[-] kale@lemmy.zip 20 points 10 months ago

Regarding the 2017 comment: I was at work and read that quote "nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated" and I laughed hard for a while. Then sighed. Then I had to go for a walk. Deep down I had really doubted someone could get that far in life and be as dumb as he appeared to be. That statement shredded that thought. He wasn't acting. He was really that dumb, and the next three years were going to be rough.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 20 points 10 months ago

I don't think NY splits electoral votes. To get any NY electoral votes, he'd have to carry the whole state.

Will this leave him off the ballot for the primary? He is expected to win the primary and this will pump the numbers for another GOP candidate. If enough states do this, it could give the convention the cover to select someone else.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago

I get the idea, but it's akin to saying "let's not enforce the law because these people might break more laws". It says to the public: to escape justice, you have to be violent enough that people fear you.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 20 points 11 months ago

I'm not following closely and haven't gamed on PC in a while but:

Denovo is a technology that is supposed to prevent copying games (DRM). Not sure what it's current state is or might be mixing it up with other DRM, but DRM is known for causing headaches for paying customers. Using excessive system resources, refusal to launch for legitimate paying customers, spyware/excessive data collected and sent to a corporation, etc. In some games, volunteers will patch bugs out of a game, and this will cause the game to think it's cracked and refuse to launch.

Some DRM is "phone home" and can't be played offline, so people in remote areas can't play. And sometimes the company doesn't want to keep servers online when the game has been out for 10 years, so people that purchased the game can no longer play.

In this case, the company let reviewers rate the game and got the initial scores and sales, then pushed the unpopular DRM update. It's scummy. If you're using it, then use it. Don't bait and switch.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 year ago

You mention bedbug PTSD. That's not hyperbole. I think it's about 10% of bedbug infestations cause diagnosable conditions that meet clinical definitions of trauma or anxiety.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago

There's a joke told around me that explains this. Why do you always invite two Baptists fishing? Because if you invite one Baptist, they'll drink all your beer.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago

"The Economy" is the state of the ruling class's bank account. It has nothing to do with whether the working class can afford housing or food. /S

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 year ago

Related to fingerprinting, it's theorized that if a person doesn't have a Facebook account but their friend group does, Facebook will create a "shadow account" which isn't public but still attempts to collect data for this person based on the posts, pictures, and location data from friends on Facebook that spend time with this person. Zuckerberg admitted to Congress that Facebook does collect information on non-users.

Even for users, Facebook attempts to establish a lot of metrics, even if the user doesn't provide them, like estimated income and political affiliation, for advertisers to use.

I saw some of this first hand. Several years ago I tried some advertising for some affiliate marketing. Facebook's ad platform let me limit advertising to people with gaming consoles between certain ages, and I noticed I could target it for people who likely leaned more liberal or conservative if I wanted, or only for an estimated household income level. It's surprisingly detailed.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by kale@lemmy.zip to c/android@lemmy.world

I noticed a new background image on the Android podcast app this morning. I thought one of my podcasts changed their icon art. Nope, it's a Logan Paul podcast. I've never listened to any of his stuff. I only heard about him when he challenged someone to an MMA fight I think?

I only listen to Behind the Bastards, The Dollop, and Prosecuting Donald Trump, plus occasionally My Brother My Brother and Me.

I figured maybe one of my kids had subscribed or I had hit a subscribe button on the home page. Well, in the app, when I unsubscribe it immediately re-subscribes. I saw where other users had the same problem and it went away after an hour. This was 11 hours ago. I pulled it up on the Web version of Google podcasts. It looks like it unsubscribes but if I refresh, I'm subscribed again.

Any ideas? Is there a way to block a podcast?

Edit: Problem still persists 24 hours later. I'm not allowed to turn on the explicit filter either. On the app or on the web interface. What's a good android program that will record video of my screen and highlight taps? I want to record this. I think I still have OBS studio on my computer to show the web behavior.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 year ago

I haven't posted once since RIF was disabled. I think my account is up to 16 years now. I've been on a subreddit if Google brought me there, but I don't browse anymore.

