kamen
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- Comment on BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired 1 day ago:
Can someone explain how something as generic as a keyboard can be a subject to patents?
- Comment on I miss when you could get a flagship phone that could fit in your hand 1 week ago:
One of the few positives of today’s designs is the better screen-to-body ratios that we have. This would mean that we can have a 5" screen in the same physical body size that previously used to house a 4 point something inch screen. But for some reason the latest flagship small phones are from a few years ago - I guess sales figures show they’re not sought after.
- Comment on What is a metaphor you like in your language? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, fair point. Thanks for explaining. Not a native speaker, so I kind of forgot about that.
- Comment on Are there any better mechanical keyboards that don't break the bank? 2 weeks ago:
General advice - don’t be picky about dedicated media controls; sure they’re nice to have, but they severely limit your choices (I was in that boat too). At the same time it’s very easy to make key combinations; e.g. the Caps Lock key very often gets neglected, and if this is the case for you, you can repurpose it to Fn, and from there you can do Fn+W to play/pause, Fn+Q/Fn+E for prev/next track respectively and so on (of course the specific keys are up to you). Look for QMK/VIA support over manufacturer-specific software.
Sorry I can’t give a more specific recommendation. I second the idea that Keychron generally have good value for the money, so do Vortex and Ducky (although Ducky have gone up in price while not staying very competitive).
- Comment on What is a metaphor you like in your language? 2 weeks ago:
“Пиян като мотика”. Translates from Bulgarian to “Drunk as a mattock”. I remember asking my dad about this phrase when I was a kid - “Why? Do mattocks drink?” - and he answered “No, they fall down”. Classic dad.
- Comment on What is a metaphor you like in your language? 2 weeks ago:
In this line of thought I like how “tool” is something useful in its primary meaning, but derogatory when used about a person.
- Comment on See something you like? 2 weeks ago:
What’s next? Talking about healthcare?
- Comment on Old fashioned 1 month ago:
I’m a fan of physical media and at the same time I don’t believe in its supremacy; I don’t think it’s more practical than digital files for example.
I still like it because 1) it can be a way to directly support artists that I like and 2) it’s a way to own content instead of renting it.
- Comment on Horse denier 2 months ago:
Look at my horse, my horse is amazing
- Comment on I put on my robe and my wizard hat 2 months ago:
logarithms?
- Comment on Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary 2 months ago:
I remember playing this on a Radeon 9550 GPU with 128 MB VRAM and being amazed at how well it was running at 1680x1050.
- Comment on Every place gotta have the cuck booth 3 months ago:
Phrased like that it begs me to ask: is that a table just for the third wheel?
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 3 months ago:
A sports piece of clothing or equipment is still functional with or without the flashy branding; a piece of merch however is not (especially if it’s just decorative - like a pin, a sew-on patch or something like that).
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 3 months ago:
Same sentiment here - but with the exception of band t-shirts and other merchandise - where in most cases you do want to show your support for the artist.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 months ago:
Unfortunately “punish them by not buying it” won’t work for someone as big as them.
- Comment on Opera explains how it plans to keep uBlock Origin support as Google Chrome disables it 3 months ago:
I’m saying that the sources of income are the same regardless of what the company structure or the software licence is.
- Comment on Opera explains how it plans to keep uBlock Origin support as Google Chrome disables it 3 months ago:
Treat it however you want - from what I know even Mozilla has the same arrangement with Google and Firefox.
- Comment on Opera explains how it plans to keep uBlock Origin support as Google Chrome disables it 3 months ago:
Partner integrations from what I know - search engines, bookmarks and so on.
- Comment on Blessica Blimpson 3 months ago:
Wow, what a blursed name.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $79m, despite devastating year for layoffs: 2550 jobs lost in 2024 3 months ago:
CEOs gonna CEO.
- Comment on Nvidia blocks access to video card driver updates for users from Russia and Belarus. 3 months ago:
I feel that many Russians are against Putler’s regime, but are (rightfully so) too afraid to speak up.
- Comment on Do animals feel love and emotion? 4 months ago:
They got us in the first half
- Comment on Elon Musk’s X is now worth less than a quarter of its $44 billion purchase price 4 months ago:
I don’t have the whole context so I might be missing some things, but the whole thing looks to me like “look at how much money I have to burn and how much I don’t care”.
- Comment on I make games and this literally happened to me this morning 4 months ago:
0.17 cents
So is that less than a cent or is it 17 cents? If it’s the former, I don’t think it’s even possible to make a transaction that small.
- Comment on Very thankful 4 months ago:
God makes you that?
- Comment on Launches 5 months ago:
That one’s been sitting unplayed in my library for a very long time. I guess it’s time to give it a shot.
- Comment on Cords 5 months ago:
bruh moment
- Comment on Cords 5 months ago:
Practical IQ test with binary result (“pass”/“fail”).
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 5 months ago:
It’d be fine if 1) everything from Control Panel is implemented and properly working and 2) everything stays consistent (because otherwise, as other folks have mentioned, at one point written tutorials even with screenshots quickly become obsolete. I don’t see this happening any time soon. Maybe instead of that they can start encouraging people to use the command line, although even fewer settings are reachable though there.
- Comment on Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week 5 months ago:
Wow. Now I don’t want to go to the US even harder than before.