SmashingSquid
@SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo
- Comment on What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian 9 months ago:
So… are you going to link the live cd that works on iPhones or just going to continue talking about the net nanny days? iOS is locked down. Nothing is bulletproof but a child isn’t going to find a way around it.
- Comment on What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian 9 months ago:
Apple screen time parental Controls were created because third party software was using MDM which Apple didn’t like. If Apple can lock down a phone without mdm for companies to give to their employees why exactly do you think software built into the OS is easy to get around like net nanny?
Googling found an article about getting around it.
Nothing on there an 8 year old would do and there’s directions on how to prevent any of it. You can lock down changing system settings or even stop them from editing their contacts.
- Comment on What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian 9 months ago:
No, they literally can’t be bypassed unless they figure out the passcode. Parental controls on iOS are part of the OS, not like the easily bypassed software you would install on a computer.
- Comment on What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian 9 months ago:
We got an iPhone for my niece who is 8. It’s locked down so all she can do is text, call, and take pictures/video and she can’t contact anyone not in her contacts list. She has some games but can’t use them for more than an hour per day and they won’t open during school hours.
A big issue is parents not bothering to learn how to use and set up parental controls.
- Comment on 'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology 10 months ago:
Most self checkouts in the US work fine for me too. The only issue I ever have is when stores have the weight sensor in the bagging area turned on and it does the stupid unexpected item in bagging area crap. There is one model that I won’t touch when I see it though because it was slow as hell even when it was new.
- Comment on 'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology 10 months ago:
There are many people who can’t grasp anything technology related. I’ve seen people tapping a can against the scanner instead of scanning the barcode and getting mad it didn’t work. UIs on most self checkouts these days are the same with different branding and they work well.
It is impossible to make something everyone can use when people let their brains shut off any time they have to use a machine.
- Comment on Is it okay to wash hands with body soap? 10 months ago:
Try “gloves in a bottle”. It soaks in immediately instead of leaving your hands greasy.
- Comment on Is it time for 6G already? Traffic analysis says yep 10 months ago:
Every “unlimited” mobile plan I’ve heard of has fine print that says it slows to a crawl after some amount. I don’t know if the real limits are different in practice, so I was asking about that.
These days you just get “deprioritized” instead of a hard throttle on most unlimited plans after reaching the amount. Deprioritized means the network treats your data as less important so if the tower gets congested it’ll slow down otherwise it’s still full speed.
- Comment on What happens to my instance if my domain expires? 10 months ago:
I was going by sorting tldlist by renewal price but I see now the price doesn’t match. .link is cheap to renew.
- Comment on What happens to my instance if my domain expires? 10 months ago:
I would spend the money on a domain. There’s lots of new TLDs to choose from and some are cheap. A .stream domain is $3.99 at namesilo as is .link.
- Comment on EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here’s Why Mechanics Are Doing So Anyway 10 months ago:
This was posted to one of the communities I sub to like a day or two ago: spectrum.ieee.org/flow-battery-2666672335
This would probably be the best option if it takes off.
- Comment on The Telecom Industry Is Very Mad Because The FCC MIGHT Examine High Broadband Prices 11 months ago:
I pay $39.99 USD for 300 megabit symmetrical fiber.
- Comment on Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV 11 months ago:
The Apple TV is the best out there. It’s quick, has a great remote now, and not full of ads. I don’t use android but there’s probably a third party app to use as a remote for pasting passwords.
- Comment on Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV 11 months ago:
I still have one of the Apple TV HDs from 2015 on one tv and it’s still fast compared to the built in smart tv on TVs I got last year. I had 2 more that I upgraded to 4K units last year but gave the HDs away and they’re still being used. They really weren’t expensive for me because directv had launched their streaming service and were giving Apple TVs away when paying for a certain amount of months.
- Comment on Nothing's iMessage solution might not be as secure as we thought 11 months ago:
What? It’s not crazy unstable, I’ve never had an issue with it.
