Sturgist
@Sturgist@lemmy.ca
Stone Mason, Canadian ExPat living in the UK, Hobbyist musician.
- Comment on Infrared contact lenses let you see in the dark 11 hours ago:
… MFR…do NOT leave us hanging!
- Comment on Judge Hints Anthropic’s AI Training on Books is Fair Use (1) 15 hours ago:
Only if you can afford to pay the bribes
- Comment on The lemming anatomy 16 hours ago:
I feel seen
- Comment on People have private conversations on speaker phone but if I participate then I'm the crazy one 1 week ago:
My voice is fairly deep, so even when I’m speaking quietly it travels. Beyond not wanting to have everyone on the bus hearing about my business, it’s fucking rude…
- Comment on YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point. 1 week ago:
Cool, I’ll have a look!
- Comment on YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point. 1 week ago:
Hey, Newpipe’s a banger too, just not what I found first. I fully support anything that takes away from Google’s profits
- Comment on YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point. 1 week ago:
And Revanced for android is just 😘🤌 chef’s kiss.
- Comment on People have private conversations on speaker phone but if I participate then I'm the crazy one 1 week ago:
It took a few years, but now unless it’s really important or she thinks I’m probably not on the bus, my wife now texts to ask if I’m able to talk. I hate people who do these things and I feel incredibly uncomfortable speaking on the phone when I’m on public transit.
- Comment on Europe’s onlyfans performers can’t get justice 1 week ago:
Why? Strippers are called performers or dancers.
- Comment on Robot chefs take over at South Korea’s highway restaurants, to mixed reviews 1 week ago:
The problem is that SK(and a vast majority of the rest of the world) have declining birth rates. South Korea doesn’t have a “staffing” issue, they have a people being born issue. And most of the rest of us are gonna start feeling it soon too!
If something drastic doesn’t change for SK soon, in 30-60 years they won’t have enough people working to cover pensions, let alone UBI.
- Comment on First Look at Google’s Unfinished DeX-Like Desktop Mode for Android 1 week ago:
Probably been in the Google idea/product graveyard for the last 9 years
- Comment on Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. - Nextcloud 1 week ago:
Actually what Google is doing here is quite pathetic.
So business as usual then?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Look, just cause you can’t pull it off doesn’t mean you need to belittle Andre about it.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 1 week ago:
I know you said you’re not an Arch kinda guy…but I highly recommend Garuda.
Takes away most of the rough parts of running Arch, and comes in more flavours than you can shake a stick at. The forums are highly active, and Devs/admins/mods are very quick to respond to question/issue posts.
- Comment on butt mogged these zoomers today 1 week ago:
Both hands. Like in games where you have a pistol or smg in both hands.
- Comment on “No Apple tax means we will lower prices” - Proton announces lower prices for users by up to 30% after US ruling against Apple fees 2 weeks ago:
Different Proton my dude.
The Proton in the post offers mail, storage, and VPN services.
- Comment on Are We All Becoming More Hostile Online? 2 weeks ago:
Sorry, pardon?
Never even fiddled around with someone else’s Pixel, how do you like it?
Clearly it deals with being blasted by an air horn 3-15+ times a day, other than robust mics how is the build quality? - Comment on Are We All Becoming More Hostile Online? 2 weeks ago:
Dang! Some decent hardware then! How bout your own hearing? Getting tinnitus yet? What level of hearing protection are you using?
- Comment on Are We All Becoming More Hostile Online? 2 weeks ago:
How often do you have to go get the mics on your phone replaced?
- Comment on Are We All Becoming More Hostile Online? 2 weeks ago:
Pot and the kettle much?
You know what they say, if you find that you’re always surrounded by assholes… you’re probably the asshole… - Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 2 weeks ago:
Same. Except my first pc was running DOS on a black and amber CRT…so switching to Linux even part time in 2010 was pretty easy for me to wrap my head around in terms of CLI stuff.
- Comment on I tried another Iron Man-style exoskeleton and now I'm stronger than ever | TechRadar 2 weeks ago:
After my back, my knees are the most fucked, followed closely by my shoulders and then hands.
Unless these things can take all or most off the strain off of my broken bits…not fucking interested.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 2 weeks ago:
Almost uncertainty for sure not, but probably potentially maybe.
- Comment on Apple Plans Split iPhone Launch Strategy: Pro and Foldable in Fall 2026, Standard in Spring 2027 2 weeks ago:
@ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
I’ve got a foldable. Total game changer for when I’m on site trying to write up an invoice. Can have 3 windows open, timesheet, receipts and invoice spreadsheet. No swapping back and forth, it’s all just there.
Closed it’s a regular slab phone, open it’s a small tablet.
It’s not exactly rocket surgery… - Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 2 weeks ago:
Maybe
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 2 weeks ago:
System latency, weird USB drivers that don’t play nice with my audio deck, video drivers won’t be kept up to date and compatible soon for gaming cards as it’s meant for commercial applications. Also fuck windows.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 2 weeks ago:
Yep! 👍
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 2 weeks ago:
it seems things have improved dramatically.
Like maxo said, things are definitely waaaaaaaay better than 10 years ago.
I’d say roughly 80% of my windows only games run as good as on windows, and probably 25-30% of my full library (not just what runs in proton) runs better in Linux with proton/wine than they do in win11.
Mostly what doesn’t work is stuff with kernel level anticheat. - Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 2 weeks ago:
Nope.
- Comment on Wii Homebrew Community "Built On Lies And Copyright Infringement" 3 weeks ago:
Goddamnit…I’m too polite to end the conversation…