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

  1. HP died when Carly Fiorina took over. At least Agilent survived. In other news my Brother devices don't do that stupid shit.
    1
  2. Laws without penalties are only suggestions.
    1
  3. 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!
    1
  4. 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.
    1
  5. 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.
    1
  6. "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.
    1
  7. 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.
    1
  8. He is really "capitalizing on the speaking differential" because listeners don't require slow speech to understand tech content.
    1
  9. Because that is an assertion of legal fact a citation should be supplied.
    1
  10. Apsung or Sapple = SSDD.
    1
  11. 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.
    1
  12. The machine tool shops on Canal Street were glorious too.
    1
  13. Cory Doctorow is right about enshittification. Vice chose to be shit. Nothing of value is lost.
    1
  14. 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.
    1
  15. If you can copy the software and ge the schematic leaking those online anonymously would be a blow against the enemy.
    1
  16.  @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.
    1
  17. Pray they don't alter it any further.
    1
  18. Many creative people have bats in their proverbial belfry.
    1
  19. Buy an e-meter and do a teardown.
    1
  20. 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.
    1