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Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech
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Comment on Most parked domains now serving malicious content in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI don’t know if they do that anymore. But I avoid godaddy at all costs now.I don’t know if they do that anymore. But I avoid godaddy at all costs now.
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Comment on Most parked domains now serving malicious content in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentThere was reports of godaddy, a domain registrar doing exactly that a while back. When you searched for a domain, they would helpfully buy it in the background. Then when you would buy it from...There was reports of godaddy, a domain registrar doing exactly that a while back. When you searched for a domain, they would helpfully buy it in the background. Then when you would buy it from another registrar because godaddy was pretty expensive, you would find out it wasn’t actually available. Then you would go back to godaddy and find that they « saved it so nobody else would take it », and charge you more for the pleasure.
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Comment on Most parked domains now serving malicious content in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentSince domains are extremely cheap to own but can be very desirable, some people had the idea to buy domains in bulk that might be desirable one day. Then, when someone had a legitimate use for it,...Since domains are extremely cheap to own but can be very desirable, some people had the idea to buy domains in bulk that might be desirable one day. Then, when someone had a legitimate use for it, the owner would be able to sell the domain at extortion rates. Until you do sell it, you can redirect it to malware and terrible ads to try and recoup the the extremely low cost of ownership and make some extra cash.
In my opinion, this practice is just being a leech off the domain name system and provides no benefit for society.
One of the more well known examples of this not happening is Steam, the gaming platform. steam dot com (I don’t want to link it) is owned by someone who parked it. Instead of paying the ransom, steam just went with the domain steampowered.com, which is now far more recognizable than steam dot com.
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentOh Apple Music is nothing. Have you heard of Apple TV? The app on your iPhone/iPad to stream things? Or Apple TV, the streaming box? Or Apple TV, the app on that streaming box? Or Apple TV, the...Oh Apple Music is nothing. Have you heard of Apple TV? The app on your iPhone/iPad to stream things? Or Apple TV, the streaming box? Or Apple TV, the app on that streaming box? Or Apple TV, the app on most streaming devices and smart TVs? Or Apple TV, the subscription service that allows you to stream shows on one of the aforementioned Apple TVs? Notice how not a single instance is a TV made by Apple.
Apple is notoriously bad at overloading their marketing terms. It’s exhausting.
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Comment on Want to get in the gym? Here are some tips from a beginner.* in ~health
Weldawadyathink LinkI’ll add one bit of advice: If you want to work out in order to do a specific thing, just do that specific thing. For example, if you want to run, don’t go to the gym and do a leg workout. Just go...I’ll add one bit of advice:
If you want to work out in order to do a specific thing, just do that specific thing.
For example, if you want to run, don’t go to the gym and do a leg workout. Just go run. If you want to play badminton, don’t go on runs, play badminton. If you want to get in shape to climb rocks, work out by climbing rocks.
When you get further into a particular activity, it makes sense to do other workouts that aren’t the specific activity. When training for a marathon (or ultramarathon), many training programs don’t have you run an actual marathon length run until the actual event you are training for. However, when starting out, the best training for a particular activity is just the activity you want to do.
I’ll also mention that, if your activity is difficult to arrange (finding a partner for a group sport like tennis, or finding rocks to climb), any activity is better than no activity. Don’t let this advice prevent you from being active.
This advice is just to prevent the trap of « I know swimmers do a bunch of strength training in the gym, and I want to swim, so I’ll do strength training ». If you want to swim, just swim.
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentYou are much better off not changing file formats. As /u/redwall_hp mentioned, m4a is industry standard, and so is the aac codec used in the m4a container. They have nothing to do with Apple...You are much better off not changing file formats. As /u/redwall_hp mentioned, m4a is industry standard, and so is the aac codec used in the m4a container. They have nothing to do with Apple except that Apple uses them. It would be like saying that thunderbolt is an Apple propriety protocol. It just isn’t. Transcoding lossy -> lossy is always bad, so definitely don’t convert them to something like mp3 if you can. Transcoding lossy -> lossless (like m4a to flac) is technically fine, but isn’t necessary. It just leads to much larger file sizes with, at best, no change in quality.
