BearOfaTime
@BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
- Comment on Couldn't governments just remotely disable phones nearby to prevent evidence of police brutality from being recorded? 16 hours ago:
They may. I really don’t know. We could go round and round about it, there are lots of arguments for both perspectives.
If a government does have this capability, they aren’t likely to use it on a whim and have it be exposed.
- Comment on Couldn't governments just remotely disable phones nearby to prevent evidence of police brutality from being recorded? 16 hours ago:
OK, how?
- Comment on Does sunlight through UV-blocking windows warm you less than unfiltered sunlight? 2 days ago:
Ever drive in a car?
Roll the window down on a sunny day, you’ll feel the difference.
- Comment on Before buying this printer, I made a quick search to confirm that it has wifi connectivity... (the algorithm lied to me) 3 days ago:
I’ve bought two laser printers, both for about $50.
My 1997 laser just died this summer. That’s 27 years of runtime. Even if it was $500, that’s $18/year, with thousands of pages printed, and I think I replaced the toner once.
Glad you have a printer nearby. I do to, but it would take me an hour to print one page, because I’d have to copy it to a thumb drive, then go to the print shop (15 min, using fossil fuels to get there), then deal with printing and hope it prints right, then shuffle back home.
I mean, yea, that’s a fabulous approach. Do that 50 times and I’ve paid for my printer.
- Comment on Before buying this printer, I made a quick search to confirm that it has wifi connectivity... (the algorithm lied to me) 3 days ago:
Setup a Raspberry Pi W Zero as your print server, using CUPS.
Last one I bought was under $10.
- Comment on Before buying this printer, I made a quick search to confirm that it has wifi connectivity... (the algorithm lied to me) 3 days ago:
Only cheap laser looks like shit for images.
Also, using the right paper is crucial.
- Comment on Before buying this printer, I made a quick search to confirm that it has wifi connectivity... (the algorithm lied to me) 3 days ago:
I dunno, I’ve been.printing through a print server for decades. I find it far less problematic than wifi-connected printers (especially consumer ones).
Consumer wifi printers are a kludgey mess.
- Comment on AAAAAAAAAAA 4 days ago:
Hahahahahaha, oh man, that’s awesome
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 4 days ago:
Ye, I didn’t know that when I first tried it. Oops!
Just a happy little accident
- Comment on never skip 4 days ago:
Clearly you’ve never lived in Tick Central (anywhere along the US East Coast, or up by the Great Lakes, northern Minnesota, or down south, Alabama, Louisiana).
I mow because if I don’t I just have a Tick Farm right outside my door.
Plus I’ve had Lyme Disease once already. You can take my mower from my cold, dead, hands.
- Comment on never skip 4 days ago:
Nah, I don’t like having a tick farm right outside my door.
- Comment on never skip 4 days ago:
Lol, oh ko, this is about a foot too short.
- Comment on Brian K. Vaughan writing Forbidden Planet remake 6 days ago:
That changes it, and obscures the past; whitewashing.
There’s no argument to be made for a remake, it’s good because it’s part of the time in which it was produced.
- Comment on Brian K. Vaughan writing Forbidden Planet remake 6 days ago:
This deserves the upvotes.
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 6 days ago:
$400 for a drip machine?
Must be a Mac user.
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 6 days ago:
Well, dammit, now I gotta go try NixOS. Gee, thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole, like I have time for yet another one!
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 1 week ago:
Hell, mine made crema on the first try. I probably over-pressed the coffee though.
I really like the mocha pot, but I’m a cappucino fan - if only there were a simple way to steam milk. I even have a Bellman, but it takes forever to build up pressure.
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 1 week ago:
I can’t imagine how you burn coffee with a mocha pot.
Like, you’d have to go out of your way and intentionally try to burn coffee with it.
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 1 week ago:
Changes by shitty apps wanting to start with windows and register for context menus.
I’ve had windows machines run fine for 10 years, and some having trouble at 6 months. The difference being the problematic machines I’ve made tons of changes, installed tons of risky apps.
I’ve also run registry cleaners as a test, and it’s made a world of difference.
In short: crappy apps make windows run poorly.
