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- Comment on Perfectly clear instructions HP 1 week ago:
HP printers are the avantgarde of enshittification when it comes to gadgets, although the earliest way I can think of selling a product similarly to a subscription is Gillette shavers. They basically sold a handle, and the first set of razor blades were free. After that one had to buy their proprietary and overpriced blades. HP managed to take this principle into the realm of peripheral devices.
Nowadays other gadgets have been “inspired” by HP in therms of enshittification. For instance, there are headphones that require an app to be set up properly, as the manufactorer can save implementing a physical button and can get tracking data form the user.
The sticker on the USB port is just another (physical) dark pattern.
- Comment on 🎶 Let it snu, let it snu, let it snu 🎵 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on General Motors 1997 EV1 electric car 5 weeks ago:
This vehicle shows that electric cars suitable for daily use could have been a thing for decades already. With upcoming advancements in battery technology GM could have been what Tesla was a decade ago and nobody would have to fear the uprise of Chinese cars, displacing domestic car makers in the very near future. The unwillingness of long term investments in favor for short term profits by selling combustion-powered cars rendered GM to a bystander in EV developement.
- Comment on Defunctland — Disney's Animatronics: A Living History [1h45m] 5 weeks ago:
Well researched an informative as always!
- Comment on Are there people without handedness? 5 weeks ago:
your overly detailed explanation is very believable
I hope so, that’s why the explanation is so detailed.
- Comment on Are there people without handedness? 5 weeks ago:
I am right-handed, and I tought myself to use my mouse with the left hand when working on my laptop.
The reason for that is that I have a couch, where the ottomane (the “long” part where you can rest your legs on) is attached to the right side (referenced to my seating position), meaning that, when sitting on this side of the couch, the arm rest of the ottomane is to my right side which doesn’t leave enough room to operate the mouse without obstruction.
The side left to me (where the rest of the couch is), is unobstructed and leaves enough room to place and operate the mouse there.
At first, it was hard to navigate with the non-domiant hand, and I used it for navigating within the web browser. The majority of mouse navigation in a browser is scrolling anyway.
After a just a few of weeks I noticed that handling the mouse with the left hand became more and more precisely. Now I use my left hand exclusively with the mouse. I even noticed that when doing stuff in Blender or Affinity for example, keyboard shortcuts are more accessible to me with the right hand when working with a laptop.
When at work however, I use the mouse with my dominant (right) hand, as the desk layout allows me to do that.
- Comment on How do we know the government doesn't just have a secret hardware backdoor in all our devices? 5 weeks ago:
Seeing these Powerpoint slides again makes me realize that grapic design is really their passion.
- Comment on I walked all over the damn store looking for butter 5 weeks ago:
Where I live supermarkets have coffee and smoothie vending machines, so you can have an in-store-coffee while you are buying your groceries. They have it installed to keep you longer in their store, hoping that you buy stuff you didn’t need in the first place.
- Comment on Interview with 90s Computer Nerd 1 month ago:
He had some pretty accurate predcitions which came true: flash based mobile websites (3:42), video conferencing (3:46), virtual reality and the improvement of CGI (4:37).
- Comment on You're Probably Wrong About Rainbows 1 month ago:
You always have to keep in mind that Veritasium gets sponsored by companies that take part in their videos, so the content is biased. For example, they did a video about self driving vehicles where this whole video basically was an advertising for, i think, it was Waymo. This video in particular sparked some controversy, although it was announced that this content is being sponsored at the beginning of the video (it is the very definition of what an influencer does - advertising!). Or another example: the video where they tested and compared different types of night vision goggles, which was “influenced” by the military, as they are the main user base and also developer of these devices.
I like to watch most of their videos nonetheless, as they are educational and well-explained. But I see this kind of video content as entertainment rather than education, as I don’t know what parts are researches badly or explained wrong. I see it similar to Wikipedia, where school teachers tell their students not to rely on it alone - but it can serve as a good staring point into further research.
