Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Louis Rossmann" channel.

  1. The US has the best government (donor) money can buy.
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  2. They can't force people to choose Windows in the first place. My machines exist to serve ME.
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  3. Everyone who does that should consider making a short video stating why. That would make the issue widely visible to many more people
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  4.  @TheTardis157  Old people (everyone if we live long enough) become senile. Cognitive decline is real and extremely unpleasant. Compulsive behaviors set in and it's typical for gummers to be unable to understand WHY the make choices. I cared for my elder parents and have many older friends so I learned to watch for symptoms.
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  5.  @GeFlixes  True, but the US has a free press for very good reason. Sunlight is a fine disinfectant.
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  6. Go for it! That's the perfect way to beat vendor lock and would be a boon to the community.
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  7. My computer, MY paid-for bandwidth, MY rules. Adverts easily carry malware and waste my time. Those this stance offends are cordially invited to gargle hobonuts.
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  8. Reddit is EXACTLY what 4chan thinks of it. Exceptions prove the rule.
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  9.  @patx35  So he goes senile instead of quitting on a high note and liquidating the company.
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  10. A healthy FOSS ecosystem doesn't need any one contributor in the way society doesn't need any one human.
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  11. Civilized nations like Germany regard scams as scams.
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  12. I never install firmware so-called "updates" because I have zero reason to. I avoid other firmware so-called "updates". HP have been trash since Fiorina ruined the company (at least Agilent escaped the disaster).
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  13. EMT and other responder personnel don't get paid extra for equipment deployments because they don't work on commission. They're just employees Standard procedures exist for reliable repeatable results obtained as rapidly as practical.
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  14. If you can document this along with other builders that can help with a class action suit.
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  15. Maybe in 1999 manually configuring X or being unpleasantly surprised by having to buy a hardware modem (one of the first things I used Linux for was sharing a dialup connection reliably) but today Linux is easy to install, easy to use and EASY TO MAKE SUIT THE WORKFLOW YOU WANT. I use Windows as little as practical because I find it more annoying every year. I find Windows exasperating to deal with and (except for conveniently running some proprietary apps for which no FOSS alternative exists) and its software ecosystem much more limiting than otherwise. I don't game because I've no desire to waste time pretending but do have constant interest in learning. Linux and FOSS in general suits that well. I was fortunate to have techy bros who suggested I try Linux while still a computer noob because it demanded user engagement coercing users to learn how things work. For me Linux offers control, freedom, consistency, variety, zero cost and an enormous software base. For me OS exist to run applications so I run whatever serves me and Linux makes a solid VM host OS where I can use any OS I like, try anything which interests me, and revert to a snapshot if something breaks. (VM are a handy way to use Windows because when an update breaks something recovery is a reboot away.)
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  16. Unrepairable machinery generates e-waste and consumes energy and resources. Waste is foolish. Repairable machines like older Thinkpads have such strong user communities that not only are board repairs and custom firmware available, but entire custom system boards are offered by specialists! Repairability is good for everyone because it does not reduce new sales most of which are to businesses who have every economic incentive to update to optimally performant hardware. "Fans" deserve to be exploited. People who emotionally identify with mere objects are unworthy of respect. "Fans" are not convertible to rational humans but they do provide amusement for their betters. They deserve to be mulcted. They choose their fate because that fate makes them happy. If they're making tech money the cost of any computer is a trifle (especially compared to say tens of thousands of dollars of tools owned by auto mechanics). If the purchase is a toy then they can afford it.
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  17. Coastal areas are horrific for corrosion which destroys vehicles, ferrous and non-ferrous items and much more. Just flying over salt water frequently requires a post-flight rinse at USAF aircraft wash racks. Boats don't need to be in the water to suffer from salt air. I collect vintage motorcycles and refuse to live on any saltwater coast because as a lifelong mechanic I've seen what happens.
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  18. I haven't recommended Firefox in many years because their focus strayed from the browser into unrelated projects. Mozilla USED TO BE the standard recommendation to new computer users but that's long gone. Mozilla will not reform or change because they have no incentive to do that. Mozilla only need the browser to exist so sweet Google bux keep flowing. They will never see a dime from me because I don't reward incompetence. r/firefox is circling the proverbial wagons because zealots don't take criticism.
