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New comment by aemreunal in "Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses"

aemreunal — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:21:36 +0000

The issue with that is that it's a very slippery slope. Same laws could be used against people recording police interactions in public, for example, or other interactions where a private citizen is harassing another private citizen. It really needs to be carefully worded to avoid those pitfalls and I have a feeling that a lot of lawmakers would want to keep it intentionally vague.

New comment by aemreunal in "Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users"

aemreunal — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:59:55 +0000

I'm sure you can guess why Breitbart is blocked so much...

New comment by aemreunal in "Sennheiser HD 555 to HD 595 Mod"

aemreunal — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:32:47 +0000

People in Audio Science Review forums do scientific studies of headphones: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?forums/he...

New comment by aemreunal in "Surges of cosmic radiation from space directly linked to earthquakes"

aemreunal — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:18:41 +0000

Reminds me of: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

(There seems to be a lot of death-related stats in there, so beware if that's triggering)

New comment by aemreunal in "Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences"

aemreunal — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:22:25 +0000

As the article points out, having a choice, and not being pressured by society into having kids one doesn't want, certainly is a good thing. On the other hand, as the article notes:

> [...] cannot afford to have more children, or because of other policy failures, such as housing shortages [...]

the financial aspect is a huge blocker for those who want to have children. We live in a world where the majority of young people can't afford to live in a city center without 2+ roommates, let alone afford a lifestyle where they have any amount of disposable income, of which a lot is needed to have children.

This policy and societal failure of squeezing every bit of wealth out of the new generation and not giving them anything will eventually drain cities of young people and those cities will be left behind as times change with the newer generations. The cities will miss out on culture, societal change, modernity, eventually of sheer people. See San Francisco, New York, Seoul, etc. It doesn't seem like countries are treating this as the problem it is and I fear for the future of all these currently-popular cities.

New comment by aemreunal in "Building an Internet Scale Meme Search Engine"

aemreunal — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 07:55:36 +0000

Amazing work! Also, thank you for making that feed on the main page, been laughing for a while here :D

New comment by aemreunal in "Building an Internet Scale Meme Search Engine"

aemreunal — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 07:21:08 +0000

(Not the author) Maybe they leveraged https://knowyourmeme.com/? But that can't possibly have all the random memes, could it?

New comment by aemreunal in "I'm done with Google"

aemreunal — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 08:39:19 +0000

That sounds like a pretty big abuse of their power and potentially raises anti-trust concerns. They could easily wield that power for nefarious reasons and I don't think any of us would want that. We can change laws. Companies should abide by them, however insufficient they may be at a given point in time.

New comment by aemreunal in "Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 start menu"

aemreunal — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 06:17:22 +0000

Honestly, I think Jonny Ive makes good industrial design (minus the far too extreme "minimalism" push with the butterfly keyboard MacBooks; they really need an "editor" like Steve Jobs) but their UI/UX design has really not been good. Alan Dye is way worse.

I find modern Apple software UI/UX design to be really devoid of functionality, information density, etc. I'm not the only one with this opinion (just listen to any Accidental Tech Podcast episode where they talk about it).

New comment by aemreunal in "Disneyland with Death Penalty"

aemreunal — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:56:49 +0000

I don't think the example you gave holds. This is how I would characterize that:

Blocking someone = not buying Wired magazine so you can't read it yourself

Banning someone from the internet = banning Wired magazine so no one can ever read it

New comment by aemreunal in "Nuclear energy is clean"

aemreunal — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 03:29:18 +0000

This is often the unspoken part but I agree that it's one of, if not the most important aspect for our energy needs. I understand economics can't just be thrown out of the window but I feel like a lot of governments don't see the big picture and invest in these solutions "at a loss" now so we can not have climate catastrophes that make our planet uninhabitable, at least to large chunks of the population.

New comment by aemreunal in "Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered by policy mistakes"

aemreunal — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 02:31:37 +0000

I see a lot of parallels with Sri Lanka and Turkey. Dwindling foreign exchange reserves, crashing value of the Turkish Lira, trade deficit, arbitrary decision making, etc. Makes me scared for Turkey's future...

New comment by aemreunal in "‘Blade Runner’ at 40"

aemreunal — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:35:09 +0000

If you like Brazil, I would also recommend The Zero Theorem. It's sort of a spiritual successor to Brazil AFAIK. It's maybe not as memorable and iconic as Brazil, though, but worth at least one watch.

New comment by aemreunal in "‘Blade Runner’ at 40"

aemreunal — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:32:55 +0000

Came here to say this. The book is fantastic in itself too and I view the movie more as a "visualization of the parts that Kubrick found the most interesting". I see those two as slightly different art pieces and love them both. The second book was also great but I think it lost a bit of what made 2001 special by the 3rd and 4th books.

The books are actually quite easy to read and as much as I adore the movie of 2001, I think the book's ending is even more visually spectacular. Highly highly recommended.

New comment by aemreunal in "Home Made TPM2.0 Module"

aemreunal — Sat, 07 May 2022 09:10:19 +0000

This is easily Google'able [1], but here you go: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-is-tpm-705f24...

[1]: https://googlethatforyou.com?q=TPM%20Module

New comment by aemreunal in "Mygov is a ‘huge disappointment,’ key architect despairs"

aemreunal — Fri, 06 May 2022 07:11:27 +0000

Turkey actually has a very good online portal [1] for a lot of interactions for the government. Anything from obtaining official letters to checking statuses of court causes, etc. can be done over it. Pretty decent iOS app too. Credit where credit is due. Wish the US had as decent of an online portal to all governmental things.

[1]: www.turkiye.gov.tr

New comment by aemreunal in "From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button"

aemreunal — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:57:32 +0000

Fun fact, there's vodka made from San Francisco fog: https://time.com/4317269/fog-vodka-san-francisco-hangar-one/

New comment by aemreunal in "The Uber Bubble"

aemreunal — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 06:45:04 +0000

Like many people here, I share the negative sentiment towards yellow taxis. It's simply a sordid experience. Arguing with the drivers to not get figuratively (and actually on one occasion in NYC) robbed, trying to convince drivers that where you're going is worth their time, the rudeness you endure, the list is just endless...

As long as taxi drivers resist any improvements to their behavior, companies like Uber will pop up to serve those who can pay for it. I, for one, am fortunate enough that I can pay for it and would continue to use Uber over taxis even if it costs 2x. I cannot overstate how much I hate taxis.

The biggest success of Uber, for me, has been that they raised the bar and showed everyone that this experience can be better.

How Much Money Has Rick Astley Made from Rickrolling? (2015)

aemreunal — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:44:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66956/how-much-money-has-rick-astley-made-rickrolling

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New comment by aemreunal in "Surges of cosmic radiation from space directly linked to earthquakes"

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New comment by aemreunal in "Building an Internet Scale Meme Search Engine"

New comment by aemreunal in "I'm done with Google"

New comment by aemreunal in "Microsoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 start menu"

New comment by aemreunal in "Disneyland with Death Penalty"

New comment by aemreunal in "Nuclear energy is clean"

New comment by aemreunal in "Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered by policy mistakes"

New comment by aemreunal in "‘Blade Runner’ at 40"

New comment by aemreunal in "‘Blade Runner’ at 40"

New comment by aemreunal in "Home Made TPM2.0 Module"

New comment by aemreunal in "Mygov is a ‘huge disappointment,’ key architect despairs"

New comment by aemreunal in "From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button"

New comment by aemreunal in "The Uber Bubble"

How Much Money Has Rick Astley Made from Rickrolling? (2015)

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