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  1. Comment on Bike manufacturers are making bikes less repairable in ~transport

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    Thanks for all this awesome information! I'm trying to find a bike under $1k for my wife. There only seem to be two from the list, and they're both right at the top of that range: the Surly...

    Thanks for all this awesome information!

    I'm trying to find a bike under $1k for my wife. There only seem to be two from the list, and they're both right at the top of that range: the Surly Preamble, which still looks fairly complicated for people with no bike maintenance experience, and the All-City Big Block, a single-speed, which I'm not sure about.

    Do you have any thoughts on Priority bikes (like this Gotham), which seem simpler? Or would an older used Trek from your list be the best value?

    1 vote

  2. Comment on CloudFlare beats patent troll Sable, forcing them to dedicate all its patents to the public in ~tech

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    Infrastructure providers can choose to police content or not. They chose to. That's not the issue. The issue is what they've chosen to police. They've made their political beliefs very clear, and...

    Infrastructure providers can choose to police content or not. They chose to. That's not the issue. The issue is what they've chosen to police. They've made their political beliefs very clear, and they're awful.

    9 votes

  3. Comment on CloudFlare beats patent troll Sable, forcing them to dedicate all its patents to the public in ~tech

  4. Comment on Coax wire tools in ~life.home_improvement

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    I've had good experiences with Klein wire tools, crimpers and others. They're more ergonomic and reliable than the no-name versions. I don't think you need anything more expensive than Klein for...

    I've had good experiences with Klein wire tools, crimpers and others. They're more ergonomic and reliable than the no-name versions. I don't think you need anything more expensive than Klein for regular home jobs.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (September 2024) — Version 1.1 adds an in-app YouTube player in ~tildes

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    Thanks! Working great now. Glad I can get rid of the PWA!

    Thanks! Working great now. Glad I can get rid of the PWA!

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (September 2024) — Version 1.1 adds an in-app YouTube player in ~tildes

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    Is there a trick to logging in? When I paste my 2FA code, I just get a spinner that stays forever. (Android user here.)

    Is there a trick to logging in? When I paste my 2FA code, I just get a spinner that stays forever. (Android user here.)

    4 votes

  7. Comment on IFixit introduces USB-C portable soldering iron in ~tech

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    Exactly - it's a huge jump in price between the iron and the station, and I think they'd do well to introduce a cheaper, wired station.

    Exactly - it's a huge jump in price between the iron and the station, and I think they'd do well to introduce a cheaper, wired station.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on IFixit introduces USB-C portable soldering iron in ~tech

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    In particular, I think the price for the station is too high. I would consider buying a set if they offered a station without the battery for a much better price. I'm always going to be near an...

    In particular, I think the price for the station is too high. I would consider buying a set if they offered a station without the battery for a much better price. I'm always going to be near an outlet when I'm soldering.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Introducing Steam Families - now out of beta! in ~games

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    No parental restrictions, but is your son's account in the family group as an adult or child?

    No parental restrictions, but is your son's account in the family group as an adult or child?

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Internet Archive loses appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive in ~tech

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    I don't understand. I've been borrowing books from the Internet Archive for years, and they are indeed borrowed - I don't get to keep them. And the time limits are much more strict than with...

    I don't understand. I've been borrowing books from the Internet Archive for years, and they are indeed borrowed - I don't get to keep them. And the time limits are much more strict than with physical libraries.

    21 votes

  11. Comment on You should own your games in ~games

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    I admire Gog, and I wish they cared more about Linux support, like Steam has. You should own your operating system, too, in addition to your games.

    I admire Gog, and I wish they cared more about Linux support, like Steam has. You should own your operating system, too, in addition to your games.

    14 votes

  12. Comment on Inside the "three billion people" National Public Data breach in ~tech

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    They're just text files, so not from that part, but they're in 7z compressed archives, so theoretically someone could have private knowledge of a vulnerability that would affect anyone who opens...

