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- Comment on Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia 3 days ago:
Their AI is pretty good, both assistant and search summaries. Been using it extensively as it actually provides correct and objective information (at least more often than others). It is also privacy-first, so you don’t get those annoying personality shifts as with like GPT.
- Comment on Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia 3 days ago:
- Comment on I see your canal, and raise you a water bridge 5 days ago:
I am no physicist, so thanks or added context!
- Comment on I see your canal, and raise you a water bridge 5 days ago:
Boat displacement is the amount of water the boat displaces while floating. It is equal to boat weight.
So, if you put a 100 ton boat in enclosed bowl, you will of course get 100 tons more on a scale. However, if you do the same with a large surface body of water (river, lake, ocean), the water will be displaced equally over a large surface area, thus distributing the weight. You still get 100 tons more, but less over the are “under” the boat.
- Comment on Breaking news 5 days ago:
Not gonna lie, he totally looks like someone who was picked up randomly on the street, given uniform, and told to “do as I say”.
- Comment on Reddit Mods Sued by YouTuber Ethan Klein Fight Efforts to Unmask Them 6 days ago:
Both sides have waaay over-exaggerated it. Ethan said there is shit everywhere while he probably meant that there is just poop on the floor because it is a puppy, and Denimz though there is uncleaned shit everywhere and did the first thing her tiny-ass brain though to do.
This is on Ethan for giving the other side a loaded gun and begging them to shoot him.
As far as I don’t think the CPS call should be suable, the copyright definitely is.
- Comment on They recalled the radioactive shrimp again. Why? My research shows you can just cook off the radiation. 1 week ago:
- Comment on If sexuality is a spectrum, does that mean one person is the gayest? 1 week ago:
I said not necessarily, not that its impossible. Strive for gayness and ye shall be the gayest, albeit for a fleeting moment.
- Comment on If sexuality is a spectrum, does that mean one person is the gayest? 1 week ago:
Not necessarily. You might never be the gayest person on Earth (at one given moment), but there was (or will be) the gayest moment you ever were.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Launches To Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Performance Issues And Crashing 3 weeks ago:
True, TT’s B&B was great. Shame the TT standalone game lacked that charm and any meaningful engame.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Launches To Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Performance Issues And Crashing 3 weeks ago:
Let’s be honest, the only story missions we ever cared about were those starring Handsome Jack.
- Comment on Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code 3 weeks ago:
Hell I am absolutely positive that any Windows code could pass as AI written, even some before AI was even starting to take off lol.
- Comment on Mercedes and BMW, eternal rivals on a race once again - this time to the bottom. 4 weeks ago:
BMW ass looks nice, combine it with the MB front grille in black and I won’t be too mad.
- Comment on Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good 4 weeks ago:
To feed you ads, or make you pay for nothing special. Nova - the launcher from the article - is great, very customizable, and lightweight.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 4 weeks ago:
Oh and leave a bad review so other people won’t make the same mistake!
- Comment on How did it come to be that only two companies supply all of the world's PC graphics chips? 4 weeks ago:
Rocking my second Thinkpad with full Linux, it has been a very pleasant experience both times. Sadly, had to switch a year back to from E15 to T16 because the keyboard started failing and it wasn’t servicable from my side. Still works with external one though.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 4 weeks ago:
Linux is heavily used on servers. Losing server sector means a huge chunk of revenue.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 4 weeks ago:
It is entirely possible to lock down computer parts to only run Windows and signed drivers. However, the sheer amount of available computer parts, open sourced hardware, widely understood technologies, and not enough monopoly makes this unfeasible for anyone to really try to implement (yet).
If Intel started doing Windows only, they would lose so much revenue from big corporations and data centers it would ruin them, and everyone would just buy AMD instead. Consumer market in computer sector is secondary.
For phones, you really do not have enough alternatives. You choose between evil and more evil. Think of it as Linux in it’s starting days - missing features that makes it unusable for the common folk. Linux phones haven’t matured yet, that’s why you have to choose between feature rich vs heavily degraded user experience, as opposed to minor inconvenience of not being able to run some apps.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 5 weeks ago:
Realistic games do not quite count, because the controls are complicated by nature and learning them is the gameplay.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 5 weeks ago:
Usually boils down to a given category and combination of main elements. Open world, survival, crafting, automation, FPS, rogue lite/like, RPG, inventory management, RTS, puzzle, first/third person, action combat, tat target, top down, isometric, etc.