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 1 week ago:
My cheap ($100) espresso machine takes less time than a Mr. Coffee/drip machine.
- Comment on why are fax machines still used by medical systems? 1 week ago:
Well before.
And “refuse to change their ways” - are you going to underwrite the project to implement a transition and hold all the liability for the risks?
Its not like changing systems is just a click of a button, this is an extensive project, that you better get right or you’re dealing with records going the wrong way, potentially having serious life and safety implications.
Plus, you have to maintain this legacy fax system because not everyone else has migrated to something new. So for the remainder of your career, it still doesn’t go away, and you’ll have to continue to pay for its maintenance.
Companies have systems they’ve built up over years, that works. They’ll move forward as it makes fiscal sense.
- Comment on why are fax machines still used by medical systems? 1 week ago:
“embedded in many workflows”
Key statement right there.
And once people see that that really means, and what it would take to move past it (including time, cost, and risk), they may start to understand.
It became the de facto way to send stuff with high confidence it went to the right place. Then tech addressed the paper-to-paper over one phone line issue with modem banks into a fax server. So all the same fundamental comm tech (so fully backwards-compatible), but a better solution for the company with that infrastructure. Such a company has little motivation to completely change to something new, since they’d have to retain this for anyone that hasn’t switched. Chicken-and-egg problem, that’s slowly moving forward.
It’ll be a long time before it’s gone completely. Perhaps in 20 years, but I suspect fax will still be around as a fallback/compatibility.
- Comment on Native Americans, who's you favorite demographic outside of Native American 1 week ago:
What’s your favorite race?
🤦🏼♂️
- Comment on Did something about mass produced ice cream change like 10 years ago? 1 week ago:
Yea, I make my own ice cream, because, well, really it’s something we shouldn’t be eating a lot of in the first place (mostly the sugar, but there’s also this double-whammy to glycemic response when a lot of sugar is consumed with a lot of fat - ice cream).
So I’ll make about a quart at a time, usually for an upcoming event. I got my first ice cream maker at a second hand store for not much, and it was a modern one with the freezable insert.
- Comment on Did something about mass produced ice cream change like 10 years ago? 1 week ago:
Yep - overrun.
You see this mostly in cheaper brands.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 2 weeks ago:
I think it did.
But I grew up watching the TV show, and others like it (Get Smart), and appreciate the style of humor.
I think the divide on this is knowing what that genre is about, and some people just don’t appreciate that kind of humor.
I get it, I like these movies/shows, but don’t like the 3 Stooges.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 2 weeks ago:
Er, uh… wow.
The writer must’ve been on some serious hallucinogens! Haha
(off to find a copy…)
- Comment on Should I bring in the battery for my electric mower in the winter? 2 weeks ago:
My experience is lithium batteries really slow down electricity production in cold.
I’ve tested batteries for car flashlights, and found lithiums will die much faster than any other due to cold. Even after warming up they have less charge (and this use-case needs power now).
NiMH seems to tolerate cold much better for my use case.
I don’t store any batteries that I like outside - no battery tech likes extreme temps, some less than others.
More simplistically, pretty much everything dislikes temp swings or extremes, especially anything plastic. So that’s kind of my guide. If it’s plastic, I bring it in.
- Comment on I'm going to try not to swear when you're around. Is this a good apology to a coworker? 2 weeks ago:
Wow, you’re all wrapped up in power dynamics you have zero sense of courtesy for others.
Hey, again, you don’t want to play along, that’s fine - you’ll be the one to reap what you sow.
And in today’s business climate of 360° reviews, HR over-reach, etc, you’ll be the one missing out. Pretty much anyone in a business environment would agree that cussing is inappropriate. If nothing else, it demonstrates someone’s lack of ability to either recognize their audience, or (as in your case), to be dismissive of them.
Cuss all you want, just don’t cry when you’re offered up during layoffs.
- Comment on I'm going to try not to swear when you're around. Is this a good apology to a coworker? 2 weeks ago:
Lol, you’re funny.
Go say “fuck” while standing in front of a judge. It’s banal, so it’s his problem, right?
Until he fines you for contempt of court.
Society as a whole is a judge. If you refuse to try to get along with the rest of society, it may decide to not get along with you.