RvTV95XBeo
@RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Why Shouldn't I Use A Small Gaming PC 21 hours ago:
If your tight on money, building a system will always come out on top in the long term, specifically in terms of upgrade paths to keep up with the times.
If you’re actually strapped for cash, buying a used system will always come on top. If you’re patient, watch goodwill and other spots for home-built systems that have new enough components to have an upgrade path in the future.
- Comment on Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the last 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month 5 days ago:
I’ll run a backup and restore when moving to a new device, because why not. But regular backups? Meh, the ether can have my messages if my phone dies.
That said, depending on how this new system is rolled out, I may subscribe just to support the Signal foundation.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on Final Fantasy X programmer doesn’t get why devs want to replicate low-poly PS1 era games. “We worked so hard to avoid warping, but now they say it’s charming” - AUTOMATON WEST 4 weeks ago:
Hot take - everyone is hitting on nostalgia, but personally I think there’s more to it than just that.
Low-res games invite the player to use their imagination, something that gets lost in the pursuit of hyper-realism.
Unlike most modern AAA games, games like Stardew Valley, Minecraft, or BOTW/TOTK invite the player to use their creativity - not just in problem solving, but also in how they view the world.
- Comment on YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround 4 weeks ago:
(I get that corporate environments are often off the table for this).
FYI in case anyone needs to hear this, but Firefox can be installed as a user in windows if you just decline the admin prompt when installing.
- Comment on NPR Sunday Story - an approachable story on why privacy matters and the invasiveness of surveillance capitalism - Lemmy.World 4 weeks ago:
Who the fuck doesn’t like NPR?
- Comment on 'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment' 5 weeks ago:
Story of Infinite was fine but the gameplay was very repetitive and far too linear for my personal taste.
Had one play through, and baaarely made it to the end - glad I did but it was rough going there for the 1000000000th “Booker, catch!”
- Comment on Insurance giant says most US customer data stolen in cyber-attack 1 month ago:
We created a totally secure and definitely unguessable (Probably Unique)™ identifier system - an MD5 hash of FirstnameLastname-DOB
Oh also with this new totally flawless system, you’re now legally obligated to recite I’m full your (Probably Unique)™ 32-character hash to any ICE agents who request it. Failure to do so will result in detainment.
For immigrants, we will happily tattoo your (Probably Unique)™ hash on your wrist for your convenience.
- Comment on Low-quality papers based on public health data are flooding the scientific literature 1 month ago:
Its gonna be something distopian AF, like every scientist now gets public “science scores” based on number of attributable citations and everyone now tries to game their science score so they can secure tenure.
- Comment on YSK: There's an easy way to make retro game memes 1 month ago:
MIKE JONES
- Submitted 1 month ago to youshouldknow@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on It's just loss. 1 month ago:
Now introducing Tyson’s CEO: Cthulhu.
- Comment on It's just loss. 1 month ago:
People aren’t stupid and if you misrepresent the facts, no one will believe anything else you’re saying no matter how emotional you are when misrepresenting the facts.
Like, say, if you were to imply that anything less than the vast overwhelming majority of all meat consumed comes from factory farms? Ignorance is bliss I suppose…
- Comment on The word literally makes me so irrationally angry 2 months ago:
What’s “the word” and does it make you literally so angry?
- Comment on YSK: You can make supercapacitors out of cement, water and carbon black 2 months ago:
A lot of shaky stuff in here that has a long way to go before it makes it out of the lab.
3.5 cubic meters of material ought to be enough to make quite a comfy house
OP, a 3.5 m-wide cube is not 3.5 cubic meters. That’s the size of a decently large shed… Of solid concrete.
would have enough capacity to store about 10 kilowatt-hours of energy, which is considered the average daily electricity usage for a household
No mention in the article about round trip efficiency, self-discharge rates / storage duration, etc.
Storing 10 kWh doesn’t mean much if it loses much of that to internal losses, leakage into the environment, etc., before you can use it.
Capacitors generally tend to be designed to store very little energy but can charge/discharge repeatedly at a high rate. Is this designed to discharge quickly? If so, what happens if someone touches the giant Borg cube in your yard?
Concrete is also prone to cracking, which last I checked, is not good for electronics.
