Cocodapuf
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- Comment on xkcd #3137: Cursed Number 8 hours ago:
I like 22/7
- Comment on Heroes with super strength would be really out of shape 2 days ago:
Per the law of conservation of energy, it takes a specific amount of energy to lift an object of a given weight a given height
That of course leads to another problem for people with super strength… heat dissipation. If someone were to lift something as massive as a train car, the amount of heat generated by that persons muscles would be proportionate to the mass they’re lifting. Unfortunately, they’ll be expending massive amounts of energy, without a proportional amount of surface area, so the potential for heat dissipation is comparatively quite small.
My conclusion: any character with super strength would probably unintentionally also have the human torch’s iconic power. Depending on the character, they may only be able to do this once…
- Comment on 1U mini PC for AI? 4 days ago:
I think I’m going to have a harder time fitting a threadripper in my 10 inch rack than I am getting any GPU in there.
Well, you could always use a closed loop CPU cooler.
With the radiator hanging out in back, this shouldn’t need much height.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 1 week ago:
Honestly, if Australia could roll out a national fiber backbone (almost a decade ago!) across the same approximate landmass as the contiguous 48 states at less than 10% of the overall population; there is no valid reason that the wealthiest nation to have ever existed can’t also do so.
Did Australia lay a national backbone as you said, or did they connect individual neighborhoods, or individual homes? Because all three of those are very different situations with very different costs associated.
I mean the US has had a national fiber backbone since 1995, but that doesn’t really mean anything about fiber to the home. I’m not sure rolling out a fiber backbone 10 years ago is anything to brag about. However, extending the backbone to connect neighborhoods would be extremely helpful in lowering the costs to get fiber to the home, if that’s what they did in Australia, then that would indeed be laudable. If at the national level, they payed for fiber rollout to every home or every street… Well that would surprise me, but that would also be awesome!
So yeah, what did they do?
- Comment on The Document Foundation is proud to release LibreOffice 25.8. 2 weeks ago:
Office apps looked like that in 1998 because it was an interface that worked. It never should have changed.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
Well you’re absolutely right then, sorry for the confusion.
Nationalized fiber networks or locally managed municipal fiber has always been a winning proposition. I’ve heard so many success stories about those rollouts and the only opposition to them has come from big ISPs who are scared they’ll be replaced (because they should be). Unfortunately, that’s fine really strong opposition… Those ISPs have so much money and so much power, they’re managing to shift legislation, pass laws that make municipal fiber systems illegal (for the benefit of the consumers of course).
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
That’s what the subsidies are for.
Yeah I’m not in favor of that, not again. The US has provided funding to ISPs to be used explicitly in expanding rural broadband access, we’ve done it on multiple occasions. Every time ISPs simply pocket the money and do nothing.
Fool me once, twice, three times…
So hey, if the US wants to have the FCC do it themselves, just hire crews to lay fiber, then sure. It’ll be inefficient and expensive, but it would say least get done. But I’m not in favor of giving a dime to the existing ISPs…
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
Some people live in places that aren’t connected to large electrical grids, they have local generation and micro grids for a small community. Isolated mountains or small islands, or deserts are good examples of these situations. So if connecting to the electrical grid wasn’t realistic I’m willing to bet that a fiber connection also isn’t realistic.
It’s hard to believe you think fiber can work for literally everything. I really don’t know why you’re bothering to dig in on this issue, it’s so easy to prove otherwise. I hadn’t even mentioned the use case of vehicles yet, boats, planes, trains, trucks, campers, obviously you can’t run fiber to a vehicle. Or truly remote locations where people don’t live, but researches work there, Antarctic bases, etc.
Also, I think you misunderstood my last line. I’m saying Starlink isn’t right for most people. I’m just not making things up to say that.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
While it is possible for objects in orbit to be knocked into a higher orbit, it’s certainly not common. It basically requires a collision with another object in a highly elliptical orbit, this is not a kind of orbit we use very often.
Also, these low orbit constellations are simply nowhere near the majority of satellites, up in geostationary orbit. It’s not realistic to imagine any debris from LEO ever reaching GSO, the distance between is just too vast. In general, Kessler syndrome would only extend downward from higher orbit, extending up to a higher orbit would be extremely unlikely.
