soylentcola

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by soylentcola 2y ago
The way I've always seen it is that they'd never directly sell user data because that is their most valuable and prized asset. It's what allows them to sell targeted access to users for so much money.
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by soylentcola 2y ago
I'd just assumed that "Ni" and "Neee-wom" were already taken.
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by soylentcola 2y ago
That's my main use as well. On many (most even?) occasions I would gladly pay a small-to-modest premium just to have the thing in my hands today and without worrying about delivery delays, theft, or just the wasteful feeling I get fro
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by soylentcola 2y ago
This is one of my main complaints. Back when Google Play Music was still a thing, I uploaded my library of ~30k tracks that had been ripped from the massive binder of CDs I'd accumulated over the years, plus stuff from friends, stuff
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by soylentcola 2y ago
As a kid with a Commodore 128 and no access to stores or cash, I printed loads of those things. Also long banners (much to my father's chagrin as he had to provide the ink ribbons and tractor-fed printer paper).
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Agree completely, and the only times I've used IP cameras, they were separated from the main LAN, had no access from outside, and provided a stream to a NAS running NVR software. That said, I can see the average user having a better ou
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Sorry...was talking more about the ones I've run across that are directly accessible via WAN for remote viewing.
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Only thing I'd mention is that the old school "web server runs on camera" model is really dodgy when the average user just plugs it in, fires up a mobile app, and sees their camera - then assumes all is well. So many securi
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by soylentcola 2y ago
For some reason (inertia? not-broken-don't-fix?) I still use the same portable version of SpaceMonger I was first introduced to via some computer magazine bundle-in CD of utilities decades ago.
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by soylentcola 2y ago
And remains a solid use of a single jukebox credit.
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Only thing I'll say is that this wasn't necessarily the case: > "...before affordable data plans, accidentally clicking the browser icon on your flip phone would make you sweat. In the early 2000s, accessing a single websi
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Pretty much. I ditched my Facebook account in 2017 and never really messed with IG. At some point I just wasn't seeing much of what I liked about the site initially (a feed of what friends and acquaintances were up to) and didn'
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Been using the portable version of 1.4 for decades after first coming across it in some PC magazine or something like that many years ago. Not terribly pretty, but it does what I need and it still works.
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by soylentcola 2y ago
That was the first thing I looked for.
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Haven't done that in a year and a half, but when I spent a few weeks out of the country it was a simple matter of buying a $30 prepaid SIM from a vending machine at the airport and having more data than I had time to use. Honestly, no
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Eh, maybe for some. Alcohol has anti-anxiety effects and "loosens" me up. Cannabis has a pretty good track record of making me anxious, even in small amounts. And while it can make me feel comfortable just chilling out, it&#x27
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Nice Mike Judge ref there... Agreed about being faster than a lot of other media - at least in terms of density. Also, the tired eyes thing can be a bonus too. For years I had trouble falling asleep at night and I'd stay up later bec
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Looks like it only works on their portable router (a separate device) unless I missed something. A sort of proxy for your phone I guess?
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Same here. I want fast speeds at home on a wired connection. I don't need to get within spitting distance of gigabit speeds on my cell phone. Hell, a few Mpbs down is enough to stream music in the car or look something up. I would p
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by soylentcola 2y ago
I never had the WiFi sled, but I remember feeling this way when I used my 650 in the car, plugged into the aux audio input, to stream 128kbps music from Shoutcast servers via some media player I've since forgotten (it aped the Winamp i
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Even "comfort food" (or the equivalent) can expand and exercise your thought. I read a ton of what even I consider "fluff". Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, horror. Novels that get unceremoniously lumped u
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by soylentcola 2y ago
In many (US, at least) locations, there is only a single provider of fixed broadband. Not sure how it is elsewhere, but without a more customer-friendly framework (infrastructure isn't owned by the same entity selling user access), I
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by soylentcola 2y ago
Haven't seen it since the first time I watched it, but I remember thinking the same thing - this is what it feels like to come up on mushrooms. Most movies just settle for some visual distortions, accurate or otherwise. The whole h
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by soylentcola 3y ago
Same. My dad bought our C128 second-hand from a guy at work and it came with a box of disks. Most were cracked games the previous owner had likely downloaded from BBSes or otherwise copied from other users (incidentally, how I discovered
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by soylentcola 3y ago
I watched it because I can tolerate quite a bit of jank if there's nothing else compelling to watch, and if the source is good. That said, I don't know if I'd consider it enjoyable. Effects being cheesy is fine. But the pac
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by soylentcola 3y ago
These are all classes of device where existing options hashed out many of the growing pains before Apple released something more polished or attractive to buyers - the definition of second-mover.
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by soylentcola 3y ago
The battery powered circ saw is nice because it's lightweight and easy to use for quick cuts. I've even taken it with me to rough cut stuff in the parking lot of a store so it will fit in my car. Didn't need anything better
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by soylentcola 3y ago
Yeah, I am pretty sure the "starter pack" was a deal they had going at the Depot. I typically avoid big packs of things (pots and pans, knives, etc) since I end up using just a subset and would rather get higher quality versions
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by soylentcola 3y ago
Also have some Ryobi stuff. Got a surprisingly affordable (under $150) package deal with a drill, impact driver, oscillating tool, reciprocating saw, flashlight, and small circular saw. Came with a charger and two battery packs. None of t
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by soylentcola 3y ago
For me Facebook is hit-or-miss. If the post is public (say, a venue posting about an event) I can typically read the main post, but can't click on anything. If I'm on mobile, it tries to redirect me to install an app. Usually h

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