Comment on: 200,000+ Hoverboards Recalled Due to Battery Fire Risk; “In some instances, there was smoke or fire” - Activist Post
I hate that they used that name there's nothing hover about it
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29 Aug 2021 02:22
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Anyone know a non-woke adafruit alternative
3 0 comments 13 Aug 2021 09:31 u/WinstonThe9th (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: The Framework Laptop is now shipping, and press reviews are up
Yeah for sure. The test is always do these companies make it to 2. I think librium is the only fringe company with a shot.
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23 Jul 2021 15:28
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Comment on: The Framework Laptop is now shipping, and press reviews are up
But it's a start. I miss being able to pull out my battery.
I think maybe they should have gone less ultra light and more good machine.
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23 Jul 2021 12:21
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Comment on: The Framework Laptop is now shipping, and press reviews are up
Ouch
>>You can customize almost every part of this PC. Unfortunately, that doesn't make it good.
https://gizmodo.com/i-wanted-to-love-framework-s-modular-laptop-but-it-s-g-1847339409
>>Throughout the benchmarking process, I clocked the Framework laptop running at around 108 degrees Fahrenheit. At some points, the computer felt too hot to touch.
>>The Framework laptop certainly does work on cooling itself, which I can tell because it’s loud enough to become a noisy distraction.
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23 Jul 2021 09:43
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Comment on: FCC is asked to restore net neutrality rules
Is there a reason you didn't say Biden asked?
This is the headline... It's much better.
Biden’s executive order puts net neutrality back in the spotlight.
Id honestly prefer him not to use an EO. They are bull shit. He should get the house to write up some not full of crap legislation to get voted on.
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10 Jul 2021 11:52
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Comment on: “I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted
I actuality run a Pinas with 3tb drives.
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26 Jun 2021 01:42
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Comment on: How Are Dead Man's Switches Set Up?
Yeah I guess if you get a lawyer who is legally bound to do it.
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25 Jun 2021 15:00
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Comment on: “I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted
Yeah if you have the money.
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25 Jun 2021 10:56
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Comment on: “I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted
I've been telling people these things blow since mypassports started getting popular. They use a control board that can burn out. Your hdd can be fine but if the controller goes out you lose all your shit. I hate them. Get an internal and a case.
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25 Jun 2021 10:03
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Comment on: How Are Dead Man's Switches Set Up?
Were I Mcafee I would do something like this.
Have 3 or 4 servers sitting somewhere with the data on them. I'd create a simple program with a password screen and give 5 or 6 different people a password, probably all lawyers who are legally bound to act and not talk to the Man. Upon entry of any of those peoples' passwords a 1-2 month timer would start (to make sure that no one entered it wrongly). At the end of that period, those who entered the password would be transferred a sum of money a set of dick pics (it's mcafee), an email would then be sent to various newspapers, governments and hacker groups with access to the data on the servers. The end and fuck you to anyone in the files.
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25 Jun 2021 08:21
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Comment on: How Are Dead Man's Switches Set Up?
It could also be with a lawyer or family. It's just a trigger and an automated release process. There's not a set way to do it. It's more of a concept than an actual protocol.
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25 Jun 2021 04:55
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Comment on: A friend of mine got the Google foobar "interview" .
She is doing a coursera python course for work and looked something up on stack exchange. She doesn't really know how to code. I'm kinda walking her through it / giving her answers.
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17 Jun 2021 13:12
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Comment on: A friend of mine got the Google foobar "interview" .
Were you searching while logged into your Google account?
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17 Jun 2021 12:40
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Comment on: A friend of mine got the Google foobar "interview" .
We shall see how i fair. The first was a simple find the set in the list. The second was find a set of numbers in a list that add to a certain number and return the one with the lowest index. I'm waiting for the 3rd one now.
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17 Jun 2021 12:38
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Comment on: A friend of mine got the Google foobar "interview" .
https://medium.com/plutonic-services/things-you-should-know-about-google-foobar-invitation-703a535bf30f
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17 Jun 2021 09:37
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A friend of mine got the Google foobar "interview" .
