Comment on: ‘Instagram can hurt us’: Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors
corporatism is a joke, capitalism is the best system we have
2 31 Jul 2020 17:23 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: ‘Instagram can hurt us’: Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors
no, almost everyone knew that he wanted to expand his empire when he was buying instagram, it's just interesting to catch him saying it directly
2 31 Jul 2020 17:21 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: ‘Instagram can hurt us’: Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors
no problem
3 31 Jul 2020 00:39 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Giving GPT-3 a Turing Test
[Follow up to this](https://arr.am/2020/07/25/gpt-3-uncertainty-prompts/)
1 30 Jul 2020 22:22 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: ‘Instagram can hurt us’: Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors
Mark Zuckerberg should have never been allowed to buy Instagram
2 30 Jul 2020 18:49 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: ‘Instagram can hurt us’: Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors
They do, this was about emails from 2012 showing Zuckerberg wanted to buy Instagram to get rid of their competiter, I think this resurfaced during the antitrust investigation recently.
5 30 Jul 2020 18:48 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: ‘Instagram can hurt us’: Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors
Same, I'm confused.
1 30 Jul 2020 18:29 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Intel to introduce new logos for its Core series
At some point they will probably just band up and create a duopoly
1 29 Jul 2020 21:50 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: A stowaway helicopter on NASA’s Mars rover will attempt the first flight on another world
Next few years will be interesting. The Webb telescope is supposed to launch as well, assuming it doesn't get delayed again. Will take a long time for it to get into position though.
3 29 Jul 2020 18:21 u/None in g/technology
Intel to introduce new logos for its Core series 📦
12 2 comments 29 Jul 2020 18:16 u/None (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Portuguese technology kills more than 99% of Covid in the air in 1 minute
Portuguese tech? Kill people to prevent them from getting infected! I just wish this was discovered in Évora so we could double the jokes... Serious now. Nased on [this link](https://saudemais.tv/noticia/21550-covid-19-tecnologia-pioneira-inativa-num-minuto-mais-de-99-do-virus-no-ar) (in Portuguese) they're using UV on specific wavelengths to kill off the virus. The idea is rather good IMO, and it could be repurposed for water too.
2 29 Jul 2020 17:47 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: A stowaway helicopter on NASA’s Mars rover will attempt the first flight on another world
This is really cool, especially the video in the website, https://youtu.be/qwdfdE6ruMw. Really inspiring.
2 29 Jul 2020 17:39 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Read how Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google plan to defend themselves to Congress – TechCrunch
I bet they're gonna lie to defend themselves
1 29 Jul 2020 17:29 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Google’s Top Search Result? Surprise! It’s Google
Of course it is. I would much rather prefer Google search in 2000 than google search now
2 29 Jul 2020 17:25 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Google’s Top Search Result? Surprise! It’s Google
I don't know why but I just felt like typing google into google after this
1 29 Jul 2020 17:20 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: How does technology impact teenagers’ brains? We still don’t have enough research to know.
I feel like we should have enough research. We've had smartphones for a decade and access to the internet for 2 decades now. As for the rising depression and suicide rates, I feel like that's mainly caused by other events like school stresses and family life. I think people who are depressed use technology alot but I think it's rare that technology actually causes depression. Although I could be wrong, I've seen studies that binge watching TV leads to mild depression, and then there's the social media thing of people comparing their normal life to other peoples best moments and getting sad that way. But mainly I think depressed people use technology more, not the other way around
2 29 Jul 2020 17:17 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Giving GPT-3 a Turing Test
Very cool. The article does highlight 2 of my pet peeves about the DNN ML craze these days. Yes, it's great for a lot of soft, mushy tasks, but there are some very serious flaws compared to hardcoded logic. 1. "Recursive logic that does some operation and repeats it several times often doesn’t quite map onto the architecture of a neural net well" (in the context of GPT-3 screwing up some arithmetic questions). There are a lot of computationally simple problems which are just flat-out impossible for most models to do. Not just hard or "we haven't got the right model yet", but just flat-out impossible. It's *impossible* to teach a computer how to multiply given our current NN-based models. Nutso. All this work to build a computer that can't be taught grade 1 arithmetic. 2. "I wish I had some sort of “debug output” to answer that question. I don’t know for sure, but I can only theorize that ..." (in the context of surreal answers). This is my #1 warning to people who are considering an ML solution. Do you want the solution to *kind of work* without you having any idea why it's working, and when it doesn't work, it doesn't tell you why? Do you want no guarantees about the behaviour you get?
