HelixEndeavor

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by HelixEndeavor 2y ago
If we're to pass any sort of legislation, it shouldn't be against the kids, they're the victims of exploitation by greedy monopoly/oligopoly algorithms, we should legislate against companies like Meta, Snapchat, etc. the
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
2005 is about as late as you can go before the processors in cameras started being powerful enough to do a lot of stuff to the images. Most of my collection is very early 2000s or even late 90s. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F717 is a great cam f
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
"pirated" yes but you can often source the install images direct from Microsoft and then use open source tools to crack the activation systems. Microsoft has kind of stopped policing piracy at the individual user level, you can ev
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
This sounds nightmarish. One of many reasons I refuse to sign into my Outlook account on Windows, I just know they'll use the excuse of "integration" to completely fuck up my computer with cloud bullshit. I want what's o
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
This. Important distinction between "the company wants to know everything that happens to the server" and "Microsoft wants to know why you don't want their bloated adware running 24/7"
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
So is there a regedit you can do to disable OneDrive completely or does Microsoft worm their way around that as well. Honestly the only thing keeping me from updating from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is that the ads and forced behaviors are an
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
Well, given that the modern web has a lot more requirements for security to even permit most browsers to view a site, it makes sense that the base hardware needs have increased noticeably.
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
Early digicams weren't powerful enough to pull off a lot of the fancy behind-the-scenes instant post-processinf modern cameras do before you even get to see the picture. The result was they often resembled film photography in many ways
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
Haven't touched Mastodon myself. "Decentralized" reads to me as "fragmented, dependent upon randoms to uphold the infrastructure, interoperable to a degree but you'd better hope your 'home' server doesn&#x
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
Bullshit artists trying to build vague techbro hype with the right buzzwords to hopefully attract enough Silicon Valley VC funding so they can turn up no product or a really hilariously bad product and walk away with all the money.
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
Professional wine tasters are proven to be full of shit from top to bottom time and time again, and yet they still have careers, it's still a very wealthy industry, and people still give them the time of day. Pretty wild.
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
Water isn't dangerous but if you were dropped into the middle of the ocean you would probably drown. Does that mean you must swear off water because it's proven to be dangerous since people drown in it?
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
last time I encountered this, I had my phone on me, but had no cell signal in the area and the restaurant had no public wifi. I asked my server for a physical menu and they brought me a goddamn iPad with the brightness locked to max in a di
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
why not both
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
I don't own a good record player, but I like to support small artists that I really enjoy. I do usually also buy the CD if I can and rip it to FLACs to play on my phone.
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
Fragment? You mean Telegram's attempt to cash in on the cryptocoin scam, with their own walled-garden system and marketplace where it's currently hovering around $30 to buy a number, when it's genuinely cheaper to just get a
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by HelixEndeavor 3y ago
lol I just saw a recent Bandcamp update for iOS where the changelog said it "updated payment workflow" or something and it got me real confused because the app has never let you buy anything
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
lol to the guy accusing floppy disks of being "plastic waste." As if SSDs encased in 90% hollow plastic/metal, or USB drives encased in varying amounts of unnecessary plastic are somehow less "wasteful" than floppy
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
So presumably a bug that can be fixed by either AMD updating their optimizer, Factorio updating to work better with it, or both?
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
https://bearblog.dev seems like a good alternative for simple, clean, good looking blogs. Prioritizes quick loading and efficient web design.
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Just got to say I appreciate the visual pun of the "autopilot" from Airplane.
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Why are prepaid carriers so much better then traditional ones, it seems? I've been on Metro for years, service is identical to T-Mobile at a fraction of the cost with no hidden fees.
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Every day it seems more and more like restaurants in general are a completely unsustainable business unless you want to pay $20 for a cheeseburger.
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Waffle House is an interesting example for me - it's one of the few establishments that outright declares on its menu that all food prices already include sales tax. Yet you still have to tip your server, of course. But then, if you or
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
> Smoking or non? There was a small family owned diner in my hometown that had been built in like the 60s and never changed management. As such, they were one of the last businesses to still have a valid smoking permit. I distinctly reme
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Overall pretty meaningless coming from Facebook. They'll still collect all the metadata they want. The only theoretical benefit this offers to the user is in the event of a massive Messenger data breach, at least the contents of user
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Horse apples?
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
My mother's new truck (new as in 2016) somehow doesn't have a CD player in it and I was totally baffled by that.
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Cryptographically secured? Perhaps. Distributed, in the sense of a blockchain? Highly unlikely.
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by HelixEndeavor 4y ago
Man, I would love to get a Fairphone, but they won't sell it to the US, and even if I spent an exorbitant amount having it imported, the modem inside isn't programmed for US frequencies so network compatibility will be flaky or no

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