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 Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme 1 day ago:
- Comment on Yes, this is what people did back then 2 days ago:
:::spoiler NSFW
(.)(.)
::: - Comment on Best way to drink coke? 3 days ago:
Without water, just the syrup.
- Comment on Is it too much to ask for?? 3 days ago:
There’s also this thing:
ImageSource: e926.net/posts/5602468
- Comment on Good boy 3 days ago:
Only found this from Yahoo Answers: web.archive.org/web/20131214042431/http:/…/index?…
- Comment on wtf 3 days ago:
Got it.
I am prey.
- Comment on The Elder God 3 days ago:
- Comment on (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ 3 days ago:
By the way, Markdown also takes escape
\, which is why sometimes the shrugging emoticon is missing left arm.- So this
- also works with spaceSo you don’t even necessarily have to leave out the space.
- Comment on YouTube Will Add an AI Slop Button Thanks to Google’s Veo 3 4 days ago:
YouTube is getting a new tool that generates Shorts
All I needed to know. I hoped for a button to report AI slop.
- Comment on Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket 1 week ago:
Hey, hey, it’s average.
- Comment on Amid AI Plagiarism, More Professors Turn to Handwritten Work 1 week ago:
I prefer this way personally. I’ve always asked if I could write things with a pen rather than type them on a computer. Unless they want me to use a ballpoint and press harder because CC paper.
- Comment on I hate audio animal repellers 1 week ago:
Possibly adults too. I tried to find limits, but there’s many different standards. Most seem around 70 - 75 db for up to 20kHz, then wary between 85 - 110db above that, which is… quite the range.
But also, these are probably rather meant for work environments, so possibly 8h/day with ear protection. Only ICNIRP mentions limits for public, being 70db up to 20kHz and 100db up to 100kHz.
The lowest I found is quoted from USAF in this review of standards of 85db up to 40kHz.
The US Air Force retains an exposure limit of 85 dB for all frequencies from 12.5 to 40 kHz. This recommendation is based on the founding work of Acton and Skillern
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- Comment on Can you clear a straight line of malfunctioning pixels on a phone with a lighter? 1 week ago:
Maybe the heat could temporarily do something, but other than that this just sounds stupid. Especially with strong heat source like a flame.
- Comment on What happened to the fediverse stats here? 1 week ago:
Look at the bottom with server count. Likely something screwed up there, and when those instances were suddenly returned, the user count was added back before being subtracted when they disappeared from the data.
- Comment on Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire and burn risks 1 week ago:
Point is, this could probably be buried in the many other blowing up power banks. Years old power bank caught on fire doesn’t make much news. Yet Anker went with a recall (though unfortunately it’s US only). Makes Anker look even better.
- Comment on Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire and burn risks 1 week ago:
I was searching for something like that ereyesterday. Couldn’t find anything aside from maybe Xtar BC4 which is a battery charger with power bank function, but even if that works properly, it’s going to be not very useful capacity-wise.
I have one of those 4xAA power banks from AliExpress, but it quickly drops voltage way too far. It’s fine for USB LED lights and running my USB fan for 5 hours (with some old NI-MH batteries I have), but it won’t charge most things due to the voltage drop. One more problem is the series connection. Weaker cells can get reverse-charged and damaged during discharge.
- Comment on Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire and burn risks 1 week ago:
The company has received 19 reports of fires and explosions
The recall covers about 1,158,000 units that were sold online through Amazon, Newegg, and eBay between June 2016 and December 2022.
That still sounds more trustworthy than random power bank from Wish.
I’ve had a power bank with earbuds (yes) from AliExpress that just randomly started to feel quite warm. Not the battery being a problem, some chip (SY7656) on the board was cooking.
I tried to replace it, but I couldn’t do a good job without a heat gun. It broke again after a few weeks. Probably overheated as I couldn’t do anything about solder that was supposed to be below it. But anyway…Also had a cheap power bank from Tesco that would self-discharge in 3 days.