    They're just text files, so not from that part, but they're in 7z compressed archives, so theoretically someone could have private knowledge of a vulnerability that would affect anyone who opens or extracts them. I'd say that's unlikely, but we had something similar in xz recently...

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Radxa X4 low-cost, credit card-sized Intel N100 SBC goes for $60 and up in ~tech

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    But how many of these types of Intel-based single-board computers get BIOS/EFI security updates? ARM has less attack surface there.

    Not having to deal with the software support headaches brought on by ARM is benefit enough already.

    But how many of these types of Intel-based single-board computers get BIOS/EFI security updates? ARM has less attack surface there.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on A summer Covid-19 wave in ~health

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    Absolutely. Flo Mask Pro, anytime I'm near anyone, indoors or out. (Which is rare because of isolation.) Maybe it's easier to remember when you've lost family and friends to it. We are not through it.

    Absolutely. Flo Mask Pro, anytime I'm near anyone, indoors or out. (Which is rare because of isolation.)

    Maybe it's easier to remember when you've lost family and friends to it.

    We are not through it.

    6 votes

  15. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    I agree, and I think things would be better with downvotes. I know few people here will agree with me on that, but as it is, if you want to be part of the community, and someone says something you...

    I agree, and I think things would be better with downvotes. I know few people here will agree with me on that, but as it is, if you want to be part of the community, and someone says something you think is harmful (but not reportable) or wrong (but you don't have the time or ability to write a useful counter) then the only tools you have that feel remotely appropriate are the "noise" and "malice" labels. "Malice" requires explanation that (in my experience) mods won't agree with; "noise" doesn't, but still requires a lot of agreement and gives you no signal back.

    Downvotes would let the community know what's generally not appreciated, and it would do a better job than just a lack of upvotes, because it's an actual signal and method of participation; it doesn't leave a question as to whether a post or comment is just unseen or ignored. I think labels are usually invisible and unhelpful there.

    I think the argument against downvotes is that people are only welcome if they are able and comfortable writing responses to everything, and growth isn't a goal; I can't argue against that, I just think it's short-sighted and insular.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Hallucination-free RAG: Making LLMs safe for healthcare in ~tech

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    I wonder if it will allow you to expand the context around a quote, still guaranteeing that it's from the original source. It's too easy to selectively quote, and the LLM wouldn't even know (can't...

    I wonder if it will allow you to expand the context around a quote, still guaranteeing that it's from the original source. It's too easy to selectively quote, and the LLM wouldn't even know (can't know) that it's creating bias. Of course, most people won't bother to expand context even if they have that capability, so I still see this as harmful.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Feeeed is a reader app that goes beyond tracking RSS feeds in ~tech

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    Woops, thanks for the tip!

    Woops, thanks for the tip!

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Feeeed is a reader app that goes beyond tracking RSS feeds in ~tech

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    I really like Newsblur, for an Android app. For feeds to follow, check out ooh.directory!

    I really like Newsblur, for an Android app.

    For feeds to follow, check out ooh.directory!

    5 votes

  19. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    +1. I've used Void for years, like @crdpa, but I knew it wasn't the best choice for something like Plasma, which I want for a general-purpose desktop. I'll live with (meaning try to ignore)...

    +1. I've used Void for years, like @crdpa, but I knew it wasn't the best choice for something like Plasma, which I want for a general-purpose desktop. I'll live with (meaning try to ignore) systemd to get the reliability of NixOS updates/rollbacks.

    An alternative was Kinoite, but it has the downsides of Fedora mentioned above, and it isn't as tested as NixOS.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    You can use nix-ld to solve some of those problems, right? I'm new to NixOS, but that was one of the selling points for me. (Along with appimage-run, and flatpaks just working.)

    There isn't a /lib/, which will however break just about every single normal binary looking for libc

    You can use nix-ld to solve some of those problems, right? I'm new to NixOS, but that was one of the selling points for me. (Along with appimage-run, and flatpaks just working.)

    1 vote