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- Comment on Why do websites now prefer IP-based geolocation rather than the `Accept-Language` HTTP header? 5 days ago:
One reason is that IP’s can be more granular as another user pointed out. OTOH that doesn’t always work so well, either - I often get pinpointed to a location some 100km from where I actually am.
Another reason could be to circumvent people’s privacy or rather anonymity settings.
And since others brought up search engines etc., there’s a third reason: I always use English on my computer, but I am not in England. It’s nice to still get localised results (DDG has a drop-down to change this on the fly though).
- Comment on Why do websites now prefer IP-based geolocation rather than the `Accept-Language` HTTP header? 5 days ago:
using Google Translate on the backend to transparently translate the website on the fly.
This is what they call “modern cloud-based solutions”. Except, now it’s “modern AI-based solutions” - same shit with a different label.
I am now trying to imagine how that works. Every time a client calls the website with an unseen (and IP-based of course) language? Do they at least cache whatever google returns?
Storing translations and switching between them at a technical level isn’t really hard.
Esp. as you yourself pointed out, the internet has been multilingual for decades now.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 5 days ago:
I’m the opposite: I find it increasingly harder to distinguish car makers just from looking at the car (without seeing the logo of course). They all look snazzy.
I just know that when I see a fancy car, and check the make, it’s BMW or something high end, and when I see a pygmy hippo lookin’ motherfucker, it’s made by one of those “buy one, get one free” type manufacturers that appeal to meth head soccer moms.
First of all, car manufacturers invest A LOT of resources into evoking that specific reaction in (potential) customers.
And I don’t like your attitude towards people who have less money than you.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 5 days ago:
You absolutely can slap a Lambo body on anything (provided it fits) and there is a literal cottage industry that exists around doing so. It’s not popular because, let’s be honest, it’s pretty silly, and everyone involved acknowledges its pretty much just for fun and entertainment.
There used to be one or two pretty popular versions of this though; not an exact copy but just a sporty chassis on top of a ubiquitous and cheap model, like the Karman Ghia on top of the VW Beetle.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
They might be too old for that approach though.
Something I thought of when reading OP. Why now? He’s 15. This question would have made way more sense if he was many years younger.
[It might be the teenager himself asking here, but hey, that’s OK]
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
I hope you mean supportive of your son.
If so, I see this dynamic play out in some families (I work with kids) and I don’t like it. It teaches kids to play their parents out against each other. To go to another authority figure if the first one said no.
- Comment on These captchas are getting ridiculous 6 days ago:
oh alright. I get that. I was going through http error codes just prior to reading it so I was primed to have something to say about it-
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 6 days ago:
Damn, I like your reply.
Most of your question can be answered by the fact that I was high when I wrote the post and am just tired of using my filter in real life and I feel safe here on Lemmy.
And that’s valid; but it might reveal things about your sub/halfconscious that other people will pint out to you, and will mistake for conviction. But if you’re OK with that…
I guess I’m a little too old-school to use social media like that, for me it’s more like a soapbox.
And thanks for yet another insight into the certainly not boring but terrifying world of the US education “system”.
- Comment on These captchas are getting ridiculous 1 week ago:
But then the AI just looks up the definition of 13, and the definition of 7, and should be able to answer anyhow. I mean, this is how computers work. Are you sure that’s what the other commenter was refering to?
- Comment on Who is the world's foremost expert on human nervous system and relaxation? 1 week ago:
Any type of “who’s the best” question is unlikely to succeed. Even if you have sports competitions to back you up. But with such a vaguely defined topic? Sorry.
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 1 week ago:
What about Russian? Serious question; around here it was a relatively popular choice (we share a border with Russia) one or two decades ago, but I suspect this might have changed recently.
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 1 week ago:
frankly a minor, tangential part of the OP
No, it wasn’t
with an essay
Hyperbole
it does come across as heavy-handed
No, it doesn’t. And what does that even mean? “I took your question seriously and attempt a serious answer” == “heavy-handed”? “I don’t agree with all your points” == “heavy-handed”? Seriously, what does “heavy-handed” even mean? It seems to imply aggression or abuse of power?
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 1 week ago:
“challenge” (with an informative explanation) == “grill”
Thanks for clarifying which sort of internet user you are.
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 1 week ago:
It’s a good question and I’m not dismissing you! But
As an American who grew up at a religious school in the 90s, we absolutely did not
that in itself is such an American thing to say. First the unspoken assumption that everybody understands what you mean by “religious”. And if I looked around here where I live I’m sure I could find a christian (which btw does not mean the same as in the US) school that teaches chinese. And probably even the leaders of such schools have never considered to separate languages into “christian” and “non-christian”.
The second half of your question seems a bit paranoid. Are you implying that every Chinese language class is secretly funded by the PRC? Are you afraid that your country might switch to Chinese at some point? Do you have a problem with English not being the No. 1 langauage, globally? I’m no friend of China’s political system, but this seems excessive.