Of course, there are heavy outliers, but those usually require heavy wiki / youtube use to even get into. Same with spreadsheet simulator games where mastery does not necessarily come with time but understanding of hidden mexhanics and synergies.
As an example, I used to play WoW a lot and raided a lot, then got back into GW2 after 10 years (where I didn’t do any dungeons or big raids, and if I did I couldn’t remember), and didn’t have problems with mechanics as others who were playing for several years. The mechanics just make sense, even when it is a new one - stay out of red circles, stack during attacks that split damage, damage phases etc.
When I got into Valheim, I already knew what would be needed without having to see any tutorials - build a house, make a farm, roughly where to look for what, and how to find info correctly.
There is not much I havent explored in my younger days, and throwing me into an FPS game I haven’t played would probably mean I’d be in the top quarter on my team in two or three games.
When started Helldivers 2, I could no problem take on diff 8 (out of likr 10 or 11) and stay up to speed with others way before I unlocked it, as lower difficulties did not pose much of a challenge besides not having the top gear unlocked.
Sure, I won’t know immediately what to do or how to control the character, but when I see a streamer struggling to clear content and see they throw points into defense on an attack character especially when it HIGHLIGHTS the recommended stats (looking at Clair Obscur), I just wanna tip my eyeballs out.
I am usually having a hard time with choices regarding optimization, like when I get to choose “do you want 1 level up or 10 attack power”, bitch I dunno. But we are back at spreadsheets.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 5 weeks ago:
I played games all my life, and it always baffled me how some streamers can master one game over several years and then be completely unusable in another. Like bruh, it is still a game, it is not THAT different. Sure, they might suck because they didn’t master the mechanics yet, but struggling with basic controls for an hour? They gotta be playing it…
Throw me into a game, and if the controls make sense it will probably be second nature to me in 15 minutes for me.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 5 weeks ago:
I think the update is already installed, just waiting for the kill switch.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 5 weeks ago:
So does a lot of countries, and I am not sure if a car company has anything to do with decisions of politicians.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 5 weeks ago:
On a side note, Audi and VW are both under the same owner.
Why are German cars a bad choice? I’d rather buy German than get another Citroen tbh.
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 1 month ago:
On oné hand, courses exist, but they can’t prepare you for company specific situations. Companies rely on people knowing everything because they had some course.
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 1 month ago:
Well said, I do enjoy my field and my employer. I worked for quite a few different companies. One I was all on my own and had to learn myself - my seniors hardly ever had time to explain shit to me so I was left alone with documentation and asking least possible amount of questions. Then, I had a team leader who was passionate about explaining stuff and telling me what to do, how, and why.
Everyone is different, do what you like, chase what you desire, and do the job you enjoy.
On the other hand, I am now in the boots of a senior, and I am desperately trying to show more junior colleagues how exciting it is to explore the work we do - nobody seems to care, nobody seems to implement whatever co shit I try to show them, nobody wants to change their ways, and I feel like fighting windmills.
If you want to be successful, you have to either be super lucky, or be passionate and constantly improve to reach new heights.
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 1 month ago:
It is not hard to hire someone, it is hard to hire someone who doesn’t give you more work than they solve. I am not against hiring juniors, but they have to show initiative that they are passionate and able to improve. I don’t want a person who will be junior for the rest of their career, because juniors usually require babysitting and that that away work and attention from competent people (the chads who actually build the core features and have to attend business meetings on why it is so good for customers to see additional offers during checking out).
It is a combination - incompetent HR, incompetent candidates, or bad hiring process. I am yet to apply to a company with a hiring process I’d call pleasant on all angles.
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 1 month ago:
We do look at GH history and activity - can’t say, out of about 50 candidates in the past two months that I reviewed, have any meaningful activity on GH.
Not saying I am proving you wrong, but finding a candidate that has anything to show publicly is hard. Hell, even I, having a very well paying job, have much to show off publicly. I can, however, share my personal stuff. I’ve got tons of opened issues tho 🤣
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 1 month ago:
As an undiagnosed autistic dev, I am starting to realize there are not many good non autistic devs. I wonder what is the reason.
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 1 month ago:
There I’d always free time to self educate. Being a programmer means constantly keeping up with the news, new technologies, and adapting to new standards to keep the code clean, maintainable, extendable, readable, and relatively fast.