- Comment on Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report 2 weeks ago:
It is improving search result, with filters. Ads, tracking, data deletion possibility, in-app purchases, license, etc…
At least some of these are already tracked.
- Comment on New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc 2 weeks ago:
Ah, no. It’s for CDs only. Specifically Mode 2 used for audio since that gives more control over what is 1 and 0.
Based on a different similar project: instructables.com/Burning-visible-images-onto-CD-…
- Comment on I don't really need it but it makes me feel better about myself 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, in a different thread there were some drawings too.
Until today, I imagined rubber projectile being something that’s just something fast but soft, perhaps something that even disintegrates on impact.
Kind of like paintball.
- Comment on New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc 2 weeks ago:
If this is CD-RW try
cdrecord blank=fastfirst if it isn’t blank. Just an idea. - Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Maybe. The way I understand it:
Normal is something that’s basically the way it should be, while common just refers to being of higher frequency of occurence, regularly seen.
For example: “Is police brutality normal?” vs “Is police brutality common?”
No and yes. - Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Not normal, just uhhh… common maybe.
- Comment on New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc 2 weeks ago:
I think it could be forked to append images to actual audio tracks, but I am too dumb to do so.
- Comment on New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc 2 weeks ago:
What’s the error? I’ve played around with this successfully.
- Comment on WAP 2 weeks ago:
A lot of uses: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAP
- Comment on New tool burns images onto Compact Discs' recording area using ones and zeros — unlike Lightscribe, the technique works on any disc 2 weeks ago:
How famous is Lemmy? The linked hackaday post seems to be from 2022, the github page had last activity 3 years ago.
Perhaps hackernews was a middlestep: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44208283
But otherwise it may as well originate from my recent Lemmy post: old.lemmy.sdf.org/post/36007202 (the old subdomain usually works as well as the API, but the native Lemmy frontend on SDF, 502 or long wait)
I’ve also seen Lemmy being used as a source for something on Linus Tech Tips.
- Comment on Do you care about up/down votes? 2 weeks ago:
uuuuh, yeah. I usually assume that if I get a lot of downvotes or a comment I agree with gets a lot of downvotes, then my opinion must be wrong.
On the other hand, if something I am not sure about gets upvoted, then it’s probably good. I trust others more.Probably not a good thing, but I don’t trust myself with opinions. Though it’s not completely black and white either. It depends on where it is, who’s giving majority of replies*, and some bit of reconsideration (e.g.: is it logical, is it harmful).
But in the end, it does shape my opinions into what I believe is “more correct”.Certain (more serious) decision-making for opinions may however take me 24 hours or even more. This helps me to balance out the effects of morning vs night-time emotional state**, which differs more with lack of sleep. If even then I am undecided, the upvotes win it and I take it as my own opinion.
:::spoiler Asterisks
* There’s a priority to trustworthiness. For example, lemmy.blahaj.zone has a high level of trustworthiness while hexbear.net ranks low. Let’s say there is something I agree with, but it is downvoted to hell. However, most replies are from hexbear.net or lemmy.ml with negative tone. In this case, I won’t really consider the votes, since I don’t know who they are from, but likely largely influenced by these 2.
Now on the other hand, say there is something I disagree with. However it is highly upvoted and most replies are from lemmy.blahaj.zone with positive tone. In this case, my opinion is most likely shit and needs to be reconsidered.** Most of the time, in the morning I am influenced by negative emotions while at night I am influenced by… also mostly negative emotions, but this time towards myself rather than others. Late night can be fairly positive at times, however.
Generally speaking…
Morning: Anger, feeling of 100% rightfulness, feeling of higher importance, not caring about others
Night: Sadness, feeling of being wrong in everything, worthlessness, wanting to be useful, thoughts of suicide, highly affected by music
Midnight (sometimes): Spike in productivity, positivity, will to do things :::