- Comment on Mastodon and today's fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default 1 year ago:
This is the first time I’ve seen this one. Best result I saw from 30 seconds of googling:
In 2020, the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) began using LGBTQIA2S+ to recognize those who identify as “Two-Spirit.” This phrase refers to people who identify as having both a masculine and feminine spirit, and is used by some Indigenous and Native communities.
“Two-Spirit” describes the cultural-specific understanding for the diverse gender traditions of Indigenous and Native people. Historically, Two-Spirit people were among the most respected in their communities, often serving as community healers, ceremonial leaders or caregivers to the elderly or orphaned children. This is consistent across many cultures who experienced extreme oppression and intergenerational trauma through periods of colonization. Today, young people who identify as Two-Spirit may suffer from inequalities perpetuated by a legacy of discriminatory laws and policies.
Source: National Runaway Safeline - Comment on I get that AMP sites are supposed to load faster. But why do they have to be so ugly? 1 year ago:
I hate amp so much that once iOS supported safari extensions I bought the Amplosion extension (from the dev of the Reddit Apollo app). There were constant scrolling and zoom issues for me any time I loaded an amp page, fuck amp.
- Comment on s there a way to make an interface or to use an app like Signal so your texts can't get "legally intercepted" via bluetooth from all car manufacturers? 1 year ago:
In order for the car to access your texts you would need to pair the phone via Bluetooth and allow access to them. This is more about older systems from before Apple CarPlay and android’s equivalent where you were stuck with whatever features the car had rather than just letting your phone take over the entertainment system’s interface.
- Comment on Do any ATMs in Belgium support balance inquiries? 1 year ago:
Is there no number on your card you can call and get your balance using an automated system?
- Comment on Kendrick Lamar's company just dropped a limited-edition 'dumb' phone. It's already sold out. 1 year ago:
Missing lte band 71. Hope the buyers don’t have T-Mobile in an area that’s b71 only.
- Comment on Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant 1 year ago:
Alexa is the same and used to work fine. My favorite is “Alexa, turn on the fan” turns on the fan in my mother’s room but “Alexa, turn off the fan”correctly turns off the fan in my bedroom. I ended up getting a HomePod and using home assistant to add all my devices to HomeKit. Shit on Siri all you want but at least she can turn the right devices on and off and on first try.
- Comment on DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip 1 year ago:
I’ve gotten drivers from the local pizza place using grubhub but sometimes would get a grubhub driver so at least with grubhub they must have a choice. That pizza place used to have their own online ordering but they sold the business so now they use slice which seems to charge a flat fee. I don’t think slice has their own drivers.
I really only ever order pizza from local places, I’d expect normal restaurants to not have their own drivers.
- Comment on DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip 1 year ago:
The whole reason I order online is to avoid using the phone. I usually find their website and see if they have their own online ordering. Smaller places often have online ordering provided by an unknown company that charges normal prices instead of having to mark it up to cover DoorDash fees.
- Comment on Outside the US? Then you’ll be getting worse versions of the Google Pixel 8 and iPhone 15 1 year ago:
They charge extra for international sms too? Wow you really get screwed.
- Comment on Outside the US? Then you’ll be getting worse versions of the Google Pixel 8 and iPhone 15 1 year ago:
Do carriers still charge for voicemail?
- Comment on Are phone notification LEDs still a thing? 1 year ago:
The iPhone can flash the camera LED for alerts. It’s under accessibility-> audio/visual. Not sure about android but check in your phone’s accessibility features there’s probably something similar.
- Comment on How should I handle an ex friend who feels like he needs to bully me to raise his own self esteem? (We're adults) 1 year ago:
The alcohol is likely related. He might be insecure or something and projecting it on you, liquid courage probably makes him feel more comfortable being an asshole.
- Comment on Amazon coupons: what's the story? 1 year ago:
It’s the same as with any other coupon. They make more money from people who don’t bother to clip it.
- Comment on Inside Google’s Plan to Stop Apple From Getting Serious About Search 1 year ago:
Yeah there was just an article on ars about malware from an ad pretending to be keepass.
- Comment on Inside Google’s Plan to Stop Apple From Getting Serious About Search 1 year ago:
Google is still the best in my experience, at least for stuff I search for. As long as they’re just slightly better what reason do they have to improve?