Fifrok

@Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem with USB-A is that well, it has to have no problems.

  ::: Ramblings What I mean by that is, for USB to be a ‘universal’ serial bus it has to keep legacy support while still allowing the standard as a whole to keep up with new tech, and there’s just no sane way to do that on one plug type.

  As for why type C is the way it is:

  The USB Implementers Forum decided that adding more pins to the original format (type A) was a dead end (no way to keep backwards compatibility after a point), and the only way foward was to make type A a ‘legacy’ port while a new connector would take over as the main/modern one.

  The forum decided that to make that happen type C has to be more decoupled from type A then previous connectors.

  Since the most profitable market for electronics is the mobile one, that’s what they aim for with type C. (And because all the previous mobile USB types sucked, especially the micro).

  Also probably atleast some if not most of the forum members wanted planned obsolescence, it’s goverened by tech companies after all.

  Still, type C and the 4.0 standard in general is pretty good at doing what it was meant to do. :::

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These 3D Printed Ceramics are Insane⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, never mind, just saw the website. They look like they are glazed like normaly made ones, so any holes will get pluged by the glaze.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These 3D Printed Ceramics are Insane⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would those be food-safe? I know normal 3d prints are porous, and that leads to bacterial/mold growth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3156: Planetary Rings⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The ‘cookie’ law is (mainly) the ePrivacy Directive, that requires websites to get a user’s informed, specific, and affirmative consent before storing or accessing non-essential information on their device.

  To comply a website must inform users about their cookie usage (who is using it, why, and how long they are stored, I think) and allow users to easily withdraw their consent at any time (though there’s no requirement to easily decline).

  Actualy looking at the site, it already might be? I’m not sure, I don’t remember the specifics of the law. But there is a banner pop up and you do inform cookies are used and why, and there’s an easy way to withdraw consent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3151: Window Screen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re the one who brought age into this convo?

  Tap for unraleted yapping

  Your account is 19 months old, and you have 7,5k comments??? That’s about 400 comments per month, and comes out to 12-13 per day? How do you have the patience and time for that? I can’t be bothered replaying to more than one comment/post per week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone had any luck running Fusion 360 on Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will not ›:(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone had any luck running Fusion 360 on Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool? Not what is being asked tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Scratch that, there’s three. Australia is just an island with overgrown ego.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, there’s 4 continents? Abya Yala, Afrasia, Australia and Antarctica

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Full Circle⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I caught myself writing a long response to this, but I got something that I belive will be better: Ok, USAmerican.