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New comment by brokenmachine in "France moves to break encrypted messaging"

brokenmachine — Tue, 12 May 2026 01:51:19 +0000

>By hashing any sent images and comparing them to the checksum of known ones

How do you propose that would happen in an e2e chat?

New comment by brokenmachine in "Rotten Dot Com"

brokenmachine — Tue, 12 May 2026 00:11:43 +0000

It seems to me like Hollywood horror films have gotten more visually gory.

I prefer old style stuff like Omen. Where the dread is more part of it than just straight goriness.

I expect war films will go the same way.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Palantir to be granted "unlimited access" to UK NHS patient data"

brokenmachine — Mon, 11 May 2026 23:45:06 +0000

Nothing to see here. Move along citizen, before I look into your file.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Firefox integrates an ad-blocker, but not to block ads"

brokenmachine — Fri, 08 May 2026 11:50:38 +0000

I also use ublock origin in Firefox on my Android phone though!

Makes sense if you're on iphone.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks"

brokenmachine — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:34:22 +0000

I thought that a major reason humans were so successful is because the older members of the tribe could protect the children while the others hunted.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Firefox integrates an ad-blocker, but not to block ads"

brokenmachine — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:43:26 +0000

I only run ublock origin and I don't see ads. How would Pi-Hole help me?

New comment by brokenmachine in "Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks"

brokenmachine — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:24:11 +0000

Is there any way we can make those lunatics work for those weeks, so the sane people can take more time off to actually live their lives?

New comment by brokenmachine in "Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks"

brokenmachine — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:21:05 +0000

It's about controlling expenses after having a large income.

With a small income, everything goes on necessities. FIRE isn't possible.

New comment by brokenmachine in "The fun has been optimized out of the Internet"

brokenmachine — Wed, 06 May 2026 02:03:39 +0000

old.reddit.com is still ok. Don't tell anyone or they'll take it away.

I have an auto-redirect userscript set up in Firefox so I never see reddit.com.

New comment by brokenmachine in "The fun has been optimized out of the Internet"

brokenmachine — Wed, 06 May 2026 01:32:59 +0000

Adblock bro.

The day I can't block ads is the last day I use youtube.

New comment by brokenmachine in "The fun has been optimized out of the Internet"

brokenmachine — Wed, 06 May 2026 01:31:17 +0000

Everyone knows a major catastrophe is coming. Scientists have been talking about the tipping point for like five decades now.

It's a done deal, we were too stupid.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him"

brokenmachine — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:01:48 +0000

Is it really that onerous to turn headlights on manually? That's not a feature that I envy.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?"

brokenmachine — Mon, 04 May 2026 00:02:16 +0000

My plan for the future is a trailbike, a tent and a shotgun.

But with regard to a car, I don't know. I'll just do the best I can when the time comes. I'm hopeful there'll be options available or where I can cut antennas or whatever.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?"

brokenmachine — Fri, 01 May 2026 04:51:59 +0000

Interesting how the question is about disabling collection, but the answer is about connectivity.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?"

brokenmachine — Fri, 01 May 2026 04:16:20 +0000

The perfect modern consumer/sucker...

My car needed another key. The stealership quoted me >$400 for it. I took it as a personal insult and did the research and ordered an OBD device and also discovered you can order replacement keys on aliexpress, and they'll even cut them for you with a good picture of your existing key. It was actually a fun project and very satisfying when I was able to successfully program and link the RFID chip to the ECU to start the engine.

May not be feasible with more locked-down modern cars which I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole, but I was able to fix it for about $150, not including my time of course. But I have the OBD device to use next time now as well.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Maladaptive Frugality"

brokenmachine — Fri, 01 May 2026 03:48:18 +0000

I'm hoping the AI RAM crisis will turn out to be a good thing in some ways, although that's probably being way too optimistic.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

brokenmachine — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:08:30 +0000

>The fact that we build our brain work spaces so distant from physical movement is bad for our mental health

Ain't this the truth. It's a ridiculous way to build a society.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico"

brokenmachine — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:12:26 +0000

If he could set it to 384kHz, he would.

Because of stairsteps he can hear or something.

New comment by brokenmachine in "Period tracking app, Flo, found to be selling user data to Meta"

brokenmachine — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:38:55 +0000

Do you have only a dumb phone?

New comment by brokenmachine in "Making RAM at Home [video]"

brokenmachine — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:13:58 +0000

This was the one that did it for me: "38C3 - From Silicon to Sovereignty: How Advanced Chips Are Redefining Global Dominance" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdppYYfQJgg

Absolutely insane stuff.