halcyoncmdr
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- Comment on _uck _e _n the a__ ton_ght 9 hours ago:
The number of contestants that don’t start with the most common letters is surprisingly high.
- Comment on iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information 1 day ago:
That we know of. Apple doesn’t exactly have a clean track record of avoiding double speak.
- Comment on New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes 1 day ago:
At the expense of everyone’s privacy even if you don’t participate in the loot box economy, because you know the laws won’t be written for only if you access them it’ll be a blanket requirement. That’s not the way to get rid of loot boxes.
- Comment on 2 days ago:
Nostalgia and hoping to grab users as they abandon reddit, which is where the users originally moved in the first place.
- Comment on Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs 2 days ago:
Quintessential “works for me” response. Must be a software developer.
- Comment on Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs 2 days ago:
Well you clearly haven’t used the standard available download (non-beta/nightly release) consistently through last year. Waterfox was using ESR 128 since October 2024, kept that base until finally upgrading to ESR 140 last August. So that’s nearly a year of its base being out of date. And some sites really don’t like that since they’re looking at that version for support.
https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.5.0/ https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.6.0/
Twitch only supports the last TWO versions of Firefox officially and will actively block logging in from older versions. So while you might be able to watch Twitch, if you aren’t already logged in, you won’t be able to login.
https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/supported-browsers?language=en_US
There are thousands of posts about it online for Waterfox other forks.
- Comment on Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs 2 days ago:
Last time I tried Waterfox some sites like Twitch that actively block usage on old browsers, refused to work because the latest Waterfox release was based on a Firefox like 20+ builds behind.
- Comment on YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years 3 days ago:
Not many, but I don’t buy a lot of $25 products in this day and age. Sometimes electronics fail early, that’s why there’s a warranty. I also don’t go complaining about something when it would have been replaced by warranty either.
The fact they warrant the devices through their entire expected lifespan instead of only a year is notable.
- Comment on YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years 4 days ago:
You know those have a 10 year warranty right? Including the specific model you linked.
- Comment on Study shows how rocket launches pollute the atmosphere 4 days ago:
Meanwhile commercial shipping in international waters uses the worst fuels on the planet and has basically zero regulation. Emitting thousands of times the pollutants every day, but that’s not flashy and doesn’t involve SpaceX which is guaranteed instant clickbait.
- Comment on Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN" 4 days ago:
Support your local Street Pharmacist, not Big Pharma!
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 6 days ago:
I never said it was solely on them, but saying that has no bearing on it is ridiculous as well.
We also had COVID which many/most schools had no fucking idea how to handle. There’s basically an entire year of wasted education there.
Remote learning is a completely different beast. And digital social interaction is completely different than being physically at school with friends. Social interactions are a large part of learning as well.
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 6 days ago:
Blame it on the technology though, because admitting that Republicans plan are ALWAYS terrible for anyone below the 1%, without exception, somehow is impossible.
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 6 days ago:
I’m sure the systemic defunding and dismantling of the public education system across the United States at the hands of Republican lawmakers over the same timeframe has absolutely nothing to do with it.
- Comment on I don't know the reason why. 6 days ago:
In the same vein… Maraschino cherries aren’t red, they are golden.
- Comment on "Moon landing" photo where the angles of the shadows are all off. 1 week ago:
The greatest adversary of the US, literally in a cold war using space as a proxy for active fighting, with every reason to expose any lies… Were in on it.
If they believe that they’re a lost cause. They can go back to their tin foil hat.
- Comment on "Moon landing" photo where the angles of the shadows are all off. 1 week ago:
It’s even simpler than that. The Soviet Union was the biggest US enemy at the time. They obviously would have tracked the flight from launch to landing. Why would they go along with a US conspiracy? Wouldn’t they be the first to say it was fake?
- Comment on I'm in! 1 week ago:
A reminder that’s exactly what Reagan did in California, with NRA support. The Black Panthers started to arm themselves and cop watch and that couldn’t be allowed clearly. California gun control really started with Reagan.
