SadSadSatellite

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[–] SadSadSatellite 26 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I don't want lemvotes. It sounds like some real reddit shit and it's a terribly dumb word. Not to mention I want less tracking and more anonymity on the internet in general.

[–] SadSadSatellite 9 points 2 days ago

ER used proper medical science most of the time, Greys anatomy was just saying medical terms and making shit up.

[–] SadSadSatellite 16 points 2 days ago

Honestly, fine, if it gets it through. He's not gonna make it much longer anyway, and he's doing it either way.

[–] SadSadSatellite 7 points 2 days ago

Extreme self hosting

[–] SadSadSatellite 1 points 1 week ago

I'm saying they try to. My specific version of e/os traps apps in a box and lies to their data requests if they pretend they need a permission I won't give them.

Even without a specific app having mic access, it has RAM access, so if any other app does have mic access, the data can be skimmed as it's passing through.

Facebook has been, and is currently being fined for ignoring privacy laws, and is known to have profiles on people who don't use their services. How do they build those profiles if you never gave them permission?

[–] SadSadSatellite 3 points 1 week ago

Any of the people in here saying there's no proof that apps access your microphone don't understand that you don't need microphone access to listen in. Something on your phone has mic access, so all an app needs is access to your RAM. If not your phone, your tv. Or any voice activated device nearby. Microphones are not ears, they can be significantly more sensitive.

Or an even simpler possibility, the companies are lying because there is no consequence.

[–] SadSadSatellite -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yes there is. I track all data on my home network and on my phone. I can see exactly how many times every app on my own phone tries to access my microphone and camera, and how much data is being sent from my friends devices when supposedly not in use, and even supposedly turned off.

Anecdotally , on the rare occasion I use a computer without my general ad defenses, the only ads I see relate to the most recent conversations I've had with one particular friend in person.

[–] SadSadSatellite 25 points 1 week ago (6 children)

This isn't sattire, it's hell that we've normalized. The constant surveillance is way more thorough and insidious than anyone wants to know, and it's so difficult to avoid that nobody wants to find out because it's effectively hopeless.

That being said, the attained hopelessness around having privacy is so widespread I don't feel like we'll ever even try to stop it.

[–] SadSadSatellite 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sounds like a problem with minimum wage then

[–] SadSadSatellite 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Please. Make it a serious Oscar bate tearjerker, and completely ignore that it's denzel.

Or don't ignore it, but add an Overcoming systemic racism arc.

[–] SadSadSatellite 4 points 1 week ago

I could argue for 3 libras or Rose, but really it's stellar as an entire album.

[–] SadSadSatellite 4 points 2 weeks ago

I have nothing to offer, but I also want this information.

 

To most people that would be a ridiculous statement. I stumbled across it and sent it to a friend who happens to need a fine set of furniture with a dong and a cheesegrater.

 

I want a security camera system that I can trust to be only my own. My requirements are not hugely unreasonable, but I can't find them the way search engines suck shit these days. I want a camera system with:

Local storage

No internet connection

No phone connection

No cables

No cloud storage option

No router necessary

And the option that seems impossible with the others: No option of remote connections

I don't want to see whats going on in real time on my phone, I want a completely private recording saved if I ever need to see if I got robbed. I don't want offline ability, I want cameras that can not connect to the internet at all, even through another device. I'm not worried about local network hacking, I want saved video that can only be viewed directly from the local storage. Longish life batteries so I don't have to route power, and no cables that can be unplugged. Solar powered would be nice, but isn't necessary.

Why is that so hard to find?

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why is my whisky evaporating? (self.nostupidquestions)
 

I have a heavy crystal decanter I've been using for years. A while back I was having some guests for a week, and thought I'd save some money and grabbed a bottle of Jim beam to put in it, as opposed to the higher end I tend to go for, because none of my guest cared about Bourbon. I noticed the level going down further than I had consumed. This has never been an issue before, so I figured someone had just nipped it while o was asleep. The next day, there was condensation on the inside, and the level had dropped further.

Since I'd been using the decanter for so long, I assumed the frosting on the stopper had rubbed off and it no longer sealed.

When it was empty, I refilled it with larceny, my standard, and to my surprise, it didn't evaporate at all for weeks.

Last night, I refilled it with beam again, and this morning, it had dropped and there was condensation on the side.

What really confused me, is Jim beam has a lower alcohol content than the Bourbons I usually fill the decanter with, so I would think it would evaporate as readily.

Why does only this one brand evaporate?

Quick searching gave me no results

Tldr: Why does Jim Beam evaporate in my decanter while nothing else does?

 

I've got a Sony android TV and it... Kinda sucks with the constant 'reccommended content's (ads). Every update just adds more scrolling shit I don't want to see.I want to know what different programs I can try out, and maybe a different os I can put on it. I'm looking at smarttubenext currently, and I want to know of other things I can use to customize my experience.

Any recommendations?

 

I manage several computers, and every time I set up a new one I go through the same motions. Install w10, disable a bunch of shit, add the same list of programs, delete the same default apps, setup Firefox how I want it, run through Oosu, disable several services, and add some registry keys.

Is it possible to have a USB boot media that will do all the tweaking for me? As of right now it takes close to two hours every time, if could just plug in a drive and run the installer, it would make my life a lot easier.

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