A lot of practical steps, which is nice to see in an article like this.

Maybe it’s just me, but those don’t seem like huge changes… I’m surprised peeps are pissed about it.

Maybe they’re more upset about the principle of the changes (prudence because of ESRB)…?

It’s like gamers being mad if they reduced Tifa’s cup size in a remake of FF7. Is that really a change worth being upset about? I just don’t understand the perspective, I guess.

What’s all this hubbub in the YouTube comments about censorship?

Really cool little dive into some old school techniques

Thanks for linking the HN thread 👍

Really interesting talk. It’s funny to me how as the world gets more and more connected via the internet, more and more the law enforcement branches sacrifice privacy in order to “fight evil”

This is the type of “buried treasure” story that kids have these days.

I just imagine a movie like The Goonies but instead of talking about a cave full their treasure, they tell stories about the “flash drive full of gold” that’s buried somewhere in the deepest reaches of the garbage dump.

This is the future I imagined when I used to watch the Jetsons.

However, I never comprehended what a big data company might do with my vital statistics (privacy)

Yo, you right

Holy shit this is some #theydidthemath stuff.

6 months at paying full price for the foam is a ridiculously quick turnaround given the lifespan of a fridge (easily 5 years). Plus, you can probably reuse the prior fridge’s foam on the next fridge, so that makes it even better.

Why don’t people do this more often? If the gap in my current “fridge space” wasn’t so small already, I’d be tempted to go find some foam.

Excellent point about getting styrofoam for free (I hadn’t even thought of that). With that in mind, the only cost would be for time spent gathering the foam and then covering the fridge (I could probably do this in less than an hour, tbh).

Thanks for this comment!

Very cool post (pun intended).

This got me thinking about the goal of this kind of insulation…

If it’s cost savings, what would be the timespan until the cost of the styrofoam is paid for by the energy savings? ( I have no idea what that type of styrofoam costs).

If the goal is environmental, how much energy savings would be needed to offset the footprint of the manufacture of the styrofoam and transport of the styrofoam to your location?

In either case, I’d have to assume the less efficient (and older) the fridge, the faster you’d make the extra insulation pay itself off.

Loved this read, thanks for sharing. A good illustration of how chasing an issue with a quick solution can lead to bigger issues.

Pretty eye-opening stuff on how deranged cyber criminals can be.

Thanks for bringing this up. I think I’ve heard this too and I have to say I’m of two minds about it.

In one end… I am frustrated with Reddit’s greed and I think they’ve lost most of my respect at this point. I think I’m kinda bitter toward them, so seeing them lose market share might bring me a bit of schadenfreude.

On the other hand, Reddit’s content quality really feels like it’s gone to crap in the last 5-6 years or so. When I came to Lemmy (and Mastodon), it was refreshing because the community seemed to have a bit of that scrappy, fringe attitude that I missed from early Reddit. I’d be sad if that went away due to over-population.

Basically, I like Lemmy and I want it to be even more successful so that algorithms have less control on our lives. At the same time, I dislike Reddit because they’re going whole-hog into enshittification. I guess I just convinced myself that I want Lemmy to continue to grow ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for sharing this perspective. Complacency won’t grow the userbase here.

I like to upvote posts with lots of debate around them even if so don’t agree with the OP because I want the OP to be encouraged. People should be rewarded for bringing thought-provoking content here, even if it’s imaginary points.

I don’t end up playing new games much because I’m such a deal hog, so this is really nice to read :)

Now listen, if you want to keep buying from me, I won’t stop you. What’re you going to do with 8 lbs of garlic a week anyway? I gotta keep my stock up for the garlic festival coming up in a few weeks…

I am fully within my rights to charge WHATEVER I WANT to WHOMEVER I WANT for MY garlic!