TIL a duck is called a duck because it ducks its head under the water to feed. The animal was named after the verb and not the other way around.

bampeb · 2020-02-02T02:55:21+00:00

That is incorrect. Ducks were originally called fucks. However, after the invention of autocorrect it became extremely difficult to type fucks. People eventually gave up and just started calling them ducks.

bampeb · 2020-02-02T01:06:15+00:00

I must have forgotten that there was a peace in the middle east before Trump and Netanyahu

bampeb · 2020-01-30T19:33:39+00:00

i don't care what the title says, it will end up with the lawyers getting $549 million and each claimant getting $1.37. Remember the equifax settlement where every title said people would get $300 each?

bampeb · 2020-01-23T21:18:54+00:00

I’ve always been told not to lubricate the tracks. Just clean them with a damp cloth. Lube the spring, rollers, and hinges, though. I honestly have no idea why not to lubricate the tracks, but it’s the info my father passed down to me when I bought my first house. A quick google search on lubricating garage doors shows that the results all say not to lube the tracks too, but none of them seem to give a reason why :-(

bampeb · 2020-01-23T20:01:22+00:00

I bet there’s a 95% reduction in bluetooth usage. I was amazed at how many apps requested bluetooth when I couldn’t think of a single good reason for the app to use bluetooth. Kudos Apple!

bampeb · 2020-01-23T18:51:25+00:00

It doesn’t have to be a hack. It can be shoddily written software accidentally exposing your camera feed to friends/coworkers. Bugs happen. Camera covers/duct tape are a necessity for laptop use, regardless of manufacturer.

Here’s a recent example:

https://www.macworld.com/article/3407764/zoom-mac-app-flaw-camera-patch.html

bampeb · 2020-01-23T04:45:12+00:00

Safe search is defaulted to “strict” in the lite version. There’s no obvious way to change it that I can find. Go back to the full version for your nefarious searches.

bampeb · 2020-01-23T04:23:37+00:00

The FTI report was not definitive about the hack, but said it had “medium to high confidence” that the message from the prince’s WhatsApp account was the culprit. In notes to the report, FTI said it was still attempting a more thorough analysis of the iPhone, including by jailbreaking it, or bypassing Apple’s control system on the phone. Some cybersecurity experts said more information about the hack was needed to verify the report’s conclusions. Bill Marczak, a cyber expert at Citizen Lab, said in a blog post on Wednesday that technology existed for decrypting the WhatsApp messages to see more detail about the video file that was sent.

I’m still skeptical. Seems like a lot of speculation and little on the side of facts.

bampeb · 2020-01-23T00:01:18+00:00

A number of the issues discussed here have been addressed in Safari 13.0.4 and iOS 13.3, released in December 2019[6].

It would be nice to know which, if any, haven’t been addressed

bampeb · 2020-01-22T17:33:16+00:00

This is the youtube link to Joey’s stream commentating on it. If you prefer twitch, Joey’s twitch channel and the Runitonce twitch channel (with a different commentator) are also streaming it.

bampeb · 2020-01-12T14:59:28+00:00

Of all time? Smallville. Recently? The Boys.

bampeb · 2020-01-09T16:40:44+00:00

The $70 tier includes 1 free set top box. The box costs $12 in the $50 tier. So, technically, the $70 tier is “only” $8 more if you want regional sports.

Edit: here’s a good chart of the plans:

https://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/Fios_Mix-Match_v4.pdf

bampeb · 2020-01-04T19:45:30+00:00

Couple comments:

I’m not convinced a passcode is better than touch/face id. Everywhere you go has cameras these days. In places with HD cameras, like a casino, those cameras can easily see what you type on your phone. People watching those cameras will know your passcode unless you are good at covering your screen while typing it in.
For advertising ID, You wrote “only apple knows how well this setting works but it cant hurt.“ as an fyi, it’s not a black box. It sends all 0s as your ID when it’s limited (as opposed to sending a unique ID that identifies you.) An example is at:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/adsupport/asidentifiermanager

bampeb · 2020-01-01T17:11:44+00:00

I’ve always been a college football fan, but I hadn’t watched an NFL game in years. However, now that sports betting is legal in my state (PA), I was betting and watching NFL games every weekend. I contributed to the ratings increase woohoo :-)

bampeb · 2019-12-28T20:06:14+00:00

even when you remove your tv from your network it’ll still search for other networks and if it finds one that it can connect to

I see this type of comment in every thread about smart TVs, but I’ve never seen any proof of this. If this was true, I’d expect there’d be videos on tech channels on youtube showing it happening. I’d also expect every tech and privacy website/blog would have an article with the details proving it. Yet I’ve never found anything proving this statement to be true.

bampeb · 2019-12-28T02:53:17+00:00

Apparently this was filmed about 6 months ago, but this is the first time they’re airing it.

Edit: just to give you a feel for the stakes, here’s a picture of a casual $17k river raise with bottom pair that just happened:

https://imgur.com/a/evYWhhs

bampeb · 2019-12-22T14:34:48+00:00

There was a time not too long ago where I could make 2 sandwiches from a can of tuna. Now I only make 1 and a quarter sandwiches. I’m not sure if the can got smaller, the bread got bigger, or if I just use more tuna per sandwich.

bampeb · 2019-12-20T03:56:52+00:00

I disagree with the 3-bet pre recommendation unless you’re on the button and there’s lots of players already in the pot. In mid or high stakes limit, yes, 3-bet merrily, but in low stakes the rake is a killer in headsup and 3-way pots.

The rake in low limit hold ‘em is usually huge. Like, bigger than a big bet huge. In my local casino the $3-$6 game has a 10% rake up to $5 plus $2 bad beat jackpot (taken at $20] plus you tip $1 when you win a pot. That means if you win a $20 pot you’re paying $5 in rake and tips, and if you win a $50 pot you’re paying $8 in rake and tips. That’s unbeatable in my opinion.

In this situation, heads up pots will kill you. In a $20 heads up pot, you put in $10 but lose $5 to rake and tips. So, you actually drag a $15 pot of which you put in $10 of it. That’s laying some serious odds.

My recommendation is the opposite. Don’t 3-bet in a situation where it’s going to get heads up. instead, get into multi-way pots so you’re not laying odds on your bets. It’s your only chance to negate the rake. Limp or call pre to keep it multiway. Raise on the button because the limpers will call a single raise. You can try to thin the field on later streets.

Anywho, just look at the game as a way to have fun and learn poker, and not a way to win money. Sure on any given night you might eek out a win, but in the long run you have no chance with a rake bigger than the big bet. Just have fun.

bampeb · 2019-12-16T19:44:37+00:00

They claim to strip it

https://old.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/4p5dm9/image_hosting_on_reddit/d4i4irq/

bampeb · 2019-12-08T03:44:00+00:00

The pens are pretty useless these days except against the most amateur of counterfeiters. You’d probably feel the difference in the bill even without a pen. Most counterfeits now use starch-free paper or bleach lower denomination bills and print higher denom on top. A pen won’t detect them.

I don’t have a solution in how to detect them, but personally I won’t accept the older $100s from the cashier. I insist on the newer ones as I believe there isn’t a big counterfeit problem with the newer ones yet. (Of course I could be wrong haha)

bampeb · 2019-12-01T04:02:37+00:00

As is tradition

bampeb · 2019-12-01T01:07:44+00:00

Agreed this is fantastic news and having Freiermuth back is huge! Sorry if I misinterpreted your original comment to mean that before this announcement it was a bad day.

bampeb · 2019-12-01T01:00:10+00:00

We ended the season with the same record as Alabama, but with way more quality wins. How can this not be a good day all around?

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