thatKamGuy
@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on I miss console ads being this weird 1 week ago:
When ‘next gen’ (eg. PS5) becomes the new ‘current gen’, then the old ‘last gen’ becomes retro.
- Comment on Helium-3: Mining the fuel of the future on the Moon 1 month ago:
Wait, isn’t this just the plot of that Adam Rockwell movie - Moon?
- Comment on iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air 1 month ago:
In general, I would love for any OEM to step in and provide similar build quality to a Mac… doesn’t even have to be Lenovo (who IMO are a pale imitation of IBM’s line of laptops).
- Comment on It's important to get a good interest rate 2 months ago:
I’ve used similar services to this in the past; not because I couldn’t afford something up front - but because I wanted to amortise the purchase across a pretty short (8 week) period.
Why not just use a credit card? I did. As a semi-regular user of the service, it was set up in such a way that it would bill the first 25% of my purchase after 2 weeks, and again every 2 weeks after that.
So not only was I getting an additional interest-free time stacking the 2 week period with my CC’s billing cycle; but I was earning loyalty/rewards points with both programs simultaneously.
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 2 months ago:
You likely just need to enable TPM through the BIOS (each manufacturer calls it something different).
I’m in a similar boat, but am going to use W10 EOL to probably jump ship to Linux - if not at the very least switch to Windows 10 LTSC.
- Comment on Just doing my part 🤡 4 months ago:
I recently visited China, to meet my wife’s extended family.
Let me tell you, the sheer amount of single-use plastics that are consumed by any individual throughout a regular day in a metropolitan environment, is absolutely and mind-numbingly depressing.
Given that there are 1.3b people there, and that no matter how much we in the US/AU/EU reduce/reuse/recycle - we will never be able to truly offset that sheer amount of plastic pollution produced.
Now I’m not saying this to be a doomer, but more-so to say that individuals can’t enact sufficient change to save this planet, we need Government and corporate incentives to shift towards sustainable alternatives, and punitive policies to disincentivise plastic production globally.
- Comment on [Politics] Have phobia, will travel 4 months ago:
Rachel Dolezal and Nuka Zeus would like to have a word with you…
- Comment on Australia to amend law to regulate digital payments like Apple, Google Pay 7 months ago:
This almost feels like they’re name-dropping Apple Pay and Google Pay to mask the fact that this is more aimed towards embedded payment systems like WeChat (along with AliPay and whatever hot garbage Musk intends to add to Xitter)?
- Comment on New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times 10 months ago:
Wait, the Model X doesn’t have RADAR/LIDAR to supplement the cameras?
- Comment on New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times 10 months ago:
Driver is definitely the one ultimately at fault here, but how is it that Tesla doesn’t perform an emergency stop in this situation - but just barrels into an obstacle?
Even my relatively ‘dumb’ car with adaptive cruise control handles this type of situation better than Tesla?!
- Comment on What are some RPGs for someone who doesnt like most RPGs 10 months ago:
Super Mario RPG and Chrono Trigger, I think strike a good balance regarding random encounters.
On the other end of the spectrum would be something like the Front Mission or Final Fantasy Tactics series - where the narrative is all handled through set battles.
- Comment on Kevin Mitnick has died at age 59 11 months ago:
First learned of him from the Chatterbox radio station in GTA3, of all places. FREE KEVIN!!