Magister

@Magister@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is Wendy's⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow pretty cheap prices!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Same in Canada, especially since covid, a couple of restaurant chain are offering their food in the frozen aisle of supermarket

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  0 of course, old guys rule!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New game: give yourself one point for each of these you've done this year or last year (24/25). I've got 4 points!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  0, but I’m an old coot, I did all of these

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This will last me a couple of weeks at least⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  latest one for me is Lola Young - Messy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wouldn't look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  3dfx, haven’t heard of them for a log time, good old voodoo card

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China announces plan to label all AI-generated content with watermarks and metadata.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Me: “hé <AI name> remove the small text which is at the bottom right in this picture”

  AI: “Done, here is the picture cleaned of the text”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've finally been Nicoled⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got it maybe 2 months ago, then got it another time last week!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What exactly are they teaching in our schools?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those people were home schooled

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The one change that worked: I set my phone to ‘do not disturb’ three years ago – and have never looked back⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  True, one of the first thing I did on my phone, set to DnD from 22h to 7h,except for phone calls and SMS from known contacts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I DIY this? (Electrical)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, obviously on the net everyone will tell you to don’t do it yourself… personally I do change all my outlets, switches, chandeliers, thermostats, etc myself. I moved outlets too, extending them you need an accessible junction box, right wires gauge, romex 12/2, blabla, etc. shorting wires? well, disconnect the wires, move the outlet at the correct place, cut the wires and reput them (with the whatever way it is done in your country).

  Having a EE degree and an electrician BIL you should be able to handle this. Best way, ask him to come and let him guide you on the howto.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeep's annoying pop-up nags you to buy an extended warranty at every stop sign⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad my car, a Sorento 2020, in Canada, does not have a modem or a GPS, does not call home, etc and has no Sirius XM

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would happen if USA invades Canada?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you think will happen for Panama then? Do you think military will refuse too?

• What would happen if USA invades Canada?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3047: Rotary Tool⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t record 78rpm instead of 72rpm?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was like this up to Master’s degree (in CS, in the 90s, it was easier, there was less languages or concepts etc), I only went to courses where I knew about nothing, like Prolog/Caml which is wtf language, and the “compiler” course where you learn about LL(1) grammar, lex/yacc, I knew nothing about this and had to go to the courses. Everything else like Pascal/C/Assembly/etc I did not go. Standard cum laude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study of 8k Posts Suggests 40+% of Facebook Posts are AI-Generated⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s incredible, for months now I see some suggested groups, with an AI generated picture of a pet/animal, and the text is always “Great photography”. I block them, but still see new groups every day with things like this, incredible…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reagan, he is the starting point of everything: the tax cut from 73% to 28%. USA never got back on track after this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do the majority of women still take their partner's last name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True, for instance in Québec, Canada, it is illegal for a woman to take her husband name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft just paused Windows 11 24H2 update for many PCs due to crashes and freezes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  the development/testing is done on Windows under VMs rather than a sample of real world hardware

  I highly doubt it, seriously, I don’t think they test update some VMs and say “that’s good”, there’s thousands and thousands people working at MS, I don’t know how many on win11 but certainly a few hundreds, I doubt none of them install the upgrade on real hardware to test.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where can I find the highest quality Star Trek: The Original Series?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Netflix in Canada has the 1080p remaster ones, pretty good!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspect in Arizona Democratic Party office shooting⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The cops feared him? or maybe he was one of their friend?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s not a hardware compatibility problem. People just don’t want ads/tracking/AI bullshit, a removed control panel, settings that are hard to find/hidden, etc.

  All intel processor 8th gen+ (and even some 7th gen IIRC) are win11 compatible, motherboard have TPM2 for years, even my intel 6th gen MB have TPM2.0.

  Next year the intel 8th gen will have 8 years, people have PC/laptop more recent than that. Problem is that win10 will not get security updates and all.

  I’m using MX Linux BTW.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I know what I got. No low balls⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh shit I have to try this