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Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech
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Comment on JustHTML is a fascinating example of vibe engineering in action in ~comp
Weldawadyathink Link ParentFrom the link: Based on my reading of this, the author of the library did influence enough to be able to copyright it. But my views definitely don’t line up with laws with regard to intellectual...From the link:
“assistive uses that enhance human expression” [do not affect the ability for the human to copyright something]
Based on my reading of this, the author of the library did influence enough to be able to copyright it. But my views definitely don’t line up with laws with regard to intellectual property. It would be very interesting if any use of AI poisoned the ability to copyright, thus making everything public domain from creation. Then we could rebuild IP laws from scratch in a sensible way.
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Comment on Proposed amendments to Denmark's laws on copyright and broadcasting would see VPNs limited for common uses under changes to combat access to illegal streaming services in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI read through the Europol links, and the film piracy section of the pdf. But none of that actually addresses what is being discussed. I don’t think anybody is disagreeing with the fact that paid...I read through the Europol links, and the film piracy section of the pdf. But none of that actually addresses what is being discussed. I don’t think anybody is disagreeing with the fact that paid piracy sites are, often, run by organized crime and used to fund other illicit activity.
The way torrents work, the website doesn’t actually host the content data. The website hosting costs can be extremely minimal. With magnet links instead of torrent files, the data hosting can be almost nothing. Back when the Pirate Bay was busted, people were sharing archives of the entire site, which weighed in at 90mb. You read that right. The entire Pirate Bay website was only 90mb. So hosting costs can be extremely minimal. I wouldn’t be surprised if you could host one of the most popular torrent websites for less than $20/month.
And these websites don’t cost money to access. So, even if run by organized crime, how are they making money from this? Every instance you linked is about a group selling pirated goods. They didn’t even mention groups giving away pirated goods for free. (If they did, please let me know; it is possible I missed it.)
Edit: also worth noting that none of the listed instances were enabled, or even facilitated, by vpns.
Edit 2: I also think it’s hilarious that they mention the markup of these disks. « A second estimate, issued in 2005 by the UK
National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), found that a DVD
manufactured in Malaysia for about $0.70 was marked up more than
1,150 percent and sold on the streets of London for the equivalent of
$9. » The production costs of commercial legal movies is very similar, and they sell for much higher. So the markup for legal movies is way higher than pirated movies. I just don’t see how markup is relevant to piracy at all. -
Comment on The Windows 11 crisis in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentThat is very weird to hear. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of problems with Linux and intel cpus. It would be very strange since, until recently, intel dominated the datacenter market, and Linux is...That is very weird to hear. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of problems with Linux and intel cpus. It would be very strange since, until recently, intel dominated the datacenter market, and Linux is king in the datacenter. Before ryzen, laptops recommended for Linux almost always had intel chips. And for things like WiFi chips, intel was the recommended option.
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Comment on Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options. in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentWhat exactly do you mean by proxying? If you mean that the Roku supports the chromecast protocol natively, just like thousands of other devices, including stereo receivers, soundbars, amps, and...What exactly do you mean by proxying? If you mean that the Roku supports the chromecast protocol natively, just like thousands of other devices, including stereo receivers, soundbars, amps, and TVs, then yes. But I don’t see how that is relevant. If you mean that they proxy the cast stream through Roku servers, then no, they don’t do that. It’s just that chromecast is a native protocol supported by Roku. It also natively supports the AirPlay protocol, even if there are no Apple apps on the Roku. It’s just that an Apple TV doesn’t natively support the chromecast protocol, and YouTube hides AirPlay targets by default. You actually can AirPlay YouTube to an Apple TV without YouTube even being installed. So the exact same scenario as the Roku.
I didn’t care for my Roku either for a variety of reasons, but this seems to be tilting at windmills.
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Comment on Four proposals to improve the design of fuel economy standards in ~transport
Weldawadyathink Link ParentThings like this are so two faced. Where are muh states rights that republicans say they want ?Things like this are so two faced. Where are muh states rights that republicans say they want ?
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Comment on This climbing gear is designed to fail in ~hobbies
Weldawadyathink Link ParentMy gym doesn’t want anything to do with top rope solo for patrons. They do the same thing you describe for route setting. I haven’t tested it, but I don’t think that technique would work for...My gym doesn’t want anything to do with top rope solo for patrons. They do the same thing you describe for route setting. I haven’t tested it, but I don’t think that technique would work for outdoors, since the double carabiner top rope anchor has much less friction than a gym top rope anchor.
