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aembleton

3,683 karma · joined March 26, 2014

Website at https://blerg.net/

Email: arthur at the url above

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Socials: - github.com/aembleton

Interests: Climate Tech, Cycling, Hiking, Outdoor Activities, Programming, Remote Work, Running, Technology, UI/UX Design

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aembleton··on AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1
When things go wrong, you can point at a news article and say its not just us that have been affected.
aembleton··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
Or start creating eFuel which is very energy intensive but might become necessary for aircraft.
aembleton··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
> This is why you don't let "markets" run things at national scale.

Even food distribution?

aembleton··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
You still need an expansion of the grid to get the energy to the EVs.
aembleton··on Fastmail desktop app
> I'd rather just leave Fastmail open in a browser tab

You'll still be able to do that.

aembleton··on Doctorow: American tech cartels use apps to break the law
Its under data shared: https://play.google.com/store/apps/datasafety?id=com.mcdonal...
aembleton··on The UK is still trying to backdoor encryption for Apple users
Maybe that's why it's been declining.
aembleton··on Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers
I've always associated Labour with ID cards, so this feels right for Labour. Last time they pretended it was needed to prevent terrorism as that was the issue de jour but this time it's immigration.
aembleton··on Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers
That NI number lives in my head. I don't have to carry a physical card or install an app.
aembleton··on Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers
So why is another form of ID needed?
aembleton··on Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers
Post something the government doesn't like, and you can no longer get a job, but you never find out why.
aembleton··on Just let me select text
I wrote about how to force pages to do that here using uBO: https://blerg.net/blog/selecting-text/
aembleton··on Ultrasonic Chef's Knife
Or chuck it out as e-waste and buy the shiny new one
aembleton··on Meta Ray-Ban Display
I suppose thats a bit easier than reading it out to ChatGPT.
aembleton··on Meta Ray-Ban Display
> "Why use a computer when a cookbook works fine?"

I still feel that way. I have cookbooks because I find the UX better than searching for recipes.

aembleton··on Meta Ray-Ban Display
Well, it's a speaker. Its not using bone conduction.

Probably not a very loud speaker but if someone is next to you then surely they'd hear it.

aembleton··on Meta Ray-Ban Display
I find that list out of date. It shows friends that deleted the app months ago so don't receive the message.
aembleton··on Meta Ray-Ban Display
I bet more than 1% of Whatsapp users make use of their web interface and/or live location. Signal doesn't have either of these. Yes, you can install a Signal app on your computer, but not everyone wants to do this.

Also, that "everyone else" would have to include all business accounts, which I think would require Signal to build out an API

aembleton··on The challenge of maintaining curl
He's not unhappy
aembleton··on Pixel 10 Phones
I don't have ADHD but also do this. I just forget stuff too easily.
aembleton··on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts
They've still got your gait analysis.
aembleton··on Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?
With uBO I can't block cookies by domain.
aembleton··on Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity patch in baffling move
If you get the base level, expression trim of the Dacia Spring then you get an EV without an infotainment system: https://www.dacia.co.uk/hybrid-and-electric-range/spring-cit...
aembleton··on Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity patch in baffling move
> You do this, they’ll spit in it.

I didn't work there long, but I don't remember anyone doing that.

aembleton··on Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity patch in baffling move
> they promised a certain processor speed

How have they advertised that? Was it clock frequency? Their mitigations mean it still runs at that clock frequency.

aembleton··on Good system design
Client report generation.
aembleton··on Oil states thwart agreement on plastics
Plenty of wooden toothbrushes already available. All use plastic bristles though: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=wooden+toothbrush

Here you can buy toothbrushes with horse hair bristles and silk dental floss in a glass jar: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gaia-Guy-Eco-Friendly-Biodegradable...

aembleton··on I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
Probably invalidates old tokens when a new one is generated.
aembleton··on I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer
How could Puregym make it easier to unsubscribe? I'm sure I managed to do it in the app just a few months ago.
aembleton··on PuTTY has a new website
The new one even has CSS making it much more modern.
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