3 29 Jul 2020 16:44 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests, opening the door for fully autonomous flight
true, people are usually scared of the unknown, even if the fear doesn't make sense
2 29 Jul 2020 16:44 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Learning from nature: a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a bird
yea
2 29 Jul 2020 03:16 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Learning from nature: a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a bird
Watch the first video from the link, that drone actually looks like a bird. That's cool
2 29 Jul 2020 02:34 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests, opening the door for fully autonomous flight
I think it would sort of be like how some people are afraid of planes even though it's safer than car travel, I can imagine people being afraid of self flying planes in the future even though it would probably be safer than normal planes
2 28 Jul 2020 18:00 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests, opening the door for fully autonomous flight
True, automation makes our lives eaiser, we can't avoid it, it coming, so we might as well look forward to it
1 28 Jul 2020 17:56 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests, opening the door for fully autonomous flight
That's awesome
2 28 Jul 2020 17:55 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Alexagate is a device that jams your Amazon Echo with ultrasound to block Amazon from spying on you
I heard good DIY tip for people who want to stop alexa spying on you without buying anything a while back. Step 1: unplug the alexa Step 2: open the trashcan (or garbage bin if outside the US) Step 3: place the alexa inside the trashcan (or garbage bin) It worked well for me, but an even better tip (that can save you some money) is to not buy an alexa in the first place, then you can skip steps 1-3.
12 27 Jul 2020 20:30 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Italy is launching an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Apple | Engadget
sucks, Samsungs and most android phones are better
1 27 Jul 2020 20:15 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Italy is launching an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Apple | Engadget
yea same, although more countries should launch antitrust invetigations too, If a lot of countries started launching antitrust investigations into Amazon and Apple maybe something might be done about it
1 27 Jul 2020 20:14 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Joe Rogan & Jonathan Haidt - Social Media is Giving Kids Anxiety - YouTube
That's true, the best thing to do is use social media in moderation, and also hang out with people in real life.
3 27 Jul 2020 20:12 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Joe Rogan & Jonathan Haidt - Social Media is Giving Kids Anxiety - YouTube
Definitely agree with you, people need human interaction in person
3 27 Jul 2020 20:11 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: The world's most powerful tech CEOs are about to be grilled by Congress. Here's what to expect.
yea exactly
3 27 Jul 2020 20:03 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: The world's most powerful tech CEOs are about to be grilled by Congress. Here's what to expect.
true, nothing will change
4 27 Jul 2020 19:59 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: India has banned 47 more Chinese apps including a TikTok clone and is eyeing hundreds more
The Cyber Wars have BEGUN!!!!! seriously though, the future is crazy dumb
3 27 Jul 2020 19:53 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: India has banned 47 more Chinese apps including a TikTok clone and is eyeing hundreds more
Why can't we do that here in ____(WESTERN NATION)____?
5 27 Jul 2020 19:06 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Japanese dam built by robots (mostly)
well, damn
2 27 Jul 2020 18:54 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: The world's most powerful tech CEOs are about to be grilled by Congress. Here's what to expect.
> Here's what to expect Lying under oath without repercussions? Legislators pretending to know nothing about tech because they're in the pockets of billionaires? Some absolute hoe telling us "well it's about the context Tim". Fuck'em
7 27 Jul 2020 16:01 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Intel's upcoming 11th-Gen desktop CPU's will have a ~10% IPC increase according to "rogame" from Hardwareleaks
Keep in mind that all tech companies use different measurements, there is no global standard. TSMC 7nm is not twice as good as Intel 14nm, despite what the naming suggests. Another example is Intel 10nm which has a transistor density equal to the 7nm EUV node from TSMC, which is the best 7nm node they have (and much better than the 7nm AMD is currently using for Zen 2). Zen 3 will likely be 7nm+ (EUV) so that puts it on par with Intel 10nm, though Intel won't release 10nm desktop CPU's until the second half of 2021, nearly a year later than AMD. If you really want to know how good a certain process is relative to another, compare their transistor densities (transistors per mm2).
1 26 Jul 2020 21:37 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Intel ‘Stunning Failure’ Heralds End of Era for U.S. Chip Sector - Bloomberg Technology
AMD does not manufacture their own chips, instead they design the chips and outsource production to TSMC in Taiwan. Intel both designs and manufactures their own chips, which is what made them special. Intel has to get back into the game because the last thing we want is all CPU and GPU companies relying on TSMC for their production. This will lead to high prices due to non-existent competition, and there wouldn't be anything we could do about it.
