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rblatz··on Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely
Either I switch to the new interface and be grumpy about it for a few weeks until I get used to it, or I stop going on Reddit and spend less time mindlessly consuming content? Or maybe I spend more time on TikTok/Instagram short form video? I’m not really worried about the bad spez taking away my reddits.
rblatz··on Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely
Also most people don’t really care about the API/3rd party app thing. It doesn’t impact them and it looks from the outside like a bunch of dorks with no lives getting worked up over nothing.

I’ve been on Reddit since the digg migration and I’ve never felt the need for an app, old.reddit.com and Adblock works perfectly fine on the phone. Better than Reddit’s mobile site.

rblatz··on I booted Linux 293k times in 21 hours
This dude literally spent days doing their work. Rebooted Linux nearly 300k to find their fuckup. Then they have the infantile reaction to complain about clicking a link?
rblatz··on I booted Linux 293k times in 21 hours
Are they on a PDP-11 or a dumb terminal?
rblatz··on The duck in the room – the end of baseload
I have 22 solar panels rated at 370w, I live in Phoenix Arizona where it’s normally cloud free and sunny. I have them facing southeast and southwest. My most productive panel produces about 2.5 KWh a day.

Not that I disagree with the conclusion, but you’d get no where near 8KWh a day from a 400W panel.

rblatz··on US Supreme Court's dog toy ruling puts parody products on notice
The Supreme Court made no such ruling. They ruled that the parody should not be considered protected under 1st amendment free speech grounds. They sent it back to the lower courts for a ruling on if it violated copyright under consumer confusion grounds.
rblatz··on Apple Execs on Facebook (2011)
Are they engaged in generally questionable behavior? Otherwise I can’t imagine why they’d have such a short retention policy.
rblatz··on Apple Execs on Facebook (2011)
Or just set a company policy around email retention. Then delete anything older than that?

Apple chose to keep these emails around because the value of the emails was greater than the risk of keeping them.

rblatz··on Apple Execs on Facebook (2011)
What do you mean? Client to server on both sides is encrypted. I can’t say for sure, but it’s not unlikely to think the emails would be encrypted at rest on the email server.

The server itself is owned by Apple and is fully trusted to be secure by the exec team using it.

rblatz··on Federal judge: Border searches of cell phones require a warrant
In what world is it faster to tear apart your phone swap in random spare blank chips and turn it back on then to ask your phone to wipe its security key and mark all space as free?
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
Yes I slowly tapered up (4ish months) to 2.25 mg a week.
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
Thanks, I am stable for now. There is some vision loss but only in the periphery, my most recent surgery was on Tuesday so it’s not clear how much is permanently lost and how much will continue to return as the eye heals.
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
Non diabetic, didn’t/don’t have diabetic retinopathy. I had assumed that the detachments were unrelated to Semaglutide but just happened as a freak coincidence in time.

The no apparent reason was a bit of hyperbole, since my vitreous was pulling away from the retina and brought some pieces with it during the process. But as to why that was happening at my current age is unknown. Second was likely related to stress in the eye from healing from the first surgery. But the point was I didn’t take any blows to the head or eye, or any other common cause of retinal detachments.

rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
Dehydration and kidney damage is a common side effect of Semaglutide, and they regularly test for that if you are on it. Drinking plenty of water is the way to prevent that from happening.
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
I always thought that it’s uncertain if free will exists, but you have to behave as if it does otherwise the world falls into chaos.
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
Yeah that was some dude on TikTok selling some diet scam stuff saying that. Or at least that’s where I saw it.
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
I’ve been a fan of the keto diet (low carb high fat) for a while. But I suspect any diet that cuts a very large group of foods like carbs or fats out forces you to be more mindful of what you’re eating. And that’s a large part of the weight loss on those diets.

Elsewhere in this thread it was stated that food journaling was the gold standard in weight loss, which also I’d expect to increase mindfulness around eating.

rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
I suspect a chat bot, maybe not got-4, but maybe Bard? It’s close, but there was no point and the references were off but weirdly close. Like florist could be psychiatrist.
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
I was slightly overweight, 22% body fat 6’2” 220, and was suggested semaglutide (generic ozempic) all other standard health metrics in the healthy range. It’s not some crazy last resort drug, it’s basically everywhere and readily available to anyone that want it.
rblatz··on Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more?
I started taking it in November and I’m down 30 pounds and my retina has detached 2x for no apparent reason since then. My drinking is unchanged, except I get full sooner and drink slower. Because of the discomfort.
rblatz··on YouTube on TVs getting unskippable 30-second and pause screen ads
Who is paying for cable???
rblatz··on Debian pauses /usr merge file moves
I’m also confused why all system supplied data is in /usr instead of say /sys.
rblatz··on Ask HN: Why is the state of “smart home” devices still so dire?
There is, it’s all high end and you have to go through a salesman and a whole system design to even get accurate pricing.
rblatz··on FDA Finalizes Rule to Deregulate Hearing Aids
That’s why apple supports importing an audiogram so you can selectively boost certain ranges of sound.

https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/iphone/iphb80ab7516/io...

rblatz··on Apple’s Unionized Store Wants to Start Accepting Tips from Customers
It’s called Bonusly
rblatz··on Bed Bath and Beyond files for bankruptcy
That's the role Costco has been filling for a lot of Americans recently. Most of the time you are going to find something at a decent price, that may not be best in class but at least it's going to be near the top of the price/utility curve.
rblatz··on LSD: Not Even Once
A fifth is enough to kill a person if they drank it fairly quickly.

Also I’ve never heard of someone addicted to psychedelics. I’m starting to think you may not know what you are talking about and are just being judgmental.

rblatz··on LSD: Not Even Once
Wonder if the first time he drank he chugged a fifth of vodka.
rblatz··on SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
No one cares what you think.
rblatz··on GM’s decision to ditch Apple CarPlay, Android Auto sparks backlash
What will you connect to your car with an aux cord?
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