Those datacenters are the moai of our time; if you step back, it's interesting to watch.
Now that's certainly a take.
Readit NewsAerbil313 commented on Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cryptocurrency mining center space.com/space-explorati... · Posted by u/troglo-byte
Aerbil313 commented on The Tor Project is switching to Rust itsfoss.com/news/tor-rust... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
No, on this device literally the only customization I have is the RECAP browser extension. And even RECAP only runs on whitelisted websites.
It’s probably precisely because his browser is not customized that it’s not easily fingerprintable, because stock Safari has privacy protections and users generally don’t change anything.
I got a very similar result on unmodified iOS Safari, randomized among 380k users and conveying 15.5 bits of information. I only have the Dark Reader extension.
I don’t use traditional social media, at all?
With how things are going, I’m starting to wonder whether I should make some accounts just to pass the normalcy test.
I’m in college and I don’t have a single friend who doesn’t actively use Instagram.
Aerbil313 commented on Apple’s head of user interface design, Alan Dye, will join Meta cnbc.com/2025/12/03/liqui... · Posted by u/Noaidi
I’ll be the one to say it:
I don’t really mind liquid glass.
Of course, that’s mostly because there are bigger problems this release cycle. For instance, they didn’t test Magnifier on 13 mini sized screens. Now that it doesn’t fit, the other app teams will probably make more stuff uselessly cluttered/embiggened, rendering Apple’s last phone-size devices useless.
I’ll be the one to say it:
Liquid Glass is actually very good design that addresses design problems that persisted since the switch to touchscreens in a very comprehensive way.
More specifically, the problem of how to have universally recognizable and standardized UI controls in every app without interfering with their design identity.
To me it’s just a logical conclusion in the UI design field, and I fully expect Google and others to adopt something like it eventually.
The implementation isn’t flawless though.
I’d love if an actual UX designer could comment here.
Aerbil313 commented on Apple’s head of user interface design, Alan Dye, will join Meta cnbc.com/2025/12/03/liqui... · Posted by u/Noaidi
My turn to complain about bugs. I used to balk at people when they complained about bugs on MacOS/iOS.
My iPhone 7 which I used for 7 years straight, was more bug-free than my current iPhone 15 Pro.
There’s no shortage of visual bugs with iOS 26, but that’s not my point. Recently I had to restart my phone (literally unheard of in Apple land) because I put it in Guided Access and it wasn’t possible to get it out without a force restart, which I had to learn how to do for the first time. That bug persisted for at least a month.
A few days ago the camera app would just show a grey screen and the fix was to restart your iPhone.
I’m sorry but that’s Android. If you have to restart your phone because of a bug, or core functionality like camera doesn’t work, you are not using an iPhone. But apparently, you are, and apparently Apple has finally succumbed to organizational corruption like every other company.
Still miles better than Android though, in which the OS is still an active warzone between Google and the manufacturer.
Aerbil313 commented on Trying two dozen different psychedelics psychotechnology.substack... · Posted by u/eatitraw
> A psychedelic medicine company Mindstate Design aims to precision engineer mental states in order to heal mental health problems such as depression. Their plan is to create combinations of chemicals that reliably produce the exact necessary healing states — without the “hit and miss” “heal or bad trip” randomness of individual psychedelics.
> And to discover these they use a LLM-based platform that ingests tens of thousands trip reports online and combines with receptor/chemical interaction data (including affinities).
That's wild.
Aerbil313 commented on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain medicalxpress.com/news/20... · Posted by u/clumsysmurf
It’s so nice when you finally feel okay.
I received both of these diagnoses,
and then ended up finding mold toxicity, Lyme, high levels of EBV, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and staph in some dental work.
Resolving all of those (a long process!) has left me cool as a cucumber, in comparison. Higher bandwidth, effective.
No easy feat - but it was better to work on that list than a permanent list of conditions like I was left with!
Dude, that's wild. I can't imagine what you could do to get infected with so many different organisms. Are you sure there isn't some underlying unifying reason, like rare genetic disease that makes you more prone to infections or something?
You want a smart home? Home Assistant is FOSS, integrates with every device you own, and much more advanced than any proprietary platform. Look no further: https://home-assistant.io
I'm just a happy user.
Aerbil313 commented on I Want You to Understand Chicago aphyr.com/posts/397-i-wan... · Posted by u/tonyg
Not an American. At this point, I'm beyond surprised there still isn't a resistance movement that doesn't play by the rules, because the ICE sure are not playing by the rules.
Aerbil313 commented on How to maintain good vision amidst the myopia epidemic ssathe.substack.com/p/vis... · Posted by u/plun9
So eye strain cannot be reduced without already having myopia?
Myopia or no myopia, afaict the way to reduce eye strain is the same.
My understanding is that eye strain is either caused by unbalanced lightning (e.g. bright screen in dark room), or focusing on close distance for too long without giving the muscles a break by focusing further away. The well known 20-20-20 rule tries to establish that. As a practical advice, you may try adding some small walks, getting some fresh air for a few minutes, or even looking out of the window for a few minutes throughout the day.
FYI, iPhones have a feature to tell you to use your phone further away when you use it glued to your face. If you have myopia, it should go without saying that you should never use your phone with your glasses.