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Jaepa commented on Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs   guru3d.com/story/synology... · Posted by u/baobun
b3lvedere · 3 months ago
I stand corrected. Thank you. I was under the assumption you could use any type of drive from any brand now again. It appears i assumed wrong. Just use any SSD brand, but forced to use Synology branded platter HDDs is not quite acceptable.
Jaepa · 3 months ago
My guess is that the confusion is very much the point.
Jaepa commented on Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs   guru3d.com/story/synology... · Posted by u/baobun
b3lvedere · 3 months ago
Meh.. i do kinda forgive them. They tried, they lost, they reveserd their decision and hope to keep their customers (read:sales) happy. There are plenty of companies which would double or triple down their bad decisions and flatly tell the customer is the problem.

Our customers usually want nice, but monitor/manageble NASes and Synology was quite acceptable. It got annoying when we could not put in any harddisk we'd wanted, but most of our customers did not really care, so we didn't as well. If you absolutely need superb storage you should stop using NASes anyway and get a far better (but more expensive) solution.

Then again if i myself want some NAS functionality, i'd fire up a Debian with Samba using any hardware i want.

Jaepa · 3 months ago
They did that though. They have doubled down and told the users they were wrong & that this was a needed

Eventually relenting because of the consequences isn't a laudable accomplishment. Also it very much appears as they not really relenting, just trying to recover some PR

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Synology-only-partially-removes...

Jaepa commented on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes   bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
Jaepa · 4 months ago
Conclusion for those who read the title and read it as an implied negative effect on use.

> Drug treatment for ADHD was associated with beneficial effects in reducing the risks of suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, transport accidents, and criminality but not accidental injuries when considering first event rate. The risk reductions were more pronounced for recurrent events, with reduced rates for all five outcomes. This target trial emulation study using national register data provides evidence that is representative of patients in routine clinical settings.

Jaepa commented on Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead?   josefprusa.com/articles/o... · Posted by u/rcarmo
simpaticoder · 4 months ago
The real story here is that IP ownership is capital-intensive when it shouldn't be. Open-source and community-led IP contributions are grossly under-protected because of this, and those with capital become unopposed predators. This is a special-case of the more general observation that the justice system is capital-intensive when it shouldn't be. The answer is something you very rarely hear: the US (especially) needs justice system reform with an eye toward making actions take 100x less time and 100x less money, approaching free for consumer and IP actions. Given the advent of computers, the internet, video conferencing, it is outrageous how much of the current system requires physical paper, physical presence in a courtroom. It is outrageous how the slowness and cost of the system itself is used by the wealthy to bully the poor.
Jaepa · 4 months ago
Actually AFIAK most of the US has moved to electronic filing, but that has actually made things more expensive. Typically courts hire out the electronic filing part. The hired companies typically collect money from both the state/county and the end user. Larger court systems like LA, NYC, and Cook are big enough to force concessions, or even fund new companies, but others have to buy into one system or another.

It would be great if a bunch of courts could band together to setup a shared open source solution, but courts at the state level are pretty fractious. And the legal system is both pretty slow and pretty reluctant to change.

Jaepa commented on Daily omega-3 fatty acids may help human organs stay young   medicalxpress.com/news/20... · Posted by u/gmays
jadbox · a year ago
EILI5? How compelling is this study against Omega3?
Jaepa · a year ago
There's been a fair bit of research people who have diets rich in Omega 3, have better cardiovascular health.

There is no real reliable study's that show consistent benefits from Omega 3 supplements however.

Jaepa commented on Apple files emergency motion to become defendant in US vs. Google [pdf]   storage.courtlistener.com... · Posted by u/zdw
vessenes · a year ago
Interesting; I wonder if DOJ approaches on this stuff will continue (Vance has been clear he's a big tech skeptic), or if things will chill out a little.

In this case, the big complaint Apple has is that there was a really long trial, US v. Google, and one of the proposed remedies is a ban on a “contract between Google and Apple in which there would be anything exchanged of value.”

Apple is like "hold on a minute here, we weren't party to this trial."

When they asked to file some briefs, they were denied. Hence these motions, and also the PR push, I imagine.

I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like any party named in an order should at least be allowed to show up and say some things. We'll see.

Jaepa · a year ago
Maybe; They should have still been able to file amicus curiae but likely they would have to appeal the remedy instead of attempting to become a co-defendant.

The case was Google illegally using it monopoly power. The Remedy was to prevent some of the anti-compitive actions. If the agreement was to split up Google, or for it to sell off chrome it wouldn't make sense for Apple to be a co-defendent.

Jaepa commented on Show HN: Org-Supertag   github.com/yibie/org-supe... · Posted by u/oliverchan2024
bot347851834 · a year ago
I'm always curious on how you guys use your note taking apps? I tried multiple (obsidian, notion, logseq ecc..) but always struggled to find a real use/need for them outside of work.

Am I missing something on going straight to applying my knowledge, after having found a solution to whatever problem I'm facing from a variety of sources, and not writing down many notes outside code comments/README.md ecc..? E.g: I'm currently building a mobile app with flutter, would you guys suggest that I log what I'm learning, even considering it's pretty basic stuff due to the fact that it's my first encounter with flutter/dart?

Now that I think about it, writing notes during the process could perhaps help me have more material for my blog posts

Jaepa · a year ago
I've found its helpful to divide notes into two separate categories: notes & logs. Anything that is not a log is a note. This includes recipes, people, tools, reading list, etc.

Logs are meant to serve as a labnote book. Each entry is saved in a daily journal & with a date and simple description header. What I'm doing, why, how its going, checklist, etc. Basically a dumping ground for everything I could possibly have a use for re-using later. This help eliminates entire categories of notes(e.g. call with mechanic), and give you a chance to leverage smaller notes with backlinks to the individual experiences using it. The effort to keep notes evergreen is very difficult when the content keeps changing.

Jaepa commented on Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers   techcrunch.com/2024/11/07... · Posted by u/handfuloflight
Jaepa · a year ago
So I have some concerns.

There is of course the safety & morality of AI in military, the potential issues for hallucinations, environmental concerns, etc. But I'm more worried about the ability to defer accountability for terrible acts to a software bug.

Jaepa commented on Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency   github.com/ChrisTitusTech... · Posted by u/aquova
electronbeam · a year ago
Im surprised Adobe themselves dont try to help with this.

Adobe would be able to try a vertical integration play

Jaepa · a year ago
They seem to be largely rent seeking, & making similarly received AI pivots.
Jaepa commented on Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency   github.com/ChrisTitusTech... · Posted by u/aquova
kelsey98765431 · a year ago
Proton is able to run just about anything now, not just games. Stop using Microsoft Operating Systems where you can and mark them as needing replacement with real software in all your reports.
Jaepa · a year ago
I was going to say Fusion360 is my largest blocker, but it looks like it's now in the Silver category https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iI...

u/Jaepa

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