pedz
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- Comment on Ascended to Spanish 2 weeks ago:
I never realized this but it seems logical. I grew up in a French speaking area of Canada, English is the second language, but the provincial TV was broadcasting Spanish lessons. From the earliest moment that I can remember watching TV, there was Spanish lessons on it.
- Comment on True Love 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on wise 5 weeks ago:
“My parents were Starfleet officers and I’m at the top of the evolutionary ladder!”
- Comment on Real! 2 months ago:
This is a tad misleading.
Other languages may use the word computer in their language but some alsonhave their own word, even if not using it.
Spanish has ‘el ordenador’ and German has ‘der Rechner’.
Also, it’s a bit rich to say French has an extended vocab when English sometimes imported French words twice, like warranty and guarantee, or guardian and warden.
French is purist but then English took words like ‘dette’ and ‘doute’ and added a ‘b’ just to keep it closer from Latin… right.
Balivernes! ;)
- Comment on I miss windows 2 months ago:
I live in a studio and I am “lucky enough” to have one big 11’ x 4’ window pointing southeast. Half of it can be opened but since there’s no way for air to circulate, it’s pretty useless. So when the sun is out and is shining in my only window, the place turns into an oven.
- Comment on special characters are dope 3 months ago:
I can only speak for French. It’s a whole letter representing a vowel called “l’e dans l’o” (the e in the o). It’s completely different from an accent and doesn’t work according to the same rules as accents. I know it may sound crazy but yes, there are rules/a history for diacritics in French, and that letter is not part of it,
It does make two different sounds depending on the word though, so maybe œ should get an accent?!
- Comment on special characters are dope 3 months ago:
And they’re called diacritics.
- Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Google supports right to repair? Think again. 3 months ago:
But if you just watch his videos and buy his stuff he will teach you how to repair yours!11! /s
The few times I watched his videos, he sounded like a libertarian bro. And maybe it was sarcasm and I didn’t catch it but at one point he muttered something about Trump fixing the potholes of New York. That’s about when I stopped taking him seriously.
He’s still an important voice for the right to repair movement but you’re right. I also can’t stand him. Unfortunately he has very dedicated/vocal eeehm, fans, so legitimate remarks on him are often met with downvotes.
- Comment on Duo out here teaching me the essentials 5 months ago:
Today I learned that a giraffe in Greek is a spotted camel.
- Comment on How do people understand each other? 5 months ago:
[Foreign language]
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 5 months ago:
Quite candidly, it’s not articles selling the spiel of tech bros that is going to help us. I’m one of those commenters and I also wish “Technology” was about technology instead of trying to sell the latest gadgetbahn or a solar road or self driving cars.
- Comment on Tesla Whistleblower Says 'Autopilot' System Is Not Safe Enough To Be Used On Public Roads 5 months ago:
Being “anti car” is good for people that love cars. More public transit means less trafic, less congestion, less demand for gas and generally just more space for people that actually like to drive cars.
Plus, if some people don’t want to drive a car and just want to get places, maybe don’t get a car? There’s already safe and proven “technology” to do that. I understand the added safety bonus of “autonomous” cars but let’s be real, it’s not advertised as something to boost the safety of everyone around, it’s advertised as “autopilot” or even worse, “Full Self Driving”.
I am certainly anti car, but pointing out the flaws in “FSD” or “autonomous cars” and how it’s being falsely marketed to people is also on topic and is not exactly “inserting my views”. People can still love cars and use them, just don’t BS us with the “FSD” and “autonomous” spiel.
- Comment on Tesla Whistleblower Says 'Autopilot' System Is Not Safe Enough To Be Used On Public Roads 5 months ago:
I know it’s not the answer you’re looking for but, what is safer for pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers, is to have less cars on the roads. Buses can move dozens of people with a single trained professional driver. Trains can move hundreds. It’s illogical to try to push for autonomous cars for individuals when we already have “self driving” technologies that are much much safer and much more efficient.
- Comment on Trek Club 5 months ago:
Not necessarily capitalist.
Left-libertarianism, also known as left-wing libertarianism, or social libertarianism, is a political philosophy and type of libertarianism that stresses both individual freedom and social equality. Left-libertarianism represents several related yet distinct approaches to political and social theory. Its classical usage refers to anti-authoritarian varieties of left-wing politics such as anarchism, especially social anarchism, communalism, and libertarian Marxism, collectively termed libertarian socialism.
- Comment on Trek Club 5 months ago:
Yeah. Libertarian is not only a thing for the right. There are libertarians on the left too.
