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saintfire commented on Sign in with Google in Chrome   underpassapp.com/news/202... · Posted by u/frizlab
skydhash · a month ago
I was trying Chrome on a work computer (because why not, I'm only doing work stuff on it). That incognito (but not really) mode made me download Firefox in an hurry.
saintfire · a month ago
How does Firefox improve on icognito?

I haven't used chrome in a long time but as far as I was aware they do the same thing: wipe session data on close.

saintfire commented on Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon   oregonlive.com/silicon-fo... · Posted by u/cbzbc
malnourish · a month ago
YouTube? Twitch? I don't use either but people sure flock to them.

There are many acquisitions that lead to better products.

saintfire · a month ago
I would argue neither is better for it, as a user.

They're more lucrative for creators/streamers and have further reach but the platform experience is noticeably worse.

saintfire commented on Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door   nytimes.com/2025/07/14/te... · Posted by u/fvrghl
0cf8612b2e1e · a month ago

  A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers built to train more powerful A.I. are set to be even thirstier, requiring millions of gallons of water a day
I naively assumed these were closed loops. Where does the water go? I would think it just gets warm and does not evaporate.

saintfire · a month ago
There are a few common cooling technologies that use a semi-closed loop, not completely closed. It's a recycled loop of water with loss. Structures such as cooling towers mist the cooling water over a waterfall-like system with fans blowing over it. They use make-up supplies from municipal water to refill evaporative losses and provide "free" cooling.

There are also heat exchanges that mist water over the air it pulls in to lower the air temperature. Data centers use these all the time.

Look into adiabatic cooling.

For something truly shocking look into "once through cooling". It's being/been phased out but is a disgusting waste of water.

saintfire commented on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA   ostechnix.com/linux-reach... · Posted by u/marcodiego
CuriouslyC · a month ago
Pretty sure it's because Windows has gotten worse. I ditched windows recently because it was flagging bit torrent software as malware and deleting it (utorrent, qbittorrent, deluge, all directly from official sources), and when I tried to turn the setting off in the control panel it wouldn't allow me to. A few minutes later it popped up an advertising notification for a F2P windows store game.

Linux hasn't necessarily gotten better, sadly. My install was unusable due to video issues, I had to boot a recover console to fix it. I also had to fix some issues with X desktop effects glitching after waking from suspend, making the desktop environment nearly unusable. Otherwise, Linux performs a lot better on my system than Windows.

saintfire · a month ago
Obviously everyone has their own experience but any Arch(-based) distro I've used has just worked out of the box following a simple Calamares install.

I've had nothing but bad experiences with Debian installs and I'm curious if this is where a lot of issues are coming from when people switch to Mint or Ubuntu when they hear it's the "beginner distro"

saintfire commented on A new PNG spec   programmax.net/articles/p... · Posted by u/bluedel
ProgramMax · 2 months ago
Strangely, I was familiar with AIFF and RIFF files but never made the connection that they're both IFF. I hadn't known about IFF before your post. Thank you :)

W3C requires that we do not break old, conformant specs. Meaning if the next PNG spec would invalidate prior specs, they won't approve it. By extension, an old, conformant program will not suddenly become non-conformant.

I could see a group of people formalizing IFFv2, and adapting PNG to it. But that would effectively be PNGIFF, not PNG. It would be a new spec. Because we cannot break the old one.

That might be fine. But it comes with a new set of problems, like adoption.

Soooo I like the idea but it would probably be a separate thing. FWIW, it would actually be nice to make a formal IFF spec. If there was no governing body that owns it, we can find an org and gather interest.

I doubt W3C would be the right org for it. ISO subgroup??

saintfire · 2 months ago
They pretty much say the same thing halfway through. Don't change PNG but adapt IFF to work with PNG's flavour of IFF.
saintfire commented on uBlock Origin Lite Beta for Safari iOS   testflight.apple.com/join... · Posted by u/Squarex
viktorcode · 2 months ago
… or sideboard for free for a week.
saintfire · 2 months ago
Not sure if this was a sarcastic jab or an genuine proposed solution but I laughed either way.
saintfire commented on WhatsApp introduces ads in its app   nytimes.com/2025/06/16/te... · Posted by u/greenburger
EGreg · 2 months ago
Didn't Facebook promise the WhatsApp guys, or its users, that it will "never" show ads in that app, as a condition of buying it?
saintfire · 2 months ago
They didn't pinky promise, though.
saintfire commented on That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam   popsci.com/technology/ema... · Posted by u/geox
saintfire · 2 months ago
> A good rule of thumb is knowing that no legitimate business will request your username and password after clicking their email’s unsubscription button.

Just FAANG and fintech. Pretty lousy rule of thumb.

saintfire commented on "Localhost tracking" explained. It could cost Meta €32B   zeropartydata.es/p/localh... · Posted by u/donohoe
fifilura · 2 months ago
If this fine is collected. Will I get the money?

Serious question. I don't generally mind paying taxes and all that. But in this case I feel I am the person offended and I should get some kind of compensation. I'd say €1-2000 would make me feel somewhat compensated.

saintfire · 2 months ago
I have an anecdote about fines not being about making a victim whole.

I was hit by a hit-and-run while driving my car. Totally destroyed the back-end.

I personally investigated and gathered info/videos to figure out the car and plates because the police essentially said they couldn't be bothered.

After finding out the owner of the car the insurance company said that under their criteria it was no longer a hit-and-run and I'm not covered by them. The person did not have insurance.

The law here is the owner of the vehicle faces a $2000 fine, plus the $2000 fine for a vehicle being operated without insurance. I was subpoenaed as a witness (lol) to the hit and run, for which I had to take a day off work.

So, the government earned a cool $4000 for my troubles, and i was out a $3000 car and a day of work.

I've since accepted that fines are just a lazy blunt instrument that serve as nothing more than a deterrent; not a way to fix past injustices. Maybe obvious but still counter intuitive when you're the wronged party.

saintfire commented on FSE meets the FBI   blog.freespeechextremist.... · Posted by u/1337p337
mkfs · 3 months ago
> Pedophiles were showing up on FSE.

That seems to be a problem with the Fediverse in general. And admittedly, Discord.

saintfire · 3 months ago
Or really anywhere that you can upload a picture and don't tie your real name to.

u/saintfire

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