2 26 Jul 2020 18:15 u/None in g/technology
Intel's upcoming 11th-Gen desktop CPU's will have a ~10% IPC increase according to "rogame" from Hardwareleaks 📦
5 4 comments 26 Jul 2020 18:08 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: World's first "non-cuttable" material; "proteus" (yes even with a grinder.. they say)
I wonder how it sounds when bolt cutters snip it in two. Does it make a satisfying ping, or does it sort of crunch as you cut through with the one tool used on bike locks. No one uses a grinder or drill on bike locks, they use bolt cutters, which were missing from the article.
4 26 Jul 2020 15:24 u/None in g/technology
World's first "non-cuttable" material; "proteus" (yes even with a grinder.. they say) 📦
16 2 comments 26 Jul 2020 13:16 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: Intel ‘Stunning Failure’ Heralds End of Era for U.S. Chip Sector - Bloomberg Technology
Now companies will actually give AMD a proper chance.
4 26 Jul 2020 09:51 u/None in g/technology
US Eyes Building Nuclear Power Plants for Moon and Mars 📦
1 0 comments 25 Jul 2020 15:56 u/None (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Jibo, the social robot that was supposed to die, is getting a second life
Nice one, Jibo
3 25 Jul 2020 07:40 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Sr. Google Engineer Goes Public on Camera: Tech is "dangerous," "taking sides" [2019]
That guy just signed away his tech career but I respect the fuck out of him for it
3 24 Jul 2020 21:44 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Nvidia collaborates with the University of Florida to build 700-petaflop AI supercomputer
what the hell are those jort wearing gators going to do with a supercomputer?
3 24 Jul 2020 19:59 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: MIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won't arrive for 'at least' 10 years
COVID is going to back up a lot of shit. I'd imagine the value and interest in vehicles in general has declined a lot this year. I think I've only put on like 1-2K miles on my car since March.
1 24 Jul 2020 17:14 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Bill Gates Wants to Export India’s National ID System Around the Globe
and yet we cannot get voterID here
4 24 Jul 2020 14:13 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Italy is launching an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Apple | Engadget
America should do the same
2 23 Jul 2020 13:57 u/None in g/technology
AMD RDNA2 "Big Navi" leak on Chiphell: 16GB VRAM, Q4 2020, reference design only, design not yet finalized; production issues in China due to lockdowns. 📦
2 0 comments 22 Jul 2020 06:30 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: Two reliable leakers claim the RTX 3080 will be 20% faster over the 2080 Ti, retail version may be slightly faster.
I still have my 1080ti. At this point though I'd like a little bit more since I just bought a 3440x1440 monitor that runs at 160hz. Hopefully AMD has something good, or the nvidia prices aren't insane.
1 22 Jul 2020 06:22 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
There are Cloudflare alternatives, I think [Bitmitigate](https://bitmitigate.com/) is the choice among those who are more free speech oriented (as well as those who got cancelled by Cloudflare) I know it's still using a third party for these services, but as you've said the reasons for using such a service is very legitimate.
1 21 Jul 2020 18:15 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
Yup, at this point most games on disk are just a glorified installer that grabs the actual game content from the internet. It's just there so collectors have something physical to put on their shelf.
3 21 Jul 2020 18:12 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Two reliable leakers claim the RTX 3080 will be 20% faster over the 2080 Ti, retail version may be slightly faster.
The RTX 3080 is using the GA102 die, which is normally only used for the top-end Titan and xx80 Ti variants. The last time they used the top die for an 80 card was the GTX 780. They only do this when they are legitimately worried about the competition because the top die is much more expensive for Nvidia so they want to avoid having to use it for lower-tier cards. These new Nvidia cards are also using Samsung 8nm (10nm+++) instead of TSMC 7nm which is what AMD is going to use. This puts AMD at a significant node advantage, which means Nvidia has to push their cards much harder in order to stay ahead (hence the incredibly high power consumption). This also explains why the new coolers are so huge.
4 21 Jul 2020 16:07 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
We use HTTPS to talk to CloudFlare SSL terminators. CF sees everything from there. Check what cert you are getting for ruqqus.com. Yep, CF.
2 21 Jul 2020 15:19 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
That only encrypts in transit. Once it reaches cloudflare, it's no longer encrypted.
5 21 Jul 2020 15:12 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Two reliable leakers claim the RTX 3080 will be 20% faster over the 2080 Ti, retail version may be slightly faster.
