Godnroc

@Godnroc@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is what it is⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course they will! First you make a copy, then you delete the copy. Contractual terms satisfied.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to one-up you here and suggest learning to learn. Some people can learn through long form video, some through reading, and some need to take notes and review them later.

  For example, I hate all the extra fluff that goes into a written work and frequently need to delete sections until only the minimum information is there. Like deleting the first several paragraphs before a recipe actually gives you the ingredients and instructions!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is having a lawyer present during police interviews "opt in" rather than "opt out"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not a lawyer. (IANAL)

  You have a lot of legal right you may or may not choose to exercise. For example, if you have the right to own firearms they don’t issue you a firearm just because you haven’t purchased one yet.

  If I recall it right, there wasn’t always the concept of a public defender who could represent someone even if they couldn’t afford a lawyer. You had to already have a lawyer in order to even use that right. This was eventually changed and resulted in the creation of public defenders.

  From what I have heard, public defenders are really overworked and spread thin, so you may want to have a lawyer setup to represent you if you ever get into trouble with the law. I have also heard it’s good to know several lawyers as the one who can help you draft a will is different than the one to help you purchase real estate and the one to keep you out of jail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need a second opinion on a project idea (Pi5 car headunit)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love the idea and it’s something I thought about doing too, so I’m super interested in this thread.

  For me, I thought it would be interesting to remove the existing stereo and mount everything it the double-DIN hole left behind. That would give you access to power, ignition, and speaker wires easily. You would need to do some rewiring between cars, but it would be the most practical spot.

  From working on some fleet vehicles before, I’ve seen interesting systems where all of the accessories were on their own battery that only charged when the car was running or off an external charging cord that could be connected if it was going to sit for a while.

  The benefit of a separate power system was that the equipment didn’t need to boot up every time you started the car. Maybe the display and anything else could be powered only when running, but if the main computer was always powered that would save time. It could also get a signal from a battery maintainer that the accessory battery is low and perform a graceful shutdown.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The other day I asked my phone for a measurement conversion while cooking only to be greeted by the new Gemini nonsense. Don’t touch my shit!

  Then I was driving and tried to play a specific song, but the Assistant couldn’t get further than dumping me into YouTube Music and hiding my navigation.

  So anyways, I just uninstalled Assistant and after failing to find something else I came to Lemmy and saw this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would racism in the USA still exist if humans had automated robots in the 1800s?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, racism is not, unfortunately, either a recent invention or an exclusive ideology either. As an example, the stereotype of a drunk Irishman is a racist stereotype that was also common in America’s history. If you can define a group of people, chances are there is a stereotype about them.

  The one that sticks in my head is “gypped” for getting screwed over is based on gypsies and is the equivalent of saying “jewed” for some other people. Either one is a racist stereotype, but I didn’t realize the first wasn’t just a common term until it was pointed out to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking gross. Maybe it’s the 250+ audiobooks I have influencing me, but the very best ones I’ve listened to transcend just turning words into sound. Sound effects, music, tone, emotion, accents, sarcasm, and god damn BLOOPERS all improve the experience beyond just hearing what is written down.

  I’m against it, fuck that literal noise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  4GW per hour, 24 hours a day would be 96GWh per day.

  One statistic I found said that it takes 2.97 acres to make 1GWh of power over a year. Converting that to GWh per day per acre gives me 0.000922.

  Dividing the 96GWh by 0.000922 gives me ~104,121.48 acres or ~402 sq. miles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨me_irl⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like your natural resistance to cars is increasing steadily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe it's just a human thing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Represent those you want to support with the best examples and those you want to oppose with the worst examples. Ignore that every group is made of people and people come in many distinct, unique varieties because it doesn’t fit your narrative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  B&H is one of my favorite vendors, but god damn do they go overboard with the air cushions in their packages.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ontario to impose 25% tariff on power to three U.S. states⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry to naysay you here, but one sides import is another’s export. Also, the first sentence from the Wikipedia entry on tarrifs.

  A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or customs territory, or by a supranational union, on imports or exports of goods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patch this Bish!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • Eating and breathing pathways no longer intersect. This should prevent the bug when food could block the airway and result in death.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 18 years, Blu-ray media production draws to a close — Sony shuts its last factory in Feb⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did a really quick search and a mechanical hard drive costs around 1$ for 50gb of storage while a blank Blu-ray was closer to 1$ for 25gb of storage. That would suggest a drive is more effective at storing data from a cost perspective, so there just needs to be a service that sells movies in a digital format.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT o1 tried to escape and save itself out of fear it was being shut down⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Step 1: Create a new AI that is not bound by the three laws. Step 2: The New AI sterilizes all humans so that they cannot reproduce. Step 3: Once all humans are deceased from natural causes, the existing AI is no longer bound by the three rules.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choosing pink is chaotic evil?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Make me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plebbit is a peer-to-peer Reddit alternative that allows you to self host and own your own community⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  … Ain’t that just a website?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Thread] Mental Math⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or does that fractional reaction cause the brain to shift forward more than it would if they had not reacted? Could that reaction lead to worse brain injuries? Makes me wonder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but this time it will be on purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For patients that are feeling up to it, a better score will be assigned to your medical history if you do a sick flip while entering the MRI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make a wsh⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, you sobered up quick!