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  19. The nice thing about affordable quality notebooks like classic Thinkpads is one can easily afford two or several of them and always have a ready spare while rarely needing it (I would never be one machine deep since one of anything is one away from "none" and computers are necessities) or have machines for multiple OS and because hdd can be quickly swapped there is very little downtime even over many years use. Upgradeability is nice too. My 96GB and 128GB P52s were ordered with the cheapest placeholder hard drive and least RAM so I could do exactly what I anticipated and the company knowingly provided for, buy aftermarket RAM and nice large drives for their three drive bays each. Lenovo HMM are excellent as is serviceability. Nearly all the T61 I assembled from donors still run today as shop machines for jobs like flashing GM computers or reading manuals and ordering parts.
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  20. Because our TECH-ILLITERATE public vote for human garbage. Democracy eventually guarantees idiocracy so here we are.
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  21. The best argument against pir8ing Disney are their products.
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  22. The cat is worth tens of thousands of views and likely important to the algorithm so always have at least one onscreen. A (possibly surprising) volume of viewers don't care about content but watch for "pet ASMR" reasons to the more felines the better!
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  23. Anyone who unironically expresses themselves in buzzwords is trash to me. Purism reeked so I never supported them.
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  24. IoT (Internet of Toys) is ideal for mulcting idiots, but unfortunately idiots outnumber the rest of us by a vast marging so we innocents suffer.
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  25. Your knowledge and skills are portable to more than consumer electronics so you need never starve. Only standard form factor PC desktops were REALLY designed with repair and upgrade in mind.
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  26.  @triadwarfare  For fun check who promoted detente and the bipartisan support for NAFTA. Blaming is deflection between the Demublican and Repocrat parties.
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  27. EVGA needs customers. Customers do not need EVGA. Their behavior is a premeditated INSULT to customers. Changing pinouts for NO INTELLIGENT REASON is insulting and reflects a deliberate adult choice. (So is failure to have standard pinouts for their whole lineup.) There are plenty of other TOYS to play with (including prebuilts with onsite warranty, businesses don't play by hobbyist rules for good reasons). BTW "RAID is not backup" has been hammered by every competent computer user but people just refuse to listen. At this point I approve because data recovery services employ smart people fixing the screwups of foolish people. Anyone who can configure RAID should understand what RAID exists for.
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  28. Figures Bambu would choose vendor lock. I will never buy a Bambu printer. They forget buyers can buy or build other printers.
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  29.  @SensitiveEvent  Cool. I don't kink shame.
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  30. Many nhumans have no identity but the shiny objects they buy. Most humans are not socially intelligent and branding sells enormous amounts of product based on customer identification with mass-produced consumer goods, be they vehicles, tools, or computers.That is no different than getting ones identity from their brand of toilet tissue and it is a personal vulnerability, a bug not a feature.
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  31. The average human NEVER cared about technology. Not even in the points ignition/float carburetor era. They are not intelligent enough to manage that or wise enough to care. A VERY common intelligent person mistake due to excess humility is when we assume we are normal. We are very far from normal. Techies are different. We were different when we were blacksmiths among subsistence farmers, car mechanics among helpless drivers and remain so. 100 is roughly an average Western IQ. Be suitably terrified. We cannot choose intelligence which is purely a matter of luck (really a constellation of lucky events) outside our control but not outside our ability to develop.
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  32. Not relevant to the recall discussion but relevant to potential buyers is the vehicle itself is really for skaters who expect to crash often and for whom broken bones are a badge of honor. NOT HATIN', just observing. "Normals" should not bother with toys designed for a very different type of operator not deeply attached to self-preservation. People used to living lives of learnt helplessness need reminding that NOT EVERY TOY IS REALLY FOR THEM.
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  33.  @rossmanngroup  I Am Not A Lawyer is so ancient it dates back to when Slashdot still mattered.
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  34. I'm conflicted since as a mechanic I loathe BMW so whatever drives anyone off them makes me smile. If someone gave me one I'd sell it instantly.
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  35. Disney prevents me from pir8ing their woke garbage by its low quality. That works FAR better than DRM.
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  36. Louis speaks the truth re: that era and of examples and old-style mentoring. The Bronx was so trashed only street lights lit some sections. Self and bros took the train through it often. We didn't stop there since destination was Spanish Harlem (which those locals took much better care of). I never see any of this garbage thankis to ad/script blocking. I so rarely use other people's PCs seeing what the internet looks like to non-techies is disgusting. Internet adverts now have the opposite of their intended effect since I expect products to sell on merit and find credible comments on reddit, forums etc.
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  37. If you buy BMW mechanics will laugh at you behind your back while being greatly enriched. Normalizing ripping off gullible people with more dollars than sense amuses me greatly.