12 8 comments 17 Jun 2021 09:36 u/WinstonThe9th (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: RockYou2021: Largest Ever Password Compilation Leaked
Indeed. Seems super shady. The bottom of the article they mention it. Really though don't enter your password anywhere they shouldn't go.
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09 Jun 2021 16:38
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RockYou2021: Largest Ever Password Compilation Leaked
9 6 comments 09 Jun 2021 15:36 u/WinstonThe9th (..) in g/technologyComment on: I was banned for using TOR / VPN / proxy
Some countries do try to block tor though such as UAE. Some of the major vpns are blocked in countries like China. But yeah you can't get ban from them.
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16 May 2021 18:26
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Comment on: Framework’s modular DIY laptop is available for pre-order | Engadget
I'll totally give them a better look once they ship. If they are legit I'm all about 1. Stuff other people don't have 2. Well made computers. So I might end up with one. I'll try to keep the shit talking under wraps until then. It's there an official date yet?
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14 May 2021 16:44
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Comment on: Framework’s modular DIY laptop is available for pre-order | Engadget
Yeah I do wish 76 did all their stuff in house. I also changed out pop but they are easy to upgrade and work on. I think my only real gripe is the fan is a little overactive and the mouse buttons are a little jainky. I dumped my espresso on my keyboard one day and I was really really happy the keyboard is separated from the innards. I was able to get a replacement in a week.
There's always been the 1000 dollar computer line. Under a grand meh over a grand OK over 2 grand Mac. Hehe. I usually expect to spend about 1500 on a laptop.
If you go with the framework I really hope you do an unboxing for us. Maybe I'm way off and it'll be cool as shit.
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14 May 2021 16:33
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Comment on: Framework’s modular DIY laptop is available for pre-order | Engadget
Cool depends on what you want. There were a few other decent Linux box companies around before. System 76 really is the main one though. Dell has some good Linux machines also. I think purism is the only other major company doing Linux machines, but they have a very specific purpose. If you want windows. They're are a million.
They main thing with getting a Linux box is the drivers. The only Linux line on that whole site says they are working with someone. Id be pissed if I got that bad boy and some stupid component was a cheap ass Chinese what'sit that isn't supported. Which is exactly why I switched from Asus to 76.
I would just suggest wait a month until people start posting about Linux installs.
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14 May 2021 16:16
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Comment on: Framework’s modular DIY laptop is available for pre-order | Engadget
I think it's a scam or just an outright lie.
The cheapest functional laptop you can get from them is for an estimated 881usd without tax and shipping. That will push it over a grand. That's an i5, 250gb hdd and 8gig ram. The stated 749 price doesn't have ram, wifi or internal storage. That's dodgy as fuck.
The customize it yourself line is bs. Multiple computer manufacturers allow you to do this or have different lines with different specs.
The only thing I'll give them is that they don't charge extra for not getting an os. If you want windows the base functional model is probably going to run you between 1150 and 1200 after tax and shipping.
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14 May 2021 15:49
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Comment on: Framework’s modular DIY laptop is available for pre-order | Engadget
Again with the shilling. This thing is expensive and gimmiky. It's whole shtick is that it's "modular" their definition of modular is having 4usbc ports that your have built in dongles for. Aside from that it's 2000usd for a 13.5inch laptop with an I 7 and 32gn of ram. It's really not all that.
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14 May 2021 15:27
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Comment on: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open
Yeah it's also seems a little gimmiky. Those usbc adapters kinda take up more space than just having actual ports would.
This comp is 13.5in and basically has 4 usbc ports that you have built in dongles for. It would be more efficient to just have 6 normal usbc ports and let the user source their own dongles.
It's also 2000usd for an i7 and 32gb of ram.
While I like the whole partially recycled thing, there are way better options out there for a 13in laptop. I guess if you are earning a fat stack of cash and you want something no one else has its cool though.
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14 May 2021 02:59
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Comment on: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open
You lost me at windows 10. System 76 for the win.
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13 May 2021 17:23
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Comment on: Who has used an SSD enclosure either 2.5" or m.2?
Glad I could help a bit. :)
I have a 3tb backup in a powered enclosure but I really only access it when I need to back stuff up.
