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  1. Comment on DuckDuckGo’s anti-AI sunglasses won’t spy on anyone in ~tech

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    I didn't realize how cliche that line was until now. Perfect satire.

    I didn't realize how cliche that line was until now. Perfect satire.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on UBlock Origin got turned off with my most recent Brave browser update. Any alternatives? in ~tech

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    I use YouTube a lot on my phone and pay for premium. I think I'm just going to do this and run YouTube in a browser now. I tried it really quick and background playback still works in a browser...

    Was on my phone earlier. Here is the custom css I have for youtube which basically removes shorts from most views

    I use YouTube a lot on my phone and pay for premium. I think I'm just going to do this and run YouTube in a browser now. I tried it really quick and background playback still works in a browser and it still plays when I go to a different tab.

    Are you doing this on mobile as well as desktop?

  3. Comment on What am I supposed to say to my coworker who says that there has basically been no impact from USAID being cut because "the black lady...the nurse at the health place" said so? in ~talk

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    The US military is already bloated and wasteful. More money to them is just more greased pockets, black budgets, and money spent on things that don't benefit regular Americans.

    The US military is already bloated and wasteful. More money to them is just more greased pockets, black budgets, and money spent on things that don't benefit regular Americans.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on What am I supposed to say to my coworker who says that there has basically been no impact from USAID being cut because "the black lady...the nurse at the health place" said so? in ~talk

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    Move the goalpost on him. Anything that was saved on USAID was moved to the military budget. That military will now be used to deal with the problems USAID was trying to help with so the military...

    Move the goalpost on him. Anything that was saved on USAID was moved to the military budget. That military will now be used to deal with the problems USAID was trying to help with so the military will them need even more money.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on US schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters in ~society

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    I'm not a fan of security through obscurity but if it gets used a bunch outside of shootings then shooters will learn how to counteract them. Pepper spray sucks but I've heard you can kind of...

    but feel confident that they can stop a shooter in a gun fight.

    more action in quelling non violent protests in our future

    I'm not a fan of security through obscurity but if it gets used a bunch outside of shootings then shooters will learn how to counteract them.

    Pepper spray sucks but I've heard you can kind of learn to fight it, either at least long enough to get a mask on or some people will learn to just power through it. It will be most effective on someone who's never been hit with it before because they'll have very little understanding of what's going on and how to deal with it.

    If you understand the tactics the drones will use you can anticipate them. If you've heard them before you'll recognize them quicker. If you know where they deploy from you could plan for that, potentially disable them, or a minimum known where they'll come from.

    Any use of them will introduce wear and tear, necessitate a reload of expended "munitions" (I guess), and may then require a recharge before being used again. A shooter could observe what the refurb/reload/recharge situation looks like and exploit that after the next disturbance or potentially engineer a protest or other disturbance. Maybe that last point would be extremely abnormal for the kind of person who usually does a shooting but I wouldn't rule it out.

    A shooter could also use any event these drones are deployed to test countermeasures. Actually, any use on other shooters may be brought up in media and allow them to glean info on how they operate.

    If my child's school started abusing drones I would probably talk to them about countermeasures or at a minimum how to handle being pepper sprayed.

    TL;DR: each use of these makes them less effective.

    On a seperate train of thought. How are they really going to have remote operaters operate these things reliably? Especially if one strategy is to ram a shooter at 60mph. They'll have to be using AI or some level of automation to do what they want to do.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Ukrainian forces strike twenty-one Russian tankers, four tugboats, two cargo ships in ~society

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    But but... war, war never changes... Being more serious, it is something that concerns me. I wonder if our militaries have done enough to learn and change or if they'll be fighting the last war...

    But but... war, war never changes...

    Being more serious, it is something that concerns me. I wonder if our militaries have done enough to learn and change or if they'll be fighting the last war again next time.

  7. Comment on Thoughts on graphene OS? in ~tech

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    I've been running it for 4+ years. No trouble shooting, it just works. The biggest issue I've had is getting android auto to work. Once its working its fine though.

    I've been running it for 4+ years. No trouble shooting, it just works. The biggest issue I've had is getting android auto to work. Once its working its fine though.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Papa Johns can predict when your fridge is empty in ~tech

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    By using data from instacart. I was expecting something more elaborate and was kind of disappointed.

    By using data from instacart.

    I was expecting something more elaborate and was kind of disappointed.

    41 votes

  9. Comment on Do you cook with cast iron? Is it the hassle everyone says it is? in ~food

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    My cast iron pans are my only fry pans. Using them daily helps keep them in better shape. Unlike others I DO cook acidic food in mine. It does strip the seasoning but whatever. I don't oil it...

    My cast iron pans are my only fry pans. Using them daily helps keep them in better shape.

