RaoulDook
@RaoulDook@lemmy.world
- Comment on Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026 3 weeks ago:
Really a lot considering that most WinXP installs couldn’t even use more than 3.5 GB of RAM at maximum
- Comment on Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production 3 weeks ago:
Also you can buy 2 of the Switch 1 for the price of 1 Switch 2, and more people can play nintendo
- Comment on there goes your ram btw 3 weeks ago:
Inherently disgusting image
- Comment on Thia better not awaken anything in me 3 weeks ago:
LOL I was thinkin’ about Spaghett when I opened this post, and there he was.
- Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in? 4 weeks ago:
In 2020 there were some tweets from Jenna Jameson saying that there were many Epsteins, and that he was almost an amateur in comparison to some. She was a porn star so the credibility is not the same as a Nobel Laureate, but she also has probably seen into the “underworld” more than most of us.
- Comment on meat honey 4 weeks ago:
Could be related to the term Bugonia that they made that recent movie not-exactly about. From Wikipedia:
“Bugonia was a folk practice in the ancient Mediterranean region based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass.”
So in the old days, they saw bees coming out of rotting cows (maybe these here vampar bees) and said “that’s where bees come from”
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 4 weeks ago:
Features that need 2x the GPUs makes the stock go up 2x
- Comment on Fascism bad. 5 weeks ago:
*Raphael high-fives Michaelangelo *
- Comment on System76 on Age Verification Laws 5 weeks ago:
There’s an episode of Black Mirror about exactly that and it was hella depressing. I think it starred Chris O’Dowd and Mya Rudolph, who are both usually really funny actors, but it was the opposite of funny.
- Comment on I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age 1 month ago:
A few years ago the IRS website wanted me to take a “video selfie” using a webcam to log in to access my tax stuff. I said Fuck That and ended the session. Finished my taxes through a 3rd party vendor instead.
- Comment on Streaming services have made music both better and worse 1 month ago:
No actually I can carry all the music I want in the storage of my phone. It’s nice to have unlimited access to it even when there is no cellular data or wifi available. Sometimes I go fully out of range of all Internets but I still have music.
- Comment on Streaming services have made music both better and worse 1 month ago:
Streaming is crap, I collect albums instead. Nobody but burglars can limit my access to my music collection.
- Comment on Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS 1 month ago:
I hope not but really IDK
- Comment on Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS 1 month ago:
I had to learn about it so my kid could play the games he wants to play that don’t work on Linux.
- Comment on Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS 1 month ago:
It is possible with W11 to install without copilot and other garbage using the right unattended setup XML and installer that facilitates it
- Comment on Make sure you know what your kid is getting themselves into 1 month ago:
Hell yeah, this is the best way. Full spectrum natural effect without combustion.
- Comment on Is the Memory Shortage Intentional? 1 month ago:
Oligarchs trying to buy up all the digital real estate so they can be the digital landlords of computerland
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Great use of tech and knowledge. Video-recording glasses wearers can’t complain about this because they are sending the Bluetooth signals to be detected.
We need to scale this idea up - apps to detect the known types of signals emitting from camera systems like Flock, Ring, and other similar mass surveillance garbage.
- Comment on New sodium ion battery stores twice the energy and desalinates seawater 1 month ago:
Sounds like it came from that article about the new kind of sodium batteries with vanadium that are doing that desalination business. I was describing the general technology rather than that specific new one in the article.
- Comment on New sodium ion battery stores twice the energy and desalinates seawater 1 month ago:
Sodium-ion batteries are not hype though, they are in production use in multiple industries already. They are generally superior to Lithium based batteries in all regards, with the exception of having a bit lower energy density. An equivalent LiFePO4 battery might be 70-80% of the size for the same storage. It’s not a big deal for large applications like cars and solar storage.
- Comment on Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon 1 month ago:
TLDR = money matters more than morals and safety to them
- Comment on Floating turbine towers above — the S1500 hovers to harvest wind at 131 feet 1 month ago:
The voltage being sent down would have to be really high to avoid loss going through such a long and probably thin cable. Like the difference in voltage loss going through a 100’ romex cable of 10-gauge wire with 12v DC vs 120v AC - you just can’t do it with 12v DC because the loss is far too high, but it’s no problem with 120v AC.
Magnify those losses times 500 for your 5000’ cable… maybe you need a 5000v line… then you have a dangerous high-voltage line flying around in the air. High-voltage transmission lines can arc to ground if they find a path, even though they’re insulated wires.
But I guess those guys probably know about that stuff too.
- Comment on Floating turbine towers above — the S1500 hovers to harvest wind at 131 feet 1 month ago:
It’s not that hard to comprehend both measurement systems. Both are valid and it’s up to the author to choose how they want to express their figures. You can send them a complaint if you want, but complaining about their measurements here isn’t going to change anything.
- Comment on 29 years since our homecoming queen was taken from us 1 month ago:
High-quality meme, 9/10
- Comment on Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras | TechCrunch 1 month ago:
I hear tell them cameras is full of valuable minerals like gold and copper!
- Comment on CONTACT LEFT! 1 month ago:
Dogs and cats also are great for helping you notice things, you can watch them and see what their super hearing directs their attention to. That’s why hunters sometimes use pointer dogs and stuff.
- Comment on Two sides to every story 1 month ago:
Uncle Baby Billy’s Healing Elixir will cure your ailments, even covids!
- Comment on Every so often, it's important for our community to pause, heal, and reflect together on what's truly important and why we're all here. 1 month ago:
Potatoes are just overgrown beans. They grew so big they lost most of that healthy bean fiber.
- Comment on Epstein details scrubbed from Mandelson’s Wikipedia page by shady paid editor— As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tried to downplay his history of support for Jeffrey Epstein 1 month ago:
That’s right, I forgot about that. It was 23.1 GB compressed for the “enwiki - pages-articles-multistream” version that includes pictures.
Uncompressed and set up with XOWA viewer it’s about 70 GB
- Comment on Epstein details scrubbed from Mandelson’s Wikipedia page by shady paid editor— As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tried to downplay his history of support for Jeffrey Epstein 2 months ago:
No, the data itself is inherently valuable even when it’s a little bit dated. We don’t need daily updates to learn about historical events, methods of irrigation, 20th century election results, mineral composition of transistors and diodes, and millions of other well-documented topics. It’s an incredible resource of collected knowledge with immense inherent value.