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 Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE 6 days ago:
Pretty tiny. It’s Slovakia. 49,035km^2^
But if you travel daily, you’ll still do quite some distance.Just tried checking the Amtrak website, but I am not sure what I am looking at. Is it different train classes? Does the price differ by time?
I just checked something that seems like a more or less normal route. New York City to Philadelphia, 1 hour 27 minutes, can’t find the distance, at 7:17am. “Coach” option says $92.Oh, hell, you even have to give them your ID? Why? I chose Adult ticket.
Oh well, looks more or less like a straight line on map. Let me get the distance from map, let’s say 82mi approximately. Closest for comparison is Považská Bystrica to Bratislava at 6:54am, 169km (105mi), but I really just wanted to avoid something shorter. That’s 1 hour 39 minutes, so close enough by time at least. 2nd class is €8.30.
So if I checked right, for more or less the same thing that’s $92 vs €8.30. Wild.
- Comment on Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE 6 days ago:
Amtrack one way, was around $300 dollars
Crazy. In my country a yearly pass costs €850 for 2nd class.
But I am still a student, so trains are free for me. - Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout 6 days ago:
the so-called Chromebook Challenge includes students sticking things into Chromebook ports to short-circuit the system.
I am rather surprised that works. I thought any modern device would have overload protection in place. I think I even remember accidentally tripping it on some device, but it would just reset after reboot.
I also tried to see the max output current of my previous phone this way. Load it up till the protection trips. Result: Stable up to 2.1A, tripped at 2.5A.Oh, yeah. A Xiaomi phone charger I have also shuts down if I either overload it or immediately load it near max rating rather than gradually increase the load.
- Comment on Genius 6 days ago:
Points the gun, without shooting, still ignoring the previous instructions to shoot.
- Comment on What would I need to do to successfully paint with my own menstrual blood? 6 days ago:
Dried blood and a fucking chunk of fresh food must surely behave differently.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
It isn’t normal to get emotionally attached to AI (of this kind at least, if we get something more advanced in the future). And an especially bad idea if it isn’t self-hosted, since it can vanish or get paywalled anytime.
- Comment on We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technica 1 week ago:
And what does that achieve? Nothing. It’s just revenge which is useless. If it’s an easy way out, so be it. It’s also an easy way away from others.
Not sure about death penalty, but having access to euthanasia both inside and outside prison feels like a better solution. Outside first, you don’t want people commiting crimes just to access euthanasia. - Comment on Prices are out of control 1 week ago:
Reminds me of a joke I’ve heard from a few people now. “Let’s drink faster, guys, it’s already getting dark.”
- Comment on People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies 1 week ago:
It couldn’t even do basic math. Gemini explained me that 2 + 1 = 3 “is a common misconception that is often taugh in schools”. Then proceed to give a long explanation on how it isn’t 3 due to the order of operations, but actually 3.
When I replied “You are wrong, but you’ve got the spirit”, it “corrected” itself to 2 + 1 = 2.
I’ve seen a video of some woman trying to explain that 1 + 1 doesn’t equal 2, because 2 drops of water combined form 1 larger drop. Perhaps it was based on something like that.
- Comment on If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm 1 week ago:
Did he also recommend smoking Kent Micronite cigarettes?
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 1 week ago:
Huh?
I thought Skype was still a widely used thing. - Comment on How do I build up a lemmy instance right from the scratch ? 1 week ago:
Sorry, no useful reply. I just want to check on the post later. But I don’t even know to use docker… Heh, just noticed your username is Docker.
- 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 1 week ago:
Well, I wasn’t talking about recovery, but need for encryption.
- 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:
You can still force local account.
On setup: Shift + F10 -> click into the CMD window (it opens unfocused)
cd oobe bypassnro
And do not connect to network until you finish setup.
Disabling auto updates was also very simple and intuitive. Couldn’t be easier.
