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New comment by yehat in "Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users"

yehat — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:15:53 +0000

Compliance is what makes all that shit possible. Sadly most people are compliant and made so by gradually increasing their dependency on "commodities" which really are anchors to a shit lake.

New comment by yehat in "A communist Apple II and fourteen years of not knowing what you're testing"

yehat — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:37:20 +0000

I know there's predominant thinking that "communism" existed somewhere, but in fact it doesn't. It was the ideology developed in the West and brutally imported into the East. Why I say that and why it matters to understand the difference? Because there was no "communist" thinking behind the motivation to do whatever by the ordinary people. There was something deeper that manifested in a way that many people mistake for "communist" thinking. And that's natural, because people's thinking is not same in the West as in the East, and even more in far-East. Ok, enough on that, everyone's right to call it whatever they want, just pitching some clues that can help avoiding the cliché. My journey also started when first seeing IMKO-2 in 1984, then there was a popular magazine for the young "engineers" called "МЛАД КОНСТРУКТОР" (full archive here https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0Bw941VGG9Tjc... )that started publishing a course of BASIC. So I learned virtually and even wrote programs on paper before the first actual contact with the computer, which happened 1 year later on the newly acquired by my school couple of PRAVETZ-82.

New comment by yehat in "Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years?"

yehat — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:26:22 +0000

I'm absolutely in exactly the same position (Pop_OS 22.04) and unwilling to upgrade to 24.04. Which I tried for many months on two spare machines - a laptop and a desktop. The difference is quite stark, there are positive things, but it doesn't feel "my" desktop for many reasons. On top the stability is not there yet. At the end of 22.04 road I hope to find something of similar quality, but really don't like to be forced to rely only on Wayland as dependency. One of my critical pieces of software (barrier/deskflow/input leap KVMs) is not working well with Wayland.

New comment by yehat in "Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years?"

yehat — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Wow here it shows who's politically motivated and like it or not Xlibre probably felt the same way. Some people cannot sleep or chill if it is not theirs world view.

New comment by yehat in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

yehat — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:05:38 +0000

Stockholm syndrome is so pity when detected.

New comment by yehat in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

yehat — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:59:29 +0000

Do you feel they're? As user, not as investor.

New comment by yehat in "I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services"

yehat — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:25:43 +0000

"they"... sadly indeed the damage is done, but not by "them".

New comment by yehat in "RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs"

yehat — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:59:28 +0000

Ahh, it is always China antagonizing others, isn't it? There's nothing wrong EU coming to absurd lengths in all directions that are leading to destruction of its economy and society only to please the narrative of few degraded groups of individuals. Yet, it is others that are the cause. Nice, easy story telling. All governments in the world turned to be on the dark side. But some are reaching new heights.

New comment by yehat in "CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate"

yehat — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:03:31 +0000

dude, you're way too excited. I understand your sentiment, but it applies for everyone these days. Just depends which propaganda you like more.

New comment by yehat in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

yehat — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:51:58 +0000

Netflix... thanks, I'll pass.

New comment by yehat in "Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway"

yehat — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:47:19 +0000

Amazing (not) how the sales data is represented LOL I don't have any sweetspot for EVs anyway, but here the title and the comments are not even related to EVs! It's all "ahahaha TESLA/Elon sucks" LOL Fine, but why pretend anything else - the "story" picked data like a cherrypicker - those that make the biggest number in negative. Anyone ever cared to look at the data? 2024 to 2026, or 2023 to 2026 whatever is greater (downwards)... what a joke of stats.

New comment by yehat in "LED lighting undermines visual performance unless supplemented by wider spectra"

yehat — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:58:12 +0000

You're playing so defensive (for LEDs) wonder why - just to argue? If one uses the same logic - does anybody states that LED are GOOD for the health? What the lack of such statements means - they're bad, or have no effect? At the end - is it your business at all if I want to use incandescent lights, or CFLs, because I find them more suitable for my personal needs in MY home?

New comment by yehat in "LED lighting undermines visual performance unless supplemented by wider spectra"

yehat — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:50:42 +0000

Sad to say, but concerning the PC, seems we're moving in that direction pretty fast.

New comment by yehat in "Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected"

yehat — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:13:01 +0000

I have issue with that balance cut off at $5. How one spends the entire balance then?

New comment by yehat in "Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices by 50% for DIY Laptops"

yehat — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:56:07 +0000

I wish prices went only 50% more... I see 300+% on the market now.

New comment by yehat in "French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]"

yehat — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:31:04 +0000

No matter how the ad is made, it is still an ad. What's probably more important is the message. And this one was dumb as a message and as a real bad advice contributing to the increasingly brainless population who nowadays believes they can go into woods and everything there is friendly if you smile enough.

New comment by yehat in "How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs"

yehat — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:59:53 +0000

Well well... recent "feature" of X revealing the actual "actors" location of operation shows how much "Russian troll armies" are there.. turns out there're rather overwhelming Indian and Bangladesh armies working hard for who? Common, say it! And despite of that, while cheap, not that cheaper compared to when the "agentic" approach enters the game.

New comment by yehat in "India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app"

yehat — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:04:28 +0000

Sweet how the OP is about something that exactly corresponds to what EU wants badly too - chat control - but you decide to talk about Digital ID. OK wait a bit more, then your beautiful DID will start making more sense.

New comment by yehat in "OpenAI needs to raise at least $207B by 2030"

yehat — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:17:00 +0000

No, they can use the ideas from The Matrix for power delivery.

New comment by yehat in "Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects"

yehat — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:55:09 +0000

That's interesting, given that scientists don't even know what the "time" is. But if that study helps finding those answers, I guess it is just fine to continue the push.