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ShellfishMeme commented on Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility   lttlabs.com/blog/2025/08/... · Posted by u/croes
wickedsight · 4 months ago
It's not that strange. USB-C is a plug, not everyone who implements the plug also implements it correctly. Some chargers with a USB-C Plug might just send a fixed voltage over the cable, rather then implementing the protocols.

I'm not saying that's the case for you, but USB-C is a minefield and I've seen some weird things happen with USB-C plugs.

ShellfishMeme · 4 months ago
I've once received a USB-C charger with a portable breast milk warmer device that outputted 18V at 2A without doing PD negotiation.

That fried another device when I plugged it in.

This is non compliant in the EU, but when I reported it to the responsible authorities, they didn't feel like doing anything about it.

We are talking about a charger that can fry any device and potentially cause a fire, coming with a product aimed at people with babies, that's clearly non compliant to be sold in the EU, and they are doing nothing at all. Pretty shocking if you ask me.

ShellfishMeme commented on The Demoralization is just Beginning   geohot.github.io//blog/je... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
sdsd · 9 months ago
I suppose this doesn't remotely qualify as "memes", but Mr. Bond went to prison for ten years in Germany for making racist rap songs.
ShellfishMeme · 9 months ago
It was Austria, and I think it's pretty telling that when free speech limitations come up in these kind of threads, it's always neo-Nazi stuff.
ShellfishMeme commented on Apple blocks PC emulator in iOS App Store and third-party app stores   9to5mac.com/2024/06/09/ap... · Posted by u/ajdude
gorkish · 2 years ago
I remember the flash-in-the-pan moment where through some strange conflux of exploits and firmware features UTM on iOS was able to access full hardware virtualization support. It was a glorious glimpse into an alternate reality that we will likely never get to see again.

I don't have enough superlatives to express my disappointment when seeing all of that effort suppressed and restricted by Apple.

When the UTM authors say "it's not worth it" -- they may be onto something. Apple is slowly but surely beginning to be "not worth it" for me and for many other professional users. Happy WWDC everybody; enjoy getting fucked.

ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
I was naively hoping that with the M4 iPad the opposite of this would happen and they would let us unlock the power of this device so I could use it as my dev machine when I'm traveling.

Instead, no real improvements are coming to iPad OS and if you're not gaming or video editing, all you get to do is marveling at how powerful your YouTube player is in benchmarks.

Please Apple, let the Pro device finally be a Pro device and let us use virtualization.

ShellfishMeme commented on Man with no ticket or passport flew from copenhagen to Los Angeles, FBI says   nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us... · Posted by u/edward
Svip · 2 years ago
Or he might have been going to Kiel, and came in from an non-Schengen origin to catch a connecting flight in Copenhagen to Kiel.
ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
Kiel has a tiny airport that doesn't have any scheduled services, but they have a large port with ferry and cruise terminals.
ShellfishMeme commented on Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data   podman-desktop.io/blog/po... · Posted by u/mairindubh
drzaiusx11 · 2 years ago
After docker desktop became unusable, I jumped to colima and never looked back. I still use the docker runtime in it (the non-proprietary part) but it also supports containerd. On Mac it's just a "brew install colima" and then "colima start"

I also install the compose and ecr credentials plug-ins (since I use ecr for my container registry.) It has the full functionality of docker desktop minus the UI, which I never used anyways.

https://github.com/abiosoft/colima

ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
For MacOS I can really recommend https://orbstack.dev

It integrates very nicely, has very low CPU idle usage and also lets you quickly spawn VMs with bidirectional file sharing set up.

Since I switched I haven't looked back.

ShellfishMeme commented on Strong static typing, a hill I'm willing to die on   svix.com/blog/strong-typi... · Posted by u/tasn
pfdietz · 2 years ago
Strong static typing is useful in the environment where the code is not adequately tested. That's because tests adequate to make the code bulletproof will also detect the problems strong static typing could detect, rendering SST superfluous.

So, how often is poorly tested code out there? From the popularity of strong static typing, it must be ubiquitous.

ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
Strong types aren't just a correctness guarantee, they also help to discover structure and interfaces that previously were implicit.

If a developer can jump into an unknown part of a codebase and quickly see that following a certain structure will automatically make their code work for them without needing to read all the code first and double checking if it's just a random convention versus a strict interface so they don't reinvent the wheel or build code that doesn't fit in with the existing structure, then that's worth a lot and something you cannot simply cover with tests.

ShellfishMeme commented on Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel   aljazeera.com/news/2023/9... · Posted by u/kbk
ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
Your comment history explicitly mentions that you are a fascist. I guess nowadays you folks stopped measuring skull shapes and read things into internet comments instead.
ShellfishMeme commented on California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics   latimes.com/california/st... · Posted by u/voisin
somenameforme · 2 years ago
I think it's relevant to point out that even Amsterdam eventually chose to ban magic mushrooms, though less potent magic truffles remain legal. This happened after a rapidly increasing number of incidents of people having psychotic episodes while tripping and injuring or killing themselves, usually while trying to fly.

I don't really see how legalization could work, let alone in an area with extremely high numbers of people with mental illness. Shrooms + mental illness go together like ammonia and bleach. And how many 'flying deaths', particularly of otherwise healthy young people, will society accept before backtracking? One can already easily envision the commercials for the inevitable proposition over it.

ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
Is there any proof that people trying to fly and jumping off a building is actually real? I always assumed it's some sort of anti drug meme that had been around since forever.
ShellfishMeme commented on Someone keeps trying to reset my Facebook password   reddit.com/r/facebook/com... · Posted by u/babuskov
MarkSweep · 2 years ago
firstname.lastname@gmail.com can have similar problems. Somehow people miscommunicate or misremember their email address and I get a lot of misdirected messages.
ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
Same thing here. The worst part is when websites don't actually require an email confirmation to keep using them. In the beginning I've tried to reach out to those companies to close the accounts without accessing them but by now I've started just resetting the password and then deleting them. It's just too difficult to do the right thing.
ShellfishMeme commented on Fresh evidence of ChatGPT’s political bias: study   uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/... · Posted by u/mellosouls
ageofreckoning · 2 years ago
Society does not dictate the truth; the truth should dictate society. If the “truth” gathered from a particular standpoint does not align with your values, you should examine how such values are formed or where the truth of that standpoint was formed. Only then will you begin to form any concept of the “truth” which is in itself a fascinating and multi-dimensional entity who can dissolve your ego and your convictions.
ShellfishMeme · 2 years ago
What does "truth" even mean here? All of these things are about society, culture and the human experience. There's no universal truth to be found there.

The best I can do is apply the categorical imperative influenced by my cultural context, upbringing and personal experiences.

u/ShellfishMeme

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