BeardedGingerWonder
@BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
- Comment on You Pay For It, We Own It - Sony's $7.9B Lawsuit 14 hours ago:
I’m not saying you you should or shouldn’t, but if you did, I’ve heard it’s possible to access a backup of the original even if you don’t have an original disc.
- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 2 weeks ago:
Certainly it could be, I would like to see some proper study done into it, but it’s probably borderline impossible.
Conversely patents are somewhat unobtainable by the average Joe, I think I saw it costing somewhere in the region of 25-50k to patent something by the time you factor in the cost of a decent patent lawyer.
Maybe a 10-15 year patent period with lower barrier to entry would be a good thing.
- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 3 weeks ago:
I’m in the same position as you. From what I gather you can still transfer files, I’m still buying a kobo when my voyage bites the dust.
- Comment on New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers 3 weeks ago:
Isn’t that pretty much how parents work already? They’re extensible, sure, but only up to 20 years total. Not only that but you’re forced to document it too.
- Comment on An investigation exposes data brokers using ads to help track almost any phone 3 weeks ago:
Thank you
- Comment on What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? 3 weeks ago:
If I remember correctly the Skype for business still identified as communicator on the about page.
- Comment on Reddit says it is not covered by new Online Safety Code as it has moved its jurisdiction to the Netherlands 3 weeks ago:
If I’m not having a whoosh moment, the fact they have bases in Ireland and the Netherlands very much sounds like they’re operating a Double Irish Dutch Sandwich.
- Comment on The 1900s 4 weeks ago:
Ah, just at the turn of the century.
- Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books. 1 month ago:
Just download a book on tech savvyness.
- Comment on Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code 1 month ago:
Ah, my misunderstanding - kernel level anti-cheat is also a bit bizarre tbh, like people really really don’t understand the level of control they’re handing over to random games companies.
- Comment on Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code 1 month ago:
Seriously, personal documents? What in the ever loving fuck. Jeez, no I don’t want to play your game so bad I need to prove it with a passport.
- Comment on Huawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Design 2 months ago:
My concession here would be wink devices, kindle voyage and an A4 device Fortnite taking. Don’t need them, but they are handy AF.
- Comment on Bread 2 months ago:
Yeah, largely depends on whether I’ve lost the clip in the 30s I had the bag open
- Comment on Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills 2 months ago:
Are you a mechanic, cause that sounds like a decent job perk.
- Comment on Research shows more than 80% of AI projects fail, wasting billions of dollars in capital and resources: Report 2 months ago:
I doubt AI is going to die, it’s objectively useful in many cases. We just don’t need it absofuckinglutely everywhere.
- Comment on Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements 2 months ago:
BSD?
- Comment on 3D printer maker Bambu Lab faces patent infringement lawsuits that could threaten hobbyist 3D printing in general 2 months ago:
The the damn resin absorbing into your skin and curing the next time you’re in direct sunlight. Resin is super detailed, but I can’t say I particularly enjoy doing it.
- Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line 3 months ago:
Pi zero + squeezebox + usb sound card
- Comment on Real Facebook ad that doubles as a god-tier shitpost 3 months ago:
Oh thank god, I’d just assumed I was old now and this was a young person thing.
- Comment on Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way 3 months ago:
Solid explorer seems, pretty solid
- Comment on Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way 3 months ago:
I’d add SMB as well, I use KDE connect for 1-2 files, nextcloud for photo backup and SMB for bigger transfers.
- Comment on Some bad code just broke a billion Windows machines 3 months ago:
Hahah, no doubt, while popping in and out of the outage call repeating the phrases “can I get an update?”, " Is there an ETA on recovery?" and “We need to get this back online”
- Comment on [Gamers Nexus] Intel Needs to Say Something: Oxidation Claims, New Microcode, & Benchmark Challenges 3 months ago:
Thanks Steve
- Comment on Some bad code just broke a billion Windows machines 3 months ago:
Have you never worked in corporate IT or something? Of course we should blame Crowdstrike, that way we don’t get a sev 1 on our scorecard.
- Comment on LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells 3 months ago:
It doesn’t.
- Comment on CrowdStrike downtime apparently caused by update that replaced a file with 42kb of zeroes 3 months ago:
Does anything running on an x86 processor from the last decade?
- Comment on Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning | TechSpot 4 months ago:
Ironically those who own their own NAS and hoarding data are amongst the more likely to be burning their own Blu-rays
- Comment on Lindroid is an Android app that lets you run Linux in a container, with support for hardware-acceleration - Liliputing 4 months ago:
Using proton to play cyberpunk 2077
- Comment on Asian BrewDog Worker Sacked After Raising Concerns About EDL Presence 4 months ago:
They gave the appearance to the outside for sure - BBC podcast is what put me off them. That and the Parma Violet beer they did in an advent calendar the other year, just because you can doesn’t mean you should lads.
- Comment on What tool do you use to display your self-hosting infrastructure 4 months ago:
I kinda just hold it all in my head and fix stuff when I notice it’s broken.