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New comment by rez9x in "Porkbun partners with Proton"

rez9x — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:17:43 +0000

You realize there are a large number of LGBT Republicans, right?

New comment by rez9x in "FTC takes action against GoDaddy for alleged lax data security"

rez9x — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:06:39 +0000

I've actually not worked anywhere that has used CrowdStrike. It's usually ruled out as too expensive (I've mostly worked in public sector). I've had very good experiences with Sentinel One and Microsoft Defender. I've had terrible experiences with Trellix and Sophos."Oopsy" aside, is CrowdStrike really that much better than the competition?

New comment by rez9x in "Hard numbers in the Wayland vs. X11 input latency discussion"

rez9x — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:45:08 +0000

I have trouble believing that 6.5ms in increased latency would be perceptible to any more than a fraction of a percent of the most elite gamers. Most the people claiming that this level of difference is impacting their gameplay are victims of confirmation bias.

New comment by rez9x in "TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday"

rez9x — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:07:55 +0000

We can't have people doing things like searching for Tiananman Square or Mao Zedong or talking about how Taiwan and Hong Kong want complete independence from China.

I'm sure a big part of the cost is the additional infrastructure and manpower to implement all of China's censorship, tracking, etc.

New comment by rez9x in "Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices"

rez9x — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:42:44 +0000

I tried to get this to work a couple of times and gave up. I was trying to rebind a mouse button (back) to a macro and just gave up after a while. I ended up using the G Hub on a Mac and applying settings to the onboard config. I like the idea of Solaar, but the initial learning curve was more effort than I wanted to put in to rebind a single key.

New comment by rez9x in "Predicted 25% Drop in Search Volume Remains Unclear"

rez9x — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:08:17 +0000

Claude 3 + Kagi is the exact combo I use. Claude has been my go to since discovering it didn't have the same level of curation / censorship models like ChatGPT and Gemini have.

I picked up Kagi the day they released their $10/mo plan and I don't see myself dropping it unless their quality degrades or price increases substantially. The search result I want is typically in the first few results, while Google was just ads the first few results, SEO spam, and then MAYBE the result I want near the end of the page.

New comment by rez9x in "Introducing Kagi Search's New Design"

rez9x — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:35:20 +0000

I've had Kagi for several months now and have no desire to go back. Brave is horrible, DDG is bad, and Google is bad AND Google. I decided it was time to trim subscriptions a few months ago and chose to ditch ChatGPT and keep Kagi.

New comment by rez9x in "Nvtop: Linux Task Monitor for Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPUs"

rez9x — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:57:38 +0000

I recently traded a friend my Nvidia 3070 for his Radeon 6700 XT, because I'd returned to Linux a few months ago and was tired of Nvidia. Nvidia should will likely get much better as NVK grows, but I think it's better to just not use their products unless you want to have Microsoft spywareOS installed on your computer.

New comment by rez9x in "Show HN: NeedleDrop – Guess the movie from a song"

rez9x — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:06:25 +0000

My first thought was Dazed and Confused. I'm not sure if it's more iconic in Gone in 60 Seconds, as I've never seen it.

New comment by rez9x in "So Google's Gemini Doesn't Like Python Programming and Sanskrit?"

rez9x — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 22:11:40 +0000

They really don't want this to happen, which I think is a big part of the push behind the "AI is dangerous" narrative. They want to put in place regulations and 'safeguards' that will prohibit any open-source, uncensored, or otherwise competitive models.

New comment by rez9x in "Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead"

rez9x — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 02:23:57 +0000

Apple Music is privileged when it comes to Siri. I currently have both a Spotify and Apple Music subscription, and one of the main reasons I prefer Apple Music, aside from shuffle not playing the same 20 songs in a 2000 song playlist, is the great hands free functionality. I can add songs to playlist, play a song next instead of adding it to the end of the queue (which is more of Spotify STILL not having deque support), and I know there are other things I've run into Spotify can't do on Siri, but I'm blanking at the moment.

New comment by rez9x in "Toxic comments are associated with reduced volunteer activity on Wikipedia"

rez9x — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:59:31 +0000

I think your comment is also reinforced by the subjectiveness of the question, "What is toxicity?" While I can see a trend of decreasing respect for others, both online and in-person, the pendulum certainly swings in the other direction. Some individuals seek out any opportunities to play the victim and feel attacked, whether they do so consciously or not, and this seems to lead to those of this mentality calling any critique 'toxic'.

New comment by rez9x in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

rez9x — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:46:11 +0000

I'm not sure what you're referring to with the Like/Love button. It seems to be the same as it ever was for me, except the UI is different based on whether you're in CarPlay, mobile app, or desktop app, so sometimes it's a heart and sometimes it's a plus sign.

One of my biggest complaints for Spotify is the removal of star ratings, but that's been probably a decade ago at this point. Apple Music has it for the desktop app, but it's missing from mobile.

New comment by rez9x in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

rez9x — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:44:09 +0000

I used Soundshift. You can pay ~$7 to have unlimited exporting or do playlists 200 at a time for free.

New comment by rez9x in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

rez9x — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:30:07 +0000

That (deque) is actually one of my favorite features, and something that had tempted me in the past. I have to relearn some behavior on queue creation though. I'm use to just clicking play, rather than adding to queue, so I end up with a bunch of songs in queue that I didn't intend (because I played a song from a longer playlist to start).

New comment by rez9x in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

rez9x — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:12:54 +0000

I recently left Spotify for Apple Music, in large part because of this new development path. I don't want podcasts, audiobooks, etc mixed in with my music. I prefer separate apps.

I think what bothered me more was the focus on branching into these new paths without any innovation in the music department--I'm sure there was innovation that wasn't visible to me. I'm tired of the same black and green color scheme. I don't like that I don't have a 'Library' and everything just goes in liked or a playlist.

I think their expansion into other media was a signal to me to look for someone doing a better job at specializing.

New comment by rez9x in "X Has Become a 'Global Sewer,' Mayor of Paris Says"

rez9x — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 22:52:29 +0000

I think a big part of the problem is the 'For You' feed, which has been trash since the day it was implemented (on practically every social media platform). I remember it being a big pain to get to the chronological feed years ago when they first implemented the curated feed as a default. It may not have been quite so full of ignorance and hate back then, but it was still full of things I had no interest in.

I still use X/Twitter weekly and I don't have any problem with the posts I see. My problem is with comments, which are usually where I will see hate and spam.

New comment by rez9x in "YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox"

rez9x — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:52:12 +0000

I tested in Firefox (uBlock), LibreWolf (uBlock), Safari (AdGuard), and Chromium (no ad blocker), and the initial home page load takes a couple seconds, but I never witnessed a 5s delay. I would say it was actually fastest in Firefox for me, but that may have just been a result of some caching. I am a premium subscriber and have never seen a warning for using an ad blocker, so I'm not sure if premium subscribers get a pass.

New comment by rez9x in "Tuta (formerly Tutanota) denies claim it has intelligence ties"

rez9x — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:18:19 +0000

While I tend to assume the vast majority of privacy is either imagined or a façade, I also have a deep enough distrust of authority that when I see such a claim made by a government, or government official, I'm inclined to believe it's a ploy to discredit someone that won't cooperate with them.

New comment by rez9x in "Get Offended More (2020)"

rez9x — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:59:05 +0000

I'd be surprised if even 10% of people--Americans at least--are capable of regular introspection. It is not a trait I have been able to identify in many others.

Interestingly, this posts headline offended me. I'm glad I read it in its entirety, but the entire way through I was struggling with dismissing the article because of a similar opinion to your own.