CookieOfFortune
@CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