Meta + R -> Type gpedit.msc and press enter -> On left click Administrative templates -> All settings -> Configure Automatic Updates -> Select option 2, Enabled and Apply
- 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:
Le banking app.
- 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:
The lost data is appearing inThe lost data is appearing in this thread.
- Comment on Philosophy moment 2 weeks ago:
Well, probably my mistake calling it a plan, but it seems all of them are subscriptions at least. Even “pay as you go” cards I found have monthly payments.
It seems the cheapest was T-Mobile PayGo, but that got sold to Ultra Mobile. I don’t know what they offer though because there’s an infinite captcha on their website for me. But from Google preview it seems they still offer the $3/month PayGo. - Comment on Philosophy moment 2 weeks ago:
Well, I did. And I am in one. Most teachers don’t care about it. Technically the current principal banned them, but only one teacher told us, and it was a pretty sarcastic “I am supposed to tell you that you aren’t allowed to use phones during classes anymore.”
Anyway, they got partially integrated. There’s an online school system we are supposed to use, and teachers often send us study materials there, including during classes. At one point we even took online exams (physically at school) and most used phones for that too (I prefer a desktop if I can use that).
Basically it became an expectation. “Look this up, take a picture of this, open what I sent you, send me this, confirm that,…”But yeah, anyway, most exams are probably AI-written nowadays. This is known, and not particularly discouraged. Well, one teacher even told us we’ll be given computers with internet access on (part of the) graduation exams, and shown us how we can just copy-paste it to and from ChatGPT. And that was true.
But hey, we also often have classes of absolutely nothing that you just have to wait out.
The level of Slovakian education is setting the bar so low it clipped through the ground. - Comment on Philosophy moment 2 weeks ago:
Already included.
- Comment on Philosophy moment 2 weeks ago:
- SMS and classic calls are dying. Things moved to Discord, Instagram, Snapchat, or whatever else for the most part
- Burner SIM, or better yet, burner eSIM. Maybe VoIP would suffice.
And the original SIM could still be used in some cheap older phone.
Although it seems everything in the US is a plan, meaning monthly payments. But perhaps I haven’t looked far enough.
- Comment on In the not too distant past this was a thing 4 weeks ago:
I have a MiBand which for me is primarily a regular watch with notifications.
I haven’t used audio notifications or ringing on my phone for years. I can also just allow the most important, while the less important notifications I’ll see just on my phone when I unlock it, unless I blocked those notifications too.
Currently this means I get SMS notifications (mostly useful for verification codes / package pick-up codes), Lemmy reply notifications, bank notifications (like payments), phone battery charged (80%) notification, and notifications of upcoming space rocket launches with webcast available (within 10 minutes).
My phone doesn’t make a sound, it doesn’t light up the screen, it doesn’t show notifications on lockscreen, it doesn’t vibrate, it doesn’t use notification LED. The smartband is a replacement.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to rant@lemmy.sdf.org | 10 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Are you sure if was an actual choice?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Not the person you replied to, but I prefer neither of those in this context since they only represent age-based sexual attraction, which may also be given as a diagnosis.
The more fitting name is a “predator” or “sexual predator”. If specific to children, then “child molester”. Both technically correct (as far as I know), while also sounding more serious (in my opinion).
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Ignorance. Lots of if.
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to askandroid@lemdro.id | 0 comments
- Comment on If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be? 5 weeks ago:
I wanted to say allergies, but I am not sure you mean abnormal stuff too.
Breathing otherwise. Annoying + can’t stay underwater for long enough.
Though if add, direct thought + feeling sharing. Current communication is way too inefficient.
- Comment on What kind of CAPTCHA is this? 1 month ago:
Well, not for KDE it seems.
- Comment on What kind of CAPTCHA is this? 1 month ago:
Isn’t it called Meta?
- Comment on What kind of CAPTCHA is this? 1 month ago:
Now I wonder if there are motherboards with easily re-flashable firmware (from a read-only device that couldn’t be tampered with).