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saxonww commented on Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher   novalauncher.com/nova-is-... · Posted by u/KORraN
throwa356262 · 25 days ago
It's 2026, why are people still using custom launchers?

Serious question from a former Nova Prime user.

saxonww · 25 days ago
I don't want a big search bar on my home screen, and there's no way around it with the Pixel Launcher except use a different launcher.
saxonww commented on We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers   blog.metabrainz.org/2025/... · Posted by u/LorenDB
saxonww · a month ago
I haven't really looked but I wonder if there are any IP reputation services tracking AI crawlers the same way they track tor relays and vpns and such. If those databases were accurate it seems like you could prevent those crawlers from ever hitting the site. Maybe they change too often/too quickly.
saxonww commented on I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus   pocket-lint.com/lg-tv-tur... · Posted by u/fcpguru
reactordev · 2 months ago
Total control is the name of the game for me. I can load Steam. I can load Brave. I can load VLC. I can watch any streaming, play any game (proton supported), or listen to any music.
saxonww · 2 months ago
It's just really grating to buy a nice screen and then have all the streaming services basically lock you to early-2000s picture quality. It's not that it doesn't work at all, but if I get the big nice modern screen I want to be able to use what I paid for.
saxonww commented on Benn Jordan’s flock camera jammer will send you to jail in Florida now [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=qEllW... · Posted by u/givemeethekeys
programmertote · 2 months ago
I generally don't like the idea of relying on one private company to track private individual citizens' movement. So, I have an issue with this punishment (although I see that allowing that would also make it harder for automated toll charging systems to collect tolls).

On a related note, when I lived in FL, I often saw cars with this opaque plastic cover on number plates. I think these are installed by the drivers so that they can avoid paying road toll (FL has many road tolls). I also noticed that these drivers tend to be more aggressive in driving than others (that's how I noticed their license plates are covered). Will the same punishment be applied to those drivers?

saxonww · 2 months ago
The opaque covers (and essentially all license plate decorations, frames, covers, etc.) are illegal as of October 1 in Florida. I believe initially the plan is stop-and-educate, but the law provides for a $500 fine and up to 60 days jail time for obscuring your license plate.

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saxonww commented on The Trinary Dream Endures   robinsloan.com/lab/trinar... · Posted by u/FromTheArchives
DiggyJohnson · 4 months ago
What is PAM in this context?
saxonww · 4 months ago
Pulse amplitude modulation
saxonww commented on Sora Update #1   blog.samaltman.com/sora-u... · Posted by u/davidbarker
CPLX · 4 months ago
Indeed. If you read between the lines that’s clearly it.

And on that note can I add how much I truly despise sentences like this:

> We are hearing from a lot of rightsholders who are very excited for this new kind of "interactive fan fiction" and think this new kind of engagement will accrue a lot of value to them, but want the ability to specify how their characters can be used (including not at all).

To me this sentence sums up a certain kind of passive aggressive California, Silicon Valley, sociopathic way of communicating with people that just makes my skin crawl. It’s sort of a conceptual cousin to concepts like banning someone from a service without even telling them or using words like “sunset” instead of “cancel” and so on.

What that sentence actually fucking means is that a lot of powerful people with valuable creative works contacted them with lawyers telling them to knock this the fuck off. Which they thought was appropriate to put in parentheses at the end as if it wasn’t the main point.

saxonww · 4 months ago
I'm not really disagreeing with you, but I think it's more about salesmanship than anything else. "We released v1 and copyright holders immediately threatened to sue us, lol" sounds like you didn't think ahead, and also paints copyright holders in a negative light; copyright holders who you need to not be enemies but who, if you're not making it up, are already unhappy enough to want to sue you.

Sam's sentence tries to paint what happened in a positive light, and imagines positive progress as both sides work towards 'yes'.

So I agree that it would be nice if he were more direct, but if he's even capable of that it would be 30 years from now when someone's asking him to reminisce, not mid-hustle. And I'd add that I think this is true of all business executives, it's not necessarily a Silicon Valley thing. They seem to frequently be mealy-mouthed. I think it goes with the position.

saxonww commented on Ultrasonic Chef's Knife   seattleultrasonics.com/... · Posted by u/hemloc_io
CamperBob2 · 5 months ago
For those of us who aren't knowledgeable in this field, what happens if you do?
saxonww · 5 months ago
The steel used to make the knives is not always stainless, so it can stain or rust. Even stainless is really just stain resistant.

Dishwasher detergent is caustic and corrosive to steel, so over time it can pit the metal and dull the finish. Handles will swell and become loose or deteriorate, either because of wood repeatedly being waterlogged and dried or just from the heat cycling. A loose handle can be unsanitary, unsightly, dangerous, or all three.

You'll often read that knives in the dishwasher will bang around and that will damage the edge. And that it's more likely you will hurt yourself pulling a knife out of the dishwasher vs. cleaning them properly.

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