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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In my home town people used to steal parking tickets from people's windscreens to put on their cars, to make it seem like they've already been ticketed – same thing but more malicious as the ticket will go to collection for the original owner as they had no way of knowing about the ticket

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

SEO is of course a problem, but it's been a problem for a long time, and there are ways around it for those who know how to seek information. Proper use of keywords, blacklisting sites with known spam information, searching specific sites, mandating specific words and phrases to be contained in the search etc. It's true, however, that information has become less discoverable during the latest decade – at least reliable information has.

While AI-written spam articles and such have been a pain sometimes, gatekeeping content is in my opinion as big of a threat to the proper use of search engines for finding information. As more and more sites require you to log in to view the discussion (social media is the worst offender here) much of the search results is unusable. Nowadays the results lead to a paywall or a login wall almost more often than to a proper result, and that makes them almost completely useless. I understand this kind of thing for platforms which pay for creating the content, e.g. news sites, but user-generated content shouldn't be locked behind a login requirement.

I fear the day StackOverflow and Reddit decide the users' discussions should be visible for only logged-in users. Reddit has already taken the first steps with limiting "NSFW" content to logged-in users only (on new reddit). Medium articles going behind paywall also caused some headaches a while back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, the example was with a tent which is a single layer of cotton between you and the environment, and by no means resembles anything even remotely insulated. That's why it needs a relatively powerful heater to stay comfortably warm. In normal use you have quite a lot of control over the temperature of the heater, mainly with the size and amount of firewood -> effective surface area of the fire.

For static buildings the situation is different, with enough insulation you can get by with almost no heating. Zero-energy building is a thing in Finland as well, and although it has its challenges, it's still possible to keep your home warm with only your body heat in e.g. -40. The main difficulty you'll encounter there is getting rid of the moisture in air, since being that energy-efficient will require having your home almost fully enclosed. You'll also need to be careful to properly limit the moisture getting out from the house, as the dew point will be inside the insulation and any moisture getting out will condense inside, eventually leading to mold.

I haven't actually reached the end game in Frostpunk 1, but at a glance it would require some efficiency improvements and better insulation – and given enough insulation and heating anything is possible. If your people are sleeping under the sky hugging the generator, I'd assume you won't get past the end game. A real-world example that somewhat resembles the Frostpunk world would be people living in Yakutsk, Russia, where they have more of a brute-force approach to the -60 °C temperatures – just burn enough gas to keep your log cabin warm. Surviving outside at those temperatures without protective equipment would be difficult though, especially since most materials won't stay flexible at -120 °C or -140 °C. You'd find it pretty difficult to move around.

Edit: But also, a mandatory "don't quote me on this", as building is my hobby, not my job. I've some knowledge, and some experience, but by no means am I a professional.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

It's safe enough, in the Finnish army we occasionally get the tent heater red hot, and as long as nothing flammable touches it or is too close, it's fine. It will radiate heat quite well when that hot, but won't be anywhere close to dangerous if you know what you're doing. In the tent we of course have some water nearby to extinguish the possible flames but still.

You basically need to have it glowing red if you're to keep the tent warm in -15 °C or lower. - 30°C needs something closely resembling the picture posted.

Here's an example, unfortunately hosted on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fjiquty6qz7s51.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3De4b8083400858eccc1786d7b32b94b759b2bc6c2

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Käytännössä junaliikenne kaipaisi samoja säännöksiä kuin lentoliikenne vaaditun palvelutason suhteen. Myöhästymisvelvollisuudet tulisi olla samat kuin lentoyhtiöillä ja velvollisuus korvata jatkoyhteydet, joista junan vuoksi myöhästytään, kuten lentoyhtiöt joutuvat tekemään. Tällä hetkellä junalla on hankala lähteä esim. lentokentälle, kun VR ei korvaa mikäli jatkoyhteydestä myöhästyy.

EU on onneksi ottanut ensimmäiset askeleet rautatieyhtiöiden pakottamiseksi yhteiseen lipunmyyntiin niin, että voitaisiin tulevaisuudessa pakottaa rajat ylittävä velvollisuus toimittaa matkustajat perille asti. Rataa ylläpitävät firmat alkavat kyllä korjaamaan myöhästymiseen johtavia vikoja ahkerammin kun liikennöijät siirtävät korvauksista koituvat kustannukset rataverkkoa ylläpitävälle taholle. Mun ymmärtääkseni junaliikenteen myöhästymiskorvauksia ollaan myös uudistamassa tulevaisuudessa niin, että korvausvelvollisuus säilyisi liikkumismuotojen yli, sisältäen esim. junat, laivat ja lentoliikenteen. Hyvä ensimmäinen askel on uudelleenreititysoikeus, joka mahdollistaa sen, että matkustaja saa hankkia liput omatoimisesti muita reittejä käyttäen liikennöijän laskuun, mikäli 100 minuutin ajassa ei ole saatu jatkoyhteyttä tarjottua – ilman riippuvaisuutta yhdestä junayhtiöstä.

Mitä tuohon yksityistämiseen tulee, sen kunnollinen toiminta vaatii käytännössä riittävän vahvaa selkärankaa rataverkon ylläpitäjältä. Jos lisäsanktio myöhästymisestä on esimerkiksi se, että joutuu väistämään kaikkia aikataulussa kulkevia muiden yhtiöiden vuoroja, (kalustosta johtuva) myöhästely loppuu melko nopeasti. Firmat ei pelaa yhteispeliä rajallisella infralla, ellei niitä pakoteta siihen. Suurin ongelma Suomen markkinoilla on tähän asti ollut se, ettei meinaa löytyä firmoja kilpailemaan – rataverkon itäblokin leveys ja länsiblokin jännite rajaa yhdistelmänä aika paljon mitä kalustoa voidaan käyttää.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In Finland at least, and AFAIK most other European countries as well the law mandates drivers stop if they see a pedestrian about to cross the road. We have "intention to cross the road" buttons too, in some intersections with limited visibility or a lot of traffic – but by no means are you required to use them. From the looks of it crosswalks have the right of way in the US as well.

