kinkles
@kinkles@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 1 month ago:
I soft quit Reddit last year and deleted all my profile’s comments and posts. I only kept it around because I had heard Reddit was restoring deleted posts and I wanted to make sure mine were gone for good. After several months I stopped checking.
This article made me finally pull the trigger and go in to delete my account. Surprise surprise, two pages of old comments had been restored.
- Comment on Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate. 1 month ago:
Sure, that sucks. But I’m specifically countering the argument that there are “no good reasons” with my personal good reasons.
- Comment on Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate. 1 month ago:
Thats precisely what I’m referring to- these things being possible when you’re inside of a store, restaurant, or an extreme case like you parked at the airport for a trip.
- Comment on Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate. 1 month ago:
The fob won’t work if you’re deep inside a store, will it? Same for checking the mirrors.
- Comment on Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate. 1 month ago:
That’s a very subjective take. My friends and family that live in hot climates love the ability to remotely turn on and pre-cool their vehicles.
- Submitted 1 month ago to games@lemmy.world | 9 comments
- Comment on A Twitter-like app where you are the only actual user and every other "user" is an AI bot. 1 month ago:
It’s a pretty neat idea, although currently you have to trigger the bots by making posts. It would be cool if you can periodically check the app and see the bots conversing with each other.
- Comment on Is overwatch 2 really that bad? 2 months ago:
Because despite the bitching it still has a very respectable user base, at least purely looking at the Steam stats:
- Comment on Is overwatch 2 really that bad? 2 months ago:
It’s a decent game but a terrible one if you are comparing it to the original Overwatch.
- Comment on Kotaku being Kotaku 2 months ago:
This is the second time I’ve seen someone say this. Tenacious D is not broken up. Where are you getting this information?
- Comment on Happy Weekend boiz 2 months ago:
same thing
- Comment on "REM sleep is the next AI" 2 months ago:
I went back and looked at the articles I had read and dug a little deeper to get to an interview with Lana Wachovia herself:
Continuing on The Matrix**, you confirmed a couple years ago that it was a trans allegory —**
No, I didn’t.
You didn’t? Tell me more.
Yeah, so that came from an interview I did for Disclosure. They had a bunch of Matrixquestions. And the question they asked me was about Switch, who was originally written as a trans character who was male in the real world and female in the matrix. And they took that response and attached the question that everyone now references that it’s a trans allegory. And so it was slightly out of context, but I don’t sit here and put a stink up about it, because it is a trans allegory in that it was written by two closeted trans women. And so all of the things that are in it are super-duper trans. The idea of transformation, even the whole “My name is Neo, Mr. Anderson —” that idea of claiming identity, it’s undeniable. them.us/…/lilly-wachowski-mentoring-the-matrix-in…
To be honest, her statement doesn’t seem like an outright denial to me so 🤷♂️
- Comment on "REM sleep is the next AI" 2 months ago:
I don’t believe The Matrix was created as a trans allegory, it’s just that you can apply the fundamentals of its story to many concepts, the most popular being trans considering its creators transitioned years after the original trilogy ended.
- Comment on I've heard it clears up again after the first wave of divorces 2 months ago:
I had one too. My ex and I are on great terms. It makes for some fun moments when we can joke about our divorce and make people uncomfortable.
- Comment on YSK there are more than 3 US credit bureaus 2 months ago:
Damn I thought I was doing good having the 3 frozen. Good to know that new ones can just sprout up like that.
- Comment on Good game soundtracks? 3 months ago:
The Nitronic Rush soundtrack is some really awesome techno.
- Comment on So is the global IT crash fixed yet? 3 months ago:
It doesn’t fix those already affected. And affected machines require manual intervention, because they cannot boot up to receive any sort of automatic patch.
- Comment on CrowdStrike downtime apparently caused by update that replaced a file with 42kb of zeroes 3 months ago:
Society isn’t ready for that
- Comment on If you had a drain that you knew was clogged only with hair, could you unclog the drain only using Nair? 3 months ago:
Acids don’t work as well on the substances that contribute to typical household drain clogs compared to bases, which is what Drano is.
