kmlx

2,834 karma · joined September 7, 2018

yup, agree. the fine was just. the point is there are solutions to blocking intersections. namely cameras and fines.

> During rush hour, cars block the box

i got a fine in London for doing this by mistake. i didn’t even block traffic, i just went into the intersection without the cars in front moving. bam, fine. lesson learned.

kmlx··on Trying to use Bluesky without getting burned again

agree with what you wrote but the problem becomes more complicated when API access becomes expensive to provide. basically it’s easy to provide something for free when no one is using it and no one is making any money. but when things start picking up then the real problems arise.

kmlx··on Nikon reveals a lens that captures wide and telephoto images simultaneously

official link: https://www.nikon.com/company/news/2024/1219_01.html

still no photos, but they say more info will come during CES

kmlx··on Show HN: Chorus, a Mac app that lets you chat with a bunch of AIs at once

imo even more useful would be to have a single answer that represents a mix of all the other answers (with an option to see each individual answer etc)

kmlx··on UK's Online Safety Act comes into force

yes, very much aware of this. you can even block them at carrier level, but it’s a little bit more expensive

kmlx··on UK's Online Safety Act comes into force

besides big tech i assume it will push more people underground (this is what i would do). and VPNs will get (yet another) big boost.

myopic governments pushed by myopic voters are apparently the new norm.

kmlx··on Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

does anyone here use cloudflare as a registrar?

i’m interested in any potential negatives.

kmlx··on Skype Credit is no longer available

i know of two companies (via acquaintances) that use skype (the regular non business version). one is a medium sized spam company that trades IPs and malware from eastern europe whose spam clients are all using skype. and the other is an online porn company whose contractors are all using skype. i couldn’t find out why they’re not using something else.

kmlx··on Notre Dame Cathedral reopens

they cancelled the design competition and went with an identical reconstruction: https://www.thelocal.fr/20200710/macron-gives-blessing-to-re...

part of the reason was to have it ready for the olympics since a design competition would take a long time.

kmlx··on What Arm's CEO makes of the Intel debacle

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24306571/verge-subscripti...

> Our original reporting, reviews, and features will be behind a dynamic metered paywall — many of you will never hit the paywall, but if you read us a lot, we’ll ask you to pay.

kmlx··on Notre Dame Cathedral reopens

an argument could be made that this was a once in a few generations chance to do something different, or at least change/add to the existing design. another argument is that the building saw many changes from ~1180 to today, so change was actually part of the history of the building.

kmlx··on "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"

my adblocker on Safari blocks everything, including trackers. no idea about Chrome.

kmlx··on iOS 18.2 Lets EU Users Delete App Store, Safari, Messages, Camera and Photos

i'm guessing it's an indirect requirement from governments (e.g. "on our territory it's illegal to use the internet/device for X").

kmlx··on iOS 18.2 Lets EU Users Delete App Store, Safari, Messages, Camera and Photos

this one?

https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Filesystem:/usr/libexec/countr...

> countryd determines the user's physical country based on multiple characteristics. It is used by the eligibility system to ensure it is difficult to spoof the user's true physical location. It was introduced in iOS 16.2 and macOS 13.0.

kmlx··on Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

oura ring does function without a subscription, but the data is obviously poorer.

kmlx··on WordPress.org's latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin

> a corp is trying to freeload on OSS community

automattic is worth a few billion. what are talking about?

kmlx··on "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"

> making adblock less effective

adblocking still works just fine on Safari, which has been doing the same thing as Manifest V3 for years now.

kmlx··on Tesla Robotaxi

> Here’s the thing, it works great for 30-40 minutes, until it doesn’t and makes a completely wrong move almost causing an accident without user intervention

interesting. this wasn’t my experience. i did SF <> Lake Tahoe (which can stretch to 5hrs) a number of times when i was in SF and didn’t encounter any major issues. small issues sure, but it was definitely better than my driving.

kmlx··on Tesla Robotaxi

> dumber idea than renting out your own car as a taxi.

your car is doing nothing for most of it’s lifetime. renting it out via turo or as a taxi makes sense.

kmlx··on Tesla Robotaxi

No special tariffs in the UK also.

kmlx··on California Bans Sell-By Dates

> to submit evidence back to the grocer that the produce or other perishable was not in condition to be sold

this reminded me of the Seinfeld episode in which Kramer tries to return fruit: https://youtu.be/IgZkMRfnomI

kmlx··on Emirates airline bans pagers and walkie-talkies after device attacks in Lebanon

i find this story very weird. hezbollah is a terrorist organisation. which airports allow terrorists to travel through them with pallets of electronic devices?

kmlx··on They stole my voice with AI

> what if AI was used to imitate a person saying something blasphemeous?

> My country is already has blasphemy lynching mobs

in your case the problem is not AI, it’s your country.

kmlx··on Apple Gets EU Warning to Open Up iPhone Operating System

> Apple's abusive practices

which abusive practices are you referring to?

kmlx··on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

> Starting a $1100 makes this something only very few will purchase on their own. It's an absolutely insane price.

not if you account for inflation.

$1100 is $905 in 2020 money.

basically iphones have become cheaper every year due to inflation.

kmlx··on Playstation 5 Pro

the appeal will probably come from gta6.

not sure if it helps anyone here, but: $700 is $575 in 2020 money

kmlx··on Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries to local servers

could be. running on hyperoptic with cloudflare doh.

kmlx··on Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries to local servers

> RT is banned (broadcasts and streams not allowed, and website blocked) in the UK.

no VPN, rt.com works just fine in the UK, no issues.

i think they banned the live TV in the EU and UK. and i think they also banned the website in the EU, but apparently it’s not enforced? https://www.rferl.org/amp/russia-rt-sputnik-eu-access-bans-p...

haven’t found anything about rt.com being banned in the UK thou.

kmlx··on Britain's reliance on coal-fired power set to end after 140 years

> The new government just removed a ban on new on-shore wind turbines.

there hasn't been a ban on onshore wind since 2021:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-ever-renewable-en...

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