🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

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We all know why we do science, lets just admit it.

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That time I tried to get a date with an italian woman who didn't speak any english, and I didn't speak any italian, so I had my friend translate a message for me.

I never shared this particular photo from the dive I have tagged above. Its a photo of the wreck on the dive as I approached it from above.

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Every damn time!

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@gioypi should be pretty universal I would think, just as much so as any cable anyway.. the outside will have a metal sheath or foil and that is connected to the power gnd.. whether that is likewise connected to earth ground depends on if your computer is plugged in or not.. as long as its plugged in though id expect every single cable attached to your computer to have grounded shielding.

@saxnot There isnt much of one.. the only practical use as i said is 1) you can switch out the tips from usb-c to micro ot whatever and 2) the panties women will throw at you when they witness how cool looking your usb cable is.

I bought it mostly to get laid, so #2

People buy them because they look cool, have some minimally practical purpose, and are very thick and sturdy, very well built, and they look cool attached to a nice keyboard.. Its mostly a waste of money, and I knew that going in, but having a cable that will actually last a lifetime is a nice change regardless.

@saxnot no these usb cables have nothing to do with music and would not be compatible with a DMX connector on most music devices since it directly exposes the USB lines . In fact if we want to be proper about it they call it DMX but it isnt a DMX at all since it doesnt talk the DMX protocal. Technically its XLR, which is the name of the connector itself.

@lucifargundam for now i just bought a keyboard with super nice keys.. not much to customize other than maybe keycaps.. not sure i care enough to though. If i found really cool keycaps i might though.

@koherecoWatchdog well its not that simple.. vague and ambiguous text in contracts doesnt really get enforced on the party who didnt draft it.. in the case of ambiguity it really depends on just how ambiguous and what sort of things can be inferred from it. If either side can argue a a valid but different interpretation then the entire clause may get thrown out.. it depends.

@koherecoWatchdog it is true mostly.. assuming the written text is legal by contract law of course and presuming **both** parties sign. If only one parties sign then the other party can etiher reject the contract entierly or accept it, up to them but it only becomes binding on them if they sign and return it.

@koherecoWatchdog that works because the company also signs the contract. It **only** works when the company signs the changes.

With contracts that are credit cards the other side never signs your edited version so it doesnt count.

@koherecoWatchdog If youc hange a contract and sign it then its like you have no contract at all and never signed anything unless the other party signs your change and returns it to you.

So strictly speaking, yes, you should be able to do that and effectively would be the same as if you never signed and they accepted it anyway.

@saxnot It sure is, its a common (well common enough to be done by multiple brands) style of USB cable that uses a DMX connector.. the purpose is two fold

1) so you can change out the tips between the different USB form factors

2) To ensure the ladies throw their panties at you on sight

they are called "Aviator USB cables" and its a thing, not all are coiled but the aviator style always has the DMX connector on it.

@lucifargundam Where exactly? Buying high quality USB cables, or specifically to buy for use with your overpriced new keyboard? :)

@koherecoWatchdog Well two things with that scenario..

1) if you did that in the USA the credit card company would most likely just reject your application

2) Its not really a good example as the person signing it knows damn well that any modifications to the terms would not be accepted by the credit card company their hope is simply that it goes unnoticed and that they are able to manipulate/deceive the system. Moreover it is impossible to verify as they may have made a copy and crossed out the text afterwards.. so legally it doesnt really much sense to give them the win unless they really could prove it

3) generally speaking on any proper legal paperwork if a person had done that both parties would have to initial it to have it be valid and if they did it would be valid. If they didnt then it isnt a valid modification of the contract. It has little to do with any unfairness in power, that rule applies in both directions.

All that said there is some unfairness when it comes to EULA and other contracts specifically when signed implicitly, so i wont deny there are some areas legally in that regard that could use improvement.

@koherecoWatchdog I want to be clear though, dont take my disagreement to mean I am against your purpose.. clearly we disagree on how we view solutions and problems when it comes to personal rights, thats fine. But I recognize that your intentions are well meaning and that most of what you do appears to be informing the public as fairly as you can (though i do disagree with some of the loaded language, but it doesnt appear to be with the intention of misinforming anyone).

So we may disagree on the details but I do respect the fact that your intentions are good, your honest, and the discussions you engage in so far have been respectful even when faced with disagreement. All things that give me respect for you, so again, dont take my disagreement as hostility please.

@koherecoWatchdog

No, I dont usually buy the "masses" sort of arguments.

When a large portion of users are astonished to learn what facebook collects ont hem that symbolizes one thing to me... that a large number of users (and people in general) are ignorant and dont invest the proper effort into not being ignorant.

to contrast the $40 USb cable I bought and just posted about I also found this rather cool and reasonably prices $13 usb-c cable which is completely metal encased include the wire.

anyone familiar with this sort of spiral metal jacked knows it is flexible but it prevents sharp turns. My hope is that despite only being 13$ this design will prove to be a long-lived cable that stands the test of time and never puts strain on the wiring.

The other thing I like about it is that the entire outside has thick metal so it basically has (at least in theory) really good thick shielding that should be grounded (I hope, the outside connector on USB are usually grounded). So this should have a nice little added bonus of being well protected against EMI.

So I bought a $40 USB-c cable... I may have a problem....

@koherecoWatchdog I would disagree, it isnt "hidden in the fine print".. I already knew they used data in this and many other ways from the existing wording of their ToS, in fact I'd assume it is the case for any company that doesnt explicitly state they dont.

to me it takes an astonishing level of ignorance to think otherwise.