    Unlike others I DO cook acidic food in mine. It does strip the seasoning but whatever. I don't oil it after cleaning. I use soap and a chain mail scrubber and I half ass towel dry it afterward. My flat pan still seasoning, my regular shaped pan that I cook tomato sauces in doesn't really have seasoning left in it. I don't think they perform that differently.

    The only special thing I do is use BUTTER specifically when frying eggs. Oil works but butter is special somehow and works better.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    They're way less efficient but they do still cool fairly effectively in my experience. Just put it in your bedroom and only cool that one room.

    and they only sell the mobile ones with a single pipe anyway (which heat as much as they cool),

    They're way less efficient but they do still cool fairly effectively in my experience. Just put it in your bedroom and only cool that one room.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    No! We need to find a way to cool our houses by burning fossil fuel!

    No! We need to find a way to cool our houses by burning fossil fuel!

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    We had a big heat event a few years ago where temps hit an all time record for us. Usually people drive kind of fast in this city but everybody was driving super slow enjoying their car AC before...

    driving somewhere is cool enough.

    We had a big heat event a few years ago where temps hit an all time record for us. Usually people drive kind of fast in this city but everybody was driving super slow enjoying their car AC before they got home to no AC. Probably went from 60kph average speed to 40kph.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines in ~society

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    This is also BS from the journalist. Hiding evidence that you KNOW will be used as evidence is a crime. 30 years for that sounds pretty absurd though. This article sucks.

    “The ninth defendant, Daniel Sanchez-Estrada was not at the protest, but was convicted of corruptly concealing a document or record after prosecutors said he moved leftwing zines and other materials at the request of Rueda, his wife, after she was arrested.

    This is also BS from the journalist. Hiding evidence that you KNOW will be used as evidence is a crime. 30 years for that sounds pretty absurd though.

    This article sucks.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    Where I am it's extremely hard not to notice how every winter seems warmer/shorter than the last.

    There is the 'Its just summer' crowd(specifically here in the uk)

    Where I am it's extremely hard not to notice how every winter seems warmer/shorter than the last.

    13 votes

  15. Comment on What’s something that didn’t work for you? in ~talk

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    I sleep MORE with the CPAP machine than beforehand. I knew I likely had sleep apnea since my early 20's (even when I was in decent shape) and avoided getting tested. I started to get growing...

    I sleep MORE with the CPAP machine than beforehand.

    I knew I likely had sleep apnea since my early 20's (even when I was in decent shape) and avoided getting tested. I started to get growing anxiety around sleeping when I finally decided to go in. Prior to that I just went to work tired all the time and that was kind of normal in the rail industry. The sleep anxiety all of a sudden started happening over the course of a few months one year and I was SO relieved to fail that test so hard and to get put on the machine.

    When I went on the machine the only immediate difference I noticed was my ability to take mid day naps (I work random shifts so I often have to sleep during the day. Prior to the CPAP I struggled to sleep more than an hour or so during the day, now I have real sleeps.

    At the same time as I went on the machine I started taking my naps and sleep way more seriously instead of just being a sack of shit on night shifts. My wife started complaining about the amount I was now sleeping... until I asked her how many hours of sleep she thought I averaged per day (11 or 12). I showed her the weekly/monthly average hours slept per day on the CPAP... it was around 8.5 hours. She basically never said a word about my sleep again, and I now work (most) night shifts without any real struggle. Comlete game changer but it was CPAP AND a lifestyle change.

  16. Comment on What’s something that didn’t work for you? in ~talk

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    Where are you at with this? It took me several months to finally realize I needed a different type of mask and then it was solid. Spend some time with it on (and running) outside of regular sleep...

    Where are you at with this? It took me several months to finally realize I needed a different type of mask and then it was solid.

    Spend some time with it on (and running) outside of regular sleep times to get used to it.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Ceiling fan light switch replacement help in ~life.home_improvement

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    Get wago connectors! They're easier/better especially with stranded wire.

    Get wago connectors! They're easier/better especially with stranded wire.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Ceiling fan light switch replacement help in ~life.home_improvement

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    That image isnt working for me.

    That image isnt working for me.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech

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    Kind of a detour here but, when would you consider the start of adpocalypse? Because, to me, annoying ads have been part of the internet since as far back as I can remember the internet. Its just...

    adpocalypse

    Kind of a detour here but, when would you consider the start of adpocalypse? Because, to me, annoying ads have been part of the internet since as far back as I can remember the internet. Its just that 20 years ago it was pop ups that were the biggest issue.

    Also I run uBlock origin so maybe I'm out of touch with how bad current ads are.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Are there any games that had their development abandoned that you followed where you wish that continued/completed development? in ~games

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    Is it the same team doing stationeers? Havent heard of that game but looks decent.

    Is it the same team doing stationeers? Havent heard of that game but looks decent.

    1 vote