If you want to get super cool. Look into setting up a piNas. Ideally your backup should be separate from your main machine. Setting up a Nas with a pi does that and while it isn't crazy fast it'll let you copy things to and from your drive pretty easily.
Another thing you could do if you did want to get that drive enclosure, is many new routers allow you to plug a hard drive into them to be used as a net work drive. That's also all easy way to configure a home back up kind of thing.
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10 May 2021 08:25
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Comment on: Who has used an SSD enclosure either 2.5" or m.2?
You'll def not want to use USB for your primary drive. USB is was slower than sata. There isn't really much difference using an ssd and using a hdd other than boot time for the majority of users. But even that varies depending on os. Ram is still a bigger factor than an ssd ever will be.
That said there is no difference between the sata connector in ssds and hdds. If you want to play with an m1 card they connect with msata. Unless you have a comp that can handle msata you'll need an adaptor. Both msata and sata run at the same speed. About 6/gbps. USB 3 is speced at 5/gbps. USB always does worse than sata because sata was designed for hdd use and USB wasn't. The USB controllers don't do well and they're is more stress on the cpu.
I would suggest getting a standard internal ssd with a sata connector and call it a day.
Edit: Mmm just reread your post and I'm not sure exactly what you are asking.
Do you want advice on sorting out your ssd? Or are you just asking if you should have a second hard drive that plugs in via USB for a back up?
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10 May 2021 08:01
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Comment on: Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
Yeah that's how they get you. Samsung and Google both wish they could pull the same shit.
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17 Apr 2021 06:10
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Comment on: Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
Yeah I've switched what I can to USB-c it's faster and it's what everything is going to be eventually anyway. Mine has 1usb-c /2 usb3 1usb 2. If you don't have all shiny new toys though you will still have to use normal USB ports or get adapters.
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17 Apr 2021 06:08
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Comment on: Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
System 76 for the win ;)
Hmm most developers I know use Linux. I know a few front end webdevs who use Mac. I also don't live in the states. Mac is far less common in other counties.
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17 Apr 2021 06:03
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Comment on: Macbooks are the worst laptops that you can buy.
That's the point though. Mac doesn't want you to play with their shit. Mac also expects you to pay to extend the functionality of your computer with dongles.
Mac is intended for 2 kinds of people.
People who are very rich. The kind of people who get someone to change a light bulb for them. The kind of people who go all in on the idea of planned obsolescence and don't care about buying a $90 hdmi adapter.
People who want to look cool while using whatever the mac version of photoshop is.
I'm not saying that these two types of necessarily lack computer skills, but they have other motivating factors for buying a laptop beyond hardware functionality.
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16 Apr 2021 23:36
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Comment on: I went though the Facebook leak
I too used grep. I was dumb and tried to actually open one of the text files first. My laptop really didn't like that.
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05 Apr 2021 14:04
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I went though the Facebook leak
12 4 comments 05 Apr 2021 10:09 u/WinstonThe9th (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Kids can't use computers... and this is why it should worry you.
Honestly by doing. You can read about it, but that won't teach you. Windows also won't really teach you. The fastest way is to use linux. Windows and Apple are designed so the user doesn't have to, and in some instances can't, see what's going on under the hood. Linux is the opposite. It is all exposed and you can mess with it. I would say that if you really want to learn computers, drop the 35 bucks on a pi, grab a cheap used monitor and install pi arch.
https://itsfoss.com/install-arch-raspberry-pi/
Once that's up and running, you can do some basic networking things like setting up a NAS(network drive) or a pihole(ad killer).
One really fun thing that's easy is get a Pi, set up appache and run a simple local web server. Then make a gehetto web 1.0 style website using just html and css. I used to have my own start page with all the sites I normally visit on it.
If you want to do phone stuff, install android studio and enable dev mode on your phone. ADB on linux is very straight forward. You can make a basic app pretty quickly and install it on your phone. You could even get a cheap phone and install a custom recovery and rom.
It's mostly about interest and both wanting to know how things work and being motivated to play around with the stuff.
