MalReynolds

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Striking hollow motor prompts new era of genre-warping vehicles in c/micromobility@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds 3 points 1 day ago

Currently powering the hype train, still, will look for it come CES.

Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] MalReynolds 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Subset of the right to be left the fuck alone if a human desires it.

Our first new Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay module - the Dual M.2 Adapter, enabling you to add additional storage drives or other high speed devices. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] MalReynolds 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Last I heard, there was a community effort designing an 8xPCIe4 (yes, that's a thing) Occulink adaptor, love to hear if anyone's got any info on it.

That said, M2 <-> Occulink adaptors abound, so, with some pretty trivial hacking this could support 2xeGPUs!

Home on the range in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds 8 points 1 week ago

Solid.

Wide Cars in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds 16 points 1 week ago

In all honesty, the wideness of modern cars may actually be their downfall. I live in a suburban area (Not US, but that doesn't matter it's become everyone's problem.) and the roads were designed for cars to be parked on either side and two, narrow lanes in the middle where people could, slowly, get past each other, with a certain amount of tolerance (i.e. space).

Then came an EPA ruling in the states (late 90's I think) and trucks were immune to sensible laws and all the car companies made trucks that were immune to being too wide (among other things). They became objects of desire. Cars followed, because everyone wants a thick phallus I guess, or maybe needs to see the road when there's a fat car next to them, or one with tinted windows, and I'm nowhere near to a legal solution in a global economy.

Practical upshot, local roads are only one lane wide because of fat cars parked on either side with no regard to practicality, add endless renovation because property development is the one true way to richness /s, even though rich people already own the good land, and control their local environment.

TLDR, fat cars break suburban roads.

th4hhrethrthtrjtrjrtjrjrtjr in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ain't it though? Been nice to me...

The Ljungavik Dog: A Mesolithic dog burial in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] MalReynolds 13 points 2 weeks ago

Very much agree, evolution or no. Sometimes it's just right.

th4hhrethrthtrjtrjrtjrjrtjr in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Earl is me in the past that did something for me now, thanks Earl(ier on).

Ron (LateRON) is who I do it for. Do it for Ron, be grateful to Earl. Self-sufficiency 101.

The Google Pixel 7 and other older Pixels will now get two extra years of updates | TechRadar in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] MalReynolds 3 points 2 weeks ago

K. thanks for clarity, guess I just saw what was important to me. Still an OK deal, just not as outstanding.

The Google Pixel 7 and other older Pixels will now get two extra years of updates | TechRadar in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] MalReynolds 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For reference, Pixel 7 came with 5 years (I felt gipped when 8 got 7yrs as don't want to buy a new gOS compatible), so this is poorly researched. If I've now got 7 years, please let me know...

One Weird Trick for Destroying the Digital Economy in c/enshitification
[–] MalReynolds 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dear God, have none of you heard of adblock?

Undesirables: Russia, The Satanic Temple, and HR 9495 in c/thesatanictemple@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well said, and may fortune favour the bug in the ear of hypocrisy.

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How to know if you're asking the wrong question ? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MalReynolds to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
9 comments fedilink
 

What's that principle where you don't know you're asking the wrong question because you've got this idea in your head on how to do something, so you search frustratingly. If you could step up a level and find the right question, you'd find a well established, efficient solution.

Related to unknown unknowns I guess, but I came across a phrase or word encapsulating it, and now I can't remember or (ironically) find it.

ETA: It's the XY Problem, thanks Bophades@midwest.social.

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Blood pressure watches anyone? (www.caltech.edu)
 

Seems very interesting, pr burble aside. Wonder how close this is to a micro-sonogram if generalised ? Star Trek medical tricorder component material by my reckoning.

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Best VPN exit node country in SE Asia ? (self.piracy)
 

Wanting to torrent in a country other than my own, I've been exiting via Singapore as it has the most direct path I believe. Any reason not to ? Any superior choices for whatever reason ? Couldn't find this discussed anywhere. TIA.

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Private Facebook Marketplace ? (self.privacy)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MalReynolds to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
15 comments fedilink
 

I'm one of those oddballs who's never joined, but I'm in the market for a new to me bike, and it seems like all the action is on marketplace. Am I screwed, or is there an effective workaround ?

Edit: Not US. There are local alternatives that I know about, but they are worse, please answer question as asked ! Basically I'm thinking of alternative software ala FreeTube, or a way of spoofing facebook to make a dummy account only to be used for this and if so what precautions to take...

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Psychological truths like Skinner vs Pavlov Conditioning (self.science)
 

Something I find fascinating is that being consistent (and trustworthy) is less effective than being 80/20% consistent (classical vs operant conditioning) at training dogs where there are contextual/environmental cues at play. It's personally counter-intuitive, but I've seen it work and am convinced (I attribute it to evolutionary mechanisms, my goto in biology).

I'm wondering what other psychology as a science results have solid statistics behind them that I'm unaware of (I'm compsci with a physics/maths background, so it's probably most), and are interesting...

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On the obnoxiousness of WebP (self.artporn)
submitted 5 months ago by MalReynolds to c/artporn@lemm.ee
7 comments fedilink
 

Here we are with a community celebrating art, some of us might like to archive it. But no, inevitably it's google 'owned' transcoded, WebP. I have an extension to re-encode back to an old format, but that's lossy-lossy transcoding, not good. I suspect it's a Lemmy thing, but what would it take to get non-lossy here?

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The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one? (theconversation.com)
 

How does this play for you ? I identify as spectrum, what used to be Asperger's, and have to work really hard to get to visual phantasia, but I can. Also worked hard to remove aural phantasia? via meditation because of negative self talk. Do you see 'aphant' as a useful designation? Thoughts, Ideas?

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Richard Marles concealed war crimes report, denying justice for David McBride (michaelwest.com.au)
 

A report critical of Australian generals’ leadership in Afghanistan was given to the Defence Minister Richard Marles in November 2023, but was not published until after the McBride sentencing. Stuart McCarthy on a travesty of justice.

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Rewild the Internet! (www.noemamag.com)
submitted 8 months ago by MalReynolds to c/solarpunk
5 comments fedilink
 

This needs (IMO) more attention, seems to fit here...

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Any way to remove read items from the feed? (self.fediverse)
 

As title, standard lemmy in browser...

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