Hamartiogonic

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to technology in Why is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us?

Imagine how hard it would be to buy stuff or use free services if you actually had to read and understand the contracts every time.

Ok, I’ll just quickly check on Google maps what’s south of Mongolia. Oh, I need to read all that before seeing the map? Well, maybe later. Don’t really have the time for that right now.

If that’s what life was like, laziness would win nearly every time and companies would have hardly any users or customers. Eventually some companies would probably make super short contracts in order to lower the threshold.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to technology in Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value

Can confirm. This is the way.

I keep on taking that lesson from time to time, but I still haven’t passed the final exam.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to technology in VW solid-state battery retains 95% capacity over 1,000 charge cycles in lab testing

Finding the right materials has been really hard, but the next obstacle is scaling up the production. As long as we’re talking about small scale production, these batteries are going to be really expensive and only suitable for very few products.

VW is suggesting that they have solved both of these problems, which obviously makes me a bit skeptical. However, I don’t think it’s impossible, but I’m saying it’s really hard. I would have expected to see some luxury products use SSBs first before seeing them in main stream brands.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to technology in Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value

Typo. Was supposed to swipe “storage expenses”.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to technology in VW solid-state battery retains 95% capacity over 1,000 charge cycles in lab testing

Given that we’re talking about batteries… Remember what phone and laptop manufacturers say about their batteries?

On top of that, these are solid state batteries, not your usual Li-ion batteries with a liquid electrolyte. This is the first time I’ve heard of a large well known company announce they’re using solid state batteries.

That technology has been under development for decades, and it has been applied in some very special devices before, but maybe now it’s finally the time to start large scale production.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to technology in Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value

And with this brilliant move they are going to increase bandwidth and storage expenses. There’s a reason why it’s so hard to compete with YouTube.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to fediverse in Six months after the initial reddit surge (graphs)

Totally remember the lack of apps. Initially, I just had to use Lemmy through a mobile browser. Lots of devs were working hard to publish their apps, and after a few months we had lots of options. That was just amazing how quickly it happened.

BTW shout out to Bean, my favorite Lemmy client. It’s not perfect, so in some cases I still use Voyager to fill in the gaps, so bonus points for Voyager too.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to technology in HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges

Normally, words hang out in larger groups called sentences or clauses. Words are social, so they like to stick together and form social bonds and hierarchies.

However, some words don’t have anyone to hang out with, and they’re called lone words.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to nottheonion in Trump Attorney Tells Judges Presidential Immunity Would Even Cover Assassinating Rivals, Selling Pardons

Who needs a two-party system, when all you need is one. It’s working pretty well in China, Cuba and North Korea.

/s just in case…

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to linux in TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism

Yes, that’s the fascinating thing. Using labeling as a mental shortcut for understanding the world is really useful, but it comes with a price tag.

It’s basically the same problem we have when labeling thins as “religion” or “some other stuff”. We might want to call something a religion, but it doesn’t quite match. We might want to label something else a non-religion, but it meets all the criteria. Those labels aren’t neutral either, so using them comes with some baggage.

Same thing with FOSS. If we label it a socialist concept, that label comes with some unfortunate connotations… Well, at least if you’re in a country where socialism is frowned upon.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to technology in X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation

Care to elaborate that bit about capitalism?

As a non-American, I’ve been struggling to understand how Americans use these terms. Sure, I’ve seen plenty of “capitalism good, socialism bad” rhetoric, but what do people actually mean when they use them? Your example was particularly interesting, because it sounds like you’re implying that Trump promised capitalism, but failed to deliver.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to linux in TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism

Just because an idea is labeled as socialist/capitalist or whatever, doesn’t inherently make it good or bad. People like to label things to simplify complicated topics, but that shortcut isn’t always worth it. Nowadays, I hear a lot of talk about this or that being socialist/communist thing as if that makes it automatically bad. Somehow, I get the feeling that most of those people are Americans. If that’s actually true, it would make a lot of sense.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to world in For the second time in recorded history, global sea surface temperatures hit six standard deviations above 1982-2011, on January 6 2024

You’ve taken some right steps, but there’s still s long way to go. Various industries, companies and individuals do what makes economic sense to them. Governments decide what makes sense and what doesn’t, but you can influence that by voting.

For example, many industries have used coal and gas, because it made economic sense at the time. Now that emissions trading is in place, using polluting energy sources is less and less appealing. The same sort of shift should take place in other areas as well, and politics is the way to get there. Climate change isn’t a technological problem as much as it’s a political one.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to linux in TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism

Yep. This is the way, but it won’t stop other people from labeling you regardless.

Hamartiogonic , 7 months ago to nostupidquestions in What caused the change in electronic terminology?

Or viking style pillage and plunder accompanied by burning the monastery and stabbing the priest.