- Comment on Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ 1 week ago:
Don’t forget the very first episode literally having Harry and Paris in Quarks Bar, and talking to Quark on DS9 before Voyager heads to the Badlands.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine” 1 week ago:
First thing I thought was that the ship was going to be in Academy Mode because it was obviously landed and not in space, which we saw earlier seems to be able to simulate just about any scenario. Which would also explain why it was accepting commands from cadets without question.
- Comment on If you called someone "skinface" it would feel like a huge insult even though it's meaningless and people's faces are made out of skin. 1 week ago:
“Explanation: It’s just that… you have all these squishy parts, master. And all that water! How the constant sloshing doesn’t drive you mad, I have no idea."
―HK-47 - Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans 1 week ago:
Alright, so the radar is detecting a large object in front of the vehicle while travelling at highway speeds. The vision system can see the road is clear.
So with your assumption of listening to whatever says there’s an issue, it slams on the brakes to stop the car. But it’s actually an overpass, or overhead sign that the radar is reflecting back from while the road is clear. Now you have phantom braking.
Now extend that to a sensor or connection failure. The radar or a wiring harness is failing and sporadically reporting back close contacts that don’t exist. More phantom braking, and this time with no obvious cause.
- Comment on Interview: George Takei Talks Timeliness Of ‘Beam Me Up, Sulu’ Doc; Wants To Return As Star Trek Admiral 1 week ago:
As much as I want this… It’s a complicated timeline, that would be right in the middle of all of the 90s trek shows.
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans 1 week ago:
I don’t think it’s necessarily about cost. They were removing sensors both before costs rose and supply became more limited with things like the tariffs.
Too many sensors also causes issues, adding more is not an easy fix. Sensor Fusion is a notoriously difficult part of robotics. It can help with edge cases and verification, but it can also exacerbate issues. Sensors will report different things at some point. Which one gets priority? Is a sensor failing or reporting inaccurate data? How do you determine what is inaccurate if the data is still within normal tolerances?
More on topic though… My question is why is the robotaxi accident rate different from the regular FSD rate? Ostensibly they should be nearly identical.
- Comment on Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC 1 week ago:
I’m sure there would have been articles asking why there was an interview uploaded to the YouTube channel and pinned right at the top that wasn’t aired on the channel. It wouldn’t have been under the radar either way, but it would have taken longer to be reported this widely.
But I do get your point.
- Comment on Meta Patented AI That Takes Over Your Account When You Die, Keeps Posting Forever 1 week ago:
Pretty sure there’s prior art for this. Recently… like an episode of Black Mirror recently.
- Comment on Dutch Defence Secretary Boldly Claims F-35 Software Could Be 'Jailbroken' 1 week ago:
The question is more, “do you really want to fly a hacked jet”?
No the question is… Is the modified code more secure than the proprietary code created under a virtually unlimited budget by companies that have zero reason to do anything more than the minimum contract requirement which almost certainly doesn’t specify software security requirements.
- Comment on Health star rating to become mandatory on all packaged food in Australia 1 week ago:
I’d argue that the stars working that way is the optimal choice. People are going to buy chips anyway, they’re not going to stop just because every chip bag has 1 star on it. You even admit that in your own comment. That just makes the ratings pointless and is how you get people to ignore all ratings entirely.
The rating should compare how that item compares to similar options so you can see which of those similar options is better. It also incentivizes a manufacturer to make adjustments to their product to compete side by side.
- Comment on YSK that murder is now legal in California. Fully legal. Slaughter a family of four by driving over the speed limit. Go home. 1 week ago:
And this is why some states have elected judges as well. We’ve gotten rid of judges like this in AZ before over less significant cases. Not sure about California… But if not they should probably look into that.
- Comment on The Duality of Lemmy 1 week ago:
This is one of the points covered several times in The Witcher series. The monsters are doing their thing, and should really only be messed with when they interfere with humans.
