[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Get your own domain quickly! Or you might be myname@myname2.com

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

The XKCD one is interesting, but seems to be missing the transfer to/from the storage medium sent by FedEx.

If I want to move data from my computer to yours over the internet, the internet bandwidth between our devices/networks is the main consideration. If I’m FedExing SD cards or HDDs, I’ve also gotta take into account the transfer times to get the data ONTO those devices.

I wonder how the analysis would fair when taking into account:

  • speed of internet
  • TB/kg of storage
  • storage medium transfer speeds
[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago

Well, any country that has tap water.

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago

I used to have an email address “myfirstname@i.am”. I thought it was really cool… until I kept having issues logging into sites that didn’t understand how email worked. I now use “companyimgivingmyemailto@myname.com”, and I just confuse humans who think I work at their company, and that I don’t understand how email works…

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago

Hey, that’s not fair! OP could also be from Myanmar or Liberia.

But, for those not in Myanmar, Liberia, or USA: the reason this seems to be an issue is that a pound is apparently 16oz (not 12).

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

As an Australian, I honestly don’t disagree with you… but suggesting Sweden has more racial diversity than Australia?! From what i can see, Sweden has “6% diversity”, whereas Australia has 9%. Not a huge difference, granted, but completely different ballpark to USA (49%), and if this is your measure, Australia still “beats” Sweden.

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean, the use of gene therapy does seem quite revolutionary, but the treatment only works for a very rare type of hearing loss (”some deaf children…”), and even AFTER treatment, the kids still have a “moderate to severe” loss (assuming the 50dB level they mention is the minimum volume heard). “Normal” hearing is around 20dB. ”…can hear”… a little bit more than almost nothing.

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

18 dead Americans

… this time. The only thing “special” about this event was a few more dead than last time. There were 130 “mass shootings” in the first 3 months of this year alone. 48,830 gun deaths in 2021, and rising every year.

I know you weren’t saying this, but I think it’s important to state there’s a LOT more than 18 lives at stake here. I know these numbers won’t make any difference, but what people like this are really saying is that their “rights” are more important than the lives of all those people, and the many more to come.

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 8 points 11 months ago

In some countries, it is!

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Are you sure? I dunno. Two seems a little low.

[-] sobriquet@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

I once bought a screwdriver that literally needed another screwdriver to open the packaging. 🤦‍♂️

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