We might see lower prices this time around for the high-end cards, as long as AMD's RDNA2 cards are competitive.
2 21 Jul 2020 14:57 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
TL;DR: of the article - "don't put all eggs in the same basket, have an emergency plan when something stops working, that thing WILL stop working given enough time, here are some DNS hints regarding that." On Cloudflare - it's concerning how much of our internet nowadays depends on it. And I can't even say "stop using Cloudflare, dumbarses!" because the reasons people rely on it are often really legitimate. (Cue to Ruqqus - porpl potato would brrrrrrr way more without the DDoS protection.)
5 21 Jul 2020 14:56 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
Someone doesnt know what encrypted means, lol
4 21 Jul 2020 14:44 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Robinhood, the stock trading app, postpones UK launch ‘indefinitely’
honorary member
2 21 Jul 2020 14:29 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Two reliable leakers claim the RTX 3080 will be 20% faster over the 2080 Ti, retail version may be slightly faster.
I'm staying with my 1080ti. The prices of new cards are ridiculous.
5 21 Jul 2020 14:07 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
Single point / few points of failure is nothing new. In the US, there are only a few fiber backbones, and every now and then, some one takes one out with a backhoe. There are only a few trans oceanic data links. It’s not desirable, but substantially greater route diversity is expensive.
1 21 Jul 2020 13:48 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Robinhood, the stock trading app, postpones UK launch ‘indefinitely’
r/wallstreetbets lost their finest autist that day. RIP :(
5 21 Jul 2020 13:20 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
I was wondering about this myself. Between Cloudflare and AWS. sometimes our firewall likes to block some AWS stuff and sites go wacky. If most of or all of either of these fail.. the interwebs with shit a brick.
1 21 Jul 2020 13:11 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Robinhood, the stock trading app, postpones UK launch ‘indefinitely’
It's had a bunch of issues with outages (I know you know what that's like) that caused people to lose thousands, they constantly requote and miss orders due to bad servers, also some dude killed himself after robinhood put him in what he thought was $727,000 in debt due to a glitch. It's just not well-built which is shady af when this much money is on the line. The FCA is extremely serious about stuff like this.
4 21 Jul 2020 13:07 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Robinhood, the stock trading app, postpones UK launch ‘indefinitely’
fucking good lmao
2 21 Jul 2020 13:00 u/None in g/technology
Two reliable leakers claim the RTX 3080 will be 20% faster over the 2080 Ti, retail version may be slightly faster. 📦
30 10 comments 21 Jul 2020 12:11 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
This is because everybody wants to outsource responsibility by buying everything as a service. Very few companies keep key expertise in house and build things under their control.
19 21 Jul 2020 09:08 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Who is ColdFusion? - My Story
I love his outlook on life!
1 21 Jul 2020 04:23 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: What do you hope to see in the future?
It's already started, but I hope that AI doing medical diagnostics becomes even more powerful, and accessible to the point that we can just have a medical check-up with a smartphone app, and get things spotted early, every time. It would save lives, and a bunch of money, as it's usually cheaper to treat things early, or even pre-empt them from occurring in the first place.
1 18 Jul 2020 20:30 u/None in g/technology
What do you hope to see in the future? 📦
1 2 comments 18 Jul 2020 16:43 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and others hacked in unprecedented Twitter attack
Twitter itself was never focused on security so idk. Once before they literally had been breached and all the passwords were in plaintext, none hashed.
1 17 Jul 2020 18:28 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and others hacked in unprecedented Twitter attack
They most likely used the Bitcoin scam as a smokescreen, it's a bit suspicious that it would 'only' be that.
1 17 Jul 2020 18:27 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: How carbon-sucking machines could cut aviation emissions
It's not a bad idea in principle. Hydrocarbons are the holy grail in energy density. Take CO2 and H2O, add in some energy and you've got yourself some hydrocarbons, and lovely breathable oxygen. Burn the hydrocarbons with some good old oxygen from the air, you've got yourself some CO2 (boo), some H2O, and energy to propel the plane. Here's the thing, if we still need to use hydrocarbons for things like planes, is there no easier way to off set it than making the fuel synthetically? Also, if the energy used to make the fuel isn't zero carbon, you're wasting your time, so until we have zero carbon energy, this idea can't work.
