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sramder , 10 days ago

But we fixed this already, it was called TiVo…

sramder , 15 days ago

It’s almost like they were designed around something round… I call it the data-wheel!

sramder , 14 days ago

Vast libraries of such disks once existed but we are unsure of what happened to them… but our scientists have identified a solid layer of polycarbonate about 50 feet down from the planets surface that may extend for miles.

sramder , 26 days ago

It’s okay homie… there are dozens of us ;-)

sramder , 1 month ago

So it’s possible to run this type of service with this type of database, without sharing BSSID locations with anyone else who asks.

Seems like apple was hoping to keep their API hits down at the expense of everyone’s privacy including their own customers. Very uncool.

sramder , 1 month ago

…the combination of factors seems sloppy. Well put.

It could even be privacy preserving with the right implementation. With a bunch of device locations nearby you’re not hitting the server constantly and leaving a trail… but I think Apple just had limiting API hits and maybe computing.

sramder , 1 month ago

The only one (of 15) to survive the procedure escaped the lab and was promptly hit by a car.

sramder , 1 month ago

They’re spies, so lying is like 90% of what they do ;-)

I tend to believe the whole project was an ill conceived failure and someone within CIA made up hit-by-a-car story to avoid a lengthy explanation.

Radio transmitter in a cat sounds plausible in 2011 but it would have been a much trickier proposition in 1960. Certainly not impossible but the part I always come back to is the power supply. You either need lots of batteries or a way to activate it externally without a lot of drain before you do.

Covering up animal cruelty. I wouldn’t be surprised if they incinerated the poor things just to make sure there was no chance of the research getting out :-(

I absolutely made that number up 😅 I’ve got a book at home that’s more coffee table curiosity than serious reference material that had some details of the project. I recall that there were numerous failures but couldn’t remember how many, but 14 failures plus one viable was what my brain offered… so I bet you’re right about french space cats!

sramder , 1 month ago

Wasn’t this guy hired to be some kind of poster-boy CEO because he has a highschool masturbation related injury that causes one of his arms to constantly ache? Why is he giving everyone business advice now?

sramder , 1 month ago

It’s length does indicate he’s a successful man of means…

sramder , 1 month ago

I’ll have to dig it up tomorrow, but that was an illusion to a mountain climbing injury he sustained at some point earlier in life (to an arm) that left him in constant pain. He was able to function by mentally mastering the discomfort which he credited to meditation or something like that.

I believe it was an interview that aired on NPR at least 5 years ago.

I’m with you. When I saw The Saint as a kid it seemed like the perfect plan. Do crimes and retire when you hit 5 million ;-)

Seriously, I think it’s a widespread addiction. You see your nest-egg turn into millions and then billions… it’s got to be a rush.

sramder , 1 month ago

So 214 people let the battery on their (USB Rechargeable) insulin pump die and reported it to the FDA…

Then again Tandem is kind of a shitty company. They based their algorithm in part on data from insulin pumps that had been returned to the manufacture for a software update. Without consent.

Switched from an industry standard luer-lock connector to a proprietary one after purchase. Then required all supply ordering to go through their own sales department and a single manufacturer.

Camped on the design for a small portable pump they patented back in 2012 until there was a viable competitor with innovative technology.

You know what… I think I have a phone call to make :-)

sramder , 1 month ago

Clearly it’s a transmitter. That cat is responsible for exactly 1/5th of all the weird shit you think about.

sramder , 1 month ago

At this point I’m assuming most if not all of these content deals are essentially retroactive. They already scrapped the content and found it useful enough to try and secure future use, or at least exclude competitors.

sramder , 1 month ago

[…]will only take a few hallucinations before no one trusts LLMs to write code or give advice

Because none of us have ever blindly pasted some code we got off google and crossed our fingers ;-)

sramder , 1 month ago

Which is why I used the former as an example and not the latter.

I’m not trying to make a general case for AI generated code here… just poking fun at the notion that a few errors will put people off using it.

sramder , 1 month ago

Hum… this was one of the original reasons I signed up with them. I totally missed them dropping support. I’m not mad about it because I don’t torrent much anymore, but it’s still a pretty lame excuse.

I want all my services supporting maximum fuckery at all times as a matter of general principle.

Any alternatives that you know of?

sramder , 1 month ago

Thanks for the tip, I’ll check them out.

sramder , 1 month ago

I can’t honestly say I’ve ever had much trouble with it either. No trouble receiving files at least… there wasn’t much outbound traffic, but that could just have been a lack of interest :-)

I’m happy with Mulvad’s service and now that the initial shock and indignation is wearing off I’ll probably stick with them.

Besides I read about their new traffic obfuscation and I’ve got to give that a try. We need proactive innovation like that, now more than ever.

sramder , 1 month ago

Thank you. It’s good to know I have a few options.

sramder , 1 month ago

Honestly the best summary I’ve read so far and I actually downloaded the PDF 😬

sramder , 1 month ago

Cops do not mentally and physically scar teenagers because they are evil[…]

Strongly disagree.

sramder , 1 month ago

I was scratching my head too…

sramder , 1 month ago

I’m still not entirely convinced people don’t join just so they can be dicks with impunity and collect a top tier salary/benefits package… I know there are good people too, but it’s hard to believe in the system as a whole lately.

But simply blaming capitalism is shortsighted. Which isn’t what you said, but I feel it’s worth stating. Incomplete theories lead to imperfect solutions and policing in this country is in desperate need of reforms.

sramder , 1 month ago

They just killed my nest cameras, but the thermostat is still supported. I was planning on replacing it with an ecobee this year just because API access is kind of a pain but this is giving me some second thoughts.

sramder , 1 month ago

Yeah. Although they were honestly long past their prime, and I wasn’t using them anymore so it’s hard to be upset.

