Formerly known as a "purse".
Readit NewsARandomerDude commented on iPhone Pocket apple.com/newsroom/2025/1... · Posted by u/soheilpro
UN should move its HQ outside of US. It is obvious they have become a bad host.
Now that's an idea I think a lot of people can get behind. From the left, the US is a bad host. From the right, get those globalists out of my country. Everybody wins.
ARandomerDude commented on Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres topicpartition.io/blog/po... · Posted by u/enether
I'm solidly in camp 2, the "common sense" camp that doesn't care about buzzwords.
That said, I don't consider running Kafka to be a headache. I work at a mid-sized company, processing billions of Kafka events per day and it's never been a problem, even locally when I'm processing hundreds of events per day.
You set it up, forget about it, and it scales endlessly. You don't have to rewrite anything and it provides a nice separation layer between your system components.
When starting out, you can easily run Kafka, DB, API on the same machine.
> US-armed foreign forces
means Israel.
ARandomerDude commented on iPad Pro with M5 chip apple.com/newsroom/2025/1... · Posted by u/chasingbrains
I bought iPad Pro M4 and I am yet to find a use case for it. Combined with non-secure cloud backup in the UK, I see it as a toy device.
Watch YouTube, casually browse web (I am yet to install VPN).
So far the most use I had with it was recording meetings, so that later I can relisten.
If I was able to run Ubuntu on it or even macOs - that would have been a different story...
iPad is also the best ebook reader in my opinion, which is pretty much the only reason I have one.
You would also need to find a crew to run it. Which requires either a) ex military dudes with direct experience b) extremely talented engineers who can reverse engineer stuff and make it work.
For either, you are going to have to spend basically close to 5 mill a year just on salaries.
You also need a construction team to insulate the lair and install trap doors over the lava.
Do you criticize the government too much? You're now a "specified person". Sure, the court may overturn the decision eventually, but for the next 3 years your life is ruined. This is the COVID trucker protest response playbook, now applied to the internet.
If you think but I don't like the COVID truckers, well that's fine for now. Wait until there is something you vehemently disagree with the government about. Freedom of speech must be protected, regardless of how much you like the content or the speaker.
ETA: What might be the justification for censorship in this bill? The telecom network is critical infrastructure. You're spreading mis/dis/mal-information, according to the government. Therefore you are harming the integrity of the telecom network.
> British-Israeli security software company Kape Technologies
That doesn't sound good for privacy.
ARandomerDude commented on Thoughts on Mechanical Keyboards and the ZSA Moonlander masteringemacs.org/articl... · Posted by u/TheFreim
I've had a Moonlander and a few other ergo mechanical keyboards. I never liked them and they didn't seem to help my forearm pain as much as I hoped.
After a lot of time and well over $1,000, the 2 things that solved it for me were: (1) get a soft, membrane-style wireless keyboard and put it in my lap when I type. I've found the Logitech MX Keys to be the most comfortable. (2) Use compression arm bands when typing. They're cheap.
All-in, you're looking at about $150 for a high-comfort solution. YMMV.
ARandomerDude commented on Grok is now the most popular model on OpenRouter openrouter.ai/rankings#ma... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
> The intense Nazi bias makes it a bit of a hard sell to me.
I haven't used it for anything social/political. Do you mean actual 1930s-1940s Nazis or are you using the term analogically?