DerfNet

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by DerfNet 9y ago
There's something... poignant? about how this sounds so dreary, and is the end result of mturk workers getting paid pennies to record their voices.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
I explicitly don't want to use Amazon Key, but would like a keyless lock as keyed locks are basically a minor inconvenience for even an amateur lock picker, but a 5 key pin would take days or weeks to brute force. Looks like a Schlag
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by DerfNet 9y ago
I've considered building a small shed in which Amazon could place packages, grocery delivery could deposit groceries in a small fridge, etc. If the future is Amazon staple deliveries and Uber drivers coming by with my groceries, this m
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by DerfNet 9y ago
I mean, instead of buy proprietary devices like Fire Sticks and Chromecasts, you could just connect a computer to your TV, have it all, and call it a day. Of course, "all" does not include 1080p playback on Netflix unless you use
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by DerfNet 9y ago
I've actually semi-automated this in the past by having Amazon ship me products on a regular schedule. Pricewise, though, it makes more sense to just make a quarterly trip to Costco and load up the storage closet.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
Here's a simple solution: next time you buy soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, etc, buy two of them and put the one you're not using in a closet.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
It's the new thing, people will always buy or use the new thing just because it's the new thing.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
I do not grant my phone permission to constantly use its microphone. Unless it is being tampered with, which is beyond my control, the microphone should only be in use when I enable it. I physically remove the microphones and webcams in my
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by DerfNet 9y ago
100% my stance on it. To expand, these devices do not offer enough convenience in exchange for so thoroughly triggering my paranoia.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
there is zero privacy concern regarding the average washing machine, not to mention the fact that a washing machine is actually saving you hours of time per week , whereas if you add up every single convenience offered by a home assistant
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by DerfNet 9y ago
Meanwhile, after two years my Android phone will brick itself.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
Hoodie, jeans, sneakers
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by DerfNet 9y ago
https://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=cheap+unlocked+smar...
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by DerfNet 9y ago
There are quite a few budget smartphones out there for under $90, without even touching the used market. Could the software run on an Android device?
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by DerfNet 9y ago
No idea what stats show, but I can tell you personally that I have a 20 minute round trip commute daily and wouldn't have it any other way (except shorter if possible)
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by DerfNet 9y ago
The only other factor I can think of with ReviewBrah is that he's often negatively reviewing products from huge companies (fast food chains) that might advertise on YouTube. Would Burger King want to run an ad before he reviews chicken
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by DerfNet 9y ago
do you have to commute an hour a day? I'm not from silicon valley but priorities vary a lot from person to person. I value shortest possible commute time much higher than an extra ~2500 square feet I don't need.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
I've heard a lot of chatter amongst non-tech people about Facebook etc spying on the public. I think the general population is finally starting to care a little bit about privacy, so that might help Firefox's numbers a bit.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
I always found it crazy that they didn't carry over the hardware "recording" LED to cellphone cameras. I'd really like to see that become a thing, and maybe another LED for the microphone, wired into the circuit so that
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by DerfNet 9y ago
user privacy is exactly why I'm excited to finally have a decent mainstream competitor to Chrome. If nothing else this is a nice gate out of the Google ecosystem.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
MicroCenter has been selling $5 Pi Zero Ws near me for about 2 months, check if there's a location near you
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by DerfNet 9y ago
That's without even mentioning the "internet of things" phenomenon, standalone voice assistants, and so on. The advertisers aren't happy just collecting web usage data anymore and now they want into our actual homes.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
Could you expand on that second line a bit? I'm curious what features we're currently missing out on compared to decades past.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
They explicitly used to scan emails for advertising purposes: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-reading-personal-email...
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by DerfNet 9y ago
submit a pull request
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by DerfNet 9y ago
As a T420 owner who can barely make it through a 2 hour movie on my 9 cell battery, this comment is confusing.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
Laptop manufacturers messed up by not behaving like cell phone manufacturers. without planned obsolescence and scheduled component failures, there just isn't the same demand for iterative improvements. I use a six year old Thinkpad and
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by DerfNet 9y ago
ah! thank you, that makes a lot of sense. I use Evernote's web clipper for similar functionality.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
In the book Hatching Twitter, AIM status updates were cited as a major point of inspiration for Twitter.
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by DerfNet 9y ago
honest question, why would anyone use an in-browser screenshot tool when screenshot tools already come pre-installed in basically every operating system? can Firefox's screenshot tool be disabled? I'd like to switch back from Chro

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