1 17 Jul 2020 15:23 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech - Article 13 Passes
This whole thing validated my reasons for voting to leave. It's difficult to imagine how there could have been stronger opposition to this law, not only were there grass roots campaigns, with floods of emails being sent to MEPs, I think a record breaking change.org petition, as well as big names like Tim Berners-Lee, and the tech giants, like YouTube. Despite all that, it sailed through with barely a hitch. It makes me wonder, could there ever be a proposed piece of legislation that didn't end up as law?
1 17 Jul 2020 14:29 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: MrBeast ends Finger on the App competition by telling players to stop
Proof
1 16 Jul 2020 22:00 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Dorsey lied to US Congress, Twitter has tools to shadowban and manipulate trends (screenshots leaked from hack)
https://twitter.com/BigdaddyVet/status/1283572182698745856 "Search blacklist", "Trends blacklist"
2 16 Jul 2020 10:36 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and others hacked in unprecedented Twitter attack
Man I wish they just destroyed Twitter instead.
4 16 Jul 2020 04:10 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Google accused of manipulation to track users
Should be no problem. I'm in Europe where there's 1800 MHz coverage.
1 15 Jul 2020 23:16 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and others hacked in unprecedented Twitter attack
Anything that's bad on Twitter gives me goosebumps. I read that like lonely moms read 50 Shades. Thanks for sharing!
3 15 Jul 2020 22:39 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Riot.im is now Element.io
I much prefer the name Riot, Element is a stupid generic name.
3 15 Jul 2020 19:04 u/None in g/technology
Riot.im is now Element.io 📦
10 2 comments 15 Jul 2020 17:52 u/None (..) in g/technology
Comment on: European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech - Article 13 Passes
Of course they don't. They are politicians, they understand nothing. BigTech should just disconnect the EU for a month to let people realize that this is not the way. But unfortunately this won't happen due to quarterly reports to investors.
1 14 Jul 2020 15:14 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech - Article 13 Passes
Many sites already did because of GDPR to limit their exposure to this shitty piece of legislation. I can't wait for more pro-EU supporters to say "just use a VPN or a proxy". Yeah, great idea, fucks. Pass a law nobody asked for and one one that forces extra expenses or work to get around. Fucking cretins, the whole lot of them.
2 14 Jul 2020 13:56 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech - Article 13 Passes
Fuck the EU everything that it does and everything that it stands for. Fuck them unelected bureaucrats, career politicians, inherently anti-democratic and unaccountable. Fuck them all.
5 14 Jul 2020 10:14 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: World's Next Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Since Concorde Will Fly Next Year
It must be problematic to be allowed flying supersonic airplanes since they cause extream noise pollution. I can't see them flying anywhere else then over the Atlantic ocean like Concorde did.
2 13 Jul 2020 19:34 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: What tools do you use to secure your privacy?
OS: My laptop & my desktop both run Linux. I do not trust what Microsoft has become any more than I trusted what they were in the late 1990s. Browser extensions: uBlock Origin for privacy, Bitwarden for password manager, HTTPS Everywhere, and nothing else. Extensions are a huge privacy risk and you should only install ones that are both strictly necessary *and* open source. Phone: multiple shit cheap phones for different purposes, so if an app is farming my information and sending it off to Big Tech, the total amount of data they can harvest is minimal. I have one which runs Ubuntu Touch making calls & sending texts & checking email - this is the phone with the most truly private information, hence Ubuntu Touch. I have a shit Android phone for the sole purpose of running Signal. I used to have separate phones for Twitter and Instagram, logged into single-purpose Google accounts, but quitting the major social networks means I don't need this anymore. I also have one just for web browsing, but I barely use it anymore as I came to prefer reading books to pass the time on my commute (which was the only time I was browsing the web on my phone). If you're using Android, switch to Firefox, because that allows you to have extensions (i.e. uBlock Origin - your battery will thank you). As per the other comments, I've taken to using DuckDuckGo for my default search engine. I swear it actually returns better results these days without the recent-content bias of Google or Google's failed attempts to personalise it to what Google thinks my needs are. I'm still with Google for email. Yes, that sucks, but anyone who has access to my email has access to a few important accounts. I trust Google's ability to run a mail server much more than I do anyone else's, let alone my own. I've not bothered with a VPN, and I doubt I ever will unless I need/care to get around country restrictions some day. As I hinted earlier, I ran the fuck away from the mainstream social networks. I call or email my friends from time to time rather than liking Facebook posts. I use RSS to keep up with sites I like rather than following them on Twitter. I don't use any streaming music services. I buy MP3s instead. It doesn't require any special software to play, and no app on your phone = less privacy risk. Other than my phones I do not own "smart" anything and never fuckin will.
