theshadowknows (u/theshadowknows)

theshadowknows commented on Ask HN: Why is today's Internet experience so user hostile? · Posted by u/julianpye

ratww · 4 years ago

Yeah, that's the thing.

You can't really fight against results. Putting an annoying modal asking for an email will give you lots of email leads. Sending newsletters will give more returns to the website. Sending desktop notifications whenever there's a new article works and gives more visits. A website that takes 20 seconds to load is not an issue. Advertisements give more than zero moneys.

The reason it gives positive results is because this is "fine" for enough people. Some people are totally okay with having 5000 unread emails. The web is slow because computer/OS/ISPs are greedy. Ads? Look at television. Just blame cookie banners on the government.

Why it's fine for a segment of people, I don't know. Maybe they have no choice, maybe they don't know better, maybe they are completely fine with it. All I know is that they are the target users and I'm not, and companies are ok with either losing me or forcing me to go trough this bullshit. Or maybe they don't even have to worry, since there's no competition.

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

100% - even annoying "promotional" email blasts. I've worked for companies where, when we did surveys, customers overwhelmingly said that we sent them too many emails or that the emails were not relevant. Yet time and time again we would do a bulk email send and watch in-store sales climb up proportionally. So naturally then we had to make email address a required field when making an account online. One more step for users, and specifically something that most users don't want to give...but the money says otherwise.

theshadowknows commented on Tesla recalls nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S cars theverge.com/2021/12/30/2... · Posted by u/turtlegrids

bumby · 4 years ago

This is largely urban legend from the Corvair debacle when an internal document showed someone comparing costs of lawsuits to a cost of recall. I don’t think it ever made it into some sort of policy, it was just a math wonk running numbers

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

Actually I was referring to the Ford rollover thing: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/ford-hid-suv-...

And to the GM ignition thing: https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2014/10/3/18073458/gm-car-r...

theshadowknows commented on Tesla recalls nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S cars theverge.com/2021/12/30/2... · Posted by u/turtlegrids

userbinator · 4 years ago

For affected Model 3 owners, Tesla has pledged to install a new cable harness and guide protector free of charge.

Wiring harness flexing and chafing is a decades-old well-known problem with well-known solutions. I wonder what the people who designed that area are thinking now, when they were presumably trying to save costs?

If Teslas' issues were specific to being EVs or otherwise new functionality specific to its cars, that would seem more understandable; yet these appear to be low-hanging fruit. As the other comment here mentions, other manufacturers have many recalls too, and some of those do look like low-hanging fruit, so I wonder if this is just a norm for the industry as a whole. What I'm trying to say is, why haven't simple things like latches and harness flexing/chafing been solved and perfected by now?

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

My understanding of the automotive industry is that they cut corners everywhere they can because they know it’ll save more money than a lawsuit or recall will cost. Do they do these things and when someone dies or raises a stink only then do they do the recall.

theshadowknows commented on Titanpointe: The NSA’s spy hub in New York, hidden in plain sight (2016) theintercept.com/2016/11/... · Posted by u/KoftaBob

BitwiseFool · 4 years ago

The NSA is actually it's own layer in the OSI model. They won't teach you about this in school, though, but there are even more than 7 layers.... /s

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

is the last layer turtles?

theshadowknows commented on Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live visuals cdm.link/2021/12/apple-ad... · Posted by u/radley

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

So...I'm sure I'm not alone when my first thought was "big deal" but then I thought about it and I'm thinking there's two main issues here:

1. we don't want it there and they didn't ask permission or give a way to remove it

2. a tiny orange dot on a monitor will turn into a basketball sized orange ball on a big professional display

am I getting the right idea?

theshadowknows commented on Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive bbc.com/news/technology-5... · Posted by u/kreeben

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

I mean…isn’t that exactly what the government _would_ say if these devices actually were working? /s, obviously

theshadowknows commented on Vivaldi Browser 5.0 vivaldi.com/changelog-viv... · Posted by u/philonoist

skrowl · 4 years ago

Technically correct, but the Firefox and Chrome listed in the iOS lockdown store are basically just skins on top of WebKit, not actually different web browsers (like they are on Android and other modern operating systems).

It sounds like the EU and others may be fixing this soon by forcing Apple to allow other app stores on their devices if they want to continue selling devices in their regions.

Presumably Amazon store / Epic store / etc on iOS will carry real Firefox / Chrome.

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

Also iCab which at least let’s you use the new engine. I don’t think the other browsers even allow that.

theshadowknows commented on Reality shifting: an emergent online daydreaming culture link.springer.com/article... · Posted by u/geox

jimmygrapes · 4 years ago

I'd recommend seeking out a copy of the original HemiSync recordings and follow along at least for the first 3-5 of them. I was skeptical and had no results from other binaural beat and similar things, but HemiSync blew me away.

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation consider it done :)

theshadowknows commented on Reality shifting: an emergent online daydreaming culture link.springer.com/article... · Posted by u/geox

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

Wow, and here I am dropping cash on weed and shrooms like a chump. I’ll be honest, this strikes me as similar to the whole binaural sounds thing…I tried that way back in high school and got nothing from it but my friend swore it was elevating. I won’t knock it, I’m sure some people really do get something out of it and who and I to say otherwise. I might even try it some time. But shrooms haven’t ever let me down. So at least I’ve got a backup

theshadowknows commented on Ask HN: What’s the best TV to buy? · Posted by u/colpabar

theshadowknows · 4 years ago

Depending on how clear of a display you want, a projector may be a good option.

We have a small shelf in our bedroom with an Apple TV, a HomePod mini, and a $90 projector from Best Buy. It projects to the large wall across the room from our bed and is perfect for night time or late evening viewing. I’m sure you could put together a similar system using either SD cards or streaming from your Plex or whatever media server you use.