riskable
@riskable@programming.dev
Father, Hacker (Information Security Professional), Open Source Software Developer, Inventor, and 3D printing enthusiast
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 day ago:
Building your own keyboard is supposed to be fun. You do some research to figure out what you want. Maybe order some sample switches to try out, pick out a keycap set you like, and eventually settle on a kit.
When you order your kit it’ll include a case, a top plate, and a circuit board. If you get one with hot swap sockets you will not have to solder anything. You can literally just press the switches in.
Then when you’re done you screw everything together, put your keycaps on, and you have a working keyboard. Sometimes you have to flash the firmware as a final step but that’s not rocket science. You do not have to know how to program.
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 day ago:
You don’t have to solder if you use hot swap sockets for your switches. Even if you never plan to swap the switches the hot swap sockets mean you’ll never have to solder a thing 👍
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 4 days ago:
Just build your own keyboard. That’s what I did (and it turned out fantastic) 🤷
Mice are much easier to deal with since there’s 500 million of them to choose from. Just pick a generic, no-name brand that doesn’t need drivers and you’re all set.
Aside: Building a keyboard isn’t rocket science. It’s just a bit tedious (buy a kit). Unless you invent your own 3D printable keyboard switch and stabilizers from scratch then design an analog circuit board to work with them (also from scratch). Then it’s a bit more like rocket science 🤣
- Comment on Oxygen 5 days ago:
God’s keyboard
- Comment on Be more specific 1 week ago:
Astronomers: The Sun is a recent development
- Comment on Men: What sequence do you fellow to dry your body off after showering or bathing? 1 week ago:
I just shake myself off like a dog.
- Comment on Ayaneo officially enters the U.S. gaming market — $399 Next Lite and $999 Kun now available at Best Buy 3 weeks ago:
The thing runs Windows so it’s not a Steam Deck competitor… It’s a has-been at launch.
Windows is absolute garbage for a handheld gaming device. When are these manufacturers going to learn and just ship the things with Linux? Many Chinese devices (made for running emulators) ship with some customized Linux so why aren’t more mainstream manufacturers doing it? Seems like a no-brainer to make a better device and save money on licensing costs.
- Comment on LED Sign 4 weeks ago:
It’s the WiFi password
- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 4 weeks ago:
Rich people believe that no matter how rough the world gets they will be fine as long as they remain rich. History has shown repeatedly that this is a false assumption, demonstrating that the rich in America really are just as dumb as poor conservatives who get suckered into voting against their own interests every election.
Also many of the absurdly wealthy are sociopaths and narcissists (because our economic system allows people like that to succeed by stepping on everyone else). To them, all that matters is how they look among their “in group.” So if they think they’ll look better by being a few billion richer they do whatever it takes to get there… No matter the long term consequences. Either to them or anyone else.
- Comment on How different would the world be if school never ended but you could leave and come back anytime you elect to? 4 weeks ago:
It’s already like that except the funding part. There’s free online learning for basically anything available to everyone in the world, 24/7. And people do take advantage of it.
You can learn whatever TF you want from reliable, trusted sources it’s just that all you get from it is the knowledge. You don’t normally get a degree or a certificate or anything like that. Because those things are for traditional institutions (and how they make money).
If you really want to learn something, go learn it. What’s stopping you?
- Comment on How different would the world be if school never ended but you could leave and come back anytime you elect to? 4 weeks ago:
It’s already like that except the funding part. There’s free online learning for basically anything available to everyone in the world, 24/7. And people do take advantage of it.
You can learn whatever TF you want from reliable, trusted sources it’s just that all you get from it is the knowledge. You don’t normally get a degree or a certificate or anything like that. Because those things are for traditional institutions (and how they make money).
If you really want to learn something, go learn it. What’s stopping you?
- Comment on Majority of antisemitic incidents committed by leftists, not Islamists or neo-Nazis, research find 5 weeks ago:
The source they “cite” is the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CSM) which is a far-right group founded by a rich, Republican donor, Adam Beren. It started out innocuous enough… With no history whatsoever it asked a whole lot of companies to sign a very boring pledge to not support antisemitism. These companies signed it because, “Why not? Antisemitism is bad. Sure.”
Now CSM is running around claiming “over 700 companies” support it and making videos blaming “woke” ideologies for… Antisemitism (I kid you not):
forward.com/…/combat-antisemitism-movement-woke-a…
You can learn more about CSM here:
- Comment on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: Proponent of Licenses for Illegal Aliens 1 month ago:
The crime that “illegal aliens” are guilty of is an administrative violation… That’s why they’re called, “undocumented”. It’s an administrative offense. Usually they enter the country legally then overstay their visa. There’s not even an implied threat or danger there… They’re just people.
Driving a vehicle without a license is an imminent danger for everyone. Not just a threat to life and liberty but a rather large economic threat. Without a license there’s no guarantee that the individual went through any training whatsoever nor will they have any insurance. Even if they’re a victim of something like a drink driver they can’t get justice since the unlicensed driver will be at fault (in addition to the drunk).
The “national security threat” mentioned in the article is bullshit. These people need to provide some proof of residency in order to obtain the license. It’s not like they’re just saying, “I’m Joe Blow” and walking out with a government ID.
Not only that but the licenses in question clearly state that they were obtained without proof of citizenship. So it’s not like any law enforcement will ever get confused about their status.
- Comment on Civil servants cannot wear ‘fetish gear’ to work, minister confirms 1 month ago:
There’s a big problem here: Every kind of clothing is “fetish clothing” to someone.
