mordae's recent activity
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Comment on Controversial opinion: I don't like "cosmetic armor" being an option in games in ~games
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Comment on Star Trek: Section 31 | Teaser trailer in ~movies
mordae Link ParentI am willing to forgive some. Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are pretty good.I am willing to forgive some. Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are pretty good.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
mordae LinkPost-COVID. I hate it with my whole soul. One day I feel OK, work a bit, relax. The next day I have hard time getting out of bed. Then I feel fine again. Just make up your damn mind, body! I am...Post-COVID. I hate it with my whole soul. One day I feel OK, work a bit, relax. The next day I have hard time getting out of bed. Then I feel fine again. Just make up your damn mind, body!
I am exploring gaming options for the weekend.
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Comment on US DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling in ~tech
mordae Link ParentWhile nice to have, none of these qualify for critical infrastructure in my opinion, though. They should be regulated to prevent misuse, especially Amazon with it's practice of creating copycat...While nice to have, none of these qualify for critical infrastructure in my opinion, though.
They should be regulated to prevent misuse, especially Amazon with it's practice of creating copycat products and advertising them more, but they are not critical to how we function as a civilization.
A simple test is: "If all X disappeared overnight, how much would be food production impacted?"
- Roads
- Catastrophe
- Phone coverage
- Severely impacted logistics, catastrophical in 3rd world countries without widespread Internet
- Banking
- Severely impacted logistics, without mitigation long-term catastrophical
- Internet
- Severely impacted, issues with payments, accounting and logistics
- Browser
- Severely impacted, same as Internet as more and more software moves to web
- Spotify
- Minor inconvenience, have to tune to a local radio station for background music
And both internet and browsers are also in the loop for software development. They are the primary communication channel for coordination of software development. They are also the only general global M:N communication platform we operate.
- Roads
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Comment on US DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling in ~tech
mordae Link ParentThere are developers outside Silicon Valley. You can have 5-10 senior developers in Germany for that amount. And I think the idea is that countries should supply their own staff, not subsidize...There are developers outside Silicon Valley. You can have 5-10 senior developers in Germany for that amount. And I think the idea is that countries should supply their own staff, not subsidize US-based company and their super-high wages.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
mordae Link ParentThanks! So it's nose temperature, basically.Thanks! So it's nose temperature, basically.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
mordae Link ParentNot sure. I might have gotten a small amount of the mud into my mouth when spraying the walls. There were droplets everywhere and I tend to be sloppy about not touching my face. I have noticed...Not sure. I might have gotten a small amount of the mud into my mouth when spraying the walls. There were droplets everywhere and I tend to be sloppy about not touching my face. I have noticed that as I grow older, getting cold through translates to a minor cold pretty often, though. I was lucky, there were cases of dysentery and similar diseases reported in the affected regions.
No, not the first day at the $dayjob. Just returning after about 4 weeks. They wrote back to wave at them as I pass the station where I was supposed to get off, where the long distance train did not stop, and told me not to worry. They are very accommodating, best work arrangement I've ever had.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
mordae LinkWell, let me see... Two week stay-at-home-cation. New phones, bunch of chores, couple trips to unwind, discuss future. Obviously no income. Floods in Silesia. Rode to wife's parents and relatives...Well, let me see...
- Two week stay-at-home-cation. New phones, bunch of chores, couple trips to unwind, discuss future. Obviously no income.
- Floods in Silesia. Rode to wife's parents and relatives with power generators. Shoveling mud, water hosing. Gotten sick from getting wet in the cellar. 4 days in bed. More mud and water hosing.
- Gotten back home. 1st day riding to $dayjob gotten on a wrong train. Long-distance one. Lunch in a different city. Rode back, gave up, went home.
- Wife brought COVID from a client who went like "I'm OK, my husband has it, but I had it like a day or so and now I feel completely fine".
I don't feel that bad, though. Well apart from symptoms from 6th day of COVID.
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Comment on US DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling in ~tech
mordae Link ParentUmm, the actual amount of money is so small, it's about 2-3 orders of magnitude away from making news.Umm, the actual amount of money is so small, it's about 2-3 orders of magnitude away from making news.
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Comment on US DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling in ~tech
mordae Link ParentBrowser is not a tool anymore, it's a platform. It needs to be a part of commons like roads are, otherwise you cannot build on top of it reliably and long-term as a civilization.Browser is not a tool anymore, it's a platform. It needs to be a part of commons like roads are, otherwise you cannot build on top of it reliably and long-term as a civilization.
