SapphironZA
@SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features 5 weeks ago:
I like this
- Comment on Jellyfin over the internet 5 weeks ago:
Why would you need to expose SSH for everyday use? Or does Jellyfin require it to function?
Maybe leave that behind some VPN access.
- Comment on Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket 1 month ago:
You have it the wrong way round. SpaceX’s accomplishments are impressive despite Elon.
- Comment on The AI-powered collapse of the American tech workfoce 2 months ago:
I think they are just using AI to put a positive spin on it. They know hard times are ahead and they need to reduce headcounts to preserve cash.
- Comment on Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook' 2 months ago:
Taking the pot off the stove, throwing away and starting again, then repeating it many times is not giving it time to cook
- Comment on YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point. 2 months ago:
The free option is not sustainable and does not reward the correct customer/business relationship.
- Comment on YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point. 2 months ago:
I’m with you, paying is better than supporting the Ad business.
I just wish YouTube did not treat paying customers like criminals with the app based restrictions.
- Comment on EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store 3 months ago:
Germany and Italy learn from their mistakes. The US keeps repeating them more than any other country (except for Argentina)
- Comment on EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store 3 months ago:
But those are Americans.
- Comment on EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store 3 months ago:
Would not say equally shitty, otherwise they won’t have popular support they do.
You are correct however that they are not pro consumer.
They are just a smarter, wiser business with a sustainable business model that understands the importance of consumer trust.
- Comment on Rocky rock rocking 4 months ago:
Its a pebble
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
theregister.com/…/libreoffice_wasm_zetaoffice/
Native Realtime collaboration on documents and spreadsheets is the last feature holding us back from switching in business environments.
- Comment on Poor guy 4 months ago:
Agree, he is not taking a principled stance. He is playing the “I am being oppressed because of my race” card, despite his extensive privilege.
One correction, it’s not the state that officially takes ownership, it’s politically connected private individuals who get the ownership. The public gets zero benefit.
- Comment on Poor guy 4 months ago:
I agree with you that he is being a racist asshole about it. He is emphasizing the race part of the legislation over the bribe part of it, because that is more politically useful to him.
It does not make the legislation less problematic. The ANC is begging the world to invest in the country, but not because that is what the country needs, but because it feeds the state mandated corruption.
Both parties are in the wrong here.
- Comment on Poor guy 4 months ago:
You never learned about the robber Barons of the 1880’s in school did you?
- Comment on Poor guy 4 months ago:
Only net neutrality and a ban on exclusivity agreements are required. Otherwise you get the US internet hellscape of local monopolies.
- Comment on Poor guy 4 months ago:
Just a bit of South African context. In South Africa, in order to get a telcoms licence, you have to comply with BBBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment requirements. Basically, you have to sell 30% (soon to be 51%) of your company to a local black owner. This is in addition to DEI requirements.
For most businesses, these requirements are not mandatory to exist and operator, but gives you a bidding advantage for government contracts. For example, Microsoft, amazon and Temu can operate here, because they dont need any special licences.
It can be argued that such legislation was necessary to incentivise business to diversify their employment and ownership to those previously excluded.
BUT, the way it is implemented, there is a huge emphasis on black ownership for various sectors. What will basically happen is a business needs to acquire a license from a government department. These licenses would only be granted if you give ownership of your company to the “appropriate” investor. Invariably someone connected to the government. They determine the price and basically get gifted portions of companies.
So what has basically happened is that this legislation only effective portion these days, is to enrich the politically connected.
So basically Elon is not wanting to pay the bribes necessary to get the required license to operate.
I Hate the buffoon, but on this he is correct.
- Comment on Poor guy 4 months ago:
We have an Island for people like him. It’s small, windswept, covered in bird and penguin poop. Civilization and freedom is close enough to see and swim for, but it is surrounded by great white sharks.
But we stopped sending people to Robben Island, instead of sending the right types of people there.
- Comment on I'm doing my part! 5 months ago:
Come on, Call of Duty is not that old! /s
The problem is people keep buying new versions of the same games released around 2000.
- Comment on duality of human 5 months ago:
1 hrs and 0.1hrs played.
Best to ignore both.
- Comment on White House Faith Office 5 months ago:
I would think that farmers were experienced and smart enough to know which crops would hybridize and which don’t. They would not need the clergy to tell them that.
We don’t see farmers today getting farming advice from the church. They get it from other farmers. I don’t see any reason for it to be different back then.
I do see however that the church wanted to sound important and wise. So they wrote things down, but without having a full understanding, so a lot of the advice they wrote down is too simplistic.
- Comment on White House Faith Office 5 months ago:
Or some priest or political leader took revenge against a pig farmer who slept with his daughter.
And the mixed crops this was more likely to make sure farmers are not self sufficient.
- Comment on White House Faith Office 5 months ago:
Agree 100%
- Comment on White House Faith Office 5 months ago:
Money has been the point of religion for a very long time.
- Comment on I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks 8 months ago:
This is probably my favourite metal flashdrive of all time. I had a 1GB of the first generation and then later another usb3 one of 32GB
These days I carry one of these on my keychain. Image
Surprisingly fast given the size. Will do 300MB/s sequential read. About 90MB/s write
I use medicat/ventoy on it with windows 11 , debian and linux mint ISOs on it.
- Comment on I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks 8 months ago:
One of these took me through university in 2002
I really miss the hardware read only switch.
Computer labs did not have front USB back in those days, so we had to choose between floppies or diving under the desks. I was in the diver club.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
Or be broken up.
- Comment on Eat lead 9 months ago:
Yes, it’s in your brain.
- Comment on risky abbreviations 9 months ago:
Correction, he should absolutely call it that.
- Comment on Gender 9 months ago:
404, sense of humor not found?
