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eumoria | 3 years ago | on: The CPSC is on a mission that has nothing to do with safety

It's an interesting phenomenon; at its core is the "correct" idea that gas stoves aren't the most efficient and lead to indoor pollution but it is such a negligible problem that the effort put into legislation against it seems like a giant waste of time an resources.

I feel like most people are in the camp of, "Who cares? Is this really something we're worried about?" At least I am in that camp but there's also likely a term for ignoring the small problems because of the big problems.

eumoria | 4 years ago | on: Giant Pyrosome

Freaks me out this article says over and over [...] large enough for a person to enter.

I'm not going in there. That's scary.

eumoria | 4 years ago | on: Windows 11’s first update makes AMD CPU performance even worse

I've had 0 problems *but I am working on very new hardware that the manufacturer already claims support for Win11.

I dislike the interface changes but I haven't liked changes since Windows 7 so I'm just in grumpy old man territory it seems.

What is the hardware configuration you're experiencing these problems on?

eumoria | 4 years ago | on: TikTok Remix Culture

Thank you new account praising TikTok and saying HN is a waste of time and proving my point.

I didn't ask "what's there to hate" but rather almost NO posts on HN get critical praise for an invasive social media app.

Wow.

eumoria | 4 years ago | on: TikTok Remix Culture

The endless praise for TikTok here is very confusing. I don't think it's in bad faith the account age of the commenters all seem normal and the like.

I don't have any strong hatred of TikTok myself but usually HN are a privacy concerned skeptical bunch and this is very weird.

eumoria | 5 years ago | on: M1 Macs have another hidden boot mode

I'm sure this is already known but no one else has mentioned it, you don't boot into recovery mode anymore with Command+R.

New M1 mini you just hold down the power button.

I know that's not people's issue here but just thought it should be said for anyone new to the new mini.

eumoria | 5 years ago | on: Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver for Linux

The Lenovo P52 models I ordered for my company have a physical slider that covers the camera. This is the 100% sure way nothing can see out of it. Too bad the microphone doesn't have the same level of assuredness. But it's also Lenovo who's already been caught doing hardware spying so...

eumoria | 5 years ago | on: How to Reverse-Engineer a Satellite TV Smart Card (2008)

The 'CableCard' system where I lived was pretty big during the TiVO era before cable companies started providing their own DVR systems.

You had to get 2 cards one for each tuner card in the TiVO and they would constantly fail and had endless issues. I was a Cablevision (a New York cable company) technician at the time.

eumoria | 6 years ago | on: Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone

Yubikeys can do FIDO along with storing a static complex password. I know android phones can lock with a password so it seems possible but it would be extremely clunky to have to plug in your key every time you unlock your phone.

eumoria | 6 years ago | on: U.S. Designates China as Currency Manipulator

Little outside of the topic but:

“We expect a quick—and possibly intemperate—response from the White House, and consequently expect a more rapid escalation of trade tensions.”

Haha, really? No one would expect a intemperate response out of this cool and collected admin.

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