- Comment on These captchas are getting ridiculous 1 week ago:
402 and it even rhymes
- Comment on These captchas are getting ridiculous 1 week ago:
They really should. If you applied all the logic of food labeling laws in, say, the EU, to the internet, we’d have very different laws around it today.
But somebody shit into clueless politicians brains and told them it’s different because it’s the internet.
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Hmm, actually it is different - as in more difficult legally - because it’s global, but that’s no excuse to do nothing about it. The software would’ve been up to it even in the early days.
- Comment on These captchas are getting ridiculous 1 week ago:
Can you explain?
- Comment on Should I apologize to this person? 1 week ago:
“It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done”
Something similar once happened to me, and I tried to contact her almost 10 years later, wanting to apologize, but never got an answer. She probably thought I was being creepy. I still have mixed feelings about this.
- Comment on I just know I'm gonna fall in love EP1, binge it in a weekend and be disappointed when there's no more and no hope for more :( 1 week ago:
Almost Human? I just saw that post, was intrigued.
Compared to watching the first season of a new show, then hoping that they’d hurry up with season 2 and fearing that they might scrap it, this is much better. I know where I’m at right from the start.
- Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Season 3 Official Trailer | Paramount+ 1 week ago:
I have been a TNG fan for the longest time. Can’t beat Picard at being the unlikely hero we need, and the almost constant (though mild and loving) criticism of Riker’s proto-American brawniness.
But there’s only so many seasons and after having seen them all twice I don’t feel compelled to continue that.
Very recently though, I started watching some more Voyager, which I dismissed the first time round long ago. Particularly, I jumped in randomly at season 6.
And I find it very good. Janeway still isn’t my favorite captain - closer to Riker than Picard I’d say - oh this is going to draw some reactions, lol. But anyhow. They still come up with unique stories and relatable characters etc.
…
Long-winded way of saying: I have some new-found respect for the Star Trek franchise.
- Comment on Man in trump merch at Metalfest Open Air in Plzeň, Czechia 1 week ago:
Sure, but at least it makes sense inasmuch as you can actually vote for the turd.
- Comment on Man in trump merch at Metalfest Open Air in Plzeň, Czechia 1 week ago:
I have seen this before. Complete with USA-built truck. I cannot fathom how people in Europe do this. Sure, we* happily lap up every bit of American culture we can get our hands on, but this makes me question that person’s sanity.
- Comment on Why don't people like Melon Tusk get tired of the shit they gave you pull through literally every day ? I mean doesn't the guilt of bad decisions pull them down enough like the rest of us ? 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Why don't people like Melon Tusk get tired of the shit they gave you pull through literally every day ? I mean doesn't the guilt of bad decisions pull them down enough like the rest of us ? 1 week ago:
But that mask slipped long ago… and the longer you look at his past the further back in time it slips…
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Things a password cracker does before brute force guessing:
- Dictionary attacks
- Leaked passwords
- Password guessing attacks
- …
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Your new example is confusing. With or without the date?
In any case, what would be the point? “Oh, I can remember the first 4 letters of the password but not the last 20”?
This person needs to understand that they cannot outsmart a machine, at least not in this. FWIW I’ve been using keepassxc for I don’t even remember how many years and never had a problem with it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The examples above have 24 characters.
They report entropy between 119 and 120.
Completely random examples, A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and only the exclamation mark added, are above 120 across the board, up to 155.
If I add all other character blocks except extended ASCII, entropy goes up to roughly 135-155.
If I add in extended ASCII it ranges from 180 to 255, but this can cause trouble on some setups.Personally I’d never consider such a short password for an online account.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I hope you didn’t make their actual basic phrase public.
In my opinion any password that’s designed to be human-friendly isn’t secure. Every crutch one uses to remember it, a machine can make much faster use of.
In this case I’d say the core idea: “SWydThIThBaPl!” is relatively safe, but 690720 is almost immediately recognizable as a date - to a machine! - and amng, leum etc. are even easier assuming the cracking program has knowledge of which site they’re trying to gain access to.
So the only good part is the one that repeats for every password.
I think the top half of this xkcd illustrates some of it; but iirc the bottom half has been sort-of half debunked.
In any case, I use only very long and completely random passwords for online accounts.
Does this person think password managers are crutches? You cannot out-remember a machine.
- Comment on Alf Clausen, Emmy-Winning ‘Simpsons’ Composer, Dies at 84 2 weeks ago:
Including the title track or whatchamacallit? Because that is pure genius. Never gets boring.
Thank you.
- Comment on ‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons 3 weeks ago:
A long time I tried to read the books; the first ne was great, and probably also the second and third, but after a while it got extremely drawn out and the books just kept getting longer and longer. I had hoped the TV show could mitigatre that and reduce itself to what is no doubt an intriguing story. How were the first two seasons?