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2muchcoffeeman commented on Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help   hey.paris/posts/appleid/... · Posted by u/parisidau
avazhi · 13 hours ago
The original commenter said he always suggests people do these things.
2muchcoffeeman · 9 hours ago
Yes, this is what they think is required to be safe. It’s up to you what you do. But what’s better having information or not having information?

At the very least “civilians” need to be informed, and warned.

2muchcoffeeman commented on Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help   hey.paris/posts/appleid/... · Posted by u/parisidau
dansmith1919 · 20 hours ago
How much free time do you think the average person has to learn and set all this up?

“You’re giving these companies your data and then dare to be angry when you lose it? Just get a degree in computer science and host it yourself!!1! I am very smart”

2muchcoffeeman · 19 hours ago
I think you’re taking the message the wrong way.

Those are the steps the commenter suggests you take to use these services safely.

It’s not that these steps are reasonable.

2muchcoffeeman commented on He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over   washingtonpost.com/lifest... · Posted by u/wallflower
asacrowflies · a day ago
No. Lol . Do we need to follow such stupid rules of no first hand knowledge of his feats.... Should the article even be here? Lol
2muchcoffeeman · a day ago
The article is just an interview with a dude trying something hard. There are no moral judgments about his character.

Why do you feel like you need to be morally superior to him? Life is hard and we all make mistakes.

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2muchcoffeeman commented on Show HN: Fanfa – Interactive and animated Mermaid diagrams   fanfa.dev/... · Posted by u/bairess
2muchcoffeeman · 5 days ago
Can’t tell from that link. Is there a better layout engine?
2muchcoffeeman commented on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros   about.netflix.com/en/news... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
afavour · 8 days ago
This argument has always confused me. Yes, it's true that a digital copy of a video can be duplicated endlessly in a way a physical item cannot. But... so?

It's an item available for purchase at a price. If you take it without paying that price then the seller is out money they would otherwise have received. If everyone pirated Netflix's output then they would have to shut down, just the same as a grocery store would if everyone stole their produce. The only reason that doesn't happen is because piracy is a minority activity.

2muchcoffeeman · 8 days ago
Seriously how old are some of the people responding? An entire generation already went through this.

Bootleg DVDs, pirated files were common place. I could literally go out whenever and spend change on a VCD. Or a friend would have a copy of whatever movie on their HD. I’d go to anime screenings where people would bring their RAID arrays full of fan subbed anime. Music was pirated all over the place. Digital players just made music piracy more common. Everyone used BitTorrent. Everyone. People got sued. ISPs used to send out letters saying “we think you’re torrenting. Please stop or we’ll cancel your service”.

You know what didn’t happen? The entertainment industry didn’t collapse. You know why? Because none of these people were never going to spend money on entertainment. You know what I did if I couldn’t afford to see a movie or get a new CD in college? Something else.

When Netflix started streaming, they fixed all this. We all stopped BitTorrenting because Netflix was easier. They know how to fix it and they fixed it for a while. Sell us convenience. But I’m not paying and managing 5 subscriptions.

2muchcoffeeman commented on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros   about.netflix.com/en/news... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
philipallstar · 9 days ago
> They all had their chance. They blew it.

This is so silly. It's like saying "Sweet manufacturers all had the chance to sell the same sweets, and they blew it. So I just nick most sweets." Just say "I don't like paying for things and can get away with this, and my ethics only work in public or when I'm forced to obey them." And then we're done.

2muchcoffeeman · 8 days ago
Are you saying I wouldn’t steal a car, or a handbag, or a television, or a dvd? So piracy is a crime?

Are you really making that argument in 2025? You must be very young.

Bittorrent didn’t become popular because no one wanted to pay for things. In fact people stopped when Netflix was good. I stopped, all my friends stopped. It was no longer a mainstream thing. We even put up with a few price hikes. Then 1 service became whatever and people started torrenting and streaming sites started popping up.

Everyone was willing to pay for convenience. No ones wants to pay even more for in convenience.

You’ll note music piracy is not really a thing anymore. Thanks Spotify.

2muchcoffeeman commented on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros   about.netflix.com/en/news... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
CamouflagedKiwi · 9 days ago
I don't know. I never really had a sensible option to watch Game of Thrones legally, it's a little late for that now but presumably this would mean it's on Netflix which would be significantly better for me. (I guess useful for House of the Dragon now). I don't think I care much about the upcoming Harry Potter show but if I did want to watch that, I'm not sure what my options would be, and Netflix seems better than me having to take out _another_ subscription.

Obviously having one monopoly streaming service would be bad, but in the meantime having more of them is also not great for consumers since they each charge a flat fee so you have to pay more to see shows from different studios. The ideal would be something more akin to music streaming where you can more or less pick a provider these days, but video streaming doesn't seem to be moving there in any hurry.

2muchcoffeeman · 9 days ago
Just have one subscription at a time and then pirate the rest of it.

They all had their chance. They blew it.

2muchcoffeeman commented on A Cozy Mk IV light aircraft crashed after 3D-printed part was weakened by heat   bbc.com/news/articles/c1w... · Posted by u/toss1
Ancapistani · 9 days ago
I've printed and used intake manifolds for (automotive) engines in the past, without issue. Obviously that's not the same stakes as an aircraft, but I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to do safely.
2muchcoffeeman · 9 days ago
I’m not necessarily saying it can’t be done. But these are plastics that fail under heat. I’d test part for non critical applications and I’m just a nobody amateur.

These guys are messing with planes and don’t test enough? Is there an explanation these people aren’t just incompetent?

2muchcoffeeman commented on A Cozy Mk IV light aircraft crashed after 3D-printed part was weakened by heat   bbc.com/news/articles/c1w... · Posted by u/toss1
Aurornis · 9 days ago
Manufacturers who use 3D printing use specialized 3D printers, not the same thing that hobbyists use.

They also handle all of the testing of parts to ensure they meet the design spec and they have the equipment to validate each printed part to ensure it doesn't have any major defects.

2muchcoffeeman · 9 days ago
You can see the layer lines in the part. WTF? I don’t build aircraft parts. But I sure as hell wont use thermoplastics in this situation. I don’t even 3D print parts for mildly hot environments where failure is just annoyance.

Whoever built this should be charged.

u/2muchcoffeeman

KarmaCake day5465December 24, 2010View Original