swelter_spark

@swelter_spark@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s amazing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t asking anything.

  But, you’re right, what I’m wondering is actually if there will turn out to be side effects that we don’t realize until these have been in use for decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It was still like that up until Windows 8, at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI stops ChatGPT from telling people to break up with partners⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can change the personality it takes on using the system prompt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if there will ke any long-team side effects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious. How does acid change listening to music?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents only let me listen to Spanish language music when I was little, so I wouldn’t understand the cursing. 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would you do if your gym trainer is 5 minutes late?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like my hairstylist. I’m always her first client of the day, and I always end up sitting outside and waiting for her to get there. I get it, going to work sucks. She’s good and I like the location, so I don’t complain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨History is best told as a story of organised crime⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This gives me hope for the future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unearthing end-of-life care at 8th Century Cookham monastery⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if people will be this interested in our bones someday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG.com gives away free horny games to protest credit card company censorship⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I picked up a few that I’ve been wanting to try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI uses facial recognition technology, online photos to identify and arrest ICE Portland protester⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That was probably the smart way to do it, anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I did. I set up autoresponse giving out an address that redirects to my new email address. My parents called me to see if I was hacked. Everyone else just started using the new address.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it would be worthwhile, and probably help some people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I tried living entirely on IPv6 for a day, and here's what happened⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It helps in situations like you’re trying to use a p2p program and your ISP uses a NAT.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To survive the AI age, the web needs a new business model⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m talking about random websites that people visit to see what they are, as one does.

  Making a blog and thinking that people owe you money to be on the receiving end of your unasked-for opinions/advice is ridiculous. You can talk to people around you and get that for free.

  And there’s even less reason to pay a company that you have an existing business relationship with to access their website, since you’re paying them already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And the person calling someone else a shit parent uses it for surveillance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, this is frustrating. You lose power and there’s no way to communicate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think their experience is very relevant. It illustrates perfectly that kids don’t need to be immersed in technology from a young age to become proficient at it later in life, if it’s beneficial to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG is fighting back censorship - Freedom To Buy Bundle⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice, I’ve been wanting to play Treasure of Nadia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential | Proton⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, me too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To survive the AI age, the web needs a new business model⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I pay money to a person or company in order to receive a good or service which is defined and negotiated ahead of time.

  Someone I don’t know making a website I didn’t ask for isn’t doing anything for me, and doesn’t have my agreement or consent.

  That’s fine as long as they aren’t expecting me to pay them for it. Expecting money for actions taken on someone else’s behalf without their consent is a scam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MEGA launches new large file transfer service Transfer.it with no file size limit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I guess I was thinking of a different site with a similar name. I know there is a website that lets you use magic wormhole to transfer files. I thought it was called Wormhole, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been blocked by fraud protection when trying to buy pet food at a pet store next to my house, trying to buy fast food while visiting a friend in another city, trying to buy two cell phones in one day because the first one was out of stock and was refunded, trying to buy software from any company headquartered in another country, trying to buy crypto, trying to buy health supplements from a friend’s company.

  Supposedly, when they suspect fraud, you get an automated call where you can indicate a charge is legitimate and they’ll let it go through, but I rarely got a call, and when I did, purchases that I marked as legitimate still wouldn’t go through.

  I talked to a real person with the fraud department, and she had no idea why the charges were being blocked, since, according to her, they should’t have been. But also, there was nothing they could do about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamers Bombard Visa & MasterCard With Emails and Calls Over Steam and itch.io Censorship⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope it’s successful at changing things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm never going back to Matrix - Terence Eden⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  SimpleX public rooms work smoothly, IMO, but a lot of rooms have problems with casual Nazism and general rudeness. Some are more moderated than others. I gave up on groups eventually and just use it to talk to people I know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm never going back to Matrix - Terence Eden⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That happened to both my home server and the OpenSUSE rooms at different times. My home server took it seriously, and quickly made changes to prevent it from happening again, but I still had 20+ invitations with pedo images to delete one by one.

  I suggested to the dev of the nheko client that they add some way to deal with spam invites, and they didn’t see any necessity for that. Just told me to delete them one by one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Substack prompted a Nazi blog again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Substack is a blog host.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds really good. I’ve never heard of the game before, but now I want to look for it.