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  1. Comment on Is there a reason the iPad pro "scans" your house every minute? in ~tech

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    It's the front camera while the iPad screen is off. We use her ipad as a white noise machine to get the baby to sleep better.

    It's the front camera while the iPad screen is off. We use her ipad as a white noise machine to get the baby to sleep better.

  2. Comment on Is there a reason the iPad pro "scans" your house every minute? in ~tech

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    Thanks that makes sense, but does it really needs to do that? Whenever you pick up the device it will scan immediately right? This is something that seems to do it with some interval.

    Thanks that makes sense, but does it really needs to do that? Whenever you pick up the device it will scan immediately right? This is something that seems to do it with some interval.

    3 votes

  3. Is there a reason the iPad pro "scans" your house every minute?

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    My wife has an ipad pro, and we have a baby monitor. So I was watching the baby monitor and noticed that her ipad was also in view of the camera. What I also noticed is that her ipad seems to...

    My wife has an ipad pro, and we have a baby monitor. So I was watching the baby monitor and noticed that her ipad was also in view of the camera. What I also noticed is that her ipad seems to flash an infrared light every minute or so.

    After some googling I think this is the lidar scanner, although I'm not 100% sure.

    Anyway, does anyone know why her ipad is doing this? It feels pretty creepy that a device is scanning your house all the time. Normally you don't even notice, it's only when you view the iPad pro from a camera that also shows infrared.

    Maybe I'm just a little paranoid, but it feels like a privacy violation.

    10 votes

  4. Comment on The clean energy future is arriving faster than you think in ~enviro

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    I have solar panels and I'm very happy with them. But the time I need the most energy (currently natural gas) is the autumn and winter. Where I live those are the most rainy and gray days, with...

    I have solar panels and I'm very happy with them. But the time I need the most energy (currently natural gas) is the autumn and winter. Where I live those are the most rainy and gray days, with very little sun.

    So if I ever want to go fossil free, just solar panels aren't going to be the complete solution.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Looking for a good note-taking app in ~tech

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    I use obsidian, dropbox and dropsync. The last one is an Android app that just gets the folder from dropbox to my phone. So far it works pretty well, but it's not instant, I sync every 30 minutes...

    I use obsidian, dropbox and dropsync. The last one is an Android app that just gets the folder from dropbox to my phone.

    So far it works pretty well, but it's not instant, I sync every 30 minutes (I think you can set it to any interval).

    I make most notes from my laptop anyway.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Things to do and see in Vienna in ~travel

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    For some reason I really enjoyed a restaurant called "the centimeter" it was really close to our hotel. It's very typical Austrian food (like schintzel).

    For some reason I really enjoyed a restaurant called "the centimeter" it was really close to our hotel. It's very typical Austrian food (like schintzel).

  7. Comment on What's a word from another language that you wish was a thing in English? in ~humanities.languages

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    Gezellig, it's a Dutch word that means pleasant. But it is used in many situations. https://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/155-gezellig

    Gezellig, it's a Dutch word that means pleasant. But it is used in many situations.

    https://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/155-gezellig

    5 votes

  8. Comment on Looking for audiobook ideas that have TV/movies released in ~books

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    Not sure, but probably RC Bray, because it was done very well.

    Not sure, but probably RC Bray, because it was done very well.

  9. Comment on Looking for audiobook ideas that have TV/movies released in ~books

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    The Martian audio book was very good, I think even read by the author himself. If you haven't seen the movie yet, listen to the book first, it's so much better to listen to it without knowing the...

    The Martian audio book was very good, I think even read by the author himself. If you haven't seen the movie yet, listen to the book first, it's so much better to listen to it without knowing the entire story.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon in ~tech

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    I don't think that's the point at all, I think it's protecting something against big powerful companies. For example see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish Also see...
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    I don't think that's the point at all, I think it's protecting something against big powerful companies.

    For example see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

    Also see https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

    19 votes

  11. Comment on 'Oppenheimer' brings painful memories of nuclear testing radiation exposure for New Mexico Native Americans and Hispanics in ~movies

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    I'm pretty sure the Japanese also aren't really having great memories while watching the movie

    I'm pretty sure the Japanese also aren't really having great memories while watching the movie

    17 votes

  12. Comment on Is it me, or does spicy + sweet = bitter? in ~food

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    Same I enjoy hot sauces a lot and have many hot and sweet ones. Never really feel they taste bitter. I also sometimes mix hot and sweet like peanut butter and hot sauce. It's never bitter.

    Same I enjoy hot sauces a lot and have many hot and sweet ones. Never really feel they taste bitter. I also sometimes mix hot and sweet like peanut butter and hot sauce. It's never bitter.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Is it me, or does spicy + sweet = bitter? in ~food

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    What a mature and pleasant interaction, I really like that about Tildes

    What a mature and pleasant interaction, I really like that about Tildes

    6 votes

  14. Comment on The earth might hold huge stores of natural hydrogen – and prospectors are already scouring South Australia for it in ~enviro

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    I feel that hydrogen for driving is pushed pretty hard by oil companies like Shell. It's pretty obvious, hydrogen is something you need to get at a gas station, while charging an electric car can...

    I feel that hydrogen for driving is pushed pretty hard by oil companies like Shell. It's pretty obvious, hydrogen is something you need to get at a gas station, while charging an electric car can be done at home, cheaply if you have solar panels.

    Hydrogen is still a great solution for heating homes in the months when it's cold and there is very little sunshine, like autumn in Europe.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Artists you love, and are surprised are not more popular than they are? in ~music

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    I have been listening to Shpongle forever (20 years?). I would describe it as ambient psychedelic. Definitely not for everyone, but its one of those artists I keep coming back to.

    I have been listening to Shpongle forever (20 years?). I would describe it as ambient psychedelic. Definitely not for everyone, but its one of those artists I keep coming back to.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads in ~tech

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    I think most people understand it's hard. But it's not some magic discovery that made Twitter work. It was hard work by skilled engineers. So "trade secrets" is kind of stupid. It's not like Meta...

    I think most people understand it's hard. But it's not some magic discovery that made Twitter work. It was hard work by skilled engineers. So "trade secrets" is kind of stupid. It's not like Meta does not know how to run a large website with billions of users.

    17 votes

  17. Comment on The original fettuccine alfredo with no cream in ~food

  18. Comment on What's your retirement plan? in ~finance

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    When I got my first "real" job (like the job you actually studied for) the financial crisis started. Now I was pretty lucky already having a job and working in IT (a field where there's always...

    When I got my first "real" job (like the job you actually studied for) the financial crisis started.

    Now I was pretty lucky already having a job and working in IT (a field where there's always work).

    Anyway, what I saw in my country (Netherlands) is that the pension funds actually are a glorified piramid scheme.

    During your lifetime you work and pay for retirement, but that money isn't saved for you. It's used to trade stocks and pay the current group of retired people.

    This all works really well until the economy and/or population stop growing.

    For me it was the reason to completely do it myself and not use the normal pension funds.

    7 votes

  19. What's your retirement plan?

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    Are you planning on working until you're 60+? Or maybe selling it all and living in a rural area? Buying stocks or ETFs? Or something else? So what's your retirement plan? At what age do you want...

    Are you planning on working until you're 60+?

    Or maybe selling it all and living in a rural area?

    Buying stocks or ETFs?

    Or something else?

    So what's your retirement plan? At what age do you want to retire and how are you working towards this goal?

    53 votes

  20. Comment on Without saying where you live, where do you live? in ~talk

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    Haha actually it's the Hague, the city that has the International Court

    Haha actually it's the Hague, the city that has the International Court

    12 votes