nicerdicer
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- Comment on Delivery Photo 1 month ago:
Oh yes, Hermes is one of the worst. I try to avoid them and rather pay an additional fee for a DHL delivery.
However, Hermes is good for deilveries from foreign countries. I once ordered a DVD and some clothes from Great Britain. Since they are not an EU member anymore (the order was around the time Brexit was executed), the delivery usually has to go through customs. With Hermes you can avoid that, because legally they are considered not to be a “classic” postal delivery entity (I don’t now the exact term anymore), which exempts them of going through customs.
Recieving the parcel was an emotional rollercoaster, because I was not able to track its’ whereabouts at some point. It was “lost” (ate least not traceable) for four weeks in France.
- Comment on Delivery Photo 1 month ago:
How is this considered as delivered? It looks to me that the parcels are thrown onto the sidewalk, accompanied by a random stray dog.
Where I live, parcels are delivered in the same manner (thrown near the door), however, without a photo as proof of delivery. I’m waiting for the day I ask about the whereabouts of a parcel and the delivery company tells me that it has been “delivered”. Fortunately tho, Amazon has a pretty lean policy regarding lost deliveries - they just send you another one free of charge (at least where I live, given, its’ content was not too expensive).
- Comment on iFixit: The Samsung Galaxy Ring is $400 of 'disposable tech' 2 months ago:
Cutting the ring on a designated place would allow to remove the ring from a finger in case of an emergency. But you can’t cut the ring in a random place, because of the battery.
Imagine your ring needs to be cut off while you are in the hospital: without knowing where the battery is placed it is a guessing game for the doctors where to cut the ring. This is a risk, because when the battery gets cut it will react with the ambient oxygen in the air, causing a fire which is hard to put out, since it can’t be extinguished easily.
- Comment on iFixit: The Samsung Galaxy Ring is $400 of 'disposable tech' 2 months ago:
This is a very good question from the comments of the ifixit article. It would have been smart, if that “cut here” feature would have been included into the concept. It would have underlined that this indeed is a smart device.
Another thing about rings in general: some injuries can cause your finger to inflame. Then the ring acts as a tourniquet, cutting off blood flow. If the EMT or doctor can’t cut off the ring, they have to amputate the finger. This came up a lot when people were making rings out of titanium or carbon fiber or other high-strength materials. Here you have a ring with a lithium battery and no “cut here” marks. Does anyone really want to risk an un-extinguishable fire in an ambulance with oxygen cylinder nearby? mikedesimone - 22 hours ago
Agreed. At least have lines on the ring, where one can cut without causing further issue. A Smart ring is going too far, in the tech world, because of it’s repairabillity status. Jri-creator - 12 hours ago
- Comment on Microsoft's Copilot falsely accuses court reporter of crimes he covered 2 months ago:
This is really bad. It shows that LLMs cannot be trusted, since there is no corrective instance above them. According to this video (German), Microsoft, who has been questioned about this incident, claims that the Copilot feature is to be seen as entertainment rather than a search engine or anything what is considered as a serious source. Although search results regarding the victim have been deleted after they had reached out to Microsoft, the same wrong search results re-appeared a few days later.
With the raise of fake news over the last decade, combined with a growing lack of media literacy, such feature can destroy lives, especially when people tend to ignore the sources. A victim barely has any possibility to proof that these facts are wrong and a result of a hallucinating LLM. And even if - the internet doesn’t forget. Fake news will be circleing around as well as legit news.
- Comment on Why are so many leaders in tech evil? 2 months ago:
Sadly, in this world you accomplish nothing for being nice and considerate. If you want to leave an impact (anything - a new invention, a new product, a new idea, anything with impact to contemporary culture) you have to bully yourself to the top, including stealing ideas and screwing people over, as well as to exploit people. All “great” people who accomplished something did that: Gates (Microsoft), Jobs (Apple), Musk (Tesla, Twitter), Bezos (Amazon), Thiel (PayPal, Palantir), Zuckerberg (Meta), Huffman (Reddit), as well as many politicans. It’s a personality treat.
Here is a video that explains the issue, albeit it focuses on designers:
- Comment on Pornhub Pulls Out of Nebraska 4 months ago:
In the future there will be only one age-verified person left, who downloads every day and distributes porn on thumbdrives. Then, in order to “protect the children”, some group of concerned Karens will enforce a ban on USB ports.