1 13 Jul 2020 16:37 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: What tools do you use to secure your privacy?
Pi-Hole for home LAN, private VPS for hosting my own domain with email and VPN services. No mail is shared with Google, Apple or any other company and VPN (IKEv2) helps to get from public wifi networks. AdGuard in Safari, DDG for search, 10minute email for all new registrations, I added shitmail.org for specific cases. I can't even remember when was the last time that I registered somewhere with my real email address. 1Password as a password manager, stores everything sensitive. I use YubiKey 4 as a HW token for 2FA at crypto exchanges and generally anywhere where there is integration. I try to strictly separate private and work matters and not put absolutely any personal data or information on my work machine that is managed by corporate IT. Nobody is ever handed over my unlocked personal phone or laptop. (I've helped a stranger make an emergency phone call, the phone never left my hand) But most importantly I use my loaf, don't open "invoice.xlsx.exe", I recognize MITM and spoofed SSL certs, I don't easily hand out personal information, don't have Fb and other social media and don't ever connect any platforms together. I don't use AppleID (real ID) or GoogleID (fake ID) to log anywhere, I always create a new account using a temp email address. -network engineer, developer
3 13 Jul 2020 13:22 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: What tools do you use to secure your privacy?
Thanks! I'll check those out
1 13 Jul 2020 13:10 u/None in g/technology
What tools do you use to secure your privacy? 📦
12 8 comments 13 Jul 2020 12:23 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: Microsoft and Zoom join Hong Kong data 'pause,' will not process data requests made by Hong Kong authorities
Nice to see someone with a spine
1 13 Jul 2020 12:22 u/None in g/technology
World's Next Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Since Concorde Will Fly Next Year 📦
25 3 comments 13 Jul 2020 12:13 u/None (..) in g/technology
Japanese Convenience Stores Test Robot Shelf-Stackers | Digital Trends 📦
10 2 comments 13 Jul 2020 04:20 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
World's Next Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Since Concorde Will Fly This Year 📦
6 1 comment 13 Jul 2020 04:19 u/None (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Google accused of manipulation to track users
Nokia 3310 sells for $20 and does a week on a single charge. Hack that.
3 13 Jul 2020 03:56 u/None in g/technology
Chrome and Firefox are getting support for the new AVIF image format | ZDNet 📦
6 1 comment 13 Jul 2020 03:30 u/None (..) in g/technology
Comment on: What Happens After a ‘Million-Mile Battery’ Outlasts the Car? | WIRED
Look up ultracapacitors. Last year couple of publications finally just about matched the energy storage density of lithium ion batteries in J/kg. These carbon/aluminum ultracapcitors will be thousands of times cheaper if they are mass manufactured. Lithium is expensive to mine. Advantages: 1) cheaper 2) billions of charge cycles 3) robust to wide temperature/pressure range 4) allows extreme power draw Disadvantages: 1) Dropping voltage over discharge necessitates extra electronics to make it act like a normal chemical battery 2) Capacitors can discharge all at once and kill you if you aren't careful ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6409971/ All of these battery issues will be going away very quickly.
1 12 Jul 2020 22:16 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Nvidia eclipses Intel as most valuable U.S. chipmaker - Reuters
Keep in mind that Intel still dwarfs NVIDIA in terms of revenue. Intel is five times bigger than AMD and NVIDIA combined.
1 12 Jul 2020 16:25 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Nvidia eclipses Intel as most valuable U.S. chipmaker - Reuters
Intel Fab 28 is located in Israel. Intel has many facilities all around the world. The 10nm Intel process was largely developed in Israel I believe.
1 12 Jul 2020 16:24 u/None in g/technology
NVIDIA Corporation has allegedly ceased production of most Turing-based graphics cards (RTX 20 series). 📦
7 0 comments 12 Jul 2020 15:49 u/None (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
The main explanation is that it must be in EU that people are able to make a living where they work. The reason we have so many working homeless is there is a demand for the work but no housing anywhere close to affordable. The affluent areas want delivery of everything and they don't want to drive, but the people providing the services can't afford to live in a practical range of the work available.
1 12 Jul 2020 15:33 u/None in g/technology
Comment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
East coast cities are mostly block apartment buildings where west coast is still mostly single family dwellings. That's a big reason rent is so out of control.
1 12 Jul 2020 13:05 u/None in g/technology