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04 Apr 2021 03:15
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Comment on: [ MUST READ ] Toward a Technological Cage for the Masses
I agree with the sentiment for sure, but there's no way for anything else to have happened. People aren't smart. They don't want to understand. They want to not think. When computers first came out they were for the dorks, now what you would probably call an autist. They were for people who were cool with spending 12hrs straight trying to make a thing do what they wanted it to do. These weren't normies. Even into the 90s and early 2000s computers were really just glorified word processors or email machines. Sure there were gamers and some of us knew about usenet and BB systems and icq/irc but not many and most didn't care.
The iphone brought the internet to rich normies. Android brought it to the rest. But it's not the internet you get on a normal pc. It's the walled garden of the app world. This is what normies want though. This is what they deserve and this is why there will still be a very small group of people who run lineage on our phones or roll their own arch and teach themselves vim. I've met people who code for a living who know fuck all about how things actually work. They know a language and that's all they want to know the end. This shows that "being the computer guy" isn't about actually knowing how to use one. It's about having the desire to understand how all the parts interplay and then having the understanding and motivation make changes or just see what you can see.
Yes walled gardens suck. Social media sucks. Normies suck. But they are only really there if you choose to live in their space. Don't be a normie. Be the guy who knows how to jump over the wall and sees the digital world for what it is. 99.9% of everyone else just doesn't understand enough to care / doesn't care enough to understand... so fuck 'em. Let them live blissfully in their cages.
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03 Apr 2021 19:11
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Comment on: I Still Use RSS
I still use it. They're are services that can scrape sites and make them into rss feeds.
http://fetchrss.com/
For Linux I recommend this
https://itsfoss.com/liferea-rss-client/
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04 Feb 2021 11:02
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Comment on: Google breaks SMS on many Android phones, is rolling back changes now
Lineage for the win
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11 Dec 2020 18:07
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Comment on: The 10 Best E-Readers of 2020
I rock one these
https://www.boox.com/
I used to rock one of these
https://us.kobobooks.com/
But the quality went down hill and I bricked 2 just trying to open a pdf.
Fuck kindle and Amazon. They are book erasing pricks.
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16 Oct 2020 16:02
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Comment on: FBI sent a team to 'exploit' Portland protesters' phones
The sub heading 👇
It's using counterterrorism tools against civil disobedience.
I don't think they know what civil means.
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11 Oct 2020 10:19
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Comment on: Windows XP source code leaked online, on 4chan, out of all places
What's wrong with putting the word nice is things?
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26 Sep 2020 01:55
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Comment on: Hackers Connected to China Have Compromised U.S. Government Systems, CISA says - Nextgov
Here's the original posting. It basically says China is hacking shit, keep your stuff updated.
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-258a
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16 Sep 2020 01:41
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Comment on: Semiconductor Players Falter as China Gears up for Silicon War by Accelerating the Development of Local Chips
This article reads like someone is trying to give a handy to the ccp.
Here what the glorious msm says. It's a rather different tone.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/11/china-policies-to-boost-chipmakers-as-tensions-with-us-rise.html
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06 Sep 2020 12:00
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Comment on: Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree - Its new certificate program for in-demand jobs takes only six months to complete.
I think this is a good idea. Universities in the states are messed up. There is an argument for a more rounded education, but when you have to take gender studies 101 and why white guys suck 203 they lose their value. I graduated a while back with two degrees that are only tangentially connected to what I actually do. I probably would be in a different profession if I could have just done a tech course and certified for doing computer stuff. I can code in 3 different languages, run a lamp stack, do front and back end web stuff, build computers and do a fair bit of linux admin, but I don't have a piece of paper that says I can so I get no love.
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22 Aug 2020 07:01
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With a wave of Nokia's wand, behold as your 4G network magically becomes... 5G
1 1 comment 15 Jul 2020 07:47 u/WinstonThe9th (self.technology) in g/technologyUSA ends Hong Kong's special treatment, crimping flow of tech to territory
2 0 comments 15 Jul 2020 07:45 u/WinstonThe9th (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Volvo unveils driverless electric bus in Singapore
Singapore doesn't put up with that shit. They still cane people.
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14 Jul 2020 16:38
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Comment on: European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech - Article 13 Passes
"This is designed to enable news companies to demand payment when their output is used by information aggregators like Google News or social networks such as Facebook."
