overview for kowcop

What type of spider is this? It looks friendly. in c/entomology@mander.xyz

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone -2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I am not sure if you are aware, but if you have an iPhone, you can take a photo of any plant, flower or animal, then in the photos app, open the photo, swipe up and then click ‘Lookup Bug/Plant’

What music do you use for concentration? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Deep House

What privacy approaches would you consider appropriate for everyday people? in c/privacy@lemmy.ca

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

iPhone unlocked with Facebook opened in the safari browser (no meta apps installed, and the only two apps approved to user the microphone in the security settings are Teams and my Banking app for voice security prompt). We were watching Fast and the Furious on the TV in the loungeroom and we were noticing videos pop up on Facebook on the phone for Honda Civics, then Toyota Supras etc. We then started joking talking about KFC and beer as a test, and within 10 minutes we successfully started seeing ads for Beer, KFC. We then tried another when we started talking about Bryan Adams tickets, and sure enough, we got an ad to buy tickets to Bryan Adams. It would take about 10mins from talking about a topic to things about that topic to start appearing in the feed

What privacy approaches would you consider appropriate for everyday people? in c/privacy@lemmy.ca

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I use Facebook for some hobby groups, and I only use Safari to view it.. the other day my daughter and I were watching The Fast and the Furious movie and I started getting my feed full of all the cars from the movie.. so we did some experiments saying words like KFC and beer while the screen was opened, and we started getting beer and KFC ads in the feed.. i dont know if the app makes it worse, but it was certainly a bit of an eye opener

What are the Top 3 TV Shows that define your (personal) youth? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Knight Rider, The A-Team, MacGyver

Honorable mentions to Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, Magnum, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, TJ Hooker, Manimal, Automan etc

What a time to be a kid

Apple's new macOS Sequoia update is breaking some cybersecurity tools in c/apple@lemmy.zip

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

So a bunch of companies never participated in the MacOS beta or Apple charged something after the final beta?

Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

As a non-American looking in, this quote seems to fit .. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

Microsoft promises major performance improvements for modern Windows 11 apps in c/technology@lemmy.zip

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I use Windows LTSC which doesn’t even have the App Store, and to date I have missed it 0 times

Americans used record 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023 in c/technology@lemmy.zip

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How many Danny DeVitos is that?

M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Because we have been conditioned for 30 years to use a search engine

Australia Threatens to Force Companies to Break Encryption in c/technology@lemmy.zip

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tell us to get fucked

Raspberry Pi 5 powers personal cloud server in a custom laser-cut case in c/hardware@lemmy.ml

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Anything is ok for long term storage as long as you have a backup and you have tested the recovery

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How long would you live if electricity for the whole world went out permanently? (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by kowcop@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I was having this conversation with my daughter and thought it was an interesting topic.

If an EMP or solar flare took out everything electronic in the whole world (permanently), how long do you think it would take for you to die, given your current location and circumstances.

I believe my daughter thinks we would live a lot longer than I do, but she is thinking about how long she can live without the internet while I am thinking the world will quickly descend into anarchy.

With no traditional forms of transport, so supplies would dry up, limited resources, health etc, law and order would be a challenge as things become more desperate.

I think I would live for about 3 months. I would try to get the family somewhere safe and remote and come back later, but I think most people would have the same idea.