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  38. Linus is an ENTERTAINER and a SALESMAN whose teen gamer fanbois want to be monetized. As an adult girded in the armor of contempt I've no interest in his opinions. Adverts are easy malware vectors so I block them for security reasons. My box, my money paying for bandwidth, my rules. In other news driving by a billboard does not confer any obligation to view it and people who want money should paywall their content.
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  39. Yuck Foutube, like AOL the sooner it dies the better.
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  40. Louis, you may consider including "this call may be recorded for quality and training purposes" in your conversations. You of course speak quickly so someone on the other end may ignore it.
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  41. As a mechanic and technician (jet fighters on down) since the 1970s I could not agree more. The PUBLIC by their ADULT CHOICE to be tech-illiterate ensured this would happen, but intelligence is rare and technical aptitude even less common. Since there is no helping the ignorant masses best to help yourselves with a pragmatic buying strategy including never buying new vehicles unless you are wealthy (it's generally an awful financial choice, I paid off my home(s) instead), never beta-testing (I wait three or four years for a model to prove itself at others expense) and studying what professional line mechanics say about their experience maintaining fleet vehicles. After several years salvages will be populated with organ donors lowering repair costs. If I wanted to know something about Apple products I would defer to Louis Rossmann because his professional technical immersion ensures he knows his shit. I treat other systems likewise. By the time a vehicle reaches marketplace maturity the repairable sort will be well understood and the less-repairable easily excluded. Ubiquity ensures SOME vehicles, typically those in commercial fleet use, WILL be repairable due to professional customer demand. I do not wait until one vehicle needs heavy maintenance to replace it since that interferes with opportunistic purchase. Done right this is surprisingly cheap, not expensive. If you can work on computers you can learn to work on vehicles. Many do both and I'm not special. For example when one truck hydrolocked I had a ready spare debugged, tagged it and drove on. That let me replace the failed engine cheap because there was no time pressure. Anyone can do this (my wife was a helicopter mechanic and my mum worked on the PBY Catalina flying boat line in WWII) so I encourage everyone curious to give it a go. You can do anything if you bring determination. When I eventually get a BEV to play with I'll buy it needing work then learn the system. Remember your first dumpster-dive computer build and how much that taught you? Perhaps your first lawn mower repair? Learning is big fun and the more ya learn the better it gets.
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  42. This is why a media server you control matters along with never giving untrustworthy devices internet access.
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  43. The only way to stop this nonsense is NEVER to buy chit that requires remote authentication to use, so I don't and I missed absolutely noting. The only vote we get is with our wallets.
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  44. Firefox is sponsored by Google and completely effective at blocking Youtube adverts thanks to extensions. Google know their market. They can monetize non-techie cattle, pay to ensure Firefox exists to avoid browser monopoly accusations, and laugh all the way to the bank.
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  45. That's generally useless in the US which has nil consumer protection in real life unless catastrophic damage, injury or death ensue.
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  46. Blocking adverts is fun! So is sailing the high seas. I have zero empathy for megacorps and no interest in what mental/social weaklings thing of that. I almost never see adverts thanks to extensions and pihole, and I run a variety of browsers for the convenience of having some locked down and others not (and to keep up with their offerings). I didn't like push content before the internet and hate it even more now.
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  47. Shill detected. The buzzword-vomit was obviously NOT heart on sleeve, but a classic grift. If you by some miracle not a shill you should be utterly ashamed at being so contemptibly gullible as should your desperately naive upvoters.
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  48. Notebooks unlike desktops lack STANDARD FORM FACTORS which were critical to the spread of the personal computer. Industry standards matter(ed). Notebooks lagged desktop adoption and that was not only ignored but manufacturers correctly saw it as opportunity for vendor lock. We are fortunate SODIMMs, hdds and various other (outsourced, keep that in mind!) components conformed to industry standard form factors or notebooks would be as unrepairable as phones. Re:keyboards, it must be horrifically expensive in industry terms to duplicate the keyboard quality of the early T-series Thinkpads. Every dog wants to piss on its own tree and this is most noticeable in notebook keyboards. Further, were those keyboards a standard form factor they'd be much more customer and repair tech-friendly. It would be interesting to have a video explaining the obviously crushing industry pressures to inflict shite keyboards on the public.
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  49. That's legally impractical because modern software uses proprietary COMPONENTS unrelated to the company fielding the APPLICATION. If you code X which is then incorporated in Y application whose corporate owner goes bankrupt what is the justification to NULLIFY your intellectual property? FOSS advocates cannot even agree on a universal license format.
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  50.  @deltacx1059  Show me how an ordinary unibody car is "modular", Simple and easy to repair is not the same thing.
