Reptorian

@Reptorian@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG's new stretchable display can grow by 50%, bendy panels can be deformed into new form factors⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t see the point of foldable phones. This is meh to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk Fans Are Losing So Much Money to Crypto Scams⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no! Anyways, what are y’all cooking?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The point is I do not think they need that much protection. Better education is the solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, they don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People are still using floppies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These parents should realize that they might run into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, sure, man. I haven’t looked much into social media when I was 13, and had seen porn ads and ran into surprise things. Looking back, I don’t think I needed this nanny thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok Lays Off Hundreds of Staff—to Replace Them With AI⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just pretend it doesn’t exist. Um, guys, what is TikTok?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use it as second last resort, and in those times, it did worked out. I had to test, verify, and make changes. Even so, I avoid using them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calif. Governor vetoes bill requiring opt-out signals for sale of user data⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully a better person wins the primary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome back!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia launches "social rating" platform to determine a person’s comparative “social status”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The supposed worse your score is, the better it actually is? Like landing in the most wanted in Russia is a badge of honor now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read it as a infuriated CEO now wants to shoot a dancing duck because of this news.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pornhub to block two more states over age verification laws⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  VPN approves of this message.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My try with GIMP is that I find that the interface is clunky, and the absence of non-destructive editing, and it’s nowhere near the level of Krita/PS at a mechanical level. I tried the version with NDE in GIMP, but I just hate the flow and I find the absence of ease of access to filter as well as lack of inherent mask a issue. So, I’ll stick with Krita instead, and it works out for my needs, but I’m not fully satisfied unless I have better selection tools in there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Try doing professional level photo editing on Linux

  I can be on a tirade about this. If only Krita decided to expand their focus instead of being conservative about their goals, or if GIMP actually had competent people years ago. But, now I’m at a point where I just don’t give a damn about FOSS editing, and fine with let it all burn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ESA lawyer frets about some sort of terrifying ‘online arcade’ if preservation is made easier⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no, making things available for others must be horrible! Terrifying.

  Get a grip. Nothing is wrong with that.

  Anyway, so many lost mods in my experience and I just learned the importancw of preservation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice try, buddy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bots dominate internet activity, account for nearly half of all traffic⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually have done exhaustion of right-wing trolls before, and it does work as a tactic against them, and I had the correct psychological mindset to derive amusement from their exhaustion until they just give up with me. They have to use bots because they know most people do not support them, and it is not maintainable for trolls to respond to people 24/7.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The lines between streaming and cable continue blurring⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Streaming basically becomes basically unbearable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. I hope no one supports Hamas here, but certainly almost no one supports either Hamas or IDF.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably standards have changed within generations. Now, we’re at a point where younger people feel free to criticize their own military. There are people who hates US military back when Iraq War was a thing that has a beef with IDF. It’s more sympathy toward people that did not sign up for combat, and acknowledging that engagement should ever be between combatants. Older people simply don’t understand that yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft sets 16GB default for RAM for AI PCs – machines will also need 40 TOPS of AI compute: Report⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At least we might have a finally viable replacement in Photoshop soon. GIMP is getting NDE, Krita might be getting foreground extraction tool at some point, and Pixellator might have better tools though it’s NDE department is solid. The thing is all of them are missing something, but I’m betting on GIMP after CMYK_Student arrival to GIMP development.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s KDE Kate as well, but I only use that for scripting purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. Green energy works best when complimented with nuclear energy. Then, we can ween away from big oil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Petition Calls on Microsoft to Extend Windows 10 Support | PCMag⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I would switch to Linux anyway. Does any one knows if SOLIDWORKS and Rhino can work in Linux? I know Maya can, and I only use that as a pipeline to convert NURBS to polygon whenever it is needed.

  Krita should get better selection tool for foreground extraction, and it would be very easy to forget Affinity/PS as filters are easier to make with C++ there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a ‘material adverse impact on our business’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no, anyways…

  What are you going to get in this weekend?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Majority of gamers play with subtitles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m deaf, so if I cannot skip cut scenes, I’d prefer them on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He should do it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you’re into retro games you need a jailbroken PS Vita⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably a hot take, but I’d like a GPD Win 4 with Playstation layout. Whenever possible, I always go for playstation approach.