SpikesOtherDog

@SpikesOtherDog@ani.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There could be a user-centric back end that you could tie in to an account, if it matters. You would export your history to the backend and then log in to the data from the new frontend. That prevents a denial of service caused by numerous large data collections attempting to forward their data all at once.

  That then causes me to wonder if data could be hosted separate from the services. That would mean that there would have to be individuals willing to provide that storage and bandwidth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you ever seen the advertisements on the pirate bay? There is a market for everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Defederated from instances that federate with and support Turkish laws? I don’t like it, but it makes sense.

  That makes me wonder if it is possible to federate with a and b, who are not federated, and not pass traffic between.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Suppose the fediverse becomes widely used. At some point, people will figure out how to profit from it. Although it is a decentralized platform, I can see particular instances becoming dominant and walling off other instances.

  How can we prevent users from being stuck behind walled gardens like this? Is it possible to make accounts portable, so if a particular instance becomes unusable one could easily move between them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help me out: which looks better for the Duck - the neck tie or the bow tie?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Kids agree on bow tie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Google TV update will track your movement⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was referring to running a second device. Running the TV off osmc would rock, but not happening.

  Frustrating fact: I have to wait for my LG TV to boot. It shows a picture, but takes a minute to load the OS and produce sound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Google TV update will track your movement⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would gladly factory reset my television and run off osmc or something if that becomes the norm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it unsafe to use a tablet with a big dent in the middle of it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not concerned either. Think about the compression on batteries before they pop the case.

  You should worry more about tears in the outer lining of the battery. The dent might damage that cell, leading to bloating. If you consider the life of the tablet, it might just expand anyway. I say use it now while you can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon: The same 31 products you don't want, again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I abandoned Newegg because of all the negative comments about not being able to return stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon: The same 31 products you don't want, again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I found that sometimes I need the right terms to find what I need. I’ll search several times in rapid succession to narrow down what I want.

  I wanted an oversized hoodie for my wife that didn’t look like ass and didn’t choke her.

  Started with oversized hoodie, oversized woman’s hoodie, oversized hoodie deep neck, finally oversized hoodie v neck was what I wanted. Then I scrolled a few pages to see the options.

  It’s really bad though when looking for memory or storage. 1TB nvme? That works. 1TB SSD? Nope. 1TB SSD SATA mostly works, just have to make sure it’s ACTUALLY 1TB.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Like Elon Musk, 1 in 3 bosses admit they are pushing RTO because they're so upset about wasting money on all those empty desks⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s nice to find the rant in your head written out. A previous employer of mine dropped two properties in favor of a store front.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do spam calls "I wanna buy your house" ever work? Has anyone ever sold their house like that?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always ask for about 3x my estimated tax value. They ask why, and I tell them that I want to but another house that isn’t falling down around me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there humans who require heating lights like pet reptiles?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people need sunlight fixtures in their home due to low vitamin d.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon starts selling Hyundai cars, more brands next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Given the Kindle Fire, ads will stream to the occupants if nothing is playing over the audio system. There would be no way to install a third party sound system because it is also the computer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green crosshair highlights in Excel spreadsheet will not go away, no matter how many online solutions I've tried!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Send a pic of what you are seeing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Claw machine deckbuilder Dungeon Clawler arrives November 21 and it's going to grab you⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My older teenage son got into the game pretty hard for a month or two on beta or whatever and got me to play.

  The mechanics are fun. I’d like to see more story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nightmare Blunt Rotation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like parents behind the shed during a girl scout meeting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Many of us tried. Not exactly loic-level mischief, but it was a concerted effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like Reddit should disable post comment/s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a laptop docking station be used on a KVM switch?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You will probably only see issues if you are using conversion cables, like from HDMI to DP.

  I have seen issues with Tripp Lite not detecting video signal on a DP KVM if the device isn’t selected during boot, but the issue is resolved once you hit Windows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most of the trick-or-treaters have been skipping my house, and I finally figured out why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We just finished. We were 0-10 on knocking on doors. Eventually they gave up and kept on trucking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Badgers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh. Searats again? Didn’t we just send them packing one book ago?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you filthy casuals wouldn't understand⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This device is totally capable of running Minecraft, assuming it’s an older version.

  It contains one of two computers.

  The older computer was manufactured around '07, has a dual core processor, and may have up to 2g of ddr2.

  The newer version I believe was manufactured around 2012 and has a 4 core processor with up to 8 gigs of ddr3.

  Both are capable of running Windows, but I wouldn’t put 10 on the older one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets a pizza⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vegetables are a portmanteau of vegetation and table, as they are vegetarian for the table.

  All fruits are vegetation for the table, or vegetables. It’s just that not all vegetables are fruits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I make my own internet?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was thinking more of having a dedicated border device, and limiting the number of neighbors. You would also have to trust you neighbors to run software that self assembles a network, especially in a crowded area.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I make my own internet?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure exactly what I would do with it either. It’s not meant for illegal activity, but I can see it being used they way. Properly secured it could be another dark web.

  I thought about it needing some kind of border protocol to manage locations and routes. One would need to come up with an address and probably a certificate.

  Regarding physical connections, I would say it’s easiest to use wireless. I personally wouldn’t want to advertise that my location is my network, so like the onion network I would like it to route away and double back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I make my own internet?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this isn’t what is being asked, but has any of us considered a crowd network where independent users mesh? I would say that I would not want the mesh to meet the www due to endpoint abuse, but to have an independent can/man could be pretty rad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Hustle - Weird deepfake video⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice display of the technology.

  Interesting to see that the gecko couldn’t stay in one shape, the police had their hands on Harris’s crotch, and the Pope had time for a couple costume changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hacker Shows How to Get Free Laundry For Life⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, I guess 20a dryers aren’t super common here in the States.

  Also, where I grew up apartment complexes don’t allow you to run water lines. I have heard that leases in New York City allow for more modifications, so it could be a regional thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hacker Shows How to Get Free Laundry For Life⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not all American apartments have water lines for the washer or 30a outlets for the dryer, much less dedicated space for the devices.