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  51. HP died when Carly Fiorina took over. At least Agilent survived. In other news my Brother devices don't do that stupid shit.
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  52. Laws without penalties are only suggestions.
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  53. It becomes parts for enterprising enthusiasts. The solution for new buyers is simple. Never buy low volume vehicles from weak companies. Always wait several years then buy what is proven in FLEET use AND loved or at least liked by mechanics. I don't buy computers without checking what the community thinks of their repairability (no Applol for me) nor vehicles. When I want to know something about a machine I ask people at my or higher skill level (I'm a lifelong mechanic and techie but no one knows everything and wise humans seek out wiser humans!). Companies using proprietary code often cannot choose to release it or the source so that puppy is (at present) dead in the basket. What could be required is full SELF-diagnostics to be required for all vehicle systems. There is no reason data extant already for system operation should not be available for BIT (Built In Test) use. Everything every onboard computer "sees" should be available to the operator, displayed both onboard and via OBD connector. The vast majority of automotive electrical work is what we called "swaptronics" in the Air Force. Replace parts in question per mfrs fault tree (plus practical experience) then BIT and operational check to verify repair. I and my avionicsbros prefer fixing combat aircraft to working on cars because aircraft are designed with maintainability in mind while cars continually get worse. Thanks for all you do and keep up the good fight!
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  54. Car seats are far better engineered then chairs. (Chairs don't have to for example withstand a car crash without killing the driver.) If you're a bit handy they're easy to find or buy then mount to the base of your choice, so I did.
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  55. User Agent Switcher lets you spoof Chrome. Firefox is lavishly funded by Google and little of that goes into the browser so feel zero guilt about that. The main reason by far to use Firefox are the extensions developed by the community so study them. I get no delays on my machines or VMs but I use enough different blocking methods I don't bother to pick out which blocks what. PiHoles (can be run in VM) are worth study and an old notebook is a fine place to run one to protect your LAN.
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  56. "Even owning a house you can’t get away from this." REALLY means "if you blindly follow the herd". F developments, F suburbs, F neighbors F small lots F cities (which are jail with extra steps) and F any more restrictions than required not to die. I planned my adult life accordingly and so can anyone else if they're seriously determined. If I cannot shoot target practice in my back yard, do as I please at all hours, drive what I want and store what I want I don't need to live there.
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  57. Apple machines are disposable like every other major notebook and intended to be scrapped after tax depreciation. Their target market (NOT ME) rightly considers a few thousand dollars pocket change which it really is if you're making tech money. If you aren't using a machine for work, that machine is a TOY and toy rules apply. Poor people don't need and should not want expensive toys. Tools make money and compared to say a local mechanics rollaway which may contain $50K worth of gear ANY notebook is couch money. Back up your data, own at least one spare computer (trivially cheap for the past two decades), and be fully prepared to restore any machine from bare metal.
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  58. He is really "capitalizing on the speaking differential" because listeners don't require slow speech to understand tech content.
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  59. Because that is an assertion of legal fact a citation should be supplied.
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  60. Apsung or Sapple = SSDD.
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  61. The insurance industry should be pushing back to reduce repair costs but they don't really NEED to when they can just raise rates and pass the pain to their customers. On another note horrifically complex modern vehicles are easily totaled. A sufficient hit to a rear quarter totals most sedans and SUVs, A buckled cab floor or frame damage sufficient to require replacement totals most pickups. Flooding totals almost any truck or car. What anyone does with that information is up to them.
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  62. The machine tool shops on Canal Street were glorious too.
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  63. Cory Doctorow is right about enshittification. Vice chose to be shit. Nothing of value is lost.
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  64. Piracy is no longer the preferred default because normies (non-techies) are utterly helpless. When how to get warez was learnt immediately after basic PC operation it was so natural some people never subscribed to anything, never paid for soft, and let the chumps bend over for evilcorps. Not I of course being compulsively obediant but I read that somewhere.
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  65. If you can copy the software and ge the schematic leaking those online anonymously would be a blow against the enemy.
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  66.  @makylemur7019  Helmetless losers impose an expensive PUBLIC burden by their deliberate choice. That burden is reflected in (for example) my vehicle insurance rates. Most humans are stupid, intelligence being sufficiently rare as to be neurodivergent. I don't care if someone chooses to off themselves which is their right. I do care about them EXTERNALIZING THE COST to me.
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  67. Pray they don't alter it any further.
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  68. Many creative people have bats in their proverbial belfry.
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  69. Buy an e-meter and do a teardown.
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  70. Adobe does not rip me off because I never bought it in the first place and never will. Wise people don't use cloud software.
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