CompactFlax
@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on It's becoming widely accepted that it's not safe to put pictures of your children on social media... (cont. in post) 4 days ago:
The social media platforms themselves are pushing age verification.
They have proven repeatedly that they never do anything that doesn’t benefit themselves, so how can I support them?
Also, the implementations of age verification are terrible.
- Comment on Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds 5 days ago:
Guess I’m not buying another Nintendo product. The Wii is fun. Fuck these guys.
- Comment on Is starlink internet worth it or shit for gaming? 5 days ago:
If you have a wired connection, it is highly unlikely that Starlink will be superior in any way.
Satellite internet, even Low Earth Orbit providers, should be the absolute last resort, particularly as the two constellations that are or will be available to consumers are run by billionaires.
It is not physically possible for a satellite connection to have lower latency than a fibre connection unless the fibre route is in some way excessively convoluted.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
That and layoffs. When someone is with a company for a long time and becomes senior, not only do they have immeasurable value in their institutional knowledge but they are also the “person” for their area of expertise. They know things or know the person responsible for things. When they leave or are forced out, less senior people don’t have a way to bridge the siloes (outside of dealing with layers of management), so problems go unaddressed.
- Comment on Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario 1 week ago:
That happened 20 years ago but it doesn’t matter as long as shareholders get value.
- Comment on Can an Swedish style draft work in the US? 1 week ago:
Culturally, no.
- Comment on Why do bumblebees die under the tilia? 2 weeks ago:
Simple answer could be that tilia are hosting Linden Aphid which in turn attract wasps and ants who eat their excretions, and may attack the bee.
- Comment on "I'm in favor of a law that requires all telemarketers to wear shock collars that can be activated by pressing the pound (#) key." 2 weeks ago:
Fine, but only the management gets the collar.
- Comment on A lot of people who try to start a religion are seen as mentally ill. Like Jim Jones, David Koresh, the UFO guy, and L Ron Hubbard. Then could it be a safe bet that Jesus was mentally ill? 2 weeks ago:
Add to the list Joseph Smith. But I think he was possibly a sociopath rather than having eg schizophrenia.
- Comment on A lot of people who try to start a religion are seen as mentally ill. Like Jim Jones, David Koresh, the UFO guy, and L Ron Hubbard. Then could it be a safe bet that Jesus was mentally ill? 2 weeks ago:
Paul m, if I recall my Sunday school lessons, had a vision; mentally stable people don’t have visions without substances or fevers or the like. Also he was a bit of a bastard before that too.
- Comment on Apply today! 3 weeks ago:
Cigarettes are an unfair comparison because of sin taxes. A Big Mac is a simpler international comparison, or a loaf of bread.
- Comment on It's been a while since I was fired from my job, so here's a picture of Windows updating at the wrong time 3 weeks ago:
No, not on a business owned device. The updates should give warnings, of course. Some companies don’t seem to know how to supply those warnings before mandating the install, for some reason.
- Comment on When will the all white home with grey floors trend be over? 3 weeks ago:
Needed to buy a car several years ago and I went out of my way to try to find a car with a COLOR. It was a bit more of a hassle, but I’m glad I did.
I’m at a point where I’d take the mustard yellow Prius. At least it’s got a colour. And don’t get me started on the “we forgot to paint it” primer base colours.
- Comment on The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week 4 weeks ago:
It’s great to see this in ultra mainstream NYT.
- Comment on Most 80s interior 4 weeks ago:
I can smell this room.
- Comment on How I mapped Britain’s hidden ‘battery cows’ 4 weeks ago:
Factory farms are A-OK, but look at the multitude of issues that a (relatively wealthy) landowner faces in trying to make a more traditional mixed production farm be profitable in the current environment. Harry’s Farm and Clarkson’s Farm paint a pretty dark picture; it’s less risky/more profitable to plant flowers (government guaranteed income) than it is to produce food. Consolidation of abattoirs can mean that animals need long-distance transportation for processing. Dairy market rewards only factory sized production. Etc.
- Comment on Is Britain's Plug-In Solar Revolution Really Just Months Away? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve got two 250w panels set up feeding a 1kwh battery box/inverter which in turn feeds my ‘fridge and works as a UPS.
Around the solstice I can run it all about 12-14hrs but even a month later it’s down to 8-10 already, never mind winter, and with current rates it’s at least a 10 year payback. I don’t really understand the financials of microsolar. It seems like something that scales better if the building management put it up rather than individuals with 400w on the balcony.
- Comment on If you work with food, how can you control yourself so you don’t eat it? 4 weeks ago:
There’s a fine line between over producing food and having waste and having enough food.
A wise manager ensures that there is a family meal and manages production so that waste is minimized. A stupid manager accuses kitchen staff of stealing when they’re eating food in the restaurant.
Eating off of other people’s plates is a disease vector, don’t do that.
- Comment on “Gaming is becoming unaffordable” — Xbox CEO says the industry has an accessibility crisis 4 weeks ago:
Everything is more expensive. Leisure activities are early budget cuts.
- Comment on How come Nurses are not bound by the same rule is a lawyer is to a defendant or a wife to a husband or a priest? If someone says something on their death bed why are we suppose to report? 4 weeks ago:
In a perfect world you’d have gotten this explained thoroughly for your local jurisdiction as part of your registration requirements.
Doctors, lawyers, and priests have professional expectations to keep things secret, but if there’s ongoing harm to others, or certain crimes (child molestation, murder, etc.), they will report it.
- Comment on Flat Screen TV's are a waste of money 4 weeks ago:
It was also a handy place to put all the AV equipment that has fans and clanks around and stuff. People still have AV rooms now, but the TV usually isn’t part of the room.
- Comment on Water Boss Handed £270k Bonus Despite Parasite Outbreak 4 weeks ago:
Can you expand on the point? If they can’t deliver water the CEO shouldn’t be paid out; that’s the point of the salary/bonus ratio.
- Comment on Water Boss Handed £270k Bonus Despite Parasite Outbreak 4 weeks ago:
Executive officers get large compensation because they have responsibility over the organisation.
That means that when “accidents happen”, they bear responsibility, and should not receive their bonuses and possibly should be fired.
If a potable water company is unable to deliver potable water to their customers, it’s a gross failure of the leadership to take all measures to ensure that the company does what it exists to do.
- Comment on UK considers forcing social media firms to prioritise trusted news 4 weeks ago:
Some people I know talk about some wild ideas. I can’t imagine, even with what strongly appears to be symptoms of mental illness, that they came up with it in a vacuum.
There’s some really awful stuff on Facebook and YouTube and xitter.
- Comment on Men against bush 4 weeks ago:
There’s been pubic hair removal going back to ancient Egypt, through Greece and Rome and into modern times.
- Comment on We are witnessing the slow death of the prestige career 4 weeks ago:
The professional bullshit artist is threatened by a mechanical bullshit artist. Say it isn’t so!
- Comment on Anon loves marvel movies 5 weeks ago:
LoTR Extended Editions are something like 40 minutes of credits after a 2.5 hour movie. I don’t think I could.
- Comment on Why is Amazon Prime overpriced in the Anglosphere demographic? 5 weeks ago:
Amazon also pays employees differently based on the local economy.
The marginal cost of a customer of a digital service approaches zero, so it doesn’t matter what they charge. In Japan, perhaps they’re working on getting customers. In India, they need it affordable.
- Comment on Hillary Clinton Says Biden’s Re-election Bid Was a ‘Terrible Mistake’ 5 weeks ago:
Three years too late.
- Comment on Sprout 🌱 5 weeks ago:
Not unlike mammals, really.