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Comment on US DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling in ~tech
mordae (edited )Link ParentIt definitely needs to be subsidized by countries. At least EU and US depend on it for contact with citizens and for internal systems. I would like UN to have a program where every country would...It definitely needs to be subsidized by countries. At least EU and US depend on it for contact with citizens and for internal systems.
I would like UN to have a program where every country would provide one person for every million people or so to work on open source public internet infrastructure and related standards.
Plus some money for build servers and stuff like that.
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Comment on China is ready for war (and thanks to a crumbling defense industrial base, America is not) in ~misc
mordae (edited )Link ParentBoth US and EU suffer from having too concentrated private capital that actively pushes against anything besides them doing more for ever increasing costs. SpaceX success clearly shows that when...Both US and EU suffer from having too concentrated private capital that actively pushes against anything besides them doing more for ever increasing costs.
SpaceX success clearly shows that when you pour money into a startup, chances are that you are getting people eager to prove themselves and thus high productivity. When you only rely on people inside your social circle with their established huge companies, chances are the results are going to look like Boeing or Arianespace.
Unless both US and EU actively suppress private consumption and direct most of the available human capital towards military like China does, they will lose. The only alternative is for the "elites" to agree to wealth transfer and restart an actual competition.
The labour will still be missed, though. The sooner this armed race ends, the better for our common prosperity.
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Comment on The elite college students who can’t read books in ~humanities
mordae LinkHave you noticed how Japanese anime funnels people into reading manga and eventually light novels? It's kinda obvious that when the visual media do not compete with the literally works, people...Have you noticed how Japanese anime funnels people into reading manga and eventually light novels? It's kinda obvious that when the visual media do not compete with the literally works, people tend to follow up by reading once in a while.
Game of Thrones and Harry Potter did this as well.
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Comment on You're running for office on a somewhat petty, yet univerally-understood single issue. What is it? in ~talk
mordae Link ParentStill no. "Somebody has to track you, but you can choose who" is only marginally better. Give me a button (inside browser) to report people who show me ads to the regulator instead.Still no. "Somebody has to track you, but you can choose who" is only marginally better. Give me a button (inside browser) to report people who show me ads to the regulator instead.
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Comment on Guest Passes for Nebula now available in ~tech
mordae LinkBetter than nothing, but I'd still prefer to be able to share individual videos through a link on ad-hoc basis.Better than nothing, but I'd still prefer to be able to share individual videos through a link on ad-hoc basis.
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Comment on You're running for office on a somewhat petty, yet univerally-understood single issue. What is it? in ~talk
mordae Link ParentThat implies tracking people. No vote from me. Just make advertisements outside media dedicated to them (product magazines, shops) illegal and fine advertisers.Anyone exposed to an ad receives a micro transaction payment scaled by the cost of the goods or services being offered and by the size or duration of the ad.
That implies tracking people. No vote from me. Just make advertisements outside media dedicated to them (product magazines, shops) illegal and fine advertisers.
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Comment on You're running for office on a somewhat petty, yet univerally-understood single issue. What is it? in ~talk
mordae Link ParentIt's non-trivial task to convince USB-C PD host to increase the voltage. Doubled if you wish to charge through either USB-C port on your phone. Routers would be probably able to use the 15W budget...It's non-trivial task to convince USB-C PD host to increase the voltage. Doubled if you wish to charge through either USB-C port on your phone. Routers would be probably able to use the 15W budget of the simpler charging standard, though.
As for the management, renumbering is a no-no. Nobody is fixing old docs and it would only make the situation more messy.
Dedicate some Vendor IDs to open source community and allow it to run a public registry of Device IDs, that would help.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
mordae LinkHelped my wife's parents deal with the flooded cellar.Helped my wife's parents deal with the flooded cellar.
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Comment on Why don't governments invest in their own dating apps? Would you use one? in ~life
mordae LinkDating? They can't even build a website to match people willing to get employed with employers or build something like Craigslist to be able to find a decent plumber in your city!Dating? They can't even build a website to match people willing to get employed with employers or build something like Craigslist to be able to find a decent plumber in your city!
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Comment on The rise of DIY, pirated medicine: Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses in ~health
mordae Link ParentIt should be possible to synthesize testing kits as well. I would hesitate to use a drug that was not tested or whose inputs and byproducts were not all safe.My only concern is bad reactions, dangerous outputs, and that sort of thing. Sure the lab accounts for it with the recipe and instructions, but a lab also tests their product, somebody with one of these may not have the means to.
It should be possible to synthesize testing kits as well.
I would hesitate to use a drug that was not tested or whose inputs and byproducts were not all safe.
I don't really care, except to remove helmet in dialogue and cut scenes. I always cringe when Kingdom Come Henry talks to other people with his visor down.