adarza
@adarza@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds 2 weeks ago:
more than half the households in my county do not have any high-speed wireline service available to them.
- Comment on My T-shirt size is L 1 month ago:
so, you’re logged in, have a purchase history that includes clothing, and azn is trying to make a sizing recommendation?
- Comment on Software is evolving backwards 1 month ago:
and you could change him into something else. links the cat was mine.
- Comment on YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto 1 month ago:
there is mv3 version of ubo here:
github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-homedunno how well it works on yt, though. i use dlp on a pc for the time or two a month i ‘need to’ look at a yt vid.
adguard’s free browser extension is also mv3 compliant (for chrome). i think the old adblockplus (disable ‘acceptable ads’ and ignore offer to ‘upgrade’ to a paid version) is, too.
- Comment on Amazon vows to crack down on piracy on its Fire TV Stick range 1 month ago:
they aren’t “cracking down on piracy”. they’re mad that a relatively small portion of their userbase is using their cheap devices to stream third-party content that they make no money off of–and so they’re trying to shut down that functionality.
they’re moving away from android anyway, so newer revisions of their hardware won’t have this same ‘problem’
- Comment on YouTube is expanding its ad-blocking powers — closes loopholes that allowed some users to bypass restrictions 1 month ago:
yt-dlp
it or a front-end to it is always #2 on the list of applications to install on my own new os installs–right behind firefox.
i don’t use yt much, but it’s sure nice to have. i can just drag over or copy/paste urls or video id right from a serp and never have to give google a even single page view.
- Comment on News of the day 1 month ago:
anything that comes in a box.
- Comment on Tumult in U.S. Treasurys shows Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' might be disaster 2 months ago:
“the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.”
on top of
“Trump’s tariffs remain at levels that amount to one of the greatest tax increases in American history”
and it only “might” be a bad thing?
- Comment on What could go wrong? 2 months ago:
how long will it take an ‘ai’ chatbot to spiral downward to bad advice, lies, insults, and/or promotion of violence and self-harm?
- Comment on Trump tells Walmart to 'eat the tariffs' instead of raising prices 2 months ago:
Walmart is noted for its ability to manage costs more aggressively than other companies to keep prices low.
yes. they have sheer scale on their side. but they don’t ‘manage costs’ to ‘keep prices low’, they do it to ‘maximize profits’
- Comment on The world was a nicer place before the advent of leaf blowers 2 months ago:
we are blessed here to have the noise in the winter, too. more than three flakes of snow and there’s sure to be a legion of leaf blowers clearing off precious pavement in neighborhoods all over town. the guys that do it at 4-5am are the true treasures.
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 2 months ago:
i just finished a single month here, first one in a couple years. ran out of stuff by week three. it’ll be at least another 2-3 years before another binge month, if i ever go back at all.
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 2 months ago:
they already make significantly more profits off of each ad-tier sub than they do the ad-free… yet it still isn’t enough. greedy fucking bastards.
- Comment on Using DVD slot for second 3.5" drive? 2 months ago:
the number of years i’ve run usb->sata adapters and had (up to a dozen or so) bare drives laying around and propped up anywhere i could find a spot…
- Comment on Using DVD slot for second 3.5" drive? 2 months ago:
you aren’t putting a 3.5in in that slimline bay. you can probably rig something to hold one there, though. that’s where the get ‘‘creative’’ part comes in.
you also have the 2x2.5in at the bottom but you’re missing the rails or caddies for them. should be like 5-6 bucks each or so on ebay or azn. don’t bother with those, though, unless you’re putting in hdd there. sata ssd can just be stuffed in the cage, they ain’t going anywhere.
be careful with whatever mb->sata power cables you have. make sure they’re the correct ones, as they aren’t all the same. you could get away with a 1->2 sata power splitter once on each mb power connection, as the output of each is designed for 2x3.5in hdd anyway.
- Comment on Using DVD slot for second 3.5" drive? 2 months ago:
you’re talking the ‘RED’ series inspiron minitower?
iirc there’s only one 3.5in bay adjacent to the slimline optical bay, and two 2.5in bays in a cage at the bottom front.
bays use drive rails which may or may not be present if the bay was unpopulated when originally shipped.
the pc uses 12vo power supply, so the drives are powered off the motherboard. those cables may also not be present if they weren’t needed for the original configuration.
slimline optical bays can often be removed and replaced with a 2.5in caddy designed fit in the form factor, connecting to the optical power and sata, and hold a 2.5in ssd drive.
- Comment on Hot sauce is for Dad to protect his food from scavenging by lesser beings 2 months ago:
my dad’s and grampa’s idea of ‘hot sauce’ was ketchup.
- Comment on Broke again, me hearties 2 months ago:
more like ‘day 1’ on the left, and ‘day 2-14’ on the right.
- Comment on Android’s next big feature turns your phone into a desktop 2 months ago:
You mean they’re going to turn Androids into Chromebooks
android is getting ‘desktop’ features so it can replace chrome os, and to keep pace with apple–who’s doing similar things with ios
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 2 months ago:
they could have kept the skype name on the ‘consumer’ product, even if underneath it was the same piece of shit teams, just with ‘enterprise’ features hidden.
- Comment on The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole · Den Delimarsky 2 months ago:
if you’ve already got something running 24/7, you could just put it there. it doesn’t need much for resources.
pihole does not need it’s own box. it can run as a container (docker instructions in the official docs) or in a small vm.
i have two small vm running dietpi and used that to install pihole. i fully expected to run a few more things on them, that’s why i chose dietpi–just have never gotten that far (it’s only been like three years now).
- Comment on xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs – Krebs on Security 3 months ago:
munching on all that sweet government data that’s been swiped by the muskrat goon squad.
- Comment on Pinterest users left confused by mass account suspensions 3 months ago:
did someone let an ‘ai’ mod tool loose over there?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
better upgrade to a zip drive then!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
i got floppy drives and cables, and at least a couple vintage minitowers with them here… but alas, no epic floppy disk cameras.
- Comment on Looking for Creative Uses for Jellyfin Streaming Clients running Debian at Friends' Houses 3 months ago:
anything ‘worthwhile’ is probably gonna use a lot of power, burn through bandwidth, or not exactly completely legit and legal.
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 3 months ago:
make the overhead train a 12 lane freeway and it’s any random metrohell in texas.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 3 months ago:
to monetize the piracy of your users
that’s generally what gets sites and services in ‘trouble’
- Comment on Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk 3 months ago:
he’s a minority owner, don’t think he himself even holds a majority of voting shares outright–there’s some bullshit and shenanigans going on that gives him the ‘control’. iirc, it requires near-90% approval of all non-musk held voting shares to make ‘major’ changes like ousting a board member or ceo. that’s why he’s still ‘in charge’
- Comment on What is this for? (Wrong answers only) 3 months ago:
it’s the emergency water dish for the dog. looks a little low, better fill it up a bit.