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Tepix · 2026-01-12T13:25:04 1768224304

Germany is at 24% obesity rate and the US is about 10% higher.

But the trend is the same worldwide. Obesity is on the rise. I don't think demographics has as big of an influence as you assume.

maxerickson · 2026-01-12T13:32:45 1768224765

Germany is simply further from the origin of the Maize incident.

Tepix · 2026-01-11T21:55:30 1768168530

There's also a Program called "Apple devices" I believe from Apple for Windows that will let you backup your iPhone/iPad.

If you configure a password for your backup it will backup more (confidential) data than if you don't encrypt your local backup.

Tepix · 2026-01-11T06:46:12 1768113972

> Historically this overbearing surveillance has been held back.

That‘s not my impression at all about the UK. They are known for mass CCTV surveillance since more than a decade. There’s even a wikipedia page for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite...

Flere-Imsaho · 2026-01-11T08:20:21 1768119621

There's a difference between filming the public in public-spaces (which is what the mass CCTV surveillance does) and reading everyone's private messages and every image uploaded from their devices. This is a step chance (if it goes ahead) and doesn't feel very different from what the Chinese State is doing to its citizens.

Tepix · 2026-01-11T11:26:02 1768130762

I agree. But I'm saying is that the current mass surveillance is already overreaching as-is.

happymellon · 2026-01-12T17:42:25 1768239745

You refer to CCTV for state mass surveillance, and link to Wikipedia pages but it doesn't appear that you even read them.

> The vast majority of CCTV cameras are not operated by government bodies, but by private individuals or companies, especially to monitor the interiors of shops and businesses. According to 2011 Freedom of Information Act requests, the total number of local government operated CCTV cameras was around 52,000 over the entirety of the UK.

The NYPD alone had 18k back in 2018.

https://securitytoday.com/articles/2018/10/29/new-surveillan...

That doesn't make the UK appear to be monitored heavier than other locations when a single city in the US approaches half their total number of cameras.

happymellon · 2026-01-12T17:30:38 1768239038

> There’s even a wikipedia page for it

There is a Wikipedia page on surveillance in Austria, and the US. Not sure what your point is, it's not like most of the west isn't under surveillance or that the UK is more monitored than other countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite...

Or are you implying that Germany doesn't have any surveillance because it doesn't have a dedicated English Wikipedia page?

There is a lot of rhetoric aimed at the UK, and I'm not saying it's great, but there is a lot of convenient omission on other countries actions.

Tepix · 2026-01-09T18:13:35 1767982415

Here is a minimal example for inline webassembly: A function a that adds two numbers. Can someone make the entire example shorter? (added linebreaks for readability)

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <p id=r>
    <script>
    WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch(
    'data:application/wasm;base64,AGFzbQEAAAABBwFgAn9/AX8DAgEABwUBAWEAAAoJAQcAIAAgAWoL'))
    .then(x=>r.append(x.instance.exports.a(51,4)))
    </script>

And here is the wat code that we can turn into wasm with wat2wasm and then into base64 for a data URL:

    (module
      (func (export "a") (param i32 i32) (result i32)
        local.get 0
        local.get 1
        i32.add))

Tepix · 2026-01-11T08:17:18 1768119438

Found a shorter version, again with linebreaks for readability:

    <p id=r>
    <script>WebAssembly.instantiate(Uint8Array.fromBase64(
    'AGFzbQEAAAABBwFgAn9/AX8DAgEABwUBAWEAAAoJAQcAIAAgAWoL'))
    .then(x=>r.append(x.instance.exports.a(51,4)))
    </script>

Tepix · 2026-01-08T14:22:48 1767882168

Why not keep your Smart TV disconnected from the internet instead?

haolez · 2026-01-08T18:01:36 1767895296

For how long will this work? Eventually, these companies are just going to insert LTE capabilities and use their own connection for data acquisition.

Tepix · 2026-01-07T11:48:00 1767786480

You paid for your hardware. But did you pay for all the services you use (like search engines, games, mail, other services)?

If not, how do you think they should make money?

(I don't like ads myself).

nananana9 · 2026-01-07T13:49:48 1767793788

> If not, how do you think they should make money?

Figure it out or go bankrupt, for all I care. They're the ones who chose a business model directly adversarial to their users.

Plenty of games, mail and other services work without ads already, I'm sure if we're one day lucky enough to see Google go belly up someone will fill that hole as well.

Tepix · 2026-01-07T09:13:37 1767777217

Right. For a simple setup I think using plain boring Wireguard is the better option. Boring is good.

Tepix · 2026-01-05T23:55:05 1767657305

I'm disgusted.

Tepix · 2026-01-05T16:39:57 1767631197

Try using the DNS4EU resolver, see https://www.joindns4.eu/

Tepix · 2026-01-05T13:48:39 1767620919

Excellent article. What really got my respect was the fact that his videos listed at https://tonsky.me/talks/ are not hosted on YouTube.