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  1. Comment on Tildes Survey #5: Pineapple on pizza? in ~talk

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    Add me please

    Add me please

    1 vote

  2. Comment on List of environmental websites and YouTube channels to watch? in ~enviro

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    Simon Clark makes great videos about the environment https://www.youtube.com/@SimonClark

    Simon Clark makes great videos about the environment

    https://www.youtube.com/@SimonClark

    2 votes

  3. Comment on “Rediscovering” the operating system (AKA: the desktop is the killer app) in ~tech

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    Which isn't really any different from "log in with Google", except login with Google is optional and login with WeChat is not All mobile web browsers can do PWAs

    WeChat automates logging into each service

    Which isn't really any different from "log in with Google", except login with Google is optional and login with WeChat is not

    the mini-apps have some of the conveniences of a full screen app (compared to browser navigation)

    All mobile web browsers can do PWAs

    2 votes

  4. Comment on “Rediscovering” the operating system (AKA: the desktop is the killer app) in ~tech

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    Not exactly the same, but on a related note, I get very confused when someone is talking about China and inevitably brings up WeChat and how "every single service is in one app". Like, yeah, we...

    Not exactly the same, but on a related note, I get very confused when someone is talking about China and inevitably brings up WeChat and how "every single service is in one app". Like, yeah, we have that too. It's called a web browser. A web browser is a super app as well, people just don't tend to recognize it as one.

    11 votes

  5. Comment on Do you prefer chunky or smooth peanut butter? in ~food

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    Holy shit you may have just changed my life

    My PB goes in the fridge to prevent separation

    Holy shit you may have just changed my life

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What's your dream job? in ~life

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    Academia, if it also paid well and wasn't as cutthroat

    Academia, if it also paid well and wasn't as cutthroat

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech

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    The issue is that what you think is a fair compensation for your work is not always the same as what the users think is a fair payment for the product

    One cup of coffee per month sounds like a reasonable price to me, not to mention all the future updates.

    The issue is that what you think is a fair compensation for your work is not always the same as what the users think is a fair payment for the product

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Linux privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431) in ~comp

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    From the FAQ:

    From the FAQ:

    Was this AI-found?

    AI-assisted. The starting insight — that splice() hands page-cache pages into the crypto subsystem and that scatterlist page provenance might be an under-explored bug class — came from human research by Taeyang Lee at Xint.

    From there, Xint Code scaled the audit across the entire crypto/ subsystem in roughly an hour. Copy Fail was the highest-severity finding in the run.

    11 votes

  9. Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech

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    To be fair, are.na is another "social bookmarking" service (with some elements of Pinterest) and it is $70/year, so it's definitely not an unheard of price

    Not to mention there's already a social bookmarking storage site, it's called Pinboard, and it costs $22/yr, a fraction of your offering.

    To be fair, are.na is another "social bookmarking" service (with some elements of Pinterest) and it is $70/year, so it's definitely not an unheard of price

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech

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    Can't try it because I'm not using Chrome, but I can't see how it's different from what Zen Browser or extensions like Sidebery offer. I don't mean to say your product is useless or has no...

    Can't try it because I'm not using Chrome, but I can't see how it's different from what Zen Browser or extensions like Sidebery offer.

    I don't mean to say your product is useless or has no advantage over existing ones—I'm sure it does. But your website doesn't explain it, and when you're offering a subscription-based product in a niche with existing open source offerings, I think it's very important to clearly explain on the front page how yout solution is better.

    17 votes

  11. Comment on Need help making an atlas-styled map without ultramega distortion in ~creative

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    Don't know how you feel about this idea, but have you tried using an LLM for this, at least the basics of the terms you don't understand? Map projection seem like an established enough topic that...

    In the realm of understanding the concepts, way out of my depth, unfortunately. I was never too good at my geometry when I was in school.

    Don't know how you feel about this idea, but have you tried using an LLM for this, at least the basics of the terms you don't understand? Map projection seem like an established enough topic that it probably will be able to explain it in an understandable way without any mistakes.

    However, the Wikipedia article doesn't seem particularly geometry-heavy to me. It does use some trigonometry, but it doesn't seem necessary to understand the topic and be able to choose a projection.

    but then I look at Antarctica and wonder how did they manage to get that view and what kind of projection that is specifically.

    Seems to be the orthographic projection

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Need help making an atlas-styled map without ultramega distortion in ~creative

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    Check out Wikipedia's List of map projections. I assume the ones labeled "equal-area" are what you need, but you can read the "Key" section on that page for explanation of other types. The main...

    Check out Wikipedia's List of map projections. I assume the ones labeled "equal-area" are what you need, but you can read the "Key" section on that page for explanation of other types. The main article on Map projections also seems very detailed and well illustrated and explains all the different parameters and types of them that exist.

    Agree with @Englerdy's point about zooming in to specific areas. That is how most atlases are structured, there's usually only one map of the whole world and the rest are of specific parts where you don't have to worry about projections as much.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Self-help writing tutorials in ~creative

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    Those are primarily aimed at Wikipedia editors, but I found them very useful for improving my general non-fiction writing skills

    Those are primarily aimed at Wikipedia editors, but I found them very useful for improving my general non-fiction writing skills

    2 votes

  15. Comment on What steps can the average user do to secure their data privacy? in ~tech

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    Check out PrivacyGuides, they have a lot of great information on the topic. It is the go-to resource for most online privacy–related information. This (and part 2) are newer and less well known...

    Check out PrivacyGuides, they have a lot of great information on the topic. It is the go-to resource for most online privacy–related information.

    This (and part 2) are newer and less well known resources, but they're more convenient if you need something written in a more step-by-step way.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on What steps can the average user do to secure their data privacy? in ~tech

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    You shouldn't. Most modern anti-fingerprinting techniques are actually focused on making your fingerprint unique and different each time so it can't be tied together between sessions, NOT on...

    You shouldn't. Most modern anti-fingerprinting techniques are actually focused on making your fingerprint unique and different each time so it can't be tied together between sessions, NOT on everyone having the same fingerprint.

    A much better test is https://fingerprint.com. If you open it in a private window with a VPN turned on and it still shows the same fingerprint ID, that means your browser is easily trackable.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk

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    Same for the Netherlands. Is the full country name "Netherlands", "The Netherlands" or "Kingdom of the Netherlands"?

    Same for the Netherlands. Is the full country name "Netherlands", "The Netherlands" or "Kingdom of the Netherlands"?

    5 votes

  18. Comment on MKBHD - Glass is glass || Or how the wording "scratch resistant" and "shatter resistant" misleads customers in ~tech

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    It's mentioned in the video, it mostly just has to do with softness of the material. To make it more scratch resistant, you need to make it harder, but the harder it is, the less it absorbs the...

    Guessing it has something to do with how the molecular structure is arranged/aligned?

    It's mentioned in the video, it mostly just has to do with softness of the material. To make it more scratch resistant, you need to make it harder, but the harder it is, the less it absorbs the impact from falling to the ground, so it shatters more easily

    Molecular structure probably has an effect, otherwise things like Gorilla Glass wouldn't exist, but the compromise is still an inherent property of any material

    10 votes

  19. Comment on Interresting Reddit/Discord alternative : surikata.app in ~tech

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    I guess they're the only part written by an actual human

    There are a ton of mistakes in those notes, even though the rest of the website is quite well-written.

    I guess they're the only part written by an actual human

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk

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    18 year old helping you out with that

    18 year old helping you out with that

    9 votes