kent_eh

kent_eh , 1 year ago to technology in Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed

If a website doesn’t want me to see their shit, then I guess i won’t see their shit

That’s how I react to Twitter and Facebook requiring login to even view most things.

Whatever you’re showing isn’t important enough to be worth me making an account.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to android in ChatGPT app is available (*in the US)

We’re used to that at this point.

Often I think we are no more than an afterthought to most companies.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to android in People sticking with audio jack phones, why is USB-C earphones not a solution?

The fact that there is more than one “standard” for USB-C audio is enough to hate it.

Analog 3.5mm just works with everything. No dongles, no drivers, no “unsupported device”, no batteries.

It. Just. Works.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to technology in Which is your preferred smartwatch/fitness tracker?

Where’s the “none of the above” choice?

I agree with that preference

kent_eh , 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to news in Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists

Just let it go and enjoy the rest of your life.

Nope. Not when my kids will have to try and survive in the shitshow they are being handed.

It’s my responsibility to do as much as I am able to try and mitigate as much of the the damage as possible.

For their sake, if not for the collective good.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to news in Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists

It is still possible to fix any of these problems.

But not if we collectively throw up our hands and give up.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to world in Climate change is a hoax /s

My dad switched from saying it isn’t real to saying he’ll be dead soon so he won’t have to experience it.

Ask him if he cares about the world that his kids and grand-kids will have to live in, or is he just a selfish asshole.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to world in Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble

And apparently they don’t give a fuck about the world their kids and grandchildren will ave to live in.

Bunch of psychopaths.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to world in Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble

Why are these greener companies selling to them?

Often because they don’t have the capital to roll out their technology and need to go to the market for investment.

But then the investment market fucks them.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to world in Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble

Snarky, but accurate.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to news in Trump says special counsel told him he’s a target in Jan. 6 probe

Trump says special counsel told him he’s a target in Jan. 6 probe

As well he should be.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to technology in Meta’s Threads Could Make—or Break—the Fediverse

To me, threads is inconsequential. It’s just another twitter clone

Exactly.

I never liked Twitter, so why should I want to use a clone (and, FWIW, that includes Mastadon).

I prefer platforms that are designed for discussion, not for publishing opinions with arbitrarily small character limits.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to technology in LBRY, company behind Odysee, shutting down after SEC Fine

cryptocurrency provides just that.

It provides the promise of that.

The reality, not so much

kent_eh , 1 year ago to world in China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records

Except we’re also setting high temperature records in Canada.

Even with that, it still pisses me off when I hear my fellow Canadians (mostly from a certain province that exports fossil fuel) saying “why should Canada do anything when these other countries are worse”.

kent_eh , 1 year ago to world in ‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f

Humans and most other creatures