Truck_kun
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- Comment on J.K. Rowling Blasts “Gender Taliban” David Tennant After ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Said “Whinging” Trans Critics Are On “Wrong Side Of History” 1 day ago:
My reply said nothing about only Tories being solely responsible, only that they have been primarily in charge/in power for the last 14 years and are about to take a major fall from power in the upcoming election this week.
I didn’t praise Labour, merely said they will be the primary benefactor of the change in power, and that they are the UK equivalent of Democrats in the US (a simplified comparison for a non-UK audience, that happens across this thread); which isn’t untrue in general, even with your above complaints.
This is indeed a UK thread, but JK and Tennant are world renowned, and having them both in the title will draw in a larger audience.
- Comment on J.K. Rowling Blasts “Gender Taliban” David Tennant After ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Said “Whinging” Trans Critics Are On “Wrong Side Of History” 1 day ago:
I think this is a good place to add context for those outside the UK that don’t pay attention to politics, especially foreign politics:
The UK is having elections on July 4th. The House of commons has… 650 seats, of which the Conservatives (Tories, equivalent UK version of US Rupublicans) have ~350 seats.
They are expected to literally lose hundreds of seats in this elections and fall out of power. Labour (UK equivalent of US Democrats) has not been as progressive as people expected/wanted, but they are expected to be the big winners. Hopefully the UKs situation improves from the past 14-15 years of the Tories rule… seems like they’ve gone scorched earth, and the UK is a shadow of what it was even a decade ago.
Those same whiners in power, are about to experience a near political power extinction event.
- Comment on A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels 1 week ago:
I have no actual list outside my head.
atm, Wendy’s because of their plan for dynamic pricing based on how busy they are, and ‘my local KFC’, because I had to wait 50 minutes for my order (for 2), and they gave away the last of something I ordered to someone who came in like half an hour later, and they weren’t going to be making more. (that and KFC is way over priced for their standard menu if you aren’t getting some kind of ‘deal’)
- Comment on A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels 1 week ago:
All companies that plan to have dynamic pricing, please let me know.
I’ve already stopped going to Wendy’s; I’d love to add you to the list of places never to patron again.
- Comment on safety first 3 weeks ago:
The boiling method, and using ultrasonic devices so far sound promising:
https://projectboard.world/isef/project/eaev062t-harnessing-ultrasound-for-microplastic-filtration
Neither method is 100%, and sadly even if it were, there is no way to avoid ingesting microplastics. It’s basically in all food sources at this point. Any animal, or plant have them in them, and those sources are going to be exposed to them; even rain has microplastics in it now.
I suppose the best way to actually avoid microplastics in the food chain would be growing plants in a greenhouse type environment (with dug up deep pre-plastic dirt?) only using properly treated water? For meats, I guess lab grown meat would be the way to avoid it, using plastic free (or less) sources for material?
I’ve actually been throwing out old spices in recent years, but maybe I should be saving them. Maybe they are the last vestiges of plastic free spices, and will be worth a fortune to paranoid rich people that want flavor?
- Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet 1 month ago:
Also, it is a library… very real possibility they have actual computers you can use/borrow for people that cant use their wifi for whatever reason (such as not having a laptop/tablet/smartphone).
- Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet 1 month ago:
My first reaction is yeah, you don’t just plug into random Ethernet. The wi-fi is likely a visitor network setup for guests to the library. That ethernet port could provide access to their private intranet, and be a security risk to the library. Worst case scenario, it could result in malware, ransomware, and/or millions of dollars in expenses to recover (on a library budget, that could mean permanently shutting down the library even). After reading your post, I would say, no harm intended, just don’t do it again. After reading your comments about intentionally being vague about ‘plugging in’ to lead the librarian to think you were asking to plug in a power cord, and not specifically meaning ethernet connection… yeah, you’re clearly in the wrong. Just be up front; if they say no, so be it. They may be able to direct you to a visitor ethernet plug-in, or maybe not. If this were an AITA thread, i’d say yes, YTA in this case.
Asking in an security community… I would assume some level of technical awareness, and you are likely well aware of network segmentation, and that no IT department would be happy about a guest plugging their laptop into random rj-45 jacks around the building. Maybe it’s not well designed, and that actually has access to firewall administration? - Comment on New Discord TOS binds you to forced arbitration - Opt-Out Now 2 months ago:
A few years ago, wasn’t there a company (maybe it was uber?) that was being overwhelmed by arbitration fee’s for a large number of arbitration cases? I forget the outcome, but it may be due to their agreement stipulating they would cover arbitration fees. Either way, forced arbitration needs to go.
- Comment on Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles 2 months ago:
Russia actually does produce their own CPUs:
- Comment on Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation 3 months ago:
To be clear, CA in this case is California, not Canada. But if you are on midwest.social, i’ll assume you are in the Midwest. More states need to adopt some kind of similar legislation.
- Comment on Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation 3 months ago:
For compliance with EU’s GDPR and CA’s CPRA, they should have some tools to remove information.
Whether those are available to you will depend on where you live, and the companies policy.