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- Comment on LG Electronics unveils 2026 Gram Laptop line with aerospace composite - up to 50% lighter than macbooks 8 hours ago:
Macbook Air isn’t just about the weight, the processor/horsepower are a draw. I have to wonder if LG can compete with Apple’s performance, rather than just making a lighter laptop. The Macbook Air is already quite light. The Macbook Pro is a beast.
- Comment on The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos: new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos 6 days ago:
I tried watching what was supposed to be a video comparing several linux distros. Instead, it was AI text to speech narrating over random images. Are people uploading this crap in an attempt to get a share of ad revenue, or just to be awful? I have to hope Youtube doesn’t let this be fully automated, so people are doing this on purpose…
- Comment on Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030 1 week ago:
You know it’s going to be successful when they go back to using antiquated productivity measurements like measuring based on lines of code in a time frame. We all know AI is fucking spectacular at generating overly verbose code.
- Comment on Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft 1 week ago:
Their marketing spin is such BS. Trying to say that the amount of rework needed for apps to provide a wonderful experience, etc. Those apps already have that “wonderful” experience in Windows 10, Microsoft just cut corners in a redesign and power users are rightfully pissed off.
- Comment on First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving 2 weeks ago:
Is this Solar Freaking Roadways all over again?
- Comment on North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location 2 weeks ago:
I’m kind of surprised the latency was that low. Unless the NK “employee” was spoofing being in SK or something.
- Comment on Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox 2 weeks ago:
Waterfox is on the same page. As long as the browser doesn’t outright require it to functio0n, I think the privacy-focused forks will remain. Of course, it’s extra work to maintain divergent code, but this is worth it, IMO.
- Comment on HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continue 2 weeks ago:
My ten year old former Win10 gaming PC was recently reborn as a CachyOS Linux gaming PC, and I just finished playing through Clair Obscur on it. I did have to upgrade the video card, but I got the RTX 5050, well within your “second best” range target, since it’s technically their budget level card.
- Comment on RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components 3 weeks ago:
I tried the PWA route with Discord. It wouldn’t stay logged in, and acted generally janky. That said, I do PWA with any app that’s Electron, at least to try and avoid the RAM bloat.
- Comment on Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead 4 weeks ago:
Didn’t you hear? They retired the penny from production. :)
- Comment on India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app 4 weeks ago:
I wonder if this would make Apple pull out of India. It’d be awkward, with all the manufacturing they moved there.
- Comment on Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI 5 weeks ago:
This has a strong whiff of the former Facebook engineers that forbade their families from using the platforms they built.
- Comment on I am fucking tired of this shitty behavior. 1 month ago:
I think the broader solution is approval-based instance federation. I know that’s a little anti-fed, but this type of attack has no other solution I can think of, and banning a username just means the attacker rotates those, (too).
- Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones 1 month ago:
I’ve been a “Pro” user for as long as they’d had that distinction vs. lower end and the “it’s a small tablet” size.
- Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones 1 month ago:
That’s pretty awesome
- Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones 1 month ago:
That’s a great TL:DW;
Now I want an iPhone that can charge in 20 minutes. :)
- Comment on At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something 1 month ago:
People go to grocery stores to just browse? I’m not defending this, I just thought it an odd argument.
If I went into a store that demanded money to regain my freedom, they’d find themselves in a precarious legal situation pretty quick. Unlawful detention quickly turns into kidnapping charges, or, an “I feared for my life” defense (2A) situation.
- Comment on E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone 1 month ago:
Yeah, I misread, sorry. Some day, I hope, some day.
- Comment on E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone 1 month ago:
This phone is running Android…
- Comment on A young woman was sexually assaulted while out DoorDashing. Two days after she reported the assault to DoorDash, they deactivated her account and she can't access the money she's owed. 2 months ago:
Thank you, spelling police…
- Comment on A young woman was sexually assaulted while out DoorDashing. Two days after she reported the assault to DoorDash, they deactivated her account and she can't access the money she's owed. 2 months ago:
Well, maybe deacticate the guy’s account instead of the victim? Or arbitrate it properly? Definitely not disable access to her account (and money). But I guess now she has a legal case against them for both negligence and wage theft (I know the US doesn’t really prosecute wage theft, even though it is the biggest form of financial theft).
- Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not. 2 months ago:
Apple and Google should just prevent their app stores from functioning in Texas. This crap is getting absurd. Cause a few riots from citizens when all their apps stop working, or it’ll only get worse.
- Comment on The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos 2 months ago:
The fact that these photos and PII (personally identifiable information) were not destroyed after the verification process was certified is absolutely atrocious OpSec. I don’t even care which of the two companies is ultimately responsible, because they are both responsible.
- Zendesk for their bad OpSec
- Discord for both outsourcing this AND not having contractual requirements to properly secure and destroy PII when it was no longer required.
I work in IT, and treat PII like it’s dangerously radioactive, because in the digital world, it really is.
- Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe 2 months ago:
You CAN use it to interact with people without them knowing your number. The only current requirement is specific to registration.
- Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe 2 months ago:
The CEO is saying they are willing to, that should be taken seriously.
- Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe 2 months ago:
That makes the assumption you want to use your phone number at all. And I’m sure the overhead of encryption would break SMS due to the limits on character counts.
- Comment on YSK you can cancel subscriptions by removing them from your credit card/payment processor, or call the bank and ask someone to remove them. 2 months ago:
How would removing a recurring charge on the processor side result in a chargeback? A chargeback is when you call your processor/card company and tell them to reverse a charge, which results in the charging company also having to pay a fee on top of losing that revenue.
If they can’t charge you in the first place, there is nothing to create a chargeback.
- Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe 2 months ago:
That means nothing when the servers stop taking EU traffic. I get your point, but the real solution here is putting a bullet (double tap) in Chat Control, once and for all.
- Comment on Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” 2 months ago:
Why not just make it a website? We’re not doing censoring yet, right?
- Comment on I wonder if it would be possible to force the AI crawlers to mine crypto 2 months ago:
“Proof of work”. The AI crawlers don’t run Javascript (yet, I don’t think), so it’s basically a firewall to them.