thatKamGuy

thatKamGuy , 19 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in For security reasons

Wouldn’t it make more sense to alias out each place you submit an email address to, so you can see who sells your contact details or otherwise gets hacked?

Eg: changeorg@yourna.me, netflix@yourna.me etc.?

thatKamGuy , 20 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to Technology in Helium-3: Mining the fuel of the future on the Moon

Wait, isn’t this just the plot of that Sam* Rockwell movie - Moon?

thatKamGuy , 20 days ago to Technology in iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air

In general, I would love for any OEM to step in and provide similar build quality to a Mac.. doesn’t even have to be Lenovo (who IMO are a pale imitation of IBM’s line of laptops).

thatKamGuy , 1 month ago to Technology in Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL?

You likely just need to enable TPM through the BIOS (each manufacturer calls it something different).

I’m in a similar boat, but am going to use W10 EOL to probably jump ship to Linux - if not at the very least switch to Windows 10 LTSC.

thatKamGuy , 2 months ago to Memes in Thank you American software

But your government will (try to) protect you from foreign influences
That’s what this is, though.

Take a step back and consider for a moment the absolute mayhem TikTok was able to cause through one single push notification to their US user base (>170m, over half the adult population). That is not a power that should be wielded lightly, and definitely not one in the hands of a foreign adversary ready, willing and capable of weaponising it at their whim.

Think of the power that affords them to put their finger on the scale when it comes to the critical upcoming Presidential election, not just directly - but through slight manipulations of the algorithm to engage one political cohort and disenfranchise another.

thatKamGuy , 2 months ago to Memes in Thank you American software

We can agree that there is at least a slight difference in having your own (or a friendly nation’s) Government tracking you, versus allowing a competing nation to have direct access to over half of the adult US population (as per their recent push-notification stunt), as well as a robust collection of their interests and preferences.

There is a reason China has banned most US-based software in the mainland (Meta, Google, etc.); in favour of self-developed alternatives. This is just treatment in kind; it’s not an outright ban, rather a forced sale to prevent more of that user data falling into dubious hands.

thatKamGuy , 2 months ago to 196 in Rule

A damned shame; literally one of the most reasonable (no pun intended) political platforms..

thatKamGuy , 3 months ago to Technology in Stellantis CEO says Chinese EVs are ‘possibly the biggest risk’ facing his carmaker and Tesla

Probably because BYD recently overtook Tesla as the world’s largest EV manufacturer.

If/when that realisation hits Wall Street, Tesla shares are going to take a massive hit.

thatKamGuy , 3 months ago to Memes in Raising prices you say? Oh that's too bad.

I’m running a rusty old QNAP NAS (10+ years old), and access it via Infuse on my iPhone / Apple TV.

It provides a very Kodi-like interface, and requires near 0 set-up. Just point it at the root network folders and it’ll pull all the relevant metadata (movie posters, cast lists, series info, optional subtitles etc.).

thatKamGuy , 3 months ago to Technology in Walmart in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 bln, WSJ reports

Do yourself a favour and switch to using a video game console, Apple TV or if you’re more technical my inclined - a HTPC.

Manufacturers have been getting increasingly nosey with their data collection policies, as well as inserting additional adds after the fact.

And can guarantee that in all circumstances, both the software and hardware will be infinitely better built, supported and more reliable.