Atropos
@Atropos@lemmy.world
- Comment on YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point. 4 days ago:
My grandfather always used to lick his drill press before changing the drill bit. It’s very important and highly recommended! You might drill the wrong size hole otherwise.
I haven’t licked my drill press as much as I should, but if I had to, I bet I could lick 100 drill presses.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 2 weeks ago:
It’s duplicated in case half of it is lost to Bitlocker
- Comment on Thank you guys for the advice last post. I found a tech support job now. One step closer to leaving homelessness 2 weeks ago:
Congratulations, looking sharp!
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remaster is real - Eurogamer 4 weeks ago:
Yar har fiddly dee
- Comment on Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch 5 weeks ago:
It’ll affect it, but it won’t stop it.
I design medical devices. IP is incredibly important in this process to protect our R&D investment. If IP didn’t exist, we’d protect that through other means like obfuscation of function.
Also if IP didn’t exist, I could design devices that are so much better at healing people. So much of what I do is restricted because someone else has 30 years left on what they patented.
R&D is expensive. Just because you see what someone else did, doesn’t mean you can easily replicate it.
In short: if your goal is pure profit, yeah removing IP probably hurts this a little. If your goal is producing the best product, then get rid of it.
- Comment on Optimal Plex Settings for Privacy-Conscious Users 1 month ago:
What’s your setup and hardware look like? I’m just curious.
My jellyfin service has been up for about six months, and has played probably 100+ shows and movies, for myself internally and a few external clients over that time. My hardware is a HP elite desk mini and a 10TB USB HDD
- Comment on It's almost that time of the year... (Easter lamb cakes) 2 months ago:
How’s everyone feeling today?
I’m a solid right column, second row from the bottom.
- Comment on Self-hosted Personal Finance Suggestions 2 months ago:
Actual budget does do that! You can tie it to automatically import transactions view SimpleFIN.
actualbudget.org/docs/advanced/…/simplefin/
Some things you’ll need to manually do, like real estate valuations.
- Comment on The internet is bad ux, everybody. There's too many choices. 2 months ago:
Not if the only “allowed” services don’t include that VPN.
There are nearly always ways around this sort of thing, but it gets exponentially harder as soon as VPNs get blocked.
- Comment on It'll happen to you! 2 months ago:
Where do my boys Component and S-Video end up?
- Comment on Steam now warns about Early Access that have not been updated in months. 3 months ago:
Yeah, I don’t buy early access for this reason except in extremely rare circumstances.
But that doesn’t mean we should prevent others from buying into early access. Let people make their own decisions!
- Comment on See something you like? 3 months ago:
Working fine on Sync!
- Comment on How to avoid having cat hair all over my floor every 2 days? 5 months ago:
Brushing the cats regularly is the first step - this removes loose fur that will otherwise fall out on other surfaces. Most cats love being brushed, and id say doing it a every week at a minimum will help.
Other than brushing, having the right type of vacuum can make a big difference.
Are you in the southern hemisphere? Our cats she’s a lot more in the summer vs winter. Spring is especially bad, as they are getting rid of their winter coat.
- Comment on Creamy Cartilage 6 months ago:
The spondylolisthesis (listhesis) one isn’t quite accurate - it should be the whole spine above the joint in question shifted forward. You don’t really see just one vertebral body sticking out like that.
- Comment on Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces 6 months ago:
There really is no other option.
- Comment on Americans have been enjoying nut milk and nut butter for at least 4 centuries 7 months ago:
4 centuries or 4 millennia?