user224
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org
17M, I like computers, trains, space, radio-related everything and a bunch of other tech related stuff.
SDF Unix shell username: user224
My other account (temporary): https://sh.itjust.works/u/testaccount789
- Comment on The forgotten war on the Walkman 16 hours ago:
I was looking to get one, but a lot seem to be mono only. Otherwise Retekess TR606 looked interesting, even if just mostly as a toy.
- Comment on Chrome VPN Extension With 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit 1 day ago:
And sure as fuck never use a free one for anything remotely sensitive.
I think ProtonVPN might might be an exception here. They’re pretty trustworthy as far as I know, and have some free servers.
But my go-to is Mullvad, mainly for the flat pricing. I hate how most only have good prices if you buy a full year or so.
- Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told 2 days ago:
Next up: Stop children using HTTPS to watch porn.
- Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told 2 days ago:
Hell, even Android ProtonVPN app can not only be used for free, but also without sign up:
If you prefer, you can use the app without a Proton Account. Simply tap Continue as guest. Doing this allows you to access all the free features available in the app. To access our premium features, you’ll need to sign in with a paid Proton VPN account.
- Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told 2 days ago:
Well, that’s exactly why they do.
You give them an iPad and they shut up, and that’s enough of a reason for many parents who shouldn’t be ones.
- Comment on Shit like this is why we need open source printers! 2 days ago:
One and a half bottle.
Seriously though, I don’t know what to do with it. I had to print something for school, around 200 pages. I printed them white on black, only consumed half a bottle.
I bought that on sale on AliExpress for like 70 cents (last I checked it was around €18).Anyway, quite funny when you take out the paper and have to let it dry. Also, I had to use 120g/m^2^. Standard 80g/m^2^ paper would wrinkle up and roll up while drying.
- Comment on 🤝🤝🤝 5 days ago:
I’d argue it’s better to call it “sell” when you get paid to do so.
Just like I am not donating money to Lidl to buy sour gummy worms.
- Comment on 🤝🤝🤝 5 days ago:
Could be glass bottle.
- Comment on 🤝🤝🤝 5 days ago:
A lot if it looks like rainbow.
- Comment on Anyone else guilty of this? 5 days ago:
I haven’t got a fucking clue how to do it with phones.
In a certain way, probably me neither. I use ls, df, md5sum, cp, mv, rsync, tar, gzip, gpg, vim, touch and mkdir in Termux (terminal emulator for Android). For example, say I am replacing MP3 for FLAC. I really like to keep the timestamps of when I added the specific song, but I can’t find any better way than
touch -r oldfile.mp3 newfile.flacBut I also use FX File explorer for certain tasks, as it thankfully keeps timestamps. I absolutely hate how moving photos in Google Photos updates the modified timestamp to the date of when the file was moved. Why?
And I also have an ancient version of ES File explorer, version 4.0.2.3. Before it enshittified.But I am not sure whatever that is installable from within the device, or it’s old enough to require
adb install --bypass-low-target-sdk-block app.apklike some other old apps I use.Anyway, I have no idea what’s going on with iPhones and files, or whether that’s a non-existent concept there.
- Comment on Parallel Empires 6 days ago:
- Comment on LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think. 6 days ago:
Just curious, what brand of printer do you have?
- Comment on LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think. 6 days ago:
Yup. I started wirh Linux, and trying Windows was a bit of pain.
I had to run some mystery (included in installer) script to create local account (BypassNRO.cmd), then I remember having to change something in registry, but I don’t remember what that was, disable BITS and SysMain because they were slowing down the PC, disable automatic updates in Group Policy Editor because there’s no other way, get printer drivers from archive.org because despite HP saying it should automatically install, Windows said to get it from manufacturers website, and the Bluetooth would just randomly dissapear despite always working on Linux (Mint).
Well, and on Linux Mint I just had to install Nvidia driver and Realtek WiFi drivers in Driver Manager (GUI).
