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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will online only "Device Activation" become the norm for every device in the future? / Will everything require an app in the future?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Improves data tracking and increases the odds they can sell you services, which is money they love because it’s consistent and predictable income.

  Also means you get drawn into their “ecosystem” and the deeper you get into it the harder it is to move to a competitors. If you have $4,000 worth of iphone apps and in app purchases it’s much harder to switch to android. You can migrate bookmarks, password databases, calendars, message histories (not imessage lmao), etc but you can’t migrate proprietary apps and services

  big tech has been anti consumer for decades and while apple is a big issue now 90s and early 2000s microsoft was the driving force in making sure open standards and interoperability was quashed at every opportunity. US government had endless chances to regulate the industry but incompetent politicians did nothing because they were completely ignorant and corrupt (shocker)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone know what Trump is going to do with people with mental disabilities who get SSDI? Or can someone link me something on Trump and SSDI since google is cleaning up Trump from searches?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh for sure, self preservation above all. I just mentioned it because I’ve known a lot of disabled ppl who were very surprised to find that out and planning needs to start now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone know what Trump is going to do with people with mental disabilities who get SSDI? Or can someone link me something on Trump and SSDI since google is cleaning up Trump from searches?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep in mind that visa means you still need to self fund health care and in many countries like Canada and Australia if you are disabled you can be denied permanent residency for being a cost burden on their healthcare system.

  Research where you go if you are disabled and leaving, especially if you’re leaving with permanent residency in mind

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK You can substitue blood for eggs in recipes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  While others have pointed out it definitely can it also contains lecithin so it can technically create emulsions like mayonnaise and hollandaise

  Eggs contain far more so I don’t know how well this would work but it should? It also contains albumin and globulins but in the white, which is traditionally not used for these. However they can further stabilize the emulsion. But blood also as fibrinogen which is part of what makes it gel when heated as part of coagulation and this would impact texture

  Essentially like:

  1 part blood 3-4 parts neutral oil Tsp vinegar or lemon juice Tsp Dijon Season to taste

  Prepare the same as mayo

  You could also boost lecithin content with additional lecithin from soy or sunflowers but that’s kind of against the spirit

  I personally am vegan but find the food science of this interesting. I think eating animals is cruel but at the same time I would be interested to know if this actually could work or if you ended up with blood vinaigrette.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3044: Humidifier Review⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  my home actually has adaptive lighting, highly recommend. Gradually changes from cool to warm through the day

  github.com/basnijholt/adaptive-lighting

  Need home assistant although some things like homekit can do adaptive lighting too, just not as feature rich. You also need bulbs that can do the full spectrum of white (or rgb) obviously

  But the home assistant one can adjust based on sunlight, dim the lights concurrently in a specific room to help with sleep, and customize it (like most times the primary advantage of HA vs commercial options)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3044: Humidifier Review⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My favorite ones are the ones from people who’s were the unfortunate victims of amazons garbage user interface

  Saw a white led where you could buy in various color temperatures but you had to select and the default was 5000k/cool white (blue white). First review was a guy that expected amber/warm white/3000k and it was cool white. It said he had purchased the 5000k option. Sorry that amazons ux is absolute shit dude but I guess the cool white is what it’s supposed to be

  Similarly the amount of “answered questions” that are just “I don’t know, why are you asking me??” Because amazon sends obnoxious unclear emails asking for product feedback to customers and then posts the answers with 0 moderation or review. So your grandma gets an email like “does your new toaster have smart capabilities that work with 2.4ghz wifi?” And she’s a trump person that can’t handle defying even the mildest authority figure so she answers, even if her reply is utterly useless