DeaconBlue's recent activity
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Comment on Non-parents give crappy parenting advice in ~life
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Comment on Roblox’s pedophile problem in ~games
DeaconBlue Link ParentExactly this. It is the same reason that we have laws about checking IDs to sell alcohol/cigarettes/whatever to people at the registers. We don't say "well, the parents should have told them to...it's absolutely not unreasonable to believe they have a responsibility to prevent children from being harmed on their platform to the best of their ability.
Exactly this. It is the same reason that we have laws about checking IDs to sell alcohol/cigarettes/whatever to people at the registers. We don't say "well, the parents should have told them to not buy alcohol" and leave it at that, we put some responsibility on the venue providing the service.
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Comment on DuckDuckGo seems like a significantly worse search engine than Google despite SEO bloat, and I think community discussions mislead people by omitting that in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkI use Kagi now but used DDG for a couple of years before switching. I never had to resort to Google for any searches that I can recall where Google provided better answers than DDG. I did try...I use Kagi now but used DDG for a couple of years before switching. I never had to resort to Google for any searches that I can recall where Google provided better answers than DDG.
I did try resorting to Google a handful of times while dealing with cryptic error messages in niche software, but on those couple of times I got no results from either provider.
Can you give some examples of searches that got you better results in Google? I have to wonder if you search differently than me. Most of my searches are for things that have an objectively correct answer - a link to the software documentation.
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Comment on Redbox owner (Chicken Soup For The Soul) to liquidate in Chapter 7 bankruptcy shift; workforce of 1,000 to be let go and 24,000 kiosks shut down, lawyer says in ~movies
DeaconBlue LinkThree big takeaways from this article. I am shocked that a book series that I recall being quite religious spun off to own a video rental company that seemed to offer all mainstream movies. There...Three big takeaways from this article.
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I am shocked that a book series that I recall being quite religious spun off to own a video rental company that seemed to offer all mainstream movies.
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There is a special place in Hell for people that take employees' healthcare premiums and pocket it and cause the employees to lose coverage unknowingly. I had a friend that this happened to a year ago and only found out when he showed up for a chemo appointment.
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It is sad that people are losing the last(?) video rental service for places with poor internet service. I regularly travel to parts of the US that couldn't stream video to save their lives and I suspect the Redbox in those towns were some of the few profitable ones.
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Comment on No Sir, Sinks were not an option in ~life
DeaconBlue (edited )Link ParentThere is also the fact that (according to one day I was sitting on the porch counting for an hour as people were getting off of work, which is kind of like a real statistic) around 50% of drivers...There is also the fact that (according to one day I was sitting on the porch counting for an hour as people were getting off of work, which is kind of like a real statistic) around 50% of drivers are looking down at their crotch instead of forward at the road.
If visibility wasn't bad enough with the current cars heights and the huge A pillars blocking vision compared to older cars, there is also just a good chance that people aren't looking.
If you only have a yard that faces the road instead of a back yard, I don't blame you for keeping your kids away from it.
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Comment on Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing. in ~life
DeaconBlue (edited )Link ParentThose lowest wage jobs are a drain on society anyway. Random schedules, no benefits, and anyone relying on that money as their only source of income is already draining the state's coffers. I...Those lowest wage jobs are a drain on society anyway. Random schedules, no benefits, and anyone relying on that money as their only source of income is already draining the state's coffers.
I would agree with you that I would rather do nothing for $12,000 a year than work a shit job for $12,000 a year. I also don't want to live on $12,000 a year. (Which is what a 32 hour schedule at federal minimum wage gets you, or what this scheme gets you).
Walmart might have to pay a living wage if this gets enacted to entice people to work there and that would be fine with me.
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Comment on Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentWho is the governing body in this scenario to which we tell about the transfer of keys? Github isn't the only platform on which projects live. Even if it were, they are just a platform and not a...Who is the governing body in this scenario to which we tell about the transfer of keys?
Github isn't the only platform on which projects live. Even if it were, they are just a platform and not a government. There is an upper limit to how much they can do about it, pretty much stopping at removal.
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Comment on Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentIt is only as unethical as someone building up a small business and selling it when they reach a position that they find the offers to be worthwhile. I think most people would lean toward that...It is only as unethical as someone building up a small business and selling it when they reach a position that they find the offers to be worthwhile. I think most people would lean toward that being pretty ethical, many would even call that the platonic ideal of someone living in a capitalist society.
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Comment on In blow to Benjamin Netanyahu's government, Israel's top court rules state must draft ultra-Orthodox into IDF in ~news
DeaconBlue LinkThis seems fair enough to me, as much as I dislike it. If you are so desperate that you are drafting soldiers, there should be nothing that makes one person exempt from the draft and another...This seems fair enough to me, as much as I dislike it.
If you are so desperate that you are drafting soldiers, there should be nothing that makes one person exempt from the draft and another required to go throw their life away.
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Comment on Why not ban left turns on busy streets? in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentMy city already has a lot of "no parking between 7 AM and 7 PM" type signs. I think most people have a pretty good idea of what time it is.I think asking motorists to check the time as they're driving down the street is a bad idea.
My city already has a lot of "no parking between 7 AM and 7 PM" type signs. I think most people have a pretty good idea of what time it is.
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Comment on Why not ban left turns on busy streets? in ~transport
DeaconBlue LinkThis has always been a major source of frustration for me. I get even more frustrated by not-usually-busy roads that are temporarily busy. There is a two lane road near me that has a couple dozen...This has always been a major source of frustration for me. I get even more frustrated by not-usually-busy roads that are temporarily busy.