And of course, Arch was a bit harder to set up, but the Wiki is done well, so nothing too crazy. But I should probably revisit it, because honestly, I don’t remember how I set up my PC anymore. I went with encryption and boot separate from ESP, which differ from the default guide.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
You? No. It’s not something you did.
Personally I find this fucked up. Especially the way it’s written, but I can’t expect anything else from someone who sets up dates for others without their permission.
This is not the same as buying you some snacks that were on sale, but seems to be taken as lightly from him.I imagine the comments here would be quite different if you were a woman.
If you feel comfortable with it, then go ahead. But keep in mind you don’t know how it’s arranged on the other side, and the other party may not. Well, just the usual “be nice”.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
the woman seemed to have agreed on her part
Unless it’s just the same situation arranged with her parents.
- Comment on Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules 1 week ago:
Unfortunately, it’s an older version from 2024. Last I heard there were some issues with the software used to create these.
Also the images are lower resolution.
- Comment on Funny how there were no food allergies 1 week ago:
Had a similar problem, though not as severe, with certain fruits. Cherries, peaches, apples, pears,…
I thought it would be solved when I mentioned it at allergologist as a kid when I was there wirh my mom. She just said “yes, that’s related to your pollen allergies, don’t eat them.”
Problem solved, right? No. Queue the “but they’re homegrown” and “apples are part of Christmas tradition” arguments. How does that help?
- Comment on The regrets of life 1 week ago:
If she was actually into you and didnt do anything about it at all for years, then she is an idiot and you dodged a bullet.
So, there might be 2 idiots then.
- Comment on New idea 1 week ago:
I thought of having soda faucets like that as a kid.
- Comment on Them 1 week ago:
- Comment on xkcd #3126: Disclaimer 1 week ago:
That is an excellent point! Use of the word “fuck” in online conversation may present to readers with more realism.
It is however important to note that use of the word “fuck” does not fully rule out the use of large language models. While most commercial offerings may be trained to avoid profanity, certain models might not be trained the same way.
Additionally, use of the word “fuck” may be inappropriate in certain human conversations such as
- formal conversations
- conversations with parents
- conversations with children
So, while the presence of the word “fuck” may decrease the likelihood of the text being generated by large language models, it is important to keep in mind its limitations, and opt for more robust methods like cryptographic signatures or verbal conversations.
Is there anything else I can help you with?
(This was genuinely written by me)
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 2 weeks ago:
Thanks to EU roaming rules…
Not quite. I’ve come across a few plans that don’t offer EU roaming, and also those where there’s far less data offered than the regulation requires, or found a loophole.
Let’s go for the examples of no EU roaming data:
T-Mobile CZ Twist IoT CR - IoT card, but it offers up to 500GB of data paid once a year (78 EUR), only usable in Czech Republic.
T-Mobile CZ 100GB edition - regular SIM, but also CR-only
Vodafone CZ GIGA 100 + 50 GB - also a regular prepaid, but no roaming
Swan Mobile (4ka) Sloboda Data - 300GB in Slovakia, but 0.144 EUR per MB in EU.For the last example, they’re also the same example that breaches the regulation with other packages. When I did the calculations, they exactly checked out for other 3 MNOs, so I guess I did them right, but they didn’t for Swan.
Further confirming this is the fact that they have already received at least 2 (as far as I could find) fines for breaching these RLAH regulations, that is 15,000 and 90,000 EUR, but I suppose that just ends up being cheaper for them, as it still isn’t fixed.Anyway, perhaps they did in fact fix this, with a loophole.
For example, take Sloboda Nekonecno+ for 25EUR/month with “unlimited” (300GB) data. 8.25GB of EU roaming does not look right there.
So what is going on?
On paper, it’s split up into base and additional package. Base package is 20EUR, and only has 2GB of data. Additional package with unlimited data is 5EUR/month, and as you could guess, cannot be purchased separately.So, for base package, you get full allowance, thus 2GB. Additional package is calculated separately, (4.06504065041 / 1.30) * 2 is 6.25. And thus 8.25GB instead of 31.27GB was born.