The standard top rope solo protocol seems to be tying a fixed line top rope and using some device that can slide upwards but not down. This way it auto feeds, so you don’t need to constantly pull rope through the belay device. My setup uses a Petzl micro traxion as primary and an edelrid spoc as backup, both on the same rope.
The biggest consideration is that the exact same part of the rope is touching the same part of the rock throughout the entire route. If you project a route with your rope running over a rock ledge, it will quickly wear through the rope, so you have to tie reanchors below ledges or have rope protectors. I’ve been working on sewing my own magnetic rope protectors. It’s been a fun project.
So far, I’ve only done one climb with this setup because I’ve been busy. I really want to get back out there, but my ropes are still drying from washing them. I got some of my family to climb a few routes last weekend at the beach. Unfortunately when I was setting up the top rope anchors, I threw my rope right into the water. But it was still a fun trip nonetheless.
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Comment on This climbing gear is designed to fail in ~hobbies
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI’ve been climbing for a few years, and just bought the stuff for top rope solo, since my belay partner has been pretty busy recently. So I have been watching a ton of videos about climbing...What got you stoked enough to have you share the video?
I’ve been climbing for a few years, and just bought the stuff for top rope solo, since my belay partner has been pretty busy recently. So I have been watching a ton of videos about climbing equipment recently. I chose this video because I wanted something that would be interesting to both experienced climbers and people who have never climbed before. I haven’t done trad climbing, but I don’t think they are very common even in trad. And I personally find them fascinating.
I’m sorry about your disease. It sounds painful. I hope you can find some treatment or something to get climbing again in the future.
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Comment on This climbing gear is designed to fail in ~hobbies
Weldawadyathink Link ParentYeah, the G screamers seemed to be the winner, if there is a winner for this sort of test. I haven’t done any sort of trad climbing yet, but I do want to in the future. When I do, I’ll probably be...Yeah, the G screamers seemed to be the winner, if there is a winner for this sort of test. I haven’t done any sort of trad climbing yet, but I do want to in the future. When I do, I’ll probably be buying the g screamers. Although I just looked it up, and they are nearly twice the price of the cheaper Yates screamers.
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Comment on This climbing gear is designed to fail in ~hobbies
Weldawadyathink LinkI don’t think I’ve seen any climbing content posted to tildes, and I want to change that. Do we have any other climbers here? This video is about screamers. In climbing, if you have a protection...I don’t think I’ve seen any climbing content posted to tildes, and I want to change that. Do we have any other climbers here?
This video is about screamers. In climbing, if you have a protection piece that isn’t very strong, you install a screamer with it. In a fall, the screamer extends, so you fall farther, but put less force on the marginal protection.
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This climbing gear is designed to fail
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Comment on Pebble/Core Devices (hardware and software open source update) in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentMy general impression is pretty much what you said. Rebble was a great way to keep old devices running. It should have stuck around just for those old devices, but I don’t see why they would have...My general impression is pretty much what you said. Rebble was a great way to keep old devices running. It should have stuck around just for those old devices, but I don’t see why they would have any ongoing involvement with new devices.
The way I see it, rebble provided two distinct things: an archive of the pebble App Store from the Fitbit closure, and ongoing paid api services for things like weather. The App Store archive should be publicly available and hosted on something like the internet archive or a public torrent. The paid api services should ideally continue to be available for older devices, but a new commercial device using a service like rebble would be bonkers. So that part of rebble should stay separate (unless core devices decided it was profitable and worth it to run those services).
The agreed system sharing where rebble would handle parts of the server infrastructure for a separate commercial entity was weird. It seemed like it was naturally unstable. I’m not surprised it fell apart.
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Comment on Want to get a 3D printer for miniatures that work well with open source software in ~hobbies
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI found out recently that my library has some Prusa printers, but they have an arbitrary print time limit of 4 hours. I know my mini is likely a bit slower than the standard Prusa, but 4 hours for...I found out recently that my library has some Prusa printers, but they have an arbitrary print time limit of 4 hours. I know my mini is likely a bit slower than the standard Prusa, but 4 hours for a print is nothing. I’m not sure you could even print the articulating octopus that everyone seems to print at any reasonable quality and scale settings within 4 hours.
I really want to like Orion, but on Mac it’s extremely buggy. Tons of websites just don’t work properly. Even ones that work fine on safari. In iOS, it’s a lot better, but it still has some weird unexplained slow downs and crashes that iOS safari doesn’t have.