There is a two lane road near me that has a couple dozen football/soccer fields that also happen to be near one of the larger factories in town. If there is a soccer tournament happening, you can bet that there will be traffic backed up for a mile because people want to turn left into the fields during shift change rather than go to the next intersection and turn around.
Construction is also bad for this. A left turn lane gets removed and people will stop an entire stoplight cycle's worth of time because the person in front wants to make a left turn.
In all of these scenarios, people also get anxious because they know they are holding up the line and they end up making a turn during a gap that might not be wide enough and endanger themselves and the oncoming traffic. It just doesn't seem to occur to people that they can just go to the next intersection and try a different path.
I hate left turns with a burning passion. They have no place in populated areas.
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Comment on Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding in ~movies
DeaconBlue Link ParentI have a ton of complaints about Netflix, but delivery of the video itself hasn't been one of the complaints (at least not for years). Most complaints I hear are about their hair trigger on...I have a ton of complaints about Netflix, but delivery of the video itself hasn't been one of the complaints (at least not for years).
Most complaints I hear are about their hair trigger on flagging your account for password sharing (which is what got me to get rid of it, even though I wasn't password sharing), the less than stellar choice of things to actually watch, and the app itself being really annoying (opening to their mobile game advertisements ???).
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Comment on McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test in ~food
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe concept of ordering from a machine is a non-issue. The machine talking with a pseudo-human-but-not-really voice and misunderstanding and repeatedly apologizing is just weird to me. It is all...The concept of ordering from a machine is a non-issue. The machine talking with a pseudo-human-but-not-really voice and misunderstanding and repeatedly apologizing is just weird to me.
It is all of the downsides of human to human communication with none of the upsides (to me, I know a computer is cheaper than a person to run), but also strictly worse than just pressing a button that orders the thing.
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Comment on McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test in ~food
DeaconBlue LinkI don’t eat at McDonald's regularly but I have only ever seen this once, just a couple of weeks ago. I chose to not eat there rather than try to order with it. Hearing the person in front of me...I don’t eat at McDonald's regularly but I have only ever seen this once, just a couple of weeks ago.
I chose to not eat there rather than try to order with it. Hearing the person in front of me interact with it just felt weird, straight in the bottom of the uncanny valley.
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Comment on Butterflies: An AI social network in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe creator of this very site was very involved with the Subreddit Simulator. I don't think the concept is particularly strange. As to why someone would invest in it, I can see lots of practical...The creator of this very site was very involved with the Subreddit Simulator. I don't think the concept is particularly strange.
As to why someone would invest in it, I can see lots of practical purposes. You could put competing LLMs against each other to see which ones preform better in which contexts. You could have people judge how real they sound in some sort of captcha type system to improve models. You could use it as a way to spread disinformation. The possibilities are all over the place.
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Comment on I would very much like something akin to TikTok that's subscriber based and without infinite scroll in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkHow short do you mean by "short form" and what have you tried? I just checked two local news stations websites and they both put out 30 second clips going over pretty much every news story on...How short do you mean by "short form" and what have you tried?
I just checked two local news stations websites and they both put out 30 second clips going over pretty much every news story on their websites. Maybe your local news source(s) do similar?
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Comment on Microsoft postpones Windows Recall after major backlash in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkIt makes no difference if they postpone it. The feature will come out and be widely accepted by businesses for two very important reasons: It will allow micromanaging to be streamlined. Businesses...It makes no difference if they postpone it. The feature will come out and be widely accepted by businesses for two very important reasons:
- It will allow micromanaging to be streamlined.
- Businesses are, as a whole, hilariously bad at security and just take whatever the OEM says as good enough.
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Comment on YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkTwitch has been doing this for years. I am alarmed that this hasn't been used on youtube before. This is likely going to be enough to get me to leave youtube entirely, since this version of the...Twitch has been doing this for years. I am alarmed that this hasn't been used on youtube before.
This is likely going to be enough to get me to leave youtube entirely, since this version of the cat and mouse game requires a lot more effort to continue.
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Comment on How CoComelon captures our children’s attention in ~life
DeaconBlue Link ParentElinor Wonders Why is also pretty great for young kids, exploring why/how animals and other things in nature have certain traits.PBS shows are fantastic options, and free (in USA). Daniel Tiger in particular is great for younger kids.
Elinor Wonders Why is also pretty great for young kids, exploring why/how animals and other things in nature have certain traits.
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Comment on Raspberry Pi is now a public company in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentIt is unlikely that they are going to go off a cliff in quality immediately. I assume it will be a slow burn of slight quality decreases to save on cost over the course of years.It is unlikely that they are going to go off a cliff in quality immediately. I assume it will be a slow burn of slight quality decreases to save on cost over the course of years.
My youngest is three years old right now and I can tell you that I have absolutely no recollection of what it was like to parent an 11 month old.
I have friends with kids younger than mine and I regularly get questions like "What were yours doing at 16 months?" to which I can do nothing but shrug. I don't mean that I am absent or not paying attention. In fact, I spend every possible minute playing and reading to and teaching them. I just don't have a running log of when they started doing a list of behaviors, and there is no remaining mental capacity to try to remember it all.
I cannot imagine trying to give advice to my friends about their kids because I can't remember what I did a matter of months ago. I really can't imagine trying to give advice if I had never done it or it had been years.