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14 Jul 2020 09:54
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European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech - Article 13 Passes
4 6 comments 14 Jul 2020 09:53 u/WinstonThe9th (..) in g/technologyComment on: Google accused of manipulation to track users
The complaints cited a study by the Norwegian Consumer Council that concluded the Internet giant used "deceptive design and misleading information, which results in users accepting to be constantly tracked."
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13 Jul 2020 04:28
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Comment on: Google accused of manipulation to track users
https://lineageos.org/
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13 Jul 2020 03:44
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Comment on: Google accused of manipulation to track users
I've been using de-googled lineage os for a while now. I run linux and don't have any google based accounts. It takes a bit to figure out all the work arounds, but i think it's worth it.
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13 Jul 2020 03:42
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Google accused of manipulation to track users
25 14 comments 13 Jul 2020 03:12 u/WinstonThe9th (..) in g/technologyComment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
Mostly Cali. Other places are better
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12 Jul 2020 12:57
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Comment on: Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
But for every mistake testing stops. Cities don't want to risk human lives letting companies test out full automation. I assume industrial applications will come first then slowly work into commercial. Things that don't interact with people much, planes, trains and ships, are already pretty automatic, but I really think the mixing of fully automated vehicles and the general public are still a ways off. If not for dev reasons then for liability reasons.
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12 Jul 2020 07:33
u/WinstonThe9th
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Comment on: Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
Communism maybe not but heavy state reliance yes. I also imagine that at one point in the future there will be places where people won't be allowed to drive only computers.
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11 Jul 2020 15:11
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Comment on: Microsoft’s Fingers in Every Pie: The Cult Mentality That Society Needs to Become Wary of | Techrights
There seems to be a cert error. This works. It's the first link.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Microsoft%27s+Fingers+in+Every+Pie+Techrights&t=brave&ia=web&iai=r1-0&page=1&sexp=%7B%22v7exp%22%3A%22a%22%2C%22rgiexp%22%3A%22b%22%7D
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11 Jul 2020 14:51
u/WinstonThe9th
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Comment on: Microsoft’s Fingers in Every Pie: The Cult Mentality That Society Needs to Become Wary of | Techrights
But why would the link work from a search engine but not a link here?
This link works
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Microsoft%27s+Fingers+in+Every+Pie+Techrights&t=brave&ia=web&iai=r1-0&page=1&sexp=%7B%22v7exp%22%3A%22a%22%2C%22rgiexp%22%3A%22b%22%7D
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11 Jul 2020 14:47
u/WinstonThe9th
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Comment on: Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
I find this area really interesting. Computers and people function very differently. Trying to program a computer to operate within the chaos that is human driving seems like a rather difficult task. Organic life doesn't respect rules like digital. I really don't we are in a place where fully autonomous cars are viable. Maybe in another 20 years.
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11 Jul 2020 14:16
u/WinstonThe9th
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Comment on: Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
I find this area really interesting. Computers and people function very differently. Trying to program a computer to operate within the chaos that is human driving seems like a rather difficult task. Organic life doesn't respect rules like digital. I really don't we are in a place where fully autonomous cars are viable. Maybe in another 20 years.
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11 Jul 2020 14:16
u/WinstonThe9th
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Comment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
Very true.
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11 Jul 2020 14:08
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Comment on: Microsoft’s Fingers in Every Pie: The Cult Mentality That Society Needs to Become Wary of | Techrights
I was able to access the page from their site but not from an external link. Probably just have to wait a bit.
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11 Jul 2020 14:04
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Comment on: Microsoft’s Fingers in Every Pie: The Cult Mentality That Society Needs to Become Wary of | Techrights
hmmm... It worked a few minutes ago. I'll see if I can find another link.
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11 Jul 2020 14:00
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Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
3 8 comments 11 Jul 2020 13:51 u/WinstonThe9th (..) in g/technologyVolvo unveils driverless electric bus in Singapore
3 2 comments 11 Jul 2020 13:49 u/WinstonThe9th (..) in g/technologyComment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
Yeah, I think it's a cost thing. It's probably cheaper to fly a drone than pay USPS. I just don't like the idea of a million little cameras flying around.
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11 Jul 2020 13:48
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