Godnroc
@Godnroc@lemmy.world
- Comment on Need a second opinion on a project idea (Pi5 car headunit) 3 days 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 5 days 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? 2 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 5 weeks ago:
Sounds like your natural resistance to cars is increasing steadily.
- Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing. 1 month 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] 2 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 2 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! 3 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 4 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? 4 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 4 months ago:
… Ain’t that just a website?
- Comment on [Thread] Mental Math 6 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’ 6 months ago:
Yes, but this time it will be on purpose.
- Comment on Caption this. 6 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!