Comment on Soon, Google has even more leverage against adblockers - gHacks Tech News 11 months ago:
They are defining web standards. They control chrome and chromium. So all of the alternative browsers that aren’t safari and Firefox are using Google’s web engine. Even Firefox and safari are beholden to Google as they fund both these web browsers through their default search deals.
- Comment on Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them 11 months ago:
The store near me stops the scanning process and makes an attendant come check your shit. Literally sits on a screen saying “AN ATTENDANT WILL BE WITH YOUR SHORTLY, PLEASE WAIT”.
- Comment on Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them 11 months ago:
You say that, but Walmart and SamsClub’s Scan and Go is extremely well received because it allows people to scan shit as they put it in their cart and pay on their phone.
- Comment on Do you configure your servarr docker containers from one docker-compose file, or individual ones? 11 months ago:
I have all of mine in their respective directories and have a master script that I run to bring them all up or take them down. Easier to exclude services from start up if I end up not needing them or something.
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 11 months ago:
The issue is that you can’t run 240V under the sidewalk, where all townhouses have a sidewalk between your front yard and parking spots.
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 11 months ago:
This is the #1 reason I won’t be able to get an EV any time soon. We live in a townhouse, and while the HOA gracefully ‘allows’ us to install chargers (because its illegal for them not to allow it), the way the rules are set up it’s practically impossible to actually install one.
For example, here’s our bylaws regarding EV chargers:
- All Charging stations require approval – The application should discuss where the charging station will be mounted, the type of post used to mount it, and, in the townhouses, the path that the charging station wiring will use to get to the common ground. The townhouse owner is also advised that the installation of a charging station on HOA common ground requires a legal agreement between the HOA and the homeowner regarding maintenance and liability of the charging station.
- Chargers of 120V (Level 1) or 240V (Level 2) are allowed. It should be noted that while it is possible to use a 240V extension and there are some 240V extensions sold as charging cables, at this time, the use of such extensions is illegal in Maryland and will not be approved in an application. All 240V outlet plugs must be directly wired to the electrical panels of the house.
- Under no conditions is it acceptable for a charging line to be stretched across a community sidewalk. For a temporary installation of less than 6 months duration, residents may apply to have permission to place a tube under the sidewalk in order to run a 110V extension while their permanent charging station is installed.
- All permanent electrical lines must be buried in conduit according to code and go under any sidewalks, ramps, or gutters. No 240V electrical wires are permitted to be installed under community sidewalks.
- A charging station must be placed inside a single parking space. It cannot straddle the dividing line nor can it be centered in the parking spot as that would interfere with the numbering of the parking space.
- For single family homes a charging station can be mounted directly to the house or garage or mounted on a post that allows easier access to the parking spaces. If post mounted, it should be mounted in the half of the driveway that is closest to the house.
There are a number of things in there that are contradictory. You can install a L2 charger, but if you’re in a townhouse, you’re not allowed to wire it up using 240V. You also can’t place it on your house, because the cord wouldn’t be able to reach and that’s not allowed anyway, because it’d cross a sidewalk. Neat.
- Comment on The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore 11 months ago:
That’s what the Seagram is for, probably.
- Comment on The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore 11 months ago:
It only helps when people leave it on.
It’s a small sample size, but literally everyone I know that owns a car with that feature turns it off immediately after starting the car every time they get in it.
- Comment on The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore 11 months ago:
I would say this is another brick in the argument for an open source car operating system
…Go analog with a carb, maybe? Only thing that can stop a carb from working is it being out of gas. Or changing altitude. Or bad fuel. Or it’s too cold and/or hot. … OK lots of things can stop carbs, but the government sure can’t, at least.
- Comment on Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug 1 year ago:
But the children yearn for the mines.
- Comment on Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug 1 year ago:
The last time I tried to use a degoogled phone it was basically impossible. Authy isnt on any other store, updating apps was a pita, notifications didn’t work half the time because too many damn apps rely on Google’s push notification system…
- Comment on Simple but modern website 1 year ago:
Run in docker and set auto-update on? Idk seems simple…
- Comment on Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM 1 year ago:
With the way the economy is going, it may well be many people’s primary house.
- Comment on Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM 1 year ago:
Because Americans spend WAY more time in their cars than most other countries and I’ll be fucked if Im spending an hour+ each day in a cheap econo-car.
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 1 year ago:
I love Vivaldi, but there’s just something about it’s UI that bothers me. I can’t quite put my finger on it - it just feels slightly off.
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 1 year ago:
Remember when Opera had all of these things a literal decade+ ago? I remember.
- Comment on Is a Lemsip Max just a paracetamol? 1 year ago:
I recall reading it somewhere when the news was first coming out that it was useless as an oral medicine- lemme see if I can find it again.
- Comment on Is a Lemsip Max just a paracetamol? 1 year ago:
But they also found that phenylephrine works amazingly well when used as a nasal spray, which they didn’t quite know before.
- Comment on Is a Lemsip Max just a paracetamol? 1 year ago:
Turns out you’re actually a woman.
- Comment on Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech 1 year ago:
Don’t get me started on fucking paper straws…
- Comment on Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech 1 year ago:
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. In the olden times, a bagger (or the cashier) nicely packed the stuff into bags making sure not to break shit. All the stores around me now just yeet shit back into the cart after scanning it with no regard to what it lands on or if it breaks.
- Comment on Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech 1 year ago:
Switching from single use plastic to multi-use plastic has greatly increased carbon emissions of production. You also have to reuse the new plastic bags over 100 times for them to break even, emissions wise. (…columbia.edu/…/plastic-paper-cotton-bags/)
I agree with you that canvas bags are better overall, but IMO we should move back to paper. It’s WAY easier to reuse paper products, gardeners love the paper bags, and they break down quickly even if they are littered somewhere. There are some tradeoffs, such as transportation costs being higher because they are thicker than single use bags, but if you compare paper to multi-use bags, it’s a fairly moot point.
Also, I’d still rather someone bag my shit for me. I’ve had so many things broken or otherwise damaged by the cashier haphazardly tossing my stuff into the cart just so I can walk 5 foot and take 10 minutes to pack my own stuff. Personal preference, but it should be given as an option imo.
- Comment on YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads 1 year ago:
Heh, yea, I get that. I call it the mother in law test. My wife and I are fairly techy, but my MIL refuses to pay a cable bill and isn’t satisfied with the shows available on the antenna. I’ve got an entire Emby setup for her to use, and have mostly trained her how to use Overseerr to request shows/movies for her to watch, too. It was a bit of a pain getting here, but it works well now.
- Comment on YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads 1 year ago:
What does she usually watch? I got my MIL on Frndly TV, which doesn’t carry ANY sports channels, so the costs are fairly low. All sorts of Hallmark, Lifetime, Game Show channels. Pretty sweet, honestly. try.frndlytv.com
Regardless, good luck finding something.