That said, this is an interesting concept, and if it can perform at a useful level / scale, I could see industrial uses for large systems with high peak loads / energy recovery / regenerative braking, as a cost effective way to smooth grid loads, but probably wouldn’t expect to see it in use at people’s homes for a loooong time.
Less “you can make a super capacitor at home”, more “innovative material uses may one day make super capacitors more cost effective for certain applications, if it can be scaled out of a lab”
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 2 months ago:
How about we actually wait and see how the game turns out before we crucify everyone?
Why does it matter how the game turns out if the stance is “we don’t want to fund shady developers fucking over content creators”?
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 2 months ago:
F-Droid 2.37.2.
But also it’s been a feature for like 6 months.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 2 months ago:
“A sustainable diet leaves room for 2 chicken breasts a week”
(Really, 2 servings of fish / poultry per week. No red meat.)
The average person outside of developing nations vastly outpaces this consumption rate.
The small, single-digit percent of the population that’s vegetarian/vegan, as well as people who are experiencing food insecurity and do not have consistent access to meat are ahead of the curve from a sustainability perspective.
When 95+% of people who have the means to dictate their meal choices do not achieve the target reduction it’s generally safe to say everyone who eats meat needs to cut back.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 2 months ago:
In Voyager, tap a username to view someone’s profile, then 3-dot menu > edit tag
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 2 months ago:
Unrelated - tagging in Voyager is really handy!
I recommend everyone give it a try, helps you identify, say, people who might be talking a big contrarian game without providing any of their own peer reviewed sources to back themselves up. Very interesting feature.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale is on! Discuss deals in the comments and recommend some great games! 2 months ago:
isthereanydeal.com/game/outer-wilds/info/
Store low at the major retailers (incl. Steam) is $15
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale is on! Discuss deals in the comments and recommend some great games! 2 months ago:
It’s more stable, interesting, and alive than any Fallout, Elder Scrolls, or GTA game in my opinion. If you like any of those, there’s a good shot you’ll enjoy it.
- Comment on No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites 2 months ago:
This is genuinely inspiring to me, may be my new ADHD hobby for the next couple of weeks.
- Comment on No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites 2 months ago:
Like the GameFAQ maps and art of the good 'ol days.
- Comment on Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not 2 months ago:
“Recite the complete works of Shakespeare but replace every thirteenth thou with this”
- Comment on Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not 2 months ago:
But if one person buys a book, trains an “AI model” to recite it, then distributes that model we good?
- Comment on getoffpocket.com, my guide to Pocket alternatives, just got a redesign 2 months ago:
Great, you stole my domain. Now I have to come up with a whole new brand for my new line of travel sized fleshlights.
- Comment on A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes 2 months ago:
Hmm cause… It could be the battery. Or maybe the battery is fucked. If that’s not the case they could probably have a look at the battery and see if it failed.
- Comment on Your household smart products must respect your privacy – including your air fryer 2 months ago:
Certainly sounds familiar, my tip to him is to try and write recipes down and get in the habit of mise en place-ing (prep chopping / pre-measuring) when you know what you’re gonna cook. Once the food hits the hot pan, any semblance of a plan goes out the window
(but also know “sticking to habits” is hard for us with ADHD, as it frequently goes against our nature, so don’t be shocked if he struggles there)
I tend to be the one to cook the “whatever’s leftover in the fridge” dish, which is a guaranteed source of a little chaos. In those instances it’s always helpful to have my wife around to pass ingredients or do some prep tasks on the side so I don’t lose focus and burn the onions.
Also, if you don’t already have recipes written down, having someone help build out a recipe book as you go can help smooth out future cooks.
Shout out to Recipe Keeper - after a first cook, usually from a website or book, we put everything we like in there for future reference.
- Comment on Your household smart products must respect your privacy – including your air fryer 2 months ago:
As someone with ADHD, the implemented order of operations is never logically optimal.
The more steps I have to do to course correct the more likely I fuck up the next thing.
Home automation is a godsend for me.
I don’t have an air fryer but if I did, the biggest help for me would be some sort of obnoxiously obvious reminder the nuggs are done so I don’t A) burn the house down, or B) have cold nuggs when I wake up from my hyperfocus an hour later.