- Comment on May as well ride the sewer-slide now SMH my head 2 weeks ago:
Fuck on the internet
- Comment on Epstein puts my morality into perspective 3 weeks ago:
But who are you tipping, really.
In the US, there is such thing as “tipped minimum wage”. So, federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour, but the employer may pay as little as $2,13/hour themselves if the worker makes up the rest with tips.
Most extreme in Delaware. Minimum wage is $15/hour, but minimum tipped wage is just $2.23, so up to $12.77/hour in tips can just be a discount to the employer.
Why do you think tips are being pushed so much in the US? Chart per jurisdiction: www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/…/tipped - Comment on What might you think of these Odds? featuring ChatGPT 3 weeks ago:
Alright, not easy situation, but “odds” don’t matter.
Wait the required time before getting a test (it won’t detect it too early), then take a test. I don’t know how long that’s for each STI. If you suspect you may have some STI, abstain from sex and blood donations, and contact people you’ve had sex with recently. Embarrassing but responsible. If you’ve recently donated blood, contact the donation center ASAP and explain the situation.
Lastly, don’t trust LLMs’ output. They have no idea what they’re doing, it’s just text prediction on steroids. Always ask it for sources and check those if regular search engine doesn’t work. Especially not for medical questions for fucks sake.
- Comment on How did you decide what you generally wanted to do with your life? 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t.
I have no fucking idea. I just finished HS, still don’t know. So I’ll go to college. Something in IT, I didn’t even check the specifics or subjects until I was already accepted and signed up. All I know is the program is regarded as one of the hardest, described by past students as “Vietnam war”, with one of the first recommendations to pass being “Get a therapist.”
I’ll probably get kicked out after 1st semester due to math. I am not good at it, and it’s apparently quite hard there, though not the worst either.
Hopefully not. I don’t know what else to do.Now, if my future paycheck wasn’t a problem (i.e. not living in capitalist society), I’d know precisely what I’d want to do, and I known so since 1st year of HS. I wouldn’t even need college.
Step 1 is getting a driver’s license (just for regular cars), probably just due to bureaucracy. Step 2, sign up for train driver’s course at ZSSK. The course itself is 6 months, then 720 hours of practice and after finishing the state exam, you finally become an actual train driver. So around a year.
But it isn’t paid so well.In IT, preferably something around wireless telecommunications and networking. The faculty I’ll be going to apparently has their 2G, 3G and 4G networks students can play around with (from their website). But when I asked about it on open doors day I was met with “We have that? Maybe.”
Asking about telecommunications, I got ping ponged between 2 faculties of the same university. Students from faculty of electrical engineering told me that if somewhere it’s something offered on faculty of informatics. Staff of faculty of informatics told me it’s most likely to be found on faculty of electrical engineering.So I don’t fucking know what I am getting myself into.
- Comment on Lemmy has a problem 3 weeks ago:
Where does the data come from? I don’t think Lemmy stores such kind of data.
- Comment on I want this on a t-shirt 4 weeks ago:
This.
- Comment on The Death Of Industrial Design And The Era Of Dull Electronics 4 weeks ago:
Rather Unihertz. They basically have just the unusual phones.
Currently I have Ulefone Armor 24, but I’d want something like Oukitel WP100 Titan. Even larger and crazier.
Look at that 33Ah thing:
ImageAlmost brick size now. It’s so ridiculous I want it. After all, what I have now isn’t far from if, it’s just that this is even bigger.
3.6cm (1.4 inch) thick, 877g (1.93lbs) heavy.
But somehow it still can’t fit a headphone jack and MicroSD card slot, so that’s a no for me.
- Comment on let's use PIN pad to complete transaction together 4 weeks ago:
I just place something aside until it shuts up. Missing items just require the right pressure with my fingers.