- Comment on You're Probably Wrong About Rainbows 1 month ago:
not these ones.
- Submitted 1 month ago to videos@lemmy.world | 15 comments
- Comment on Tests which conclude PFAS Chemicals leach out of waterproof outdoor clothing from being exposed to water 2 months ago:
Additional Information (absolutely worth a read): How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
- Comment on Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed! 2 months ago:
something about leopards and faces
- Comment on Not likely to be AI-generated or Deepfake 2 months ago:
It’s a snat. They are not easy to catch, because they are fast. Also, they never and on their shell.
- Comment on I used to hate QR codes. But they're actually genius 3 months ago:
Not that I know of. I think they automatically use the mask that works “best” while these codes are generated. I have tried some (free) QR code generators and there is no hint that the mask can be choosed.
If you have Affinity Designer 2, you are able to generate QR codes within the software. No need to sign up for a free one. But when creating a QR code with Affinity, there is no option to choose the mask.
- Comment on I used to hate QR codes. But they're actually genius 3 months ago:
that is cool.
- Comment on I used to hate QR codes. But they're actually genius 3 months ago:
I feel the same. When I learned about them, I used them for easy access (although a third party app was necessary at the time) to certain websites: I have several house plants at home. I made little signs with the latin name of the plant and a QR code that leads me to a website where care instructions are shown (how many times the plant has to be watered, how much of sunlight these plants have to be exposed to, etc.). It came handy sometimes, especially when leafes were turning yellow. Care instructions could be looked up easily.
Also on business cards: On the back side of my business card there is a QR code that - when scanned - puts the contact information into the adress book. This came in handy a few times when you have to work with workers at a construction site.
I think the major breakthrough came with the Covid pandemic, where these codes were everywhere. Also, later phones do not require a third party app which lowers the entry bar to make use of these codes significantly.
What I don’t like is that restaurants start to use them exclusively, as a substitute for a printed menu.
- Submitted 3 months ago to videos@lemmy.world | 21 comments
- Comment on Delivery Photo 3 months ago:
Oh yes, Hermes is one of the worst. I try to avoid them and rather pay an additional fee for a DHL delivery.
However, Hermes is good for deilveries from foreign countries. I once ordered a DVD and some clothes from Great Britain. Since they are not an EU member anymore (the order was around the time Brexit was executed), the delivery usually has to go through customs. With Hermes you can avoid that, because legally they are considered not to be a “classic” postal delivery entity (I don’t now the exact term anymore), which exempts them of going through customs.
Recieving the parcel was an emotional rollercoaster, because I was not able to track its’ whereabouts at some point. It was “lost” (ate least not traceable) for four weeks in France.
- Comment on Delivery Photo 3 months ago:
How is this considered as delivered? It looks to me that the parcels are thrown onto the sidewalk, accompanied by a random stray dog.
Where I live, parcels are delivered in the same manner (thrown near the door), however, without a photo as proof of delivery. I’m waiting for the day I ask about the whereabouts of a parcel and the delivery company tells me that it has been “delivered”. Fortunately tho, Amazon has a pretty lean policy regarding lost deliveries - they just send you another one free of charge (at least where I live, given, its’ content was not too expensive).
- Comment on Etsy Users Are Eating Dirt | Izzzyzzz 5 months ago:
Probably safer than eating tide pods.
- Comment on How Audio Illusions Trick Our Brains 5 months ago:
The video is about the perception of distinct sound patterns (frequencies). Some sounds which create accoustic illusions are made with a pipe organ. Also the video explains why we are able to focus on sounds like distinct conversations when there is background noise. Although the video doesn’t go into the deep, it is well-explained.
- Comment on How Audio Illusions Trick Our Brains 5 months ago:
Yeah, that’s quite an unfortunate thumbnail.
- Submitted 5 months ago to videos@lemmy.world | 5 comments
