xthexder

@xthexder@l.sw0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beer is for GIRLS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s actually so little actual Rye left after distillation that whiskey is gluten free. (Beer is not)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't believe them⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess not every place does this, because I swear the last few times I’ve been on hold I got transferred 2 or 3 times and had to re-explain my entire issue all over again to each person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think to a lot of people “political” means specifically picking sides between Republican/Democrat unfortunately, not talking about actual policy. That seems to be how they were using it here, considering they tried defending the claim by saying they’ve worked with Trump’s organization in the past.

  I definitely agree though, people have every reason to get political these days, and it’s generally justified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every soldering iron I’ve ever used has been a desktop station that plugs into the wall.

  Apparently portable soldering irons in general are quite a new concept (1984): portasol.com/about-us

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, you solder pipes with a flame, why not circuit boards too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what I was saying with the .ttf file being copyright. It’s entirely possible to generate a new “program” that produces the same shapes while being a brand new uncopyrighted program. There’s an infinite number of ways to describe how to draw a shape, only one of them is copyright.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What is this even licensing? You can’t copyright a typeface in Japan or the US: en.wikipedia.org/…/Intellectual_property_protecti…

  Technically the .ttf file could be copyright as a specific means to reproduce the typeface, but someone could just run it through something to copy the shapes and then there’s nothing to be licensed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling that groove⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So there’s this thing called a Fourier series…

  Basically any wave can be created by adding together individual frequencies, and with some fancy math it’s possible to go the other way with a Fourier transform and get how loud every frequency is (like is displayed in a spectrogram).

  I think the real black magic is in how our ears and brains can decode the mess of information coming in and identify meaningful patterns.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The simple test that blew up the FTC's case against Meta⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Instagram is also Meta, so it doesn’t look like anyone actually left Meta’s platform

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fight me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ground-source heat pumps seem like they could be the new hotness. You don’t have to dig very deep before the ground is a constant temperature, so that can be used to increase the efficiency even further in extremely hot/cold weather.

  Tech Ingredients did a nice little DIY experiment with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just answer the question you fuckin' nerd⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I take my coffee black-hole seriously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨itsfoss promotes hyprland on instagram!?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The user does have to log in again to access the second TTY. I don’t know exactly what Hyprland’s settings do, but “allow_session_lock_restore” doesn’t sound like something you want turning on randomly while an attacker is sitting trying to access your computer. It’s very possible the crash itself was caused intentionally by the attacker in that case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨itsfoss promotes hyprland on instagram!?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These steps require logging in again. I don’t think it’s secure to have it automatically try and fix the lock screen, since it just introduces more ways to potentially bypass it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know how it went down, but I’m pretty sure they didn’t have to give the Sheriff anything. He’d have time to go over the subpoena with a lawyer the same as if it was just mailed. It doesn’t sound like there was any warrant for the Sheriff to perform a search or do anything other than drop off the papers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you fuck off⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have fun building a login without cookies. I’m sure it’s possible, but session cookies are by far the most common and secure mechanism, used basically everywhere including Lemmy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize What? You can’t have 35 “First” annual events

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beggars can't be choosers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually the opposite is true when gutters are this clogged. They turn into a swamp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i 💚 animals.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Loads of new technologies are discovered because of people mixing disciplines that hadn’t been put together before. A new perspective on a problem can make a massive difference!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No justice, no peace.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doing some quick math and numbers pulled from wikipedia, Lead is about 14-15x as effective by volume compared to water at blocking gamma radiation.

  I think far more significant in saving the other scientists was the inverse square law. The radiation energy falls off with the square of distance, so Slotin would have received a significantly higher dose just from being right next to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨STRAIGHT 2 JAIL⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely, you can’t be serious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our GPU Black Market Documentary Has Been Taken Down by Bloomberg⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And bonus, Bloomberg’s lawyers could get punished or even disbarred for filing knowingly fraudulent claims

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protons have mass⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Catholics attend Mass (church)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal car⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They both seem equally plausible. “NO PLATE” would be officers writing it in, and if they left it blank the computer would turn it into Null.

  I bet “BLANK” could cause similar issues

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal car⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely, that thing’s supercharged, so more pressure = more heat = more knocking

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal car⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They already consider similar looking letters as the same. If someone has the license plate “OOPS” , if you try and register “00P5” it will say it’s taken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal car⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It might depend on the state, but I think anything other than registration stickers in the designated spot could count as a defaced license plate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal car⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought you were going to say Photovoltaic cells (solar panels)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ideal car⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are there even any states that allow an = ? I bet they drew that on with sharpie

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thinheritance⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly, give me the one on the right, but built out of solid wood so it’s as strong as the one on the left

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Number One' - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, going from #1 to below average on the bell curve would be kinda disappointing, ngl