Monument
@Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Panic! on the trade floor 3 hours ago:
Those darn millennials!
Such rascals. - Comment on How do I use HTTPS on a private LAN without self-signed certs? 3 days ago:
The advice I needed and have not been able to find. I could kiss you. Or at least give you a fond nod.
- Comment on Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same? 3 days ago:
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- Comment on At this point I think I would 4 days ago:
I want the version with all the African fjords.
- Comment on Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired? 1 week ago:
My desk wireless charger is magnetic, and my keyboard is wireless and can be switched between devices. So I can switch to my phone and bang out a message on my keyboard while my phone is held up comfortably.
- Comment on Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine 2 weeks ago:
The same people who regularly give us uninspiring and insipid candidates to run against demagogues and repeatedly act surprised when they lose ground expect to gain control of a White House where the current president is treating democracy as if it’s an optional hindrance – expect to take power?
If nothing else, I admire their optimism.
- Comment on The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury 2 weeks ago:
They’d threaten legal action for defamation and bury it before it was published.
- Comment on What exactly are they teaching in our schools? 4 weeks ago:
From my recent garage sale:
A sign beside a road that reads “Garage Salad” and features an arrow pointing left
- Comment on Palmer Luckey says he wants to 'turn warfighters into technomancers' as Anduril takes over production of the US Army's IVAS AR headset from Microsoft 1 month ago:
My girlfriend asked why I carry a gun around the house?
I looked her dead in the eye and said, “the motherfucking decepticons”. She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed, I shot the toaster, it was a good time.…. I don’t know. It’s just what came to mind when I thought of household appliances being hijacked.
- Comment on Palmer Luckey says he wants to 'turn warfighters into technomancers' as Anduril takes over production of the US Army's IVAS AR headset from Microsoft 1 month ago:
I did a quick search, so I’m basically an expert now. imaginary hair flip
So, some flashlights have multiple brightness modes. I guess that’s controlled via a tiny, low power microprocessor.
And if it’s a computer, it can be hacked!So the firmware does things, depending on the capabilities of the hardware in the flashlight, but you can set it to override defaults for brightness, change how many levels of brightness you have, add (or remove) a blinky SOS mode, sleep timers in case it’s accidentally left on, and even add a way to check the battery percentage via a button press pattern, that the flashlight responds to with a series of blinks.
No lie, kind of fascinating stuff. I like to hack other stuff, like smart appliances (replacing firmware so it doesn’t share my data, but I still get to use it as a smart device). I don’t think I would be into talking to my flashlight via Morse code, but I can see the appeal as both a hobby, and for folks who need flashlights as safety equipment. - Comment on Eatin’ on the roof 1 month ago:
I went through a rough patch awhile back that saw a lot of “yes”’s to things just to keep myself from being still enough to let my thoughts catch up to me.
A friend invited me out one Tuesday night, to a bar within walking distance of our apartments. We got a table on the patio and got deep in our cups late into the night. The vibe started to shift and I suddenly realized something – last call was an hour and a half ago. But drinks had kept flowing - just reappearing while we chatted with the crowd (that was drinking and getting high on the patio) clustered around us. But there was no crowd outside of our group. In fact, all the patrons had gone, and we were apparently just partying with the bar staff, getting to know their life stories. After a spell, I got self conscious and moved to leave. I tried to pay, and they just waved me off.
It was honestly kind of a magical experience. I never did food service or bar work (I chose the retail/manual labor early career skill tree). It felt like a forbidden peek into their lives. - Comment on Is it time to ring the alarm on internet door cameras? 1 month ago:
Same. I went with them as a “good enough” option when I needed cameras because I have had a good experience with Anker products, but they’ve slowly enshitified to the point that I’d drop them in a heartbeat if the budget was there.
- Comment on Humans are notoriously hard to kill on purpose but laughably easy to kill by accident. 1 month ago:
They always catch the people who search for “most popular way to get away with murder” but they rarely catch the ones who search for “most embarrassing way to die.”
- Comment on Sounds like a fun place to work 1 month ago:
Not that bizarre of an explanation. The workplace is a porn studio. She found that it improves productivity if folks aren’t distracted while working. Seems reasonable.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Most likely. Unless you have testicles, in which case you may have testicular cancer.
In either situation, take another test or two, and then prepare to speak to medical professionals.
- Comment on UnitedHealth updates data breach impact to 190 million people, nearly doubling previous estimate 2 months ago:
I’ve never been a UMH customer, but about 7 months after the breach happened (November), I got a letter from the company handling customer complaints for Change Healthcare, telling me an unbeknown amount of my medical and or financial information was leaked to unknown parties via some unknown method. If I had questions, I could call the company handling customer complaints.
When I called to ask how Change came to be in possession of my medical data, that they then lost, and subsequently failed to inform me of the situation within my state’s statutory notification window for having your data hacked, the representative told me they didn’t know, and would not be able to find out what company had entrusted them with my data. - Comment on After years of concerns raised by scientists, EU has banned Bisphenol A from contact with food 2 months ago:
That’s a great step in the right direction, but unless they ban other bisphenol compounds, they are just ‘moving the problem around’ because popular substitutes like BPS and BPF are just as, if not more dangerous.
BPA-Free Isn’t Always Better: The dangers of BPS, a BPA substitute - Yale Scientific
BPS and BPF are as Carcinogenic as BPA and are Not Viable Alternatives for its Replacement - PubMed
- Comment on It's 2025 now, what are the games you'll be starting the year with? 2 months ago:
I started playing No Man’s Sky again recently. My game from XBox didn’t transfer to Steam and I didn’t feel like trying to troubleshoot it, so I just started fresh. I’ll probably play that until my new character has unlocked everything.
I also picked up Stray and haven’t yet gotten into it much. I also recently bought Everspace, but haven’t even started the game yet. Soon, though. - Comment on Clippy's coming for you 4 months ago:
I have ADHD you glorified staple.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 5 months ago:
A base plate that’s got a spring under it, except for a little nub that pokes the power button.
Terrible if you live in earthquake-prone areas.Wait. Are we describing a bump stock for your computer?
- Comment on The grand prize 5 months ago:
If I had one of those in my living room, my house would collapse.
- Comment on Intuit possibly succumbs to the Streisand effect 5 months ago:
Shirley you’ve heard of absurdist humor?
- Comment on Clean energy workers are desperately needed, but many don't know these jobs exist 5 months ago:
I wonder if the relevant units of government creating standards for these jobs would help.
Plumbers and electricians have to be licensed in many areas. I’m sure building codes require building permits.
Wheels of government take time to turn, but requiring installation companies use licensed installers, and handling the licensing and vetting in the same way electricians and plumbers are handled is a good place to start. Definitely always loopholes in the construction business, but a formalized and licensed profession is a way to improve pay.