frezik
@frezik@midwest.social
- Comment on Time to redraw America's borders in a way that finally makes sense. 2 weeks ago:
Which sports team am I supposed to root for with this map? Do you expect me to make a careful analysis of team history and current lineup? Or do I pick the one in the state I was born in like a normal person?
- Comment on The Harbinger of the Dystopia 2 weeks ago:
Discovery Zone, man. I actually feel bad for the kids that never got to experience Discovery Zone. Lasted for like 2 years. It apparently failed because they had a mountain of debt (all those plastic tubes are capital intensive buildouts) and adults had to sit around while their kids played.
I feel like if you made it work like a gym membership for your kids, and had something for adults to do off to the side, you might be able to make the numbers work.
- Comment on The Harbinger of the Dystopia 2 weeks ago:
Some of that is from white balance making the top picture look warmer, but even accounting for that, it’s a tragedy.
- Comment on The Harbinger of the Dystopia 2 weeks ago:
Le right generation
- Comment on Make dinosaurs weirder 4 weeks ago:
Well, a plucked bird does look pretty different. Then again, fossilized feathers for dinosaurs have been found, so it’s not like we’re completely blind to that, either.
- Comment on Checkmate, Round Earthers 🌍 4 weeks ago:
But we wouldn’t see sunrise/sunset.
- Comment on Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket 4 weeks ago:
The Estes Corporation makes rockets that will do 600 meters.
It’s great that Honda is doing this. We really need other companies in this area, because SpaceX is dominating it. Even if Elon weren’t a walking disaster, we don’t want one company so badly outclassing everyone else.
- Comment on Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket 4 weeks ago:
Eh, it’s just a start of development. It only goes 300 meters. Blue Origin goes higher, but even they aren’t in orbit.
Japan also has some odd limitations on their rockets as part of their self defense only constitution. They don’t build a rocket that could potentially be used to strike mainland Asia.
- Comment on Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering 4 weeks ago:
They’re destroying humanity both physically and mentally, so I certainly hope so.
- Comment on Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering 4 weeks ago:
I’m unimpressed by the people who use it.
- Comment on YouTube "search results" 4 weeks ago:
It’s not like they’re part of a company whose core product is search.
- Comment on Basically 5 weeks ago:
Honestly, they’d be horrified at a bunch of things, some of which are on MAGA, and some on progressives. Maybe we shouldn’t be taking the ideas of slaveowners from over 200 years ago as seriously as we do.
- Comment on Basically 5 weeks ago:
“You guys cured smallpox, and there’s people who are working against the cure?” - Also Ben Franklin, who lost one of his sons to smallpox
- Comment on Brain-computer interfaces: Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years. 5 weeks ago:
Big Tech has done everything they can to convince people that they absolutely cannot be trusted with this.
- Comment on Shooting an unarmed woman who was just trying to walk home: just LAPD things 5 weeks ago:
In 1992, LA had riots sparked by police brutality. Since then, the LAPD has striven to uphold the utmost standards in police work . . . lol, no, they made sure ACAB applies double to them.
- Comment on Facebook advertised a professional child kidnapping service to me 5 weeks ago:
Even before Zuckerberg, these groups often have a religious coating. US law enforcement lets religious groups do whatever they want until the problem becomes undeniable. Even then, they drag their feet.
- Comment on An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" 5 weeks ago:
Just so we’re all aware, GPS jammers will invite the interest of the FCC. Now, protests aren’t about being well-behaved, but just know that there’s an entirely different federal agency being brought in.
- Comment on An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" 5 weeks ago:
Pixel 6 is the minimum that can load up GrapheneOS. Those are like $130 on eBay.
Pixel 8/9 does have some CPU features that help separate memory, which can be useful for keeping apps from creeping on memory they shouldn’t.
- Comment on An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" 5 weeks ago:
This is the sort of nuts and bolts of protesting that Americans are learning the hard and fast way.
- Comment on An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" 5 weeks ago:
Since you’re posting this all over the thread, I’ll also have to repeat the information that gyro/accelerometers are not capable of doing that. Small measurement errors stack up and throw it completely off.
- Comment on An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" 5 weeks ago:
Gyro/accelerometer data isn’t accurate enough to do that. Small errors in the data add up and will quickly drift away from the actual location. You can use it for video game controllers, but not tracking over large distances.
But most phones have GPS and that’s where the real problem is.
- Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. 5 weeks ago:
Best I can do is 3 day suspension with pay.
- Comment on I've got something special for you 1 month ago:
Side note: if you say you’re 6.5" long, it sounds like you really care about that extra half inch. If you say you’re 17cm, that’s just how long you are.
You’re welcome, penis owners.
- Comment on I've got something special for you 1 month ago:
Maybe not on mobile keyboards? Giving the benefit of a doubt here.
- Comment on YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible. 1 month ago:
And the thread is wrong about one of those. I rarely touch them for tech news.
- Comment on Most American headline 1 month ago:
How the fuck is that supposed to fix anything? It’s easily cheaper for the state to pay for their lunch.
- Comment on The joy of quitting a shit job with an asshole boss 1 month ago:
It’s very satisfying when someone who thinks they have all the power suddenly realizes they don’t.
- Comment on YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible. 1 month ago:
Somehow, they actually are a good source for political news. The tech press (them and Wired) have been some of the best at covering the second Trump Admin. Possibly because it’s crawling in tech bros, and the tech press already knows how to deal with them.
- Comment on A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months 1 month ago:
Every one of these only makes me say “wouldn’t it be great if we did everything with RPN”?
- Comment on Don't Look Up 1 month ago:
Takes me back to the early post-9/11 days. Not back to anyplace I wanted to be, but it does take me back.