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rpledge commented on UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/azalemeth

HPsquared · 8 months ago

12k a year?!? That is a staggering number. I wonder what the stats were in East Germany (though they may have had harsher punishments.. that can be ratcheted up later though once the system is in place)

rpledge · 8 months ago

East Germany fell in 1990 - I doubt there were even 12,000 people online in East Germany at that point in time.

rpledge commented on Hardware microphone disconnect (2021) support.apple.com/guide/s... · Posted by u/janniks

tagyro · 3 years ago

That is actually meant to keep the connection to a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse when using the computer in clamshell mode.

rpledge · 3 years ago

Apples clamshell mode support is super confusing IMHO. This is once thing Windows does better at least by default. Perhaps Macs can be configured to what I expect but I personally have struggled with getting it to work in a way that satisfies me.

rpledge commented on NASA predicts asteroid to make one of closest approaches to Earth ever recorded jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-sy... · Posted by u/helsinkiandrew

UI_at_80x24 · 3 years ago

When I was about 10 years old 1983 (+/- 2 years) I was 'camping' in my backyard with a friend. While we were running around in the dark we saw an asteroid bounce off the atmosphere and either enter below my visual horizon or pass by the earth.

It was about the size golfball/chicken egg held at arms length. I was facing East-South-East (approximately).

It was a bright red, and I could see impact craters on the surface of it. There were no 'flames/fireballs' from orbital entry friction.

The entire incident lasted less then 10 seconds (but this is very much a guess, and impacted by the time-frames involved).

rpledge · 3 years ago

There's no way you saw any impact craters on an asteroid naked eye. You have a false memory