sunbytes
@sunbytes@lemmy.world
- Comment on A new quest appears... 13 hours ago:
I have two switches. One on the wall by the door, and one on the floor side table.
Because of the exact same situation.
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 17 hours ago:
Kellogg’s theory was that bland foods that were full of fiber would stop people from masturbating.
Because he didn’t approve of that kind of icky nonsense.
So I think the sugar came later.
I think Graham of Graham crackers was working with a similar concept.
- Comment on 32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital 1 day ago:
I think the influence of their billionaires is strongly curtailed.
There’s no powerful car lobby blocking train production for example.
When it comes down to it, the state can slap down any corporation or private citizen trying to strongarm it.
This has its own set of problems, for sure though.
- Comment on 32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital 1 day ago:
The housing situation is notably better though. They’ve got some good ideas (also the high speed rail).
All (or a lot of) the apartments in cities are leased from the government for 99 years.
And so the prices are incredibly reasonable for an average living space. No greedy layers of middlemen trying to suck passive income out of you.
I’m sure there’s examples of where it’s bad, but from what I’ve seen, their housing situation is pretty enviable.
- Comment on AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns 2 weeks ago:
If people aren’t adopting it, it’s not a boom.
It’s an investment boom.
- Comment on groceries 3 weeks ago:
Speed-running digestive health
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 3 weeks ago:
Bezos was talking about computer rental being the future of the market.
Presumably with him reaping the rewards.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 1 month ago:
Oh wow Satisfactory is from last year??!
Time flies when you’re building manifolds, I guess.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 1 month ago:
Literally just had that same thing with Icarus while I was looking at the winter sale. I went to reviews to find the catch for the game and people were saying the base game is pretty just a big demo.
- Comment on What did I forget? 2 months ago:
Please don’t shout. I’m very sensitive to noise and I left my loops at home.
- Comment on The British Empire 2 months ago:
They’re really upset we keep organising protests about things they don’t want protests about.
Like climate or g-cide.
Much better to sabotage or intimidate them in the organisation phase.
Silly plebs should trust in Keir.
- Comment on After Today's meeting where Trump fell in love with Mamdani, this is MAGA tomorrow morning. 2 months ago:
There’s some absolute charmers on there.
me too! i actually sold my maga hat and bought a soviet flag and gave away my belongings to a homeless man who needed it more than i do. i cant way to see all the wonderful things socialism will do for NYC!
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 2 months ago:
“Fake it till you make it” is a time-tested business strategy.
Especially when you’re considered too big to fail.
And also when you don’t consider survivor bias when trying to “learn” from the success stories of the past.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 2 months ago:
They’ve all got so much invested in AI that they’re not going to back off.
Any kind of acknowledgement of failure might pop the bubble.
- Comment on Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search 2 months ago:
I wasn’t talking about kagi, I was saying staying “off google” doesn’t mean you aren’t being tracked.
- Comment on Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search 2 months ago:
Its a good start but you’re probably being tracked by your credit card, supermarket loyalty card, TV, operating systems and any ring camera you happen to walk past.
Also I think a lot of supermarkets are trying out facial recognition for “security” reasons. But probably they’re watching how you walk and shop etc.
Thinking you can avoid it completely is bold. Data data poisoning is (maybe) the only way to break even with the data companies.
- Comment on Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search 2 months ago:
I’ve got a bit of cash for services I want to support, and I only use it as a good search engine. None of the customisation stuff. No AI.
And I find it worth it.
- Comment on (Pseudo) Science 2 months ago:
I can only imagine the enormous defamation lawsuit the manufacturers are preparing behind the scenes.
I imagine that it’s possible they’re waiting for either RFK or Trump to not be in power any more, as that inproves the chances of a success (and also not getting the “woke beer” trestment).
The loss of earnings portion of the lawsuit could end up in the billions.
- Comment on Trump's Big Beautiful Bill 2 months ago:
Trump’s been spending a lot of time and effort to have us not look at these files.
At the very least when gifted the files he’s been trying to distract us from, we should take a look.
And then perhaps take some time to revel in their contents ;)
- Comment on They Wylin' 2 months ago:
Some people find power in performing a “submissive” act.
Other just find it nice to SCHLORP GHHLOORP GUUUGK SCHLORP.
Different uh… strokes for different folks.
- Comment on Pedobear Approved 2 months ago:
Some of his original victims have actually got old enough to vote for him!
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 2 months ago:
Don’t forget about paying back triple what you borrowed!
- Comment on He makes a great point 2 months ago:
I know my guy’s barks pretty well.
He’s super vocal though so I’ve had time to learn.
He’s got a kind of honk that’s for initiating play.
A polite “buf” that’s an attention/request noise (though it can intensify with agitation).
And then a smorgasbord of stress or demand barks that can blur together a bit but often can be worked out in combination with frequency and body language.
Plus also the manic “that’s my purse. I don’t know you.” He reserves for when he hears anything like a dog near our house.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever 3 months ago:
I’ve yet to find a game that I couldn’t play (though knowing me I probably forgot one or two). It’s mainly mods that I’ve not been able to implement, as some of them require running an exe file.
However I’ve had very helpful people tell me I can do all that in a wine instance or something similar so mainly it’s just my own laziness (and lack of understanding about how to “do it in a wine instance”) that’s holding me back from installing fancy modpacks or playing the latest Stalker gamma version.
Also i don’t play multiplayer stuff so the anti-cheat thing issues don’t usually apply to me. So there’s that.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Any ads that aren’t “this product is available” and designed to get you to do things against your best interest.
“Use us instead of a competitor”
“Please associate this product with this idealised version of yourself (or your life)”
Maybe this is just me projecting my trauma after finishing Mad Men.
Bu also maybe not.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Yeah, it’s something that’s super useful about humans.
They’re very durable, and can follow instructions effectively.
They make excellent slaves, compared to other forms of life.
For me, that’s the resource aliens would invade us for.
It’s us.
- Comment on YouTube wants me to sign in to prove I'm not a bot and to "protect the community". Yet Google has bots crawling all over for their AI. 4 months ago:
I once went to set some IT stuff up at a large tabloid company’s office.
Their security was nuts. Gates and badges and goons everywhere.
Because they’re allowed to invade your privacy and bother you, but you are absolutely not allowed to return the favour.
- Comment on Fear not, and enjoy this mere interlude to its fullest! 4 months ago:
Because if I die I’ll miss the rest of the Kingkiller Chronicles.
They will surely release any day now.
- Comment on Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books 4 months ago:
I’ve been with them for a couple of years now. Unfortunately the devices just doubled in price but I’m very happy with them otherwise.
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 4 months ago:
D. I need my Tim Tams.