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- Comment on Holy shit I got Retro Achievements working on my Pi Gameboy! Lmao this is so cool. I get to achievement hunt in my favorite game, earthbound after 30 years. Amazing 4 days ago:
Especially in the last month or so I’ve been noticing how uninspiring technology has been. I used to love seeing whatever the gadget of the season was at Target while my mom shopped. Now it’s all… Phone cords, and um, printer ink cartridges. The same wireless speakers we bought years ago. Nothing about it is cool anymore!
- Comment on (Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46] 1 week ago:
His Bluesky is also a delight
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 2 weeks ago:
I worked in the airline industry for years and learned a GUI overlay for one system and another entirely green screen system called SHARES (see if you can guess the airline). Honestly I kind of enjoyed working with those systems; there’s some refreshing “back to basics” feeling kind of like driving a manual transmission.
In my current job I’ve been using another legacy system. Well, my job was to create a relatively modern service for the legacy system to call, but none of the remaining developers knew how to use the extensions of that system that does SOAP calls. So I had to learn just enough of that legacy system to hold their hands through the parts that call my service. Kind of fun, to be honest!
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
At 6 years old, you hardly understand how the world works. People generally realize that and act accordingly.
If anyone is getting divorced from something a 6-year-old did, either your parents don’t understand that (not your fault) or there was something much bigger going on already (not your fault) and whatever you did was the straw that broke the camel’s back (still not your fault, given the grace needed with a SIX-YEAR-OLD!)
If someone else said to you what you were saying to us, would you agree that “yeah, you must have been ‘born bad’* - that sucks”? And hold them to that same standard? Probably not. Don’t do it to yourself
* that’s not a thing, by the way
- Comment on Of all the vegetables beets is the most metal 3 weeks ago:
Huh?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
At first I thought it was Instacart with fewer things available. After reading the
press release“news article” it looks like it’s a way for people to buy things (no doubt at inflated gig economy app prices) for a party they aren’t necessarily hosting. Basically chipping in however many dollars but with a thing “attached” to it.Yeah, if I’m hosting a party I’m not making people use that.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 5 weeks ago:
Basic geography could go a long ways, if people believe you. At this point people were exploring the world trying to find the spice Islands, but didn’t know WTF they were doing. Magellan navigating the strait that would be named after him was impressive at its time, but now we know the best way from Europe to Asia (and spices and stuff) by sea without any modern canale is by going around Africa. Like, it still sucks and it’s a long trip but it’s doable compared to going to damn near Antarctica.
This assumes I don’t die, can communicate, and am not in the then-unpopulated (and quite landlocked) current location of Denver, Colorado.
- Comment on Why is the NFL draft day so "special"? 5 weeks ago:
Totally with you there (probably a big selection bias on Lemmy, of course). Especially the draft. It’s… Announcements of people getting job offers. Yay?
That said, look up some of Jon Bois’s videos on YouTube if you have some time. I only learned about him because he’s a delight on Bluesky, and he has a kind of interesting/entertaining way to tell stories about sports. At least, the couple videos I just started watching have been!
That said, it may not be the best for current events.
- Comment on Hungary’s Musical Road plays a melody through your car tyres as you drive—an amazing fusion of road design and sound engineering. 1 month ago:
The original is blocked in the US, but I found this and it seems to work: youtu.be/tDYjZ36IGfE
Definitely a pretty good representation! You know, as good as you can get when your instrument is grooved asphalt and rubber
- Comment on Hungary’s Musical Road plays a melody through your car tyres as you drive—an amazing fusion of road design and sound engineering. 1 month ago:
It’s a different song that I don’t recognize, but it does sound correct for whatever it’s trying to be, if that makes sense
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 month ago:
Congratulations. You did a great job ignoring the rest of what I had to say.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 month ago:
And tying it to the Bluesky system? Not sure the cost of that (I swear I saw it was a potential monetization they were looking into) but also the time to figure it out isn’t practical for everyone.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Must be 4/20 somewhere…
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 month ago:
That’s great for an organization like NPR which may have the resources to tie its own domain name into Bluesky. For some freelance reporter or otherwise verifiable person, I’m not sure it’s quite so practical.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 month ago:
If they are, and there isn’t anything to display it, how are were to know what’s been vetted and what’s slipped through the cracks? Especially on a new account?
- Comment on The plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices. 1 month ago:
In my broken mind, it has been for years!
- Comment on Yesterday's mystery print revealed 1 month ago:
I thought the wire of the fence was just unrolled filament!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
How much could it cost to have a handful of requested groceries for a few chefs, knowing some of whom won’t move further, compared to the entire cost of producing the show?