- Comment on Old AF 1 month ago:
If something is “older than dirt” that means it’s at least 18,000 years old but can be millions of years old depending on where you live:
- Comment on AP Headlines Called Harris Indian American in 2016, Black in 2020? 1 month ago:
Why is this an issue? I don’t get it.
In 2016 she was the first Indian American senator (but not the first Black senator) so that context makes sense.
In 2020 she was the first Black, first Indian American, and first woman vice President. So that headline makes perfect sense too.
Why would anyone get upset over these headline differences? They weren’t even published by Democrats and there were probably dozens of similar headlines from other news organizations at the time.
- Comment on Mushroom Guides 2 months ago:
You either get a
tasty treatbland, mild dirt flavor or incurable certain death.FTFY
- Comment on Eat it 2 months ago:
It’s not like there’s signs in the sky.
If there are, landing might not be the best option! Best to fly over the apocalypse 👍
- Comment on Eat it 2 months ago:
To be fair, a 250g RC aircraft can cause a lot of destruction to a plane that’s in the process of taking off/landing or to a car on a highway.
Having said that, they really have gone overboard with the regulation. Restrict airspace near airports and over highways, not something as ambiguous as “over people”. They also (still) require a spotter for FPV which is just silly. The point of the spotter is so you can figure out where it went if you lose control (presumably, to take responsibility if it crashes into something important and does some damage). Anyone flying FPV is going to know exactly where the RC aircraft was when they lost control (and modern ones will return themselves home if contact is lost like that).
They need to focus more on regulating features instead of “what and where”. If every RC aircraft has to have a return to home feature that would make more sense than something super ambiguous like, “don’t fly above people.”
- Comment on Ironing 2 months ago:
This achievement belongs to the tail end of GENX… The folks that brought us grunge.
- Comment on Automation 2 months ago:
To be fair, that’s a very open ended question. I mean, what kind of bolt are we talking about? A standard lag bolt? If so you don’t tighten it! That’d be a trick question! You tighten the nut. Same thing applies with car wheel bolts. Tricky tricky!
Is it a hex bolt that also has a cross head? How tight are we talking?
I’m just going to assume bolts of lightning and Usain Bolt are of the table.
- Comment on Ah yes, the old somethingWentWrong 2 months ago:
Hey now! This design met all the PM’s requirements 😤
- Comment on Automation 2 months ago:
The base assumption is that you can tell anything reliable at all about a person from their body language, speech patterns, or appearance. So many people think they have an intuition for such things but pretty much every study of such things comes to the same conclusion: You can’t.
The reason why it doesn’t work is because the world is full of a diverse set of cultures, genetics, and subtle medical conditions. You may be able to attain something like 60% accuracy for certain personality traits from an interview if the person being interviewed was born and raised in the same type of environment/culture (and is the same sex) as you. Anything else is pretty much a guarantee that you’re going to get it wrong.
That’s why you should only ask interviewees empirical questions that can identify whether or not they have the requisite knowledge to do the job. For example, if you’re hiring an electrical engineer ask them how they would lay out a circuit board. Or if hiring a sales person ask them questions about how they would try to sell your specific product. Or if you’re hiring a union-busting expert person ask them how they sleep at night.
- Comment on Size Matters? Penis Dissatisfaction and Gun Ownership in America 3 months ago:
Now do big trucks and cars modified to be extra loud!
- Comment on What is the equivalent stereotype of 'women should all be homemakers,' for men? 3 months ago:
Men shouldn’t be allowed near children that aren’t their own. It’s rarely stated but regularly assumed.
- Comment on What's inside the London Tower Bridge? 5 months ago:
The tower on the left is home to the Tea Wizard who uses parts of the lower floors for the nation’s biscuit reserves. The one on the right is host to a princess that’s been waiting for rescue by a prince for a very long time now.
- Comment on Jesus, help me! - No! 5 months ago:
The Warhammer lore where people worship an AI as literal God suddenly seems so realistic!
- Comment on Emad Mostaque steps down as CEO and from the Board of Directors to pursue decentralized AI 6 months ago:
SD3 not being free would be so sad! OMG. It solves all my major issues with Stable Diffusion (which are pretty much the same with all the major competitors).
I just want to have reliable text generation and better control over where subjects are! (Without having to delve into the depths of ControlNet)
Though I suppose if history is a guide, if Stability AI doesn’t release SD3 someone else will release an equivalent… After a delay. The problem is the cost of research in this area is quite prohibitive so that delay could be years 😞
- Comment on Emad Mostaque steps down as CEO and from the Board of Directors to pursue decentralized AI 6 months ago:
Don’t be too fearful of this kind of thing. Companies have had much worse circumstances with even greater losses of employees/executives and come out stronger as a result.
Example: Apple.
So we can expect a number of bad leaders after this, eventually getting someone with a French accent to take over, run the company further into the ground, then the founder(s) will return (like the prophecy always said) and take over the world for like a decade.
- Comment on [Discussion] What's your "this has bothered me for way too long" movie moment? 6 months ago:
Generally speaking: Things that humans would never survive. Like, if someone is thrown so hard against a wall that they go through it, they’re not going to live (this happens with non-super characters). Or when someone is falling from a great height and they grab hold of something to catch themselves. Yeah… No.
Or in scenes where fire is present… People having a discussion without coughing their brains out, being able to see, and easily keeping their eyes open, just a few feet from raging flames.
After experiencing any and all of these things the characters will just continue in the story and be able to move and breathe like nothing happened. Sometimes they’ll move with a limp or cough occasionally but this is usually right before they make a 100m dash in record time.