They could even be set in RSTP mode before they dropped support from the app, so they could still be useful.

sramder , 1 month ago

I’m really loving this journey for them 🥰

sramder , 1 month ago

Thanks. I was about to embarrass myself 😅

sramder , 1 month ago

“The stuff they use to for sterilizing operating room… yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s okay mother.”

sramder , 1 month ago

Question is: do I buy one now and risk them bricking it out of spite… I guess as long as I don’t update the firmware? I don’t actually know how their geofence works.

This is lame. They already crammed remoteID™ down our throats :-( Although this will do way more to curtail drone activity it’s demonstrably not going to stop anyone from doing anything really bad.

sramder , 1 month ago

What’s your point?

There’s a handful of valid notions in there, but they apply to the vast majority of apps people download.

It’s a choice. You could get the same technology from an American company for… 50-80K if you’re lucky and will to roll up your sleeves and learn some sophisticated GIS software (not included).

Or you could get the DJI for… let’s call it 6K including a nice laptop and let the evil orientials know the layout of your hazlenut orchard. Oh nooooos! Spooky scary!

The Uyghur thing is a problem for me. And I would need to understand that better before I buy something. If it’s a case of the Chinese government asking DJI to provide surveillance tech, I’m not sure that’s a request they can deny. If it’s DJI using slave/forced labor, fuckem.

sramder , 1 month ago

Oh I’ve built a few over the last 10 years. There’s a lot to be said for what DJI has accomplished over that time. I doubt it would cost me less that 10K to make something that has all the features they offer in a $2K package. And it would take months for a prototype.

sramder , 1 month ago

So your contention is that because Congress our most learned body of intellectuals… fuck it, I’m not in the mood tonight.

sramder , 1 month ago

The article pretty plainly says the guy was coerced into entering his password. So the headline feels a bit manipulative.

sramder , 1 month ago

Ya know… I hadn’t see anything by them in so long I forgot.

sramder , 1 month ago

Take a deep breath and tell us how you really feel ;-)

I got here a bit late and it seemed like there was some decent discussion going on. Practical advice on how to lock various phones.

Some high quality pasta about how to survive the coming civil war ;-) Honestly good advice for anyone considering civil unrest there.

It’s small, but what’s really missing here? Someone dragging up the constitution? Being forced to incriminate yourself is wrong and any evidence gleaned should be inadmissible. Cops shouldn’t manipulate people into giving up their rights… but that’s the country we live in.

Reddit was a wash in low effort feel good upvote nonsense too. It just got buried faster.

To each his own but until I have time to post a bunch of high quality content, I’m not going to complain so bitterly.

sramder , 1 month ago

I think they were victims of their own success weren’t they? Gawker was already kind of a tech-tabloid, happy to report rumors (which were often true or at least truth adjacent).

That kinda made them popular with both hardboiled techies who wanted to know when my shit was going to come rolling down, and regular folks who just wanted some good gossip… maybe wanted to touch our feet or whatever ;-)

With that success and the capital investment it garnered Gawker bought up all the good tech news sites.

Unable to produce meaningful content for that many sites on the limited budget their investors demanded Gawker invented the listical. And humanity wept —and kept clicking for some damn reason 🤨

Many years passed and the listical was clearly dying, so Gawker sought out a real zinger to boost their profile… I’m a bit hazy on the details, but it sounds like Peter Teal fucked them up the ass with Hulk Hogan‘s penis. 

At least that’s how I remember it ;-)

sramder , 1 month ago

There has got to be a Whack-A-Mole joke in here somewhere.

But yeah… same bud.

sramder , 1 month ago

And I’ve died laughing :-) Thank you for that.

P.S. No idea why I just got a notification for this.

sramder , 1 month ago

Thanks for explaining this… something about it being kind of democratic (?) makes it more amusing than irritating.

Lemmy still feels thin compared to the colossal poop-chute that was Reddit.

Knowing that the spurt of new furry porn in my all feed, is the result some new Lemmite fast-fingering the subscribe button is kind of delightful :-)

sramder , 1 month ago

The big triangle shaped corner litter boxes can help a bit. I think the last one we had was branded Natures Miracle. Sorry your boy’s doing poorly, that sucks :-|

sramder , 1 month ago

I hate pooping in the dark :-) I think one of the other comments probably tracks a bit more, good cats have an instinct to burry it and then scratch up the whole area so it’s less obvious they hid something.

Honestly crocodile box isn’t far off either. The bigger the box, the less chance anything winds up outside. Every time we got a bigger box it made cleanup a bit easier, the corner box fit the bill and has 2 high sides so no pee hits the wall :-)

Hopefully your boy feels better soon. 

sramder , 1 month ago

I value my privacy and have an extra $7 to blow every month.

Bleep boop, this summary has saved you 99.9%… just kidding i’m not a bot and have no idea what the article says ;-)

sramder , 1 month ago

Everyone’s creepy uncle… to creep to fail… this wants to be a Weinstein joke, but not today :-(



sramder , 1 month ago

That must be why it stopped working ;-)

Does 48 hours not getting a reverse proxy working count?

It’s FreeNAS and I don’t really hoast anything but the plex server… so 48 hours.

If deleting files counts 10 days a year, if not 1 day a year.

sramder , 2 months ago

Somewhat ironic that the original joke was about seagull managers.

sramder , 2 months ago

You guys might have a point… I was thinking they would impose some kind of draconian verification as the next impediment to compliance.

Also kinda thinking about those weird “travel agencies” that let you rent a return flight so you can get your visa approved.

But if it really is anyone on EU soil they truly may be out of options.

sramder , 2 months ago

Can confirm. I tried 2 laps in the roundabout in front of Kaiser and people lost their minds 😂