When it enters your drain pipes, the sodium hydroxide reacts with fatty acids and proteins from your typical clogging culprits like oils, grease, soap scum, hair, and food particles.
This reaction generates heat, breaks large molecules into smaller ones, and liquefies solid gunk. The extremely high pH enables the sodium hydroxide to saponify fatsand dissolve organic matterthrough chemical decomposition.
Acids simply wouldn‘t have the same cleansing effects on drain clogs. Grease and oils are composed of tough-to-break-down fatty acid chains that resist acidic breakdown. Quoted from here.
- Comment on Team Fortress 2 players report that Valve have carried out a ban-wave against aimbots 4 months ago:
Good, but let’s wait and see if they keep this momentum going.
- Comment on Sci-fi racing platformer Distance gets a surprise update with Steam Deck improvements 4 months ago:
I would love a remaster of Nitronic Rush, although I have no idea if it’s content is included in Distance already.
- Comment on GOG Summer Sale has arrived 4 months ago:
Robocop for half off is a good deal. That game was fun as heck.
- Comment on Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices 5 months ago:
You get more options with the app. I just like using the profile because it’s one less app to have installed.
- Comment on Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices 5 months ago:
You can use AdGuard’s DNS to block ads system-wide. You don’t need to install any app.
adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html
Just scroll down to method 2 and download the profile from the iOS section. You’ll need to be using Safari for the download to work properly. Then if you ever need to disable to profile the setting is in Settings > General > VPN & Device Management
- Comment on ( . Y . ) 6 months ago:
☝️do not wipe your dirty asshole on the Charmin bear’s tits
- Comment on Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account 6 months ago:
It’s just a shitty thing to do though. The game was working 100% fine without an extra account and now you can’t play without it. It’s annoying for some and, for countries without PSN, potentially the end of the game being playable.
- Comment on Apple iPhone sales decline 10% in first three months of 2024 6 months ago:
Crazy, I would have expected this when the iPhone 14 came out because that one was such a niche upgrade compared to the 15.
- Comment on Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge 6 months ago:
This is a bad take. Software updates that fix life threatening defects are as serious as any recall.
Rereading the original comment, I didn’t get the implication they were trying to say a software update “recall” is less serious. The word “recall” literally means “to bring back.” So fundamentally, calling a software update a “recall” doesn’t make sense because you aren’t bringing your car anywhere.
As a car owner, now when you hear your car has a recall you have to find out if you need to take it into a service center or just update it at home. It would be better if these software recalls went by some different, new name that immediately conveyed what you need to do.
- Comment on Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge 6 months ago:
I don’t think anyone will disagree with you about unsupervised OTA updates.
To your first point- I agree that any update that changes the behavior of any system in a car is pretty reckless. Especially ones that increase a car’s acceleration. I don’t know why those sorts of updates aren’t being regulated harder. OTA updates should be for mundane things like infotainment updates or, in more serious cases, to fix systems that aren’t functioning properly. It shouldn’t otherwise be used to alter how the car functions as a car.
However, to your second point, cars are smart now and there’s no going back. So cars do need software updates to close attack vectors.
- Comment on Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge 6 months ago:
Or worse comes to worse you can take it to a mechanic of your choosing.
That’s also what I meant when I said “taking it in.” In either case you’re taking your car somewhere to get it repaired for X hours instead of applying an update at your home.
A Tesla battery is expensive…now look at install costs. And if you’re not using an authorized installer, you’re locked out of the supercharger network.
We aren’t talking about batteries.
I just think there’s more nuance to the situation and saying that cars should be as inconvenient as possible to fix isn’t a good solution to lazy auto software that requires future patching. Rigorous safety testing and regulation around car software sounds like a better plan to me- automakers will be held to really high standards and the consumers will still benefit from simple OTA patches to fix their vehicles.