I can't really understand the assumption that people don't need to pay attention to the road because of some button. In a sensible legislation the driver is responsible for the accident even when the pedestrian is jaywalking unless they literally jump in front of the car from behind a bush or something. If the police rules you had a realistic chance to avoid the collision you, as the driver with a license meaning you've had the necessary tutoring, should be at fault.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A Nokia 5310, before moving over to a ZTE blade gen1. Really liked the XpressMusic phones, and their proper headphone out and proper signal levels when using it. Trying to use the aux on car stereos with any following smartphones before my current Xperia 5 III was hopeless, since the maximum voltage levels were so low you had to turn the amplifier volume up to 11 just to hear anything...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Jep, sama jako asioissa ja toimintatavat mullakin. Itsellä on sisällön vuokraamisessa ([tor]'rent) vielä lisäkeskari omaksi ostetun sisällön ~~tarpeettomassa lukitsemisessa~~ lukitsemisen yrittämisessä (blu-ray) ja sisällön aivan naurettavan korkeassa hinnassa. 30 € 4k-versiosta, josta ei saa edes tehdä varmuuskopiota laillisesti, on aivan absurdi pyyntö – etenkin vanhempien leffojen kohdalla. Jos DRM-vapaa digitaalisesti jaettu kopio maksaisi 4-8 € ostaisin yksittäiskappaleina kaiken sisällön, ja kuluttaisin varmasti enemmän mediaan kuin tällä hetkellä.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Itse olen jo pidempään ollut sitä mieltä, että EU-tasolta pitäisi vain suoraan kieltää yksinoikeudet viihdealan sopimuksissa. Mikäli firma liisaa sarjan muille, sopimuksen ehdot tulee julkaista, ja samoilla ehdoilla tarjota sopimus kenelle tahansa. Omasta mielestä sama saisi päteä kaikkeen muuhunkin kaupankäyntiin, jos firma x saa tilattua palvelun hintaan y, firmalla z tulee olla oikeus samoihin sopimusehtoihin tai perusteluun siitä, miksi samat sopimusehdot eivät ole päteviä (pidempi asiakaskontakti, asiakas saa määräalennusta muista aiemmista kaupoista, tuotetta tai tuotantokapasiteettia on rajallisesti, tuote on asiakkaalle räätälöity). Tuo vähentäisi suurempien firmojen kykyä kilpailla uusia tulokkaita markkinoilta perusteettomilla alennuksilla, laillisillakaan sellaisilla, kun sopimusehdot tulisi julkaista.

Käytännössä tuo ei täysin ehkäisisi sisältöä yksinoikeudella, mutta tekisi sen niin kalliiksi, että sen harjoittaminen vastaavassa mittakaavassa olisi käytännössä mahdotonta (pitäisi maksaa niin suuri hinta, ettei kukaan muu voi tulla samalle apajalle enää)

Jos oikein pitkälle mennään, laittaisin huolella muitakin teesejä tekijänoikeuksiin, kuten

  • huomattavasti lyhyempi tekijänoikeuden voimassaolo (oletus 10-20 vuotta, pidennettävissä 50 vuoteen aktiivisella hyödyntämisellä)
  • velvollisuus luopua tekijänoikeudesta, mikäli ei halua käyttää resursseja ylläpitoon (esim. ohjelmistotalot pakotettaisiin vapauttamaan lähdekoodi julkiseen käyttöön, jos palvelu on ollut x-aikaa hylättynä tai firma nurin ilman jatkajaa)
  • Yritysten tekijänoikeuden tasaaminen patenttien kanssa, eli voimassaoloaika vastaamaan patentteja ja yrityksen tekijänoikeuksien rekisteröinti viranomaiselle suojan saamiseksi

Poliittisesti mahdotonta, mutta aina voi haaveilla...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't call OLED a minor upgrade – considerably better battery life and color rendering. Also better blacks without background bleed, which is a major annoyance when gaming in dark (bus, plane, bedroom etc.)

800p is for a good reason – although e.g. 1080p would be more crisp, personally I'd pick better colors and higher refresh rate over resolution in this case. When gaming with the APU, most games (especially AAA) can't be upped to 1080p either way without considerable performance drop. I kinda understand the need for higher resolutions from a strategy gaming standpoint, but to me at least the compromise isn't worth it.

When PPI is considered with standard viewing distance, it's still better than my 1080p 13" laptop. With proper anti-aliasing there's no need to push it further, at least IMO it's not worth it compared to the reduced performance.

2560x1600 would make a bit more sense, as you could drop the resolution to 1280x800 without having to smear pixels due to pixels not lining up in the smaller resolution. That would also be better for strategy games. Don't really know how good the panel availability for those is, though, since it's probably using a tablet screen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

GitLab is Ruby at least, I don't immediately remember any others but there probably are some

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you're using powdered detergent, make sure yours doesn't have zeolite as the water softening agent. It will deposit in the machine, and starts eventually covering the fabrics with a talcum-like powdery substance. It gets especially bad if you either have to use a lot of detergent because of hard water, or are overusing the detergent.

Zeolite was brought in to replace phosphates due to environmental concerns, but it has its own problems with the washing results.

One other thing that often ruins the freshness of clothes for me is overly scented/perfumed detergent. The smell can get quite overwhelming, and contribute to a chemical-y smell and feel.

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