MelodiousFunk

@MelodiousFunk@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is way too expensive for a drink.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you know, you know.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Me, before clicking the link (because kbin doesn't handle inline thumbnails well): If that's the entry for "twelve cloaking warbirds" I swear...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d also spend a month researching the exact perfect router

  Every time I do this I come away disgusted with how trash most technology is and just how awful manufacturers are willing to make the experience just to get those precious data harvesting bucks. See also: this thread. Womp womp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do many folks play follow the leader even into adulthood?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A perfect example is this guy from my last job. Thought himself a leader. Thought himself knowledgeable. Always had an answer, regardless of actual facts. Alternated between barking out orders and lamenting on how he had to do everything himself. Constantly getting schooled by people who actually knew the subject matter. Those who had been around just kinda put up with his BS because he filled a position that nobody else wanted.

  Enter new management, who was very impressed with his authoritative tone, apparent breadth of knowledge, and willingness to lick boot. Suddenly management is bypassing dude's bosses to go straight to the horse's mouth and get the straight dope (which often involved taking credit for other people's work and bus-chucking whoever was handy). All because someone who barely knew what he was talking about spoke confidently to people that had no idea what was going on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Goodbye to more DVDs? Best Buy plans to phase out sales of physical movies in the coming months⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t think of a time in like 20 years that they actually had the thing that I went there to buy.

  Like a few folks have mentioned, I bought my last two TVs there. If it sucks or it's a bad panel or I just don't like it, I just box it up and take it back to the store. No wondering if it'll get damaged in shipment or ganked off the porch (or take a day off and hope it's delivered when it's supposed to be).

  They're also really good with getting in amiibo, but that's a super niche thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would like to enjoy Zelda BOTW but …⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not only that, but the item description tells you that cooking them has a cold resistant effect. The old man also gives a way to combat the temps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers | CNN Business⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone I know works in a southern, non-union auto plant. He gets most of the benefits of being in a union industry but refuses to acknowledge it. Can't wait for the bitching about this to commence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are smart door locks more or less secure than traditional door locks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  $10 on Amazon. Or just a piece of broken spark plug. Anyone who seriously wants to break a car window will have something handy.

  Or maybe thieves are just walking down the street and see a fancy bag on a seat and a rock and just decide to do the deed on a whim and get foiled by tempered glass. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are smart door locks more or less secure than traditional door locks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Likewise breaking a car window is typically harder than breaking a house window.

  All it takes to break a car window is a single tap. There's specific tools available, or someone can just use a shard of ceramic. Shatters completely and instantly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are smart door locks more or less secure than traditional door locks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So, disregarding physical brute force (because that lock bypass method will never change), let's say a smart lock today is functionally equivalent to a traditional lock in terms of security. How's that smart lock going to look in 5 years? In 10? When is the manufacturer going to abandon the product and stop providing security updates? It's only a matter of time before whatever firmware it shipped with becomes obsolete. And then it's just one more thing on the list of pwnd devices that unscrupulous actors can access at will. Your friendly neighborhood junkie in search of quick cash might not know the difference, but a list of people that have e-Lock v2.2 would be very lucrative to the types of people that run the current smash and grab operations.

  Soft/firmware obsolescence is a thing with any "smart" device, but it becomes especially egregious when it's built into what are traditionally durable devices like appliances. And even more so when it's something embedded, like a lock, outlet, etc. It becomes "replace that light fixture, or leave that vulnerability on the network." A lock takes that from "someone can waltz into my home network" to "someone can waltz through my front door."