Jerboa is pretty similar to RIF so it's been great.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 year ago

Melting tundra releases methane, accelerating the increase in temperature. Rising temperature reduces polar ice, making oceans absorb more heat, accelerating heating. Climate pattern changes cause more frequent and larger wildfires, accelerating heating.

There are probably processes that work to reduce heating as it increases that I'm not aware of, but there are a lot of positive feedback processes which is concerning.

I believe the IPCC 1.5C was criticized because it included effects of a carbon sequestering process that hasn't been invented yet. That's pretty optimistic.

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submitted 1 year ago by kale@lemmy.zip to c/starfield@lemmy.zip

I love how decisions have consequences. I try to not reload and try different options on my first play-thru. I roll with the decisions I make and enemies I create (usually accidentally in a firefight). With FO4 this usually didn't have an enormous effect.

I'll be vague in an example: I was caught doing something illegal and the settlement security made me an offer to "get out of jail free" if I did something for them. I wanted to finish the quest I was on so I opted to pay my fine and serve my time. And then I was notified that I was enemies with this faction.

In a random firefight with "bad guys" Members of this faction joined in the fight and then started attacking me. What's the harm in looting their ship when I'm done? I find out my companion (that I'm trying to develop) is part of that faction and very much dislikes me looting the ship. And he even makes comments that he's mad at me but he's with me until we finish the quest.

It's made ship travel much more treacherous since instead of having help I often have two enemies to fight.

This is like FO:NV where decisions changed the game as much as they do. It's great!

I think they nailed the "emergent gameplay" part really well.

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submitted 1 year ago by kale@lemmy.zip to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

I got klippy running on my expendable Monoprice Mini Select V1 and was brave enough to convert my CR-10 v2.

Compiled the firmware, flashed the CR-10 from my Raspberry Pi, got Moonraker to connect, etc. Everything looked great. The screen was a little dim (FIRST RED FLAG) but I could navigate with the front panel knob. I started by testing the fans one by one. The part cooling fan was running much slower than I thought it should at 100% fan (SECOND RED FLAG). The hot end fan wasn't on, and I figured that maybe it wouldn't turn on until I started heating the hot end.

I put in 150C and nothing happened. The runaway temp protection alarm tripped in klippy (RED FLAG). I bumped the hot end fan and it started spinning, again much slower than it should have (RED FLAG).

I looked at my control box cooling fans and they weren't spinning either. They're 12V quiet fans, and my buck converter lights were on, suggesting it was getting power. I did an emergency shut down.

I thought I'd power cycle the CR-10 and see if that helped. When I switched to power it off, it roared to life. Fans started spinning and the screen fully lit.

This entire time, I was powering EVERYTHING on the printer via USB from the Raspberry Pi. I had no idea this was possible. The board was flashed to klipper firmware only being powered by the Pi USB (not sure if that's the way it's supposed to be or not).

Anyways, this was a long story to get to the conclusion, but I thought I'd share my journey in case anyone else finds themselves in a similar situation. I should have started troubleshooting after noticing the part cooling fan wasn't as fast as it should have been. Also, CR-10 screen, MCU, and fans can be powered a little through the USB port.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 year ago

I switched from slashdot to Digg. Digg to Reddit when Digg started censoring the Blu-Ray decryption key (before v4), then was on Reddit until RIF shut down. I'm scheduled to get my 16 year badge this year I think. I haven't posted or commented since RIF shut down though.

I'm debating whether to sell my account or delete it. $75 could buy a lot of printer filament.

[-] kale@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 year ago

My only question is: Why? History is already not kind to Kissinger and he will be remembered as an architect of bloody wars. He's also not in any office of the US, so he's as legitimate as Dennis Rodman is for diplomatic negotiations.

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