jqubed
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- Comment on Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook 4 days ago:
I don’t want it to be a push thing, though, keep it optional, that someone only sees if they choose to look. Otherwise I could also just send emails like people did in the ’90s and ’00s, but I didn’t like how my inbox started filling up.
- Comment on Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook 5 days ago:
Is there something like a federated version of Facebook? I liked the premise in the early days, especially the early days of the timeline when it could actually be sorted chronologically. When I joined Facebook instead of the then-competing MySpace back in 2005 one of the things I liked was that it was pretty private; everything I did was only visible to the people I was friends with on the platform. I don’t even know how that would really work with federation since it seems like structurally everything kind of has to be public.
I guess what I’d like is something where my friends and family are easily connected, where I can share pictures/videos or links or just thoughts I have about whatever’s going on in the moment, but still have those only visible to the people I choose (including even adjusting that so some things are visible only to close family instead of all my friends, for example). And I want the same coming from my connections. I don’t want to see something else they commented on, I don’t want to see content from some friend-of-a-friend or group a friend follows, I don’t want to see content from total strangers or groups the platform just thinks I’ll like. Basically I just want Facebook like it was in the early days, before it started focusing on increasing engagement to drive ad revenue, when it was actually a kind of useful way to connect.
- Comment on Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective 2 weeks ago:
I remember in high school kids practiced writing with Graffiti, even though most of us did not have a Palm Pilot, just in the hope that we’d be ready if we got one.
- Comment on US government says security flaw in Chirp Systems' app lets anyone remotely control smart home locks 3 weeks ago:
Reading the article it sounds like these are largely used for rentals like apartments. One of the largest customers is Camden apartments, who did not respond to a request for comment (the manufacturer and the manufacturer’s parent company also did not respond to a request for comment, just as they continue to ignore the security researcher and federal agency).
The rental companies often force customers to use the locks as part of their lease terms. They also typically claim no responsibility in the event of loss due to burglary. It’s unclear how that would play out for renters whose property is stolen because the lessor forced them to use a lock with a major security flaw.
- Comment on US government says security flaw in Chirp Systems' app lets anyone remotely control smart home locks 3 weeks ago:
Notified about the issue three years ago but still have not acknowledged or fixed the issue
- Comment on Huawei phone has a pop-out camera lens, just like a point-and-shoot camera 3 weeks ago:
I’ve figured it’s only a matter of time before this comes. With flagship phones costing US$1,000+ there’s starting to be room for that kind of cost.
- Comment on German state decides to move away from Microsoft to Linux and LibreOffice 5 weeks ago:
Currently, there are a few Microsoft products for which the local government cannot find an open-source alternative such as Microsoft Active Directory, as such it is looking to conceive and develop an open source based directory service which will replace this in the future.
No good alternative for Active Directory? Isn’t that what LDAP does and aren’t there a number of FOSS projects for that? What does Active Directory have that they don’t?
- Comment on Amazon kills “Just Walk Out” shopping tech—it never really worked 5 weeks ago:
The shopping cart that has a POS built-in sounds like what they should’ve gone with all along. I feel like that’s actually a pretty decent idea, and I’m hearing it I’m kind of surprised that hasn’t been done already.
- Comment on Elon Lost The Spam Wars To ‘Pussy In Bio’ Spam 5 weeks ago:
If Musk could reflect for just one moment, it might be nice if he realized how stupidly over confident he was that he would be able to solve it. And also, how wrong he was to insist that the previous management wasn’t taking the issue seriously.
I don’t feel like I’ve seen a lot of instances of him recognizing stupid overconfidence in his own actions.
- Comment on Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO’s private jet in 2023 1 month ago:
If it’s “only” a million and a half that’s probably not a tremendous amount for a vehicle manufacturer, but it also seems like with no real production yet it might’ve been better to mostly fly commercial and save the charters for when the commercial schedules were really bad.
- Comment on Twitch bans turning butts and boobs into green screens 1 month ago:
This is both hilarious and leaves me shaking my head that people are doing this
- Comment on Swiss hydrogen-powered train sets 1741-mile record for nonstop travel 1 month ago:
This isn’t just a feasibility demonstrator, it’s the first unit of a four unit order that’s supposed to enter service this year. The testing in Colorado is for federal certification to use the train in revenue service on railroads in the U.S. Setting a Guinness World Record was just a side effort for publicity and to show the full capabilities of the system.
- Comment on Qualcomm says most Windows games should “just work” on its unannounced Arm laptops 1 month ago:
I haven’t looked in a few months but it didn’t seem like the Asahi Linux project was necessarily ready to be a daily driver yet, but they’ve made a lot of progress in just a few years with a small team of volunteers and as far as I know no support from Apple. Seems like it’s only a matter of time before they really get it nailed down. For now you can run ARM versions of Linux in virtual machines on Apple silicon.
- Comment on FCC bans cable TV industry’s favorite trick for hiding full cost of service 1 month ago:
I’d just be a little concerned that if the cable companies can find the right judge they’ll get it blocked for that reason
- Comment on Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts 1 month ago:
Kind of funny to think of a team that only builds a handful of cars every year needing ERP software, but sounds like they do. I wonder how long before some teams start getting sponsorships from Oracle or SAP as in-kind sponsorships where they get the software for free.
- Comment on FCC bans cable TV industry’s favorite trick for hiding full cost of service 1 month ago:
This feels more like something I’d expect to come from the FTC than the FCC; isn’t the FTC pushing new rules against hidden fees?
- Comment on FCC scraps old speed benchmark, says broadband should be at least 100Mbps 1 month ago:
I’m kind of shocked given how historically beholden to the big telcos they’ve been. What’s the status on net neutrality and treating Internet connectivity as a utility?
- Comment on Nikon buys Red Digital Cinema, will jump into the pro video space 2 months ago:
Interesting from the production side since basically all of RED’s current cameras use the Canon RF mount and the Komodo also uses Canon BP-9XX batteries. I wonder if they’ll try switching the next generation to Nikon’s Z mount?
- Comment on Discord leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty, seeks light 11-year sentence 2 months ago:
I suspect this is not just a U.S. problem, or at least risk. Most militaries have large numbers of teenagers in their ranks, including many countries with mandatory military service. The U.S. has one of the largest militaries in the world, so there’s a large opportunity for some kid to do something stupid. Maybe we haven’t heard of something similar from other large countries because many of the largest militaries are in some more repressive regimes, either because something embarrassing just wouldn’t make the news, or the fear of harsher punishments keeps people more aware of staying on the right side of the law.
- Comment on ‘Reading Rainbow’ Doc ‘Butterfly in the Sky’ Scores U.S. Theatrical Release From AMC Theaters 2 months ago:
Well I want to watch this! I got an official Reading Rainbow shirt Burton was selling close to a decade ago, but it doesn’t fit anymore.