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Apple (slrpnk.net)

I don't care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the "blue vs green bubble" drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn't...

emptiestplace ,

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/76c535cb-f457-4784-8351-bfe2932824ce.jpeg

emptiestplace ,

We're just word predictors too.

You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists. (gizmodo.com)

You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.::Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.

emptiestplace ,

That was close, wow. I really admire your composure in zero gravity.

emptiestplace ,

I'm pretty sure that the idea of looking at a chart to determine the correct amount of milk for tea is causing something to short out in my head.

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Another successful OpenBSD setup

I've been buying these little boxes from AliExpress for years to use as firewalls and routers. My oldest one is almost 9 years old now! OpenBSD installs just fine. Just a BIOS tweak to always boot up after power is restored.

@selfhosted

emptiestplace ,

Ok, cool - do we have astroturfing on lemmy now?

pfSense has a very good record, but OpenBSD's record and code quality are literally unparalleled.

Conversely, I spend a fair bit of time working on devices made by SonicWall, Fortinet, etc. and it's all fucking garbage.

Are you concerned about it being designed in China in addition to the conventional and thoroughly ubiquitous "manufactured in China"? Please explain your concerns in detail.

emptiestplace ,

With Google it's usually just rm name

emptiestplace ,

Yeah. This prevented me from getting the simple joke on my own. Now I'm angry at OP.

emptiestplace ,

What about when they do return the favour, though?

As someone who has spent a fair bit of time on the other side of this issue, I've found people tend to assume I'm being shitty even as I am actively going out of my way to accommodate and support them.

One time I moved someone from hourly to salary because he was very receptive to guidance and was learning very quickly - essentially I didn't want him to be compared on hourly terms as his pay increased, since the cap for more independent salaried employees was much higher. I was kinda risking my own ass in doing this since he had neither experience nor education, but I saw incredible potential, and felt it made sense. As part of this, to ensure he wouldn't be shortchanged by the conversion, I had payroll add 5K when they switched him. I expected this would be well received, but he had so many concerns that made absolutely no sense. We got through it, but in the end it seems he thought that all of the extra time I was spending personally to teach him a new role and help him get from ~40K to 100K within a year and a half was something to be wary of.

I have many stories like this. Sometimes when I feel hurt by people I've been so loyal to, I get urges to stop being compassionate and stop prioritizing their concerns so heavily. I don't think I'll ever change, but it is extra exhausting to go through this stuff over and over only to be lumped in with folks who do treat people like shit.

Perhaps the model is just fundamentally broken, and there's no way to win as long as there is any sort of power differential in the relationship (implied or otherwise). More and more I feel that that is what I'm up against, and no amount of concern for an employee's wellbeing will ever be able to overcome this.

So, my question is not rhetorical - I realize this isn't my post, but I'm super curious about others' perspective on this: are you open to the idea that at some point in your career someone might actually care about your wellbeing? Will it matter to you, or just ... get whatever you can, and never stop trying to fuck the system?

emptiestplace ,

  • I'm quite confident that, more often than not, women face greater challenges than men.

  • This post is fucking weird.

More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch — another SSD controller that can support up to 128TB appeared paving the way for HDD-beating capacities (www.techradar.com)

More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch — another SSD controller that can support up to 128TB appeared paving the way for HDD-beating capacities::Phison quietly revealed an updated X2 SSD platform at CES

emptiestplace , (edited )

Unless you're using a NUC or similar, M.2 is the worst form factor - and consumer grade drives are all shit. If you're in the market for storage I'd recommend looking at used enterprise U.2 drives in the 0.5-1 DWPD range. Adapters (PCIe or M.2 to U.2) are super cheap.

Edit: 12.8TB is gonna be a stretch, obviously, but even Solidigm TLC drives are quite a bit better than any consumer grade drives and I've seen some of the 7TB models go for surprisingly cheap.

emptiestplace ,

Same 80s experience. The idea that someone would argue or even think that software should still behave as it did back then is mind-blowing. None of the resource constraints of that era are even remotely relevant today, but we are still dysfunctional meat. There is no good reason for a word processor to not automatically save work by default - and unless someone is working with a lot of large images, even persistence of the full undo stack is not a tall order.

emptiestplace ,

"Easily solvable" is an understatement, though. Autosave should maintain parity with the undo buffer, and manual saves should be pointers to a specific point in time, like tags. The only way this gets complex is branching - if you go back in time and start making changes from there, do we just prune it, do we allow the user to go back and undo undo, or, if we have something decidedly less fucking garbage than MS Word, do we facilitate merging?

emptiestplace ,

I suppose, but I'd argue that in your case the deficiencies are even more obnoxious: modifying a template should require deliberate effort on your part, with the default save action automatically creating and switching to a new file - otherwise why even have template filetypes?

emptiestplace ,

How sensitive are you? I've found I struggle with them a bit if I eat lots suddenly after not eating them for a while, but if I continue, it tends to be fine. My guess is that the reason it is inconsistent for me is related to fluctuations in gut bacteria partially due to what I am eating...

I know actual IBS is no joke, but I think it would be interesting to determine your threshold and see if you can change it at all. For example, eat a pea-sized piece of onion and wait a couple days. No effect, start eating a pea-sized piece of onion every day and wait for cumulative effects (a week or two?). Still no effect, add another piece for one day, go back to regular dose for a couple days, etc. When you reach the point where it starts to cause discomfort, back off a bit and try to push it again in a week or two.

emptiestplace ,

They absolutely unfucked it with the 16" M1 though

emptiestplace ,

This one isn't confusing, though. Top to bottom.

emptiestplace ,

The bottom one is the person who is sharing a meme, I think? I don't understand the idea of reading their commentary before looking at the image. I know what you are talking about, but I think that's more when it is replies, isn't it?

Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches (www.wired.com)

" three researchers have crafted a long-sought version of private information retrieval and extended it to build a more general privacy strategy. The work, which received a Best Paper Award in June 2023 at the annual Symposium on Theory of Computing, topples a major theoretical barrier on the way to a truly private search."

emptiestplace ,

So we all just have a copy of the internet and then we can grep for things we are interested in ... I'm actually not super against this.

emptiestplace ,

the erotic potential starts to fade.

I've often wondered if this would be a problem in general for medical professionals... come home to your husband or wife and jesus fucking christ another body to take care of.

emptiestplace ,

I think you mean unified (on-die) RAM can be faster.

emptiestplace ,

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35329793/

emptiestplace ,

Parsec?

emptiestplace ,

What issue?

emptiestplace ,

Interesting take. I wonder which aspects of their business you have in mind?

As much as I think campaigns like this are counterproductive to the animal rights agenda, I am strongly in favour of euthanasia, even mass euthanasia, as a responsible and humane solution to woefully irresponsible human industry. I believe that life is without intrinsic value, so it is straightforward to me that a life of suffering is worse than simply not existing.

I've been vegan for around 25 years, and in this time I've been interrogated about my beliefs enough times to feel confident saying folks tend to struggle more with the latter. Take, for example, the way no-kill shelters (or even rescue groups) tend to get sanctimonious at traditional shelters - the very same shelters they look to when they find themselves facing tasks too burdensome. btw, bbq fundraiser, guys!!

So, as long as we aren't including this utterly soul-rending but critical work in our judgement of PETA, I think I'm with you.

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