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New comment by littlecranky67 in "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch"

littlecranky67 — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:39:42 +0000

I had the same experience but to be fair, you only notice this in complete dark rooms. Which is a fringe scenario.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Microsoft and others tell crypto platform not to tokenize their stocks"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:44:52 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_for_order_flow

Sorry, I thought you just had some idea about basic financial services.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Microsoft and others tell crypto platform not to tokenize their stocks"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:30:04 +0000

You public key is registered with a kyc progress. Transactions (transfer of shares) is only settled when all parties have a kyc-verified key. Again, centralized chain (proof of authority). Any and all transactions can be reversed and changed by the regulator if needed. The main difference over today is, you have a open, access-to-all (after kyc) and no intermediaries.

Examples for cashing in: payment for order flow (was recently banned in the EU). They litterally sold their trading data of retail clients for money.

Not sure how you think brokers make money, but they get kickbacks from market makers and fund providers, or simply higher spreads. No one works for free.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "New iMac with M6"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:10:54 +0000

Mea culpa. Needless to say english is not my first language.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Microsoft and others tell crypto platform not to tokenize their stocks"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:07:56 +0000

I didn't say anything about decentralized blockchain or anonymous tokens. We could have a kyc process and a single centralized blockchain run by the stock exchange, which only settles transactions to kyc customers - fraud prevention and tax evasion applies.

The real-time trading independent of brokerages, the free information flow of trading volume/direction etc. all benefits and a true, real free market. Right now we have mountain of unneeded intermediaries, that sit and cash in on the data and access.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Microsoft and others tell crypto platform not to tokenize their stocks"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:12:12 +0000

Shares should simply just be tokens. Why do we have that complex systems where shares can only be traded by regulated entities (brokers) and only be traded during certain times? If a share is a token, the holder of the token will be entitled to the same rights such as dividends collection and voting in the shareholder meeting. No need for brokerage accounts, I can trade my shares 24/7 and transfer it to whomever I want. Paying 2-5$ fees on trades seem backwards this day and age.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:41:55 +0000

Incorrect.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "New iMac with M6"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:31:18 +0000

This. I worked as a network/computer guy for the architecture department at our university. They all had iMacs, which for me was quite a win because replacing/carrying them was super easy: disconnect power chord, carry to my desk - done. Fix or install whatever needs fixing, and simple carry back.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:27:43 +0000

German Urheberrecht explicitly states, that downloading something is legal, if not downloaded from an obviously illegal source ("offensichtlich illegale quelle"). Thats why it is perfectly legal to download copyrighted music from youtube (because Youtube is obviously NOT illegal). Youtube ToS are irrelevant in that case. You are however still not allowed to copy the data (music) to a third party (that is when copyright starts).

Whether or not the file you downloaded was even allowed to be uploaded to that website, is irrelevant in that case. Then the uploader and provider are liable, not you the downloader.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "New iMac with M6"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:07:45 +0000

It is a design piece. No wires besides the single power chord. Yet webcam and speakers working.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:30:08 +0000

COPYright becomes relevant once you COPY something. As in, give it to a third party. I don't see any third party involved here. The download itself is not subject to copyright - licensing terms may or may not apply - and just because the license text says something doesn't mean it holds up in court.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:02:05 +0000

Supposedly they are, that is enforceable how? Download is not anything. Training AI on them is not anything. Using the trained model is not a violation of the terms just because you think it should be.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:50:04 +0000

And how were those license conditions violated by downloading? Their are permissive in the first place, and violating without passing on to a third party is almost impossible.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking"

littlecranky67 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:28:08 +0000

I know it is an unpopular opinion, but if you do not want your content to be scraped, you have to put it behind payment walls and copyright it. In Germany we have decisions from the highest courts that deemed websracping perfectly legal (it was in the context of a competitor scraping airline ticket fares).

New comment by littlecranky67 in "America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI?"

littlecranky67 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:27:43 +0000

It is a hypothetical that you chose to not want to understand. Replace phone or flatscreen TV with something more available, such as a modern midrange car - gasoline/diesel and streets were widely available in 1920.

Or the option to cross the atlantic in a day instead of 3 weeks. Etc.

The whole point is, basically everything that is widely available to the broad population today wasn't even available to the ultra wealthy back then, let alone the broad population. People just take this stuff for granted nowadays.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category"

littlecranky67 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:19:27 +0000

Great and all such, but it doesn't do the actual work of resizing your one highres image to all those breakpoints - which is part of the build process in NextJS.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI?"

littlecranky67 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:12:25 +0000

Of course they would, it would be the most valueable item on the planet (asuming there is an internet surrounding it). You could charge millions for todays 65" OLED TVs in 1980. The price for polio vaccine in 1920? Well, no billionaire would risk any of their offspring to suffer from polio.

We literally have billionaires flying to space and longing for other planets today - way more useless than a smartphone.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category"

littlecranky67 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:14:47 +0000

Care to elaborate and backup you wild claim with some facts?

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category"

littlecranky67 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:14:21 +0000

Wouldn't say unnecesarry. Nextjs static export has features such as dynamic chunking, eager-loading of chunks when you hover over a link, routing etc. With a plugin you get image optimization (different image quality levels and dimensions based on viewport size) etc.

But yes, another static site blog generator would also work.

New comment by littlecranky67 in "Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category"

littlecranky67 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:53:06 +0000

Didn't downvote, but my thought on your comment is: "More freedom" -> "More decision paralysis & anxiety", "New better framework X" -> "Latest hypecycle that will be require me to rewrite and relearn a framework that is deprecated in 18 months" etc.