Onno (VK6FLAB)
Anything and everything Amateur Radio and beyond. Heavily into Open Source and SDR, working on a multi band monitor and transmitter.
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Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are your most recently visited Wikipedia pages?3·4 天前I don’t keep a browser history at all, but my most recent visit was to:
Or my favourite passive aggressive attempt by Admiral’s anti-ad-blocking “technology”:
“Continue without supporting”
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto World News@lemmy.world•Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous AustraliansEnglish34·11 天前There’s an Australian Canadian co-production that goes into some of the atrocities the British got into:
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there something like a spreadsheet for hierarchical data structures?5·15 天前There’s a whole range of cli tools to extract and query structured data like that, but you might consider loading it into something like sqlite3 and treating it as a database because those formats are really not intended for queries, they’re designed for sharing data.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•To what extent has Smartphones replaced Computers? Has Smartphones replaced Computers for you or people you know? Will Phones and Computers eventually merge into one device?1·16 天前For some workloads it’s true that you can do the heavy lifting on a more powerful remote machine and transport the results back to an endpoint device like a phone. Websites are a good relatable example of that, as are services like YouTube.
It’s not universally applicable for many activities that computers are involved with, data analysis, record keeping, simulations and a myriad of other processes.
Blurring of the lines between these different orders of magnitude is made possible by faster and faster networks, but that’s physically not able to beat processing done inside a single device.
The more powerful we make computers, the more complex problems we use them for. I suspect that this is unlikely to change as computers evolve.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•To what extent has Smartphones replaced Computers? Has Smartphones replaced Computers for you or people you know? Will Phones and Computers eventually merge into one device?14·16 天前One of the fundamental differences between phones, laptops, desktops, and beyond is size. While that sounds obvious, it also means that the amount of processing within the device is constrained by that size.
The constraints relate to how much energy can be used by each device and more importantly, how much cooling is available for the system.
It means that there’s a physical limit on how much work each device can do without being unusable.
While miniaturization is a factor, it’s not linear and you can only get so small before you fail.
So, depending on what you want to do in any given time, the device you use will dictate what’s physically possible.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto Technology@lemmy.world•16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act NowEnglish531·24 天前There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto News@lemmy.world•16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now54·24 天前There is a lot of hype in this article and precious little in the way of verifiable facts.
Does anyone have any links to something more credible?
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Should I be worried about "Prompt injection" attacks on my gmail?102·1 个月前I work in ICT. Leaving Gmail is much easier said than done. It has the best spam filtering bar none and integrates with a whole host of other services that I use daily, like the mobile phone I’m writing this on for example, the one that integrates my calendar, tasks, contacts, photos, websites, YouTube channel, spreadsheets and, oh yeah … that other thing … Gmail.
So, if wishing made it so.
What I’d like is a Google Workspace tier that is entirely without AI.
And Olijfje for Popeye’s girlfriend…
And Olijfgroen for the colour.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Do you actually audit open source projects you download?English5·1 个月前I run projects inside Docker on a VM away from important data. It allows me to test and restrict access to specific things of my choosing.
It works well for me.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do people care so much that their friend or family member’s partner is attractive and not just loving?16·2 个月前Oh … you’re a dick … thanks for self identifying.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do people care so much that their friend or family member’s partner is attractive and not just loving?16·2 个月前- I’ve been here for almost six decades.
- I don’t know what the topic of “procreation genetics” means outside this thread where I was attempting to answer OP’s question and put those two words in sequence to explain myself.
- I think that life has an imperative to procreate and has done so since it started.
- Life, as we currently know it, appears to revolve around genetics.
- I’m not sure what you’re talking about.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do people care so much that their friend or family member’s partner is attractive and not just loving?2·2 个月前I’m guessing that being gay doesn’t turn off the part that’s looking for a beautiful mate.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do people care so much that their friend or family member’s partner is attractive and not just loving?174·2 个月前I’m pretty sure that it boils down to successful procreation genetics. As in, the more attractive you are the bigger the selection of mates you have access to. It’s been happening for as long as life has existed here.
No doubt this has across history been heavily distorted by culture, art and religion and in more recent times by fashion, marketing, advertising and media.
Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How long until someone is allowed to make a safety can opener with a long crank?4·2 个月前Cans have been around for quite some time, with it, can openers. Given the proliferation of both, I suspect it’s waiting for someone to invent it.
Disclaimer: I’m not a can opener expert, nor am I a patent lawyer, nor do I pretend to be either on the internet, so … caveat emptor.
What’s your point?