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- Comment on What can you tell from this photo alone? 1 week ago:
Fair. I missed the anteceding piss headwater. It pains me to think our antihero died perhaps with a full bladder.
- Comment on What can you tell from this photo alone? 1 week ago:
This is art, but for the lack of mention of the piss spot on the far right. My guess is that he gave up on all decorum or hope for the future and started pissing almost over the side of the balcony. Then as he leaned over to see his last attempt to create something meaningful splash on the pavement below he looked a bit too far. It was not a planned act of finality, yet in that moment of weightlessness his last, fleeting thought was, “Probably for the best…”
- Comment on Are people buying refurb pcs just to strip out the DDR 4 ram with the current price hikes on new ram? 1 week ago:
People selling refurb PCs are looking for any excuse to hike the price. It is how the market works. I guarantee you paid a premium for any device with a memory chip, new or used.
- Comment on Scheduling is hard 1 week ago:
I don’t have the research ability to prove it, but I think there was absolutely causation between the closing/cancelling of sporting events during COVID and a rise in violence. At least until they completely locked down and everyone stayed inside.
- Comment on Air travel disrupted over Airbus A320 software switch 1 week ago:
I’m not excited about flying in an aircraft whose flight control software was rush updated by the manufacturer after issues they say were caused by solar flares. Then you’ve got the vendor Thales saying things like, “[The hardware is] fully compliant with the technical specifications issued by Airbus” and that the software is not their problem. The blame game does not instill confidence.
Here’s the thing… Solar flares don’t compile bugs into software. They disrupt electric fields in hardware memory devices. Maybe you can create redundant data and checksum the crap out of it but if your hardware is susceptible to intense solar radiation maybe refactoring with a few extra memory checks shouldn’t be your response.
Admittedly, this is layman’s conjecture. But this layman is going to be 30,000ft over water in the next few days and I’d like to have a more definitive answer than, “Solar flares goofed us so we’re pushing updates.”
- Comment on It would be so funny if China colonizes Mars, then the Martian Colonists declare independence, and Mars become a new bastion of Freedom and Prosperity. 1 week ago:
Only problem with this theory is there is no native population to exploit. Colonialism/empirism fails when you can’t subjugate anyone.
- Comment on Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay $3.2 million over manga piracy 3 weeks ago:
Can you imagine an internet where the owners of every router was responsible for the content of every packet that crossed it?
- Comment on Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean 3 weeks ago:
I agree, but the doomer in me just figures we’ll be on to the next grift. Fuck.
- Comment on Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues 3 weeks ago:
That was my ending of choice as well.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 4 weeks ago:
I think you’re making my point. First, you’re right that passkeys can’t be phished. But access to the passkey manager can be. And now you’ve doubled your exposure to leaky third parties, once with the service you’re accessing and another with the passkey manager.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 4 weeks ago:
Why do you have the 4-digit PIN? Well, it’s just to unlock the part of your device where the private key is stored.
And there is the problem I have with passkeys. With a password it is me authenticating to the service I’m using. Pretty straight forward (if you ignore the operating system, web browser, network protocols, etc., but that’s part of using the tech).
With passkeys you’ve got this third party storing your keys that increases your attack surface. It could be your web browser, your OS, or some cloud provider that you’re now relying on to keep your data safe. I get that for people whose password is “password123” or who aren’t savvy enough to avoid phishing maybe this helps. But with decent opsec this overly complicates authentication, IMO.
To my point, later in the article:
Securing your cloud account with strong 2FA and activating biometrics is crucial.
What’s that now? The weak point is the user’s ability to implement MFA and biometrics? The same users who couldn’t be bothered to create different passwords for different sites? You see how we’ve just inserted another layer into the authentication process without solving for the major weakness?
With my tinfoil hat on I suspect this push toward passkeys is just another corporate data and/or money grab – snake oil for companies to get their tentacles tighter around your digital existence.
Happy to be proven wrong.
- Comment on pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned" 4 weeks ago:
I bet you pronounce gif wrong, too.
- Comment on I just want it, jack! 1 month ago:
Looks like a DIY opportunity.
- Comment on World would be a better place 1 month ago:
I would keep snacks and beverages on the ready. “C’mon in! The iced tea is cold and the muffins are just about done. Now, what were you saying about cumulonimbus formations and their impact on dairy production?”
- Comment on it's that time 1 month ago:
I love the animals with bone ears. Dogs, cats, rats. Should have people with bone ears on the sides of their skulls. That would be fantastic.
- Comment on See ya. 1 month ago:
Honestly, I think six is likely the right number for this to work. I don’t recall how many boys were in Lord of the Flies, but you get to 10-15 and you’re absolutely going to start forming factions. And a hierarchy. And with more opinions you get more disagreements, and you’re right back to Lord of the Flies.
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 2 months ago:
They’re ads for microphones. Any brand logo you can see clearly in-frame I assume is a paid product placement. Your favorite folksy, down to earth content creator just “keeping it real” has to make a living. And sponsorships and advertising is how it has been done since the start. Your favorite personality, at the end of the day, is an actor working for corporations.
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 2 months ago:
Easy Macius
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 2 months ago:
That sounds completely logical to me. Did having a hunk of aluminum answer the question for you? Or did it only drive a more insatiable desire to hold elemental materials?
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 2 months ago:
Six years later, at least I know how to weld now. Sort of.
The most important part of the Dunning Kruger curve! And welding is a fantastic example. You go from “this hot melty thing is scary” to “dang, I can make metal stick to itself!” to “that weld looks kinda professional” to “holy crap there’s a whole science and art to this I will never have the time to fully learn”.
Is your school bus now something usable? Would love to hear about a successful impulse buy!
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Thinking about the whole “Antifa is a terror organization” announcement from our dear leader.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Next step: “It is un-American not to have Disney+ in your household. Only members of Antifa or trans people don’t have Disney+. It will be mandatory for every patriotic God loving US citizen to have Disney+ in their home and on at least three hours per week. Anyone found not to be watching the party approved level of Disney programming will be taxed $21.99 per month and the proceeds put into a new ‘Mickey Patriot Fund’.”
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 months ago:
A-fucking-men
- Comment on labubu 2 months ago:
I am a good benchmark for this stuff. If I know what Labubu is because I had to find it on Urban Dictionary then it has run its course.
The other canary is NPR. Anything on NPR is a dead meme.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 months ago:
Here’s the thing… I want to be sold something. Not anything, but certain somethings. There was a brief time when Google AdSense was new that I was excited for the experience. (I now know how fucking stupid I was, but hey, I was young).
The idea that a new product aligned to my interests and designed with me in mind would be advertised to me instead of feminine hygiene products or mesothelioma lawsuit ads seemed awesome.
I do not want your bullshit hype machine alpha male inside club cool kid image peddled as the reason I should hand you my money. You’ve got the wrong guy. Tell me what it does with a side of what I can do with it. And the “what I can do with it” shouldn’t be “get laid”.
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 2 months ago:
Anyone who bought one of these ridiculous monstrosities and didn’t expect ads is an idiot.
- Comment on Hardest battles 2 months ago:
This applies to so many facets of life. It is only hard if you care. Like parenting.
- Comment on Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’ 2 months ago:
In your analogy I think Google sells chainsaws, lumber, wood stoves, and paper pulp.
- Comment on A Love Letter To Internet Relay Chat 2 months ago:
Glorious.
- Comment on success 2 months ago:
