tiramichu

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

There's also the option of electronic scales which are rechargeable via USB

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Haha yeah. People are so accustomed to short TLDs that 'smith.technology' just intuitively feels kinda wrong, and it still feels that way to me, even as a tech person who knows it is perfectly valid.

You're thinking like "smith dot technology dot what?"

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Another reason is brand identity.

Using '.tech' or '.flights' or .sports' for your site feels too "on the nose" and gives vibes of like browsing some directory where things are categorised and sorted. Even worse it implies there are other sites under the same category, and those other sites may be competitors, and this dilutes strength of brand.

lt also suggests strongly what the business does, and while that might seem desirable at first it actually isn't from a corporate perspective because it means the company becomes tied to their business area and can't expand and grow out of it into other things.

I think this is a major part of why descriptive TLDs continue to be less preferred over 'meaningless' two letter TLDs, because companies want the focus to be on the main part of the domain, not the TLD.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Because then your browser would itself have to be a torrent client.

The way torrents download is fundamentally different from how a standard http download works, which is why they have a specialist implementation. Browsers dont want to bother bringing a whole load of new code and associated bugs into the browser to do a job which isn't really connected with the browser's main responsibility, which is browsing the web.

Just because torrents come from the web shouldn't make it the browser's responsibility to deal with them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks. I've been keeping my eye on colour ereaders, and the tech has improved so rapidly in the last couple of years I do wonder if I just hang on for another year then the colour reproduction could be even better.

Can't wait forever of course, that defeats the whole purpose, but it might pay to wait just a little.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

I've had two kindles so far, but my next e-reader won't be from Amazon.

I'm trying to move my tech life away from closed ecosystems as much as possible, So I'll probably go for a kobo or boox.

For me the dream would be a really large colour ereader around 10 inches, where you can view even the densest manga or comics comfortably without zooming or scrolling. I think that's what I'm holding out for.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's pretty ridiculous.

What happens if you go there and Sony have moved their EULA page and it just 404s? Does that mean there is no EULA at all and you can play without terms? Doubt Sony woild see it that way lol.

EULA should be displayed within the same context it is accepted.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (3 children)

UK here and they are turned on.

Thanks a lot, Brexit :(

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The worrying truth is that we are all going to be subject to these sorts of false correlations and biases and there will be very little we can do about it.

You go to buy car insurance, and find that your premium has gone up 200% for no reason. Why? Because the AI said so. Maybe soneone with your name was in a crash. Maybe you parked overnight at the same GPS location where an accident happened. Who knows what data actually underlies that decision or how it was made, but it was. And even the insurance company themselves doesn't know how it ended up that way.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (8 children)

What don't you like about Signal?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not seen Nagato in a while

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

If a tree falls in the woods...

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