einkorn

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student visa applicants will now be forced to make their social media accounts public⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
  • gets rejected at the border because officer doesn’t believe person doesn’t have social media accounts
  • ???
  • no profit
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are drink coasters for people who frequently spill their drink or have trouble drinking without dribbling down the cup?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the movie/short story called again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France Pushes Digital ID Check Laws For Platforms Like Reddit and Bluesky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Waht the fuck France?

  No fuck, oui?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I go about using/having printed purchased files off Etsy? How safe is it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  1. I have not personally purchased files off Etsy, but the way you describe it this has clearly the potential for a scam.
  2. I am not aware of any current attacks on 3D printers or the software ecosystem around it using prepared files. In any case, you should research what file formats the service you want to use accepts.
  3. Since we all a little different, as you say it is unlikely to be a good fit straight out of the box. How easy it is to adjust the model depends on the type of files the model maker provides. STLs are basically finished models meant to be directly used in a slicer software to create the necessary machine code for production. Many slicers have basic capacities to scale or stretch models, but for complex geometry this is hardly sufficient for adaptations. For example, this maker included a project file for Fusion360 that is able to be easily adjusted via parameters. However, AFAIK it is not common for commercial makers to include a project file, because that’s effectivly like giving away the construction blueprint for your product. Depending on the makers willingness they might provide you with an model tailered to your messurments.
  4. That depends entirely on the volume and complexity of the model. Of course the model itself uses material but also support structure to hold the model while printing adds to the price.
  5. As Cults3D as a commercial provider handels hosting of the files I’m personally much more inclined to buy there instead of Etsy with the promise to receive a link to the actuall files.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it’s always been a cat and mouse game.

  Just earlier today, I got a pop-up on YouTube about how they would block me after 3 videos because I use an ad blocker. Jump to now and everything is fine again. Thank you, uBlock Origin!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I easily create gif- or video-memes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use imgflip.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone posted the Source Code of the IRS's Directfile on Github⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For us None-Americans: Is that good or bad?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pest control⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess the best solution for searching between the roots is repotting the plant? Also I assume only use the alcohol on the leafs, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pest control⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not springtails. I have not spotted them in the substrate so far, only on leafs. Looking at various scale insects on Wikipedia this one is the closest match I could find. Higher resolution on this scale is a bit difficult.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Medicaid researcher attacked by Elon Musk's DOGE just killed herself⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It fits perfectly as a vessel to further the neoliberal agenda of dismantling any form of regulations to create their vision of a “perfect” free market society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Medicaid researcher attacked by Elon Musk's DOGE just killed herself⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A “free market” as in the sense these lunatics envision it is a market devoid of any form of outside regulations. In essence, survival of the fittest on an economical level: Profit above all else, might makes right, consequences be damned. One president führer CEO calling the shots, everybody else following or getting crushed in the machinery.

  So you tell me: What’s not authoritarian about corporate capitalism?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Medicaid researcher attacked by Elon Musk's DOGE just killed herself⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Profit over everything else is part of which ideology again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Medicaid researcher attacked by Elon Musk's DOGE just killed herself⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Capitalism kills

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does it mean to ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ all cookies, and which should I choose?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it could have been but just like robot.txt everyone ignored the Do-not-track Header in HTTP requests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inappropriate Ads on Child-Directed Websites: Weight Loss Pills and Depression Tests for Kids.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you genuinely think reliable medical tests are being targeted at you through ads?

  Nope, but that is an entirely different problem. Major platforms have to be legislated to tightly control which ads they run. The amount of misinformation spread through ads is enormous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inappropriate Ads on Child-Directed Websites: Weight Loss Pills and Depression Tests for Kids.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, a depression test? Some people certainly would benefit from know that a) no showing these symptoms is neither normal nor healthy, and b) there can be something done against this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Silicone 3D Printing Is No Joke⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t threaten me with a good time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel introduces its newest employee, Chip the robotic inspector, just after announcing mass human layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Anakin:

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel guilty or very depressed after accomplishing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the thought in your head that pops up next to your feelings in such a situation?

  Mine is usually something along the line of “So that’s it, huh? Doesn’t feel so great after all”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bluesky, the decentralized social network […]

  Were only one instance exist or did I miss something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Privacy is ‘the most valuable right of all’, says Signal’s president.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, I am going to try arguiung that privacy supersedes food:

  To have a right to anything means there is something that I own. Owning something puts a division between me and others who can not own this specific thing: My right is my own, I do not have to diminish it by sharing. The most fundamental form of division is absence. Having a right to privacy is a right to the absence from others. Therefore the right to privacy is a more fundamental one than the right to food.

  However, I agree that in practice eating in public beats dying in private any time of the day. 🤷

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I sue my apartment management company?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IANAL. It’s the other way around: You do everything as required per your contract. If the company believes you owe them money for June, they will sue you if you don’t pay.

  If trouble is on the horizon it is however advisable to contact an actual lawyer in advance to check your paperwork in case you missed anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Unsolved] Looking for assistance figuring out how to fix this connector.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried contacting the manufacturer directly? You might not get the whole diagrams but maybe they are willing to help you out. Worst they can say is no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except, no employer will allow you to use your own AI model. Just like you can’t bring your own work equipment (which in many regards even is a good thing) companies will force you to use their specific type of AI for your work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Uhm, I guess you missed the news when it was revealed that Deepseek had a little more backing than they claimed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Do Sites Keep Shoving Features We Don’t Want Down Our Throats?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like Copilot as an auto-complete feature. Its a total waste of energy in every other regard, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are color palettes subject to copyright protection?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I.e. Deutsche Telekom tried to stop other companies from using magenta. However, the court ruled that DT can’t hold a patent on magenta as a whole, only their specific hue.

  Ritter Sport is a sweets’ manufacturer famous for their square chocolate bars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JPMorgan researchers say they have generated and certified truly random numbers using a quantum computer, a world-first with potential security and trading uses.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC that’s Cloudflares random number generator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations: ChatGPT created a fake child murderer.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  1. It can be viewed as part of your privacy to not be subject to defamation.
  2. If it reaches the threshold of defamation it is punishable. Whether its enforcement is feasible is another matter.