RegalPotoo

@RegalPotoo@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3DBenchy Sets Sail into the Public Domain⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Please tell me they struck a deal with Zack

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, if he also wants to take on the costs of doing all the remediation work and ongoing maintenance and surveillance for the rest of time that’s probably a good deal for the city

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨no words, much feelings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the bet those filters never get changed either?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These still don't taste like Steve Harvey..⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  … My first thought was “is this loss?”. I’m probably too online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After completing my first job I'm thinking of quitting my regular job and doing plumbing full time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Many years ago, the university I studied at did some construction work in the chemistry department, which included rerouting the supply lines from the big oxygen and LPG tanks so they could reach the new lab they were building.

  Turns out the contractor was either an idiot or misread the plans, and ended up running the pipes straight through one of the fire-resistant walls designed to compartmentalize the building so fires can’t spread as easily - a hole in one is a Big Deal on its own, but then running pipes full of accelerant through it essentially voided the buildings safety certificate and insurance, and ment that if there was a fire, the main evacuation path would have been a deathtrap.

  I don’t know what happened to the contractor, but labs were closed for a few weeks while they purged the lines of gas, removed the badly installed lines and repaired the wall

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fill it up buttercup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It won’t help, but not having it sure will hurt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a metaphor you like in your language?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No worries - I’m a native, but still had to think about it a bit. English is weird

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a metaphor you like in your language?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sort of, there is a parallel derivation where tool can be an innuendo for penis (“used his tool”), so describing someone as a tool is a slightly less vulgar way of calling someone a dick; unrefined, rude, obnoxious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a metaphor you like in your language?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In colloquial English, you can say that someone is an idiot with the construction “you absolute [noun]” or “you complete [noun]” or similar.

  It doesn’t actually matter what the noun is, but it works better the more obscure or specific the thing is. For example “you absolute saucepan”, “you complete hose pipe”, or my personal favourite “you absolute strawberry plant”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apps doing year wrapped gives you a hint on how are you being tracked. There is probably a legal issue there somewhere like data retention.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  data retention

  It’s the opposite - most regulatory frameworks require that you only retain data if you have a “legitimate purpose” for holding on to it; providing app features absolutely is a legitimate purpose, so by having a “wrapped” you can justify holding on to everything a user does - after all, you need it to provide features.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will pilots-less airplanes happens first, or driver-less cars? Why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised it’s not already in place for rail freight. Pre-defined, well known routes, automatic right-of-way. You’d need some exception detection - spot things on the line or if any part of the train is behaving abnormally, but like cars you can “fail safe” - do an emergency stop if the computer or a remote operator decides that something has gone sufficiently wrong which you can’t do in a plane

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will pilots-less airplanes happens first, or driver-less cars? Why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Technology wise, aircraft are already 90+% automated - autopilot does basically the whole cruise phase, pilots are there to do the communication with ATC, manage the autopilot, and be hands on for taxi, takeoff and landing.

  From a legal/policy perspective, the aviation industry is held to a much higher standard of reliability and safety than the automotive industry - the AI driven YOLO that companies like Waymo get away with. It’s not just that autopilot systems have to always work, it’s that they have to always behave in a predictable way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Orange Dickhead dies before taking his oath again will we party like it's 1999?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right up until we have an Arch Duke situation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the worst sales technique.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a weirdly body-positive message for a gym; you can be fat and beautiful or skinny and ugly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do PhDs HAVE to use Dr?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Doctor” is a title you become entitled to use by virtue of holding a PhD - you have the option to use it, but nothing compels you to do so if you don’t want to.

  Note that the reverse isn’t true - representing yourself as holding a doctorate when you don’t can be a fairly serious crime - if you did for the purposes of getting money from some, then it’s probably some kind of fraud

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC Kitchen – What is the best way to dry your desiccant? (microwave)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some (usually cheaper) indicating desiccants use cobalt-based dies which are fairly toxic, but unless you are using them to keep food dry it’s not a huge issue. Having them break into powder in the microwave probably isn’t great though, I’d avoid breathing any of it in

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, this - batteries are consumables. They have a service life of ~2-5 years depending on load. If the manual doesn’t tell you how to replace them then it’s basically ewaste already

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨which VPS do you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on what you need:

  • As cheap as possible, but actually want a VM: OCI free tier will be way bigger than you will probably need
  • Happy paying money but still want to learn about Linux things: I’ve had good experiences with Scaleway
  • I just want something I can set up and not think about: don’t use a VPS. Architect your site as a pure-static site, stick it in an S3 bucket. You’ll probably be within the free tier unless you do absolutely bonkers traffic, and once it’s running you can leave it alone for literal years without worrying about patches or upgrades
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Skip ad's" YouTube and "Skip Intro" on Netflix take the same amount of effort but I only hate the former.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Adding the cue marks for the skip intro takes actual effort to set up correctly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A match made in heaven! 😍⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tingly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donors⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They seem to be pretty good at making sure the military has all the finding they need

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donors⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be ok with anonymous donations if they were truly anonymous both publicly and to the management of the institution receiving the money.

  Maybe this is something that the government could facilitate - pool these resources, then help distribute them where they are needed. Almost like how taxes work.

  Maintains uncomfortable eye contact with the camera

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I make my own internet?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/…/creating-autonomous-s…

  It’s doable, just needs a fair bit of hardware, time and money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have no idea how to react to this.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are in it for the vibes more than the anything

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh Elon⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the constitution if not a law?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh Elon⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Since when has a trivial thing like “the law” stopped him from trying to do something he wants?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh Elon⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh shit it hadn’t occurred to me that the logical end state for Elon is running for president

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#goals⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to use that next time I need to bail out of a story I shouldn’t have started telling

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What started “weirdo” as a slur just recently?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As an additional point; “weird” isn’t a slur. A slur is an expression where the very words themselves are considered obscene - a slur is offensive, even when it is used to describe someone or something according to its strict definition.

  There is no context where describing someone as a “removed” or a “retard” isn’t offensive. “Weird” isn’t like that, as you’ve pointed out - it’s being used as a simple insult, and it’s persistent because it seems to really annoy the people it is directed at

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Digging into it a bit more, it seems like I might be better off getting a 12gb 3060 - similar price point, but much newer silicon