- Comment on Directed by JJ Abrams 5 months ago:
Going above warp 10 is definitely not recommended.
- Comment on Replacing meme formats with Star Trek (part 17, or whatever) 5 months ago:
The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined that time travel is impossible.
- Comment on COP28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels 5 months ago:
Even then. One of my religious colleague tried several times to tell me about some “scientific author” that proved the existence of Allah.
- Comment on The chairs of Trek 5 months ago:
Of course there is a detailed list of all the chairs that have appeared in Star Trek. I never thought I’d say this about chairs but… interesting.
- Comment on Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day 5 months ago:
I googled it a bit and apparently the micro usb cling is mostly because of cost and design. I thought the cost was about licensing fees but since there are indeed none for this connector, it seems to be about how USB-C is much more complex to implement on a circuit. So in order to simplify the circuitry and also save a few pennies on every device, we’re apparently stuck with micro usb for a while.
- Comment on Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day 5 months ago:
This sounds like FUD.
Fear, uncertainty and doubt (often shortened to FUD) is a manipulative propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information, and is a manifestation of the appeal to fear.
The line about the “warning” sounds exactly like like my old boss when he was selling LCD panels and telling people they had to clean their monitor with the special liquid he was selling at 200% markup because otherwise it would ruin their warranty. Or like some big box employee trying to sell you gold plated HDMI cables so the image can be better quality. Gotta buy the certified one because the cheapo could cause issues!
It’s an HDMI cable FFS! It probably has been made in the exact same plant than other HDMI cables, but without paying for the license.
- Comment on Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day 5 months ago:
There is nothing saying the cables don’t work. The article speculates that they may be faulty but it’s just that, speculation. It’s just that the manufacturer didn’t pay to have the HDMI logo/license. A logo or a license won’t make the cables faulty.
The fraud is not paying the license to the consortium, but the consumers should not really see anything wrong with it. It’s a digital signal. Even if the cable is poor quality, it either works, or not.
I guess maybe the only problem that could arise from this is when trying to watch DRM content on cables that are not properly licensed, there may be some sort of HDCP protection that will not work properly. Maaaaaybe.
So yes, it’s fraud, but not really towards the consumers. The manufacturer was committing fraud by making HDMI cables without paying the license. The cables should be fine but they had to write something about them, like “you know, maybe they will be poor quality or don’t work” to encourage people not to buy them. It’s about money, not the cables.
- Comment on Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day 5 months ago:
Oh, thanks for correcting. I thought it was why some manufacturers stuck with micro-usb.
- Comment on Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day 5 months ago:
It was warned that cables that have been manufactured without following HDMI standards and guidelines might not provide a good or consistent signals and might be poorly made. They might also have the potential to cause electrical fires.
So the cables are working and are not really “fake”, but more like counterfeit. It’s just that they didn’t pay for the stupid license, just like USB-C, and thus those cables are IlLeGaL.
Poor quality cables can be official too, as paying for the license may take money away from quality. The concerns can be understandable but it sounds more like FUD to make sure people keep buying the “official” and "legal’ cables.
All in all it’s just a question of laws and money for a stupid connector.
- Comment on That's what I thought 5 months ago:
Also true for Minbari.
- Comment on I can still hear every sound including the error at the end... 5 months ago:
It’s a specific 56K protocol. There were a few different types of 56K modems and they did the last part of the handshake differently. One did the “boing boing” and another common one had more of an ascending tone at the end of the handshake.
You can hear the boing boing one at the end (1m54s) of that example www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k
- Comment on Microplastic overdose 5 months ago:
Ask me how I know we’re not gonna reach our climate change reduction goals.
- Comment on YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser | The delay is intentional, but targeting users who continue using ad blockers, and not tied to any browse... 5 months ago:
Yes it is also true of Chromium which is why it’s not a matter of finance or money. Brave is simply Chromium based, like Chrome, while Firefox is using its own engine.
- Comment on Just picking up some self-sealing stem bolts. Maybe a couple bags of milk. 6 months ago:
FRANK like it saucy
- Comment on today I was reminded how bad YouTube ads are 6 months ago:
For me it was TV. I stopped watching TV when I became aware of the amount of ads for cars. There’s at least one ad for a car in every “commercial break”. So I just stopped about 15 years ago.
I filled the entertainment gap with internet and lately I’ve been using YouTube a lot. However it’s also becoming annoying with the sponsors inside the videos as well. I was not using SponsorBlock before but I installed it a few days ago.
If I’m ever forced to watch the awful ads on YouTube, I’ll quit too. My life is just gonna be better for it.