- Comment on [Weekly thread] How is everyone doing with their home improvements? 1 month ago:
A good workspace is a thing of Zen. Enjoy your clean workbench, because that will change in a week and it will never be this clean again!
- Comment on [Weekly thread] How is everyone doing with their home improvements? 1 month ago:
Couple photos before caulking. Too many soulless, sterile, monochromatic kitchens out there. I have some white/gray stuff, but only with some strategy involved. Gray counters hide food. White cabinets are timeless and easy to match. I was sure to add color where I could otherwise, and the backsplash was a great option!
- Comment on [Weekly thread] How is everyone doing with their home improvements? 1 month ago:
Been working on a kitchen renovation, bit by bit. Floors, cabinets, counter… Basically everything except for appliances and general layout. The last big step was the tile backsplash, and my friend helped me with caulking it this past weekend (she said she has a pretty good touch with that, and I know I probably don’t). Turned out pretty good!
Normally my dad would help me with stuff like that, but he lives a few states away. He knows I’ve been working on it, but hasn’t seen any progress pictures in a long time. It’ll be fun to show him when my parents come to visit this week!
Down to some trim work (floor, cabinet toe kicks) and a few other odds and ends!
- Comment on It's no longer easy to play April Fool's jokes on Americans because their reality is so chaotic that it's no longer easy to tell what is real, funny, fake or sad. 2 months ago:
It’s more like pranking your granny in the nursing home. Still plenty easy to do, but sad and cruel.
- Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? 2 months ago:
Sounds like you’re looking for something that only exists in the used market, which may be your plan anyway.
The Mitsubishi imiev never took off, but it’s probably the least-frilly EV you can buy. But as Doug Demuro will tell you, it’s a bit quirky. Assuming you’re American, yes, is was released in the States but no, you probably wouldn’t have heard of it. I’m not sure I’d recommend it necessarily, but it’s an option
That said, I have a Chevy Bolt. Pretty easy to find on the used market (and with that, get service if you need it) no dumb features nobody asked for. It does have Android Auto/Apple Car Play, which is actually pretty awesome (I believe it’s the 2022+ models with wireless car play). Their base models are pretty barebones (some don’t even have DC fast charging, watch out for that) but higher trims do have some nice features to them. It’s kind of a car you’ve seen on the road but didn’t know you actually wanted.
By the way, backup cameras became mandated a while ago. I’m not sure the screen size requirements (I’ve seen some cars put it in the rear view mirror, which was kinda cool actually) but since most cars need a screen now to support that, and higher trim levels will use that screen for other things, and making multiple pieces of hardware for the same car is an annoyance for car makers, you’ll probably see a screen on most cars. Just FYI.
- Comment on GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs 2 months ago:
Check out the used market! The 2022-23s had an awesome facelift, plus the EUV version is just a little bigger mostly in the back seats
- Comment on how is it to work everyday but Wednesdays and Thursdays? 2 months ago:
Split days off sounds pretty bad to be honest. Wednesday and Thursday doesn’t sound terrible and has its advantages, but as a M-F worker I would have a hard time meeting up with someone working a schedule like that.
I would suggest taking off Friday-Saturday or Sunday-Monday. Little bit of the best of both worlds, plus you can avoid some of what you mentioned earlier.
- Comment on GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs 2 months ago:
Ironically, the Chevy Bolt was a perfect car for that. Reasonably priced, no stupid gizmos like retracting door handles, Android Auto, actual buttons for controls… But of course GM killed it. A new version should come out eventually, but who knows if it’ll keep the spirit of their old Bolts. For now, the used market hit the sweet spot where it’s still a pretty modern car, but it’s gone through most of its depreciation from new so it’s pretty cheap. Especially with the tax credit.
Full disclosure: DC fast charging sucks on this car. On some pre-2022 models it’s non-existent. But it’s still excellent for commuting and medium-short trips!
- Comment on Perplexity proposes to buy TikTok, says it wants to open source the algorithm and that it is “singularly positioned to rebuild” it “without creating a monopoly”. 2 months ago:
Now that you mention it, I want this too.
- Comment on Does not the constitution say something one should not be charged or something to vote? If so then why does my home state charge 50$ to get a regular id to vote? Is that no illegal? 2 months ago:
What state are you in? Some states have a free ID for voting purposes. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still shitty that you have to go through that but see if yours is one of them
- Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen 2 months ago:
Looking around Roku’s site, I found this email address: AdsPR@roku.com
I’m planning on giving them a brief but firm “oh hell no” letter. I wonder how many others will do the same 🤔
- Comment on FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’. 2 months ago:
Triangulation of what, exactly? GPS already triangulates your position based on what it receives from multiple satellites, yeah?