Also, while astronauts could die, we keep enough emergency escape vehicles docked for the entire iss crew. NASA is full of smart people and they’re generally risk adverse these days, I don’t think anyone would die, but it would certainly be a shame to evacuate the iss.
Plus, the EU and China are understandably worried about Musk being the only game up there and want to deploy their own equivalent systems. So now there’s not just one system of satellites threatening Kessler syndrome, but possibly three.
This is in fact a worrying situation. Not because I think Kesler syndrome is a realistic concern, but because there’s only so much space in low earth orbit. I really don’t like one company having a monopoly on low orbit communications, but having layers and layers of satellite constellations also seems like a dangerous situation.
Just roll out fiber everywhere like we have with electricity.
I’m all for that in theory, but whenever we dedicate funds to that cause… telecoms just walk away with it. If the US isn’t interested in holding them accountable, I don’t really see any reason to throw more money their way. That said, Starlink is doing fine, I see no reason to throw money at them either.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
It’s crazy to say it doesn’t work well in tandem… I mean, it’s demonstrable, If it didn’t work, people wouldn’t use it, but they do. And there is no other way to reach users in some places. Starlink can reach users that only a long range wireless solution can work for. There are some other long range wireless solutions, but this one does work.
Look, I don’t like Elon, I don’t like monopolies, I’m not a secret shill for SpaceX, but I can admit the truth right in front of me. You don’t have to stretch the truth to say Starlink isn’t a good system for the vast majority of people, so why do it? Why create a false narrative? Why get all defensive about a technology?
And finally, I do not see any reason to care about an extra 5 ms latency.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
Well the companies that want to lay fiber aren’t always the same ones who own the telephone poles. If they have to pay for that, that adds to costs.
Also, above ground cables are more exposed and need to be repaired more frequently. Falling trees can sever cables and simply swinging in the wind puts more wear on the cables over time. All together, it means that burying cables is more cost effective in the long term, but present higher upfront costs. Whereas above ground cables are cheaper upfront, but more expensive over time.
The high upfront costs are the bigger deal, but in general, they just don’t want to lay a mile of cable for a couple of users, regardless of how they’re doing it.
- Comment on US pursuing stake in struggling chipmaker Intel, commerce secretary says 2 weeks ago:
I mean, it’s not definitely a bad thing in principle… But given the current administration, I would worry about any company the government wants to get their hands into. I’d be worried if the us suddenly wanted to buy into Coca-Cola…
- Comment on Coding students whose jobs were taken by AI forced to find work at Chipotle 2 weeks ago:
The peasants will still shit, count on it.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
Ok, so actual question, How useful are CDN endpoints these days with https everywhere? Because you can’t cache encrypted content. Also you can’t cache live content like video calls or online games. I’d imagine the percentage of cacheable content is actually fairly low these days. But like I said, I don’t actually know the answer to this, i’d be curious to hear your take.
- Comment on Coding students whose jobs were taken by AI forced to find work at Chipotle 2 weeks ago:
Well, no they know what it’s like to have a bachelor’s degree in any other field. Welcome to the club.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
Uh, how often are you using the Internet to connect to a computer in your home town? Maybe 5% of the time?
I’ve never used Starlink, but with a basic understanding of geography and optics, I’m going to bet that in most scenarios the latency difference between Starlink and fiber is negligible.
That said, I’m not suggesting Starlink is a realistic replacement for fiber, just that latency isn’t the big issue.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
Fiber should be deployed to rural addresses like yours
I don’t disagree, it should be deployed to rural areas. It’s never going to happen though, it’s just not profitable.
Sure, electrical infrastructure was deployed to the whole country, but it doesn’t need to be replaced and upgraded as frequently as Internet infrastructure does. Even if some rural areas do get fiber at some point, don’t expect the infrastructure to be upgraded regularly enough to stay comparable to denser areas.
