FelipeFelop
@FelipeFelop@discuss.online
Mid 50s, first went online on a 70s BBS, JANET user in the 80s.
- Comment on Dev boots a PC from Google Drive cloud storage — a storage-less laptop becomes a truly cloud-native computer 4 months ago:
The point is that calling the computer storage less is what’s wrong.
- Comment on Dev boots a PC from Google Drive cloud storage — a storage-less laptop becomes a truly cloud-native computer 4 months ago:
I can see two issues here:
It’s not really a storageless computer. It’s using EFI as storage to build the ramdisk.
What happens if you need to change things because of a change of cloud account, change of cloud API etc etc
- Comment on noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store 4 months ago:
Yes, that’s exactly the point. Combining data is something that must be considered. (And in some jurisdictions like the EU you even need to consider if it could be combined in future with other data)
- Comment on noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store 4 months ago:
Not sure I agree entirely. The actions I take are definitely data about me.
Also, in many jurisdictions data that could be combined (even in the future) with other data to identify you or something about you, is considered personal data.
For example, Device ID is AstridWipenaugh’s device and they use the app in the morning.
- Comment on noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store 4 months ago:
I think you’ve missed the point. It’s not the data they are collecting but the fact they say they don’t collect data.
- Comment on What if Tyrannosaurus Rexes moved and walked like chicken do? 4 months ago:
They weren’t actually tiny, they were about a metre long. But they do seem out of proportion.
They were very muscular and ended in very sharp talons, so pretty deadly.
- Comment on “Dumb phones” offer an escape from the endless scroll 6 months ago:
This story has been popping up every few months for about the last decade. Usually prompted by someone with something to promote (a dumb phone, a book about downtime, some course )
- Comment on @pixelfed: Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated Using #ActivityPub 6 months ago:
I’m not sure why you’ve been downvoted. You are completely correct. There is a trail of partially finished projects. Pixelfed itself is in beta after years and years (and competitors seizing the opportunity with more polished products) , there’s SUP, Loops and that fedi directory to name three more.
- Comment on Are we the "Cold Ones" to our dogs? 7 months ago:
You don’t feel much difference because they aren’t ten degrees hotter. OP is mistaken.
- Comment on Are we the "Cold Ones" to our dogs? 7 months ago:
Dogs are 1 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than adult humans not 10. A temperature above 104°F needs urgent veterinary help.
Note that human babies and young children are also warmer than adults by about a degree.
- Comment on You guys should check out the reddit clone I've been working on 8 months ago:
That’s not right Matrix was never going to become Element.
- Comment on Sign up on services without phone number? Is it possible? 9 months ago:
Generally, the reasons for a phone number are:
Account recovery 2FA
If you don’t want to use your number then consider a pre-pay sim. Depending what country you are in this will cost pennies per year.
I would suggest something like ProtonMail or most paid email services won’t require a number.
- Comment on More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices 9 months ago:
Don’t mean this rudely, struggling to find a way that doesn’t sound condescending because I know things can be different in different regions. Didn’t realise that still happened.
- Comment on Whats the best way to remove mold stains from clothes? 9 months ago:
I hope so, good luck
- Comment on More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices 9 months ago:
In my experience all of this has been done wirelessly for several years.
The risk of malware means you aren’t allowed to plug in sticks. For business use you share a document or wirelessly connect to a display.
In fact our local library didn’t USB sticks eight years ago when I was researching our family tree.
- Comment on Whats the best way to remove mold stains from clothes? 9 months ago:
Mould eats the fibres and dye, so it might be a permanent change I’m afraid. There are specialist mould removers but they might bleach coloured fabric.
- Comment on More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices 9 months ago:
An interesting point not touched upon is that the types of people using USB sticks has changed. Because the use of technology filters down from tech savvy, to general population, to people late to the scene or can’t change.
We are in that last stage now. They are buying by price and so easier to take advantage of.
- Comment on The creators of Twitterrific are making an app to read (almost) anything on the web 9 months ago:
But the UI hasn’t been finalised yet?
- Comment on The creators of Twitterrific are making an app to read (almost) anything on the web 9 months ago:
I’m uncertain about this. It doesn’t seem much different than things like Inoreader and seems to lack as comprehensive a search.
- Comment on How can I prove myself that my brain isn't just creating images so I can experience life? 9 months ago:
scientificamerican.com/…/how-do-i-know-im-not-the…
It’s impossible to prove that anyone else or anything else exists. It’s also impossible to know whether my brain is deceiving me.
- Comment on I don't know how to deal with what to me is a thin skinned and gossip coworker. 9 months ago:
I think this depends what country you are from. Generally, most countries it’s the normal thing to be pleasant and show an interest in people. It actually helps you as well because being insular ultimately ends in loneliness.
But no one should pressurise you into doing something you don’t want.
- Comment on Why were online subscriptions once rare, but now they are everywhere? 10 months ago:
I’d say companies THINK they will make more money. That might be true with big, complex software that can be sold as a service that people will use (Photoshop, Windows, Office etc) or services that offer a lot (like the original version of Netflix or Amazon Prime)
But it’s not true for things you can take or leave. (Such as most mobile apps which now have to really on sales to boost conversion rates from Free tier to subscription).
Then you also have the issue of a fragmented market so even previously successful services like Prime are looking to get more money by adding extra costs (eg Prime Video will have adverts from the summer unless you pay $40 extra per year as a new top up subscription)
So it’s more of a theoretical reliable income.
- Comment on Breakthrough battery charges in minutes and lasts thousands of cycles 10 months ago:
Remember fuel cells? One tiny drop would power your phone for a week.
- Comment on Over-70s are UK’s most online adults after twentysomethings, survey shows 10 months ago:
I think the problem with every survey I’ve seen is that it does something like
<20 20-30 30-45 45+
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 10 months ago:
We do actually know quite a bit about the Internal Monologue and other forms of intrapersonal communication.
There isn’t one single use for it or benefit of it (in the same way water has many uses)
- Comment on Raspberry Pi is 4.5 times faster than the Cray 1 was in 1978 10 months ago:
Its strength was in running the same operation on large sets of data rather than general purpose computing. So specialist hardware would need to be developed for real time input and a graphical display (which would need to be able to draw the screen from the data the Cray produced. )
I think a better comparison would be a modern GPU.
A Cray 1 could do approx 160,000,000 floating point operations per second. A modern GPU can do 1,600,000,000,000 per second.
- Comment on Purported Discovery Season 5 episode titles 10 months ago:
Interesting links to Three Body Problem there.
- Comment on Every anthropomorphic character is some kind of animal-ape hybrid 10 months ago:
Not really Image
- Comment on The Hyperloop was always a scam 10 months ago:
That makes no sense. It’s been repeatedly tried and failed for very obvious reasons.
Technically it’s very very hard unless you spend so much it’s uneconomic and takes too long to develop.
Secondly, its investors who were scammed. Yes they could have done better due diligence but they were still scammed.
- Comment on How to remove smell from lunch box? 10 months ago:
As far as I know, only HDPE is suitable for vinegar. Other types of plastic react with even a weak acid causing swelling/softening.
