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- Comment on Why it redownloads files that are rendered in my app\browser? 1 week ago:
It’s more about keeping the downloads code independent from the cache code. Once one depends on the other, you can’t change either one without considering the other. Minimizing dependencies is the kind of complexity it’s good to avoid.
- Comment on Why it redownloads files that are rendered in my app\browser? 1 week ago:
That’s right, I was referring to the browser/client developer. The browser cache is treated as ephemeral storage so it’s not a safe assumption that a previously downloaded file is still there.
- Comment on Why it redownloads files that are rendered in my app\browser? 1 week ago:
It’s simpler code to re-download the file than retrieve what cached version may or may not exist in memory or on disk. Developers often like to keep code simple at the expense of some kinds of efficiency, like this.
An image is usually small enough to be downloaded in no time on a fast connection, which is what developers usually have and don’t stop to think that others might not have.
A video is probably being streamed so earlier segments may no longer be present locally.
- Comment on Anon degoogles his Samsung 2 weeks ago:
I know too much about how ad tech works. I’ve written code to de-anonymize all the data Google leaks through bid requests. Not individual credit card transactions, but enough to make me want nothing to do with them.
Ignorance is bliss as far as credit card companies go, I tell myself they sell anonymized transactions as csv dumps that aren’t tied to cookies etc. It’s probably worse than that. But if I really want to be anonymous, I pay cash.
- Comment on Anon degoogles his Samsung 2 weeks ago:
Pay with a credit card, you can tap those, and then you’re not inviting one of the tech giants to monitor your purchases for no reason.
- Comment on Anon goes to therapy 2 weeks ago:
(1) That logic doesn’t stop people from working independently at one of many different other trades, and (2) sex work if legalized would gravitate towards a corporate vs. independent breakdown of jobs just like other trades. It’s not like porn stars aren’t making money for the “owning class.”
- Comment on I’m Tired of Pretending Physical Media Isn’t Still Better Than Streaming Digital 3 weeks ago:
People remember back to scratches on DVDs, but protection from scratches is built into the bluray spec. It’s not a problem anymore.
- Comment on I’m Tired of Pretending Physical Media Isn’t Still Better Than Streaming Digital 3 weeks ago:
Streaming absolutely does have unskippable ads. Not every ad on every service, but they’re being introduced and will eventually become the norm as people won’t have a choice about it. Long term, they will not leave a penny on the table.
Meanwhile I’ve never seen an unskippable ad on a bluray, just the occasional 10 second FBI warning that can’t be skipped.
- Comment on The Greatest Cover Song of All Time? 4 weeks ago:
Chris Cornell, Nothing Compares 2 U
- Comment on Is this container safe to be reheated in an air fryer? 4 weeks ago:
Thanks to all who answered, I will go for it because my body is mostly microplastics at this point anyway.
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- Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? 1 month ago:
It’s not a coherent argument, people just don’t like paying rent so they lash out in frustration. If you can’t own you have to rent, if you have to rent you have to rent from someone. It’s just a fact of life. Just like food is also a requirement to live and you need to pay someone for that too if you’re not self sufficient. There’s good people selling food and bad people selling food. It would be dumb to consider all food merchants evil in principle just as it’s dumb to consider all landlords evil in principle.
- Comment on Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable about people making such big deal out of whether they're "black" or "white"? 1 month ago:
If you’re one color and you’re living in a culture where you’re surrounded by a majority of people of a different color who don’t treat you as one of them, then you’re going to identify more with the community of your own color.
- Comment on Middle coat is my grandma's 1 month ago:
This reminds me of that infographic that explains the difference between equality, equity, etc.
- Comment on Chrome’s New War: Killing Ad Blockers 1 month ago:
The change hasn’t even officially happened yet. Over time, following the changes, ad tech will get restructured to take advantage of the new limitations so ads can’t be blocked. Nothing will change overnight.
- Comment on New Xhitter policy just dropped 2 months ago:
If you’re still on there then fuck you anyway.
- Comment on US Elections question: Bernie Sanders said that the Democrats abandoned the working class, and the working class abandoned them. How is this true? 2 months ago:
Sadly, it only works if you’re selling hate and fear.
- Comment on US Elections question: Bernie Sanders said that the Democrats abandoned the working class, and the working class abandoned them. How is this true? 2 months ago:
I think of Sanders as like a well-meaning version of Trump. He tells people simple, good-sounding things they want to hear. I trust that he truly cares about the working class, but his ideas are probably too big and vague for there to be a path to actually implement them in any Congress of this era. He’s aware of his recent popularity and maybe a little bitter that he hasn’t gotten much out of it. He’s only a Democrat himself to the extent he can gain more from calling himself that than an independent, so with little to lose at this point in his career he’s lashing out while he can win points kicking the Democrats.
- Comment on But count is in the name 2 months ago:
I think they’re implying that it can be rude to broadcast someone’s age, since some people like to be private about it.
- Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'? 2 months ago:
Election Day is traditionally the day to vote, campaigns are still running before that point. Anyone who votes earlier does so with less information than later voters. Trump could say something stupid between now and Election Day, and wouldn’t you feel bad if you’d already voted for him and couldn’t take it back?
- Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'? 2 months ago:
Same reason morning is earlier in the day than night. This is just how linear time works.
- Comment on Steam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchase 3 months ago:
No, dialup was still common in the early days of Steam, game content was not largely being delivered as downloads yet and discs were still useful because it could not yet be taken for grated that a customer would be always online.
But I’d still rather download a game straight from the developer or publisher without an additional middleman. Privacy aside, the cost of that rent seeking from Steam gets passed along to you.
- Comment on Steam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchase 3 months ago:
Before Steam you bought a physical disc and it didn’t matter that you technically only purchased a license, the disc was yours and nobody was coming to your house to take it away if the publisher started fighting with the developer or whatever.
- Comment on How come people like Cosby and Weinstein seem decrpit appearing before a judge or jury? Cosby could barely walk and W had to use a walker. Why do this because it doesn't influence anyone? 3 months ago:
Because they get away with their crimes for decades and then they’re old by the time there’s an attempt at accountability.
- Comment on Steam altered the terms of the sale; you'll be happy they altered it further! 3 months ago:
No. Valve tried to force arbitration, which is strongly anti-consumer. When an action was brought against them an actual arbitrator ruled that it was more fair to let a lawsuit happen. With this precedent set, there’s no longer any point for Valve’s terms of service to mention arbitration. This is not a consumer friendly move, this was Valve/“Gaben” trying to fuck consumers and losing.
- Comment on Can we talk about? - Fan service getting out of control. 3 months ago:
People complained when they tried to take the series in a direction of giving more context, depth, and worldbuilding to the aliens and engineers. So now they’ve gone back to just giving us yet another familiar movie from the same template of people running away from aliens, with same old tropes and callbacks.
- Comment on Reddit Undeleted all my posts and comments 4 months ago:
My 15k deleted comments across multiple accounts are still gone. But I used my own Python script and it was about 6 months before the drama started and lots of people were doing it.
- Comment on Clue being the funniest movie ever made [Clue 1985] 1 year ago:
I Am Your Singing Telegram (Taylor’s Version)
- Comment on Director of Mickey Mouse slasher film fully expects you to hate-watch it 1 year ago:
Who’s got time to watch shit they know is going to suck?
- Comment on If only it was like that 1 year ago:
Haha I’m dumb.