You’re never going to find a company willing to do that job. We could do it at the national level, but I have my doubts that the country is headed in that direction.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 2 weeks ago:
Honestly, I think starlink is a fantastic idea in general, but this is clearly bullshit. Starlink works well in tandem with fiber, not as a replacement.
It’s just never going to be as cost effective as installed fiber. Fiber is obviously the right technology to use in heavily populated areas i.e. for the vast majority of Internet users. And where the population is sparse and laying fiber for individual customers is cost prohibitive, that is where satellite connectivity shines. If SpaceX or anyone else is pretending otherwise, they’re being blatantly deceitful and malicious. That’s not in Internet users’ best interest.
- Comment on We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit 2 weeks ago:
Seems a stupid thing to sue about. Microsoft has rules about the content you want to sell through them, the content they’re essentially endorsing.
That sounds reasonable.
If you want to make something outside their content limits and you expect them to endorse it… Why? That’s not how anything works.
- Comment on Unionized Workers At Arkane, A Microsoft-Owned Studio, Demand That Microsoft Divest From Israel’s ‘Sinister Project For Gaza’ - Aftermath 3 weeks ago:
Yep…
I wonder who’s gonna buy it up.
- Comment on "One man's junk is another man's treasure"... works both for garage sales and lovers. 4 weeks ago:
Pretty sure it works for all things, because value is subjective.
- Comment on I suspect you can understand everything about a person simply by watching how they play Duck Hunt on the NES. 4 weeks ago:
And people with good aim and a sense of humor always left their last shot for the dog.
- Comment on No matter how hard he tries, Elon Musk will never be as cool or as respected as Martha Stewart. 4 weeks ago:
Fuck Martha Stewart too
Obviously, that’s the point.
It’s like when someone says “oh Steve… that guy doesn’t have the intelligence of a toaster”
Clearly Steve’s an idiot, but you don’t have to jump in and attack toasters, nobody’s claiming toasters are geniuses here.
- Comment on Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store 4 weeks ago:
Well I would agree with that except for one thing, the Amazon tablets are still the only product on the market that actually has usable parental controls.
I’m not saying I’ll ever trust Amazon, or ever have. But the fact is they had the only usable product on the market, if I had other options I’d use them.
And before anyone says “what happened to just teaching your kids good behavioral expectations?” Let me just say that this isn’t always possible. Some kids have developmental challenges or behavioral disorders that make this an impractical expectation. Sometimes you just need parental controls.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 4 weeks ago:
You’re running off the assumption that the survivors know useful information and that theyre also able to utilize that useful information plus be able to source needed materials since they wont have travel
I think we’re assuming books will continue to exist.
I think one of the real marvels of civilization is the redundancy of information. For every college course you’ve taken there’s a text book, and there may have been dozens of physical copies of that book used in your class, but also for many other classes at other schools that taught that same subject. There may have been 10,000 copies of that book in circulation across the globe, in many different countries.
It’s not impossible to lose information forever, but we’ve put in some really strong defenses against that really happening.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 4 weeks ago:
I mean, why do you say that? I don’t know if any other species that lives in a greater variety of environments. There are humans living on every continent, including Antarctica. There are humans living with support in space and under the sea.
We have migrated, to everywhere. And we can adapt, to almost anything.
And to clarify, I don’t think we’ll all survive, but I highly doubt we’d all die.
- Comment on Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store 4 weeks ago:
Amazon apk store shuts down August 20th.
Huh… This sounds like a huge pain in my ass. What happens to Kindle fire tablets, that you know heavily rely on that functionality?
I can guess what happens to any of us that use that store on other devices (I think it’s safe to say we’re fucked).
I basically only ever used it because it gave away free apps, but man, the DRM put into those apps was so aggressive and annoying.
- Comment on Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal 5 weeks ago:
Oh man, I hate the whole git system so much, it was like the worst part of coding.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 5 weeks ago:
i’d bet any list with more than 10 entries would include metropolis, nosferatu, citizen kane and star wars,
I’d add the Shawshank Redemption to that list as well, and probably the Godfather part 2.
- Comment on Lemmy is a tech literate echo chamber 5 weeks ago:
Have you been spying on me while I do tech support?