dan

@dan@upvote.au

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s definitely not as good as countries where university/college is fully covered by the government, but it’s also better than plenty of other countries too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  one (1)

  Thanks for the clarification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad I went to university in Australia. For citizens, the government subsidizes it and pays 50-80% of the cost depending on the course (higher priority areas have better coverage). The remaining cost can be covered by an interest-free loan through the government (called HECS-HELP), and you only have to start paying off the loan once you earn more than AU$70k/year. The repayments are automatically withheld by your employer as tax, the same way they withhold income tax.

  (there’s no interest, but the loan amount is adjusted for inflation once per year)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They do still block US users from their main business. If you go to polymarket.com from a US IP, it says “Trading is blocked in the United States on polymarket.com”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought Polymarket was still illegal in the USA, but it turns out they launched a new, US-specific version by acquiring an existing licensed firm and focusing mostly on sports betting. Their main business is still illegal in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fish alignment matrix⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on where you are in the world. In Australia it’s common to use what we call “flake” (gummy shark). It’s boneless, very mild in taste, and holds together well (doesn’t fall apart while eating it)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  is so rich that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Elon Musk is so rich that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To be happy…⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No… A convection oven’s fan just circulates the air. It doesn’t blow it directly onto the food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To be happy…⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Baking is letting the food sit in hot air for a while. Air frying is blowing the heat directly onto the food. They also vent the air to release excess steam and moisture, which is why air fried things are crisper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To be happy…⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Use it like a regular oven but reduce temperature by 25°F or 15°C and reduce cooking time by 20%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To be happy…⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just power it using solar panels?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To be happy…⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re impingement ovens, not convection ovens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨non issue⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can also get to this through the UI, too. It’s the “Web” tab.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They should have to get a warrant, because of the fourth amendment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. I don’t like that a private company is involved, at all. Companies should just supply the hardware, and not have full access to the system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What shall I watch next?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah it’s a screenshot that’s at least ten years old. That’s a very old Netflix UI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock is canceled—and its competitors are profiting⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the alternatives do not include a nationwide search as part of their features

  Yeah I think people would feel much better if the cameras were operated by the local police department, and they were the only ones that had access to it. ALPR cameras have been around for a long time, but it previously wasn’t an issue because access to the data was restricted. Other jurisdictions had to subpoena the data rather than being able to instantly access everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot Ones trying to sneak in the package protection⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think this is even legal in some jurisdictions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infuriating day of the week layout⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be an issue, but I’m a person of habit and it’s part of my routine now, so I don’t forget.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infuriating day of the week layout⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The way I solved this is by flipping the medicine container upside down after I take it, then flip it back around when I get up in the morning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infuriating day of the week layout⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Week starts on Monday in ISO 8601, and thus in most programming languages by default.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Love my fellow humans who leave presents like this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s places that still use Styrofoam for food? I haven’t seen it in a long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every new interface being built right now...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “You’re absolutely right!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's No Reason to Buy a New Phone Anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife upgraded from a Samsung S21 Ultra to an S25 Ultra but uses it mostly same way.

  The one new feature I have seen her use is the AI person/object removal in the gallery. Samsung’s AI tools can run entirely on-device, which is nice (avoids sending the photos to the cloud and using an AI data center for the processing). I tried them while in airplane mode to confirm they do indeed work with no internet connection.

  She upgraded because the old one had a pretty scratched screen (we installed a screen protector on the new one!) and the battery wasn’t lasting long any more. The official repair store that Samsung use in the US, UBreakIFix, don’t stock S21 batteries any more, and I didn’t trust myself enough to replace it myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's No Reason to Buy a New Phone Anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I really hope some phones are released with support for MicroSD Express.

  One of the practical reasons companies started removing MicroSD slots is because SD cards were fast slower than the internal storage, and installing apps onto them could make everything laggier. That’s mostly solved with MicroSD Express which is up to 9x faster than the legacy MicroSD standard.

  Of course, there’s also the financial aspect, which the manufacturers love. If you can’t insert an SD card, you have to pay the manufacturer for more storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I do this every time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How much difference does an extra second in the microwave make?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I do this every time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My husband forgets food if it doesn’t beep (ADHD).

  Same. I get other things done while the food is in the microwave, and would completely forget about it without the beep. Thankfully neither my wife nor I are sensitive to the beeping.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I do this every time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife leaves time on the microwave. I like things to be complete though, and time left on the microwave means the usage of it is incomplete.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The perfect date⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  RFC3339 is better than ISO8601 since it doesn’t allow some of the esoteric formats, and allows some useful formats that ISO8601 doesn’t (like separating date and time by a space instead of by T)

  ijmacd.github.io/rfc3339-iso8601/