thatKamGuy
@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Dumb glasses 9 hours ago:
Hey, asking for a friend…
But does anyone know of a clip-on LIDAR emitter we could wear? Those things absolutely burn holes through digital camera sensors!
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 days ago:
At least it would stop Gamers^TM^ from complaining about how “ugly” that character is?
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 3 days ago:
AiSS: Arbitrarily Interfering Super Slop
- Comment on Richest super balances to be taxed at higher rates after Greens agree to back Labor plan 1 week ago:
If you have $3m in Superannuation, with a standard 6% ROI annually, you could spend $180K of “earned interest” every year without ever touching your principal.
- Comment on Richest super balances to be taxed at higher rates after Greens agree to back Labor plan 1 week ago:
Don’t buy into the fear-mongering being pushed.
For a comfortable retirement in 2026, the amount required is ~$800K (this is already on the high end).
Assuming a consistent worst-case inflation rate of 4% every year (double the RBA target), it would take 25 years to hit $2m - let alone the $3m+ in question here.
There is a very small, very wealthy cohort with $3m+ in superannuation savings - and you, statistically speaking, aren’t part of it.
Fuck ‘em - they need to be taxed more.
- Comment on Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater shipments and digital sales top two million 1 week ago:
I think that movement in general has similar vibes to:
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 1 week ago:
I mean, Sony & Microsoft consoles are basically PCs with a custom OS now already (PS4 onwards, and Xbox One both used x86-64 CPUs).
There are fewer and fewer reasons to buy a specific (and expensive) piece of hardware that is less flexible in terms of functionality than the alternatives, so this is Sony trying to protect their own fiefdom.
Fuck ‘em.
- Comment on Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket 2 weeks ago:
Not quite the same thing, but I used an LLM to cobble together a HTML file that allows me to search for products on Coles, Woolies, Aldi and Amazon at the same time in the same window (via frames and a Firefox extension to get around some security settings).
Works a treat when planning our big shops for the week, and has already saved us hundreds of dollars since Jan.
- Comment on Chris Bowen urges motorists not to panic-buy petrol 2 weeks ago:
Hopefully this will make a number of people reconsider the size of the vehicles they require, and switch to smaller hybrids and/or EVs.
The new BYD ATTO1 is really tempting as a secondary run-around car for when me or the missus needs to do a solo trip.
- Comment on bold words 2 weeks ago:
18yo me would be living in the early 2000s; any of these would set me up for life: “Bitcoin hits $100K” “Buy Tesla shares” - this also would work for any of the big brands Netflix/Nvidia etc.
But this one would probably change my life in a much more meaningful way: “Don’t lose her.”
- Comment on Power Games: Who’s driving high power bills? 2 weeks ago:
Those lucky enough to own their own homes (or more realistically, have a mortgage) at least have access to solar panels and as of recently, batteries.
Those two combined have the ability to drastically reduce one’s utility bills to near-0.
For everyone else stuck paying rent, short of having a decent landlord willing to invest in their property, is shit out of luck.
We are living in two drastically different Australia’s.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
Feeling like you’re sitting through a movie is half the reason to play a Kojima game! 🤣
- Comment on Jason Schreier says Sony is backing away from putting single player games on PC 2 weeks ago:
GTA6 is likely going to be the only reason I’d get one, because the rest of the exclusives have been pretty lacklustre.
- Comment on AI blamed again as hard drives are sold out for this year 3 weeks ago:
On the upside, homelabs are going to have a glut of high capacity, barely used server hard drives to choose from then this AI/data centre bubble eventually bursts?
- Comment on 12M Aussies personal data leaked - and 1 Billion worldwide 3 weeks ago:
So nearly half the population (assuming do duplicates)? Fuck me dead.
Any idea how long until Have I Been Pwned is updated?
- Comment on I'm glad i grabbed this wii fit balance board from the trash a decade ago, wow! 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sure what I’m more surprised by; the fact that there really is a Wikipedia list for everything, or that there are over 100 titles that support that thing!
- Comment on If at first you don't connect 4 weeks ago:
Not sure if you’re naming an adapter, or badly trying to coerce a cat to come closer.
- Comment on Health star rating to become mandatory on all packaged food in Australia 4 weeks ago:
Ever since taking up a low-carb/keto diet back in like ‘18, I’ve defaulted to just checking the nutrition panels on anything pre-packaged and make my judgements based on Sugar, Protein and Sodium content (both per serve, and per 100g).
I have never found these ratings accurate, let alone useful.
- Comment on Dune II written in HTML5 / JavaScript 4 weeks ago:
The fact this plays so well (interface wise) on a smartphone is ridiculous…
…massive nostalgia vibes, and I don’t even have to juggle 6 floppy disks to boot!
- Comment on Blizzard reportedly partnering with Arc Raiders owner Nexon to revive StarCraft as a shooter 5 weeks ago:
This is a slight historical re-write.
Blizzard’s parent company since ‘98 (Vivendi) was the larger of two companies at the time of the merger in ‘08, and put forward $2b towards the merger vs. Activision’s $1b.
Vivendi remained the majority shareholder of the new entity, and chose to appoint Bobby Kotick as the CEO.
Activision-Blizzard didn’t buy-out majority control until ‘13 - well after the enshittification began.
- Comment on Blizzard reportedly partnering with Arc Raiders owner Nexon to revive StarCraft as a shooter 5 weeks ago:
…and more importantly, what about NFTs?!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It’s all the same woman: Stephanie McMahon
- Comment on The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K 1 month ago:
I remember the horrendous response times of the original GameBoy’s LCD panel, and when I mentally compare it to modern COLOUR panels…
…all I can think is, never say never!
- Comment on The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K 1 month ago:
What you’re looking for are commercial screens. They’re a bit more expensive for a comparable panel, as they are intended for 24/7 use- but are about as dumb as they get nowadays.
- Comment on The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K 1 month ago:
Silly goose, after 8K is 16K!
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Technically, 1000 beats per day - but yes, Swatch tried this back in ‚99:
- Comment on The capsicum paradox: new Australian supermarket pricing a ‘massive transparency fail’ for customers 1 month ago:
I think it’s as much an indictment on falling maths literacy on the population as a whole when converting unit prices to a per-KG price as “complex”.
But that’s really besides the point of the majority of the article, as this is largely about converting customers online orders. If I’m ordering apples online, I’d want to buy on a per-unit basis (eg. 5 apples for the kids lunchbox), I’d be pretty miffed if I ordered 800g online - expecting 5 and only getting 4 bigger ones.
Still, the way this is currently implemented is pretty piss-poor - there generally shouldn’t be a per-unit price; charge per KG based on the final weight of produce selected, even if you give customers an option to buy per unit. But that involves weighing each line individually, slowing down the entire process and staff labour “shopping” for customers is a massive expense.
- Comment on Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC' 1 month ago:
They’re trying to redefine it to Profitable Computing:
- Comment on Ubisoft initiates colossal restructure to become a more 'gamer-centric' company 1 month ago:
I want AI in games; Actual Innovation!
- Comment on PC game recommendation for my partner and I 1 month ago:
I’m in a similar situation with my wife not being particularly interested in games - I’ve had some success in playing LA Noire with her guiding the investigations and interrogations. The jazz soundtrack in particular helped convince her, funnily enough!
Not quite perhaps what you’re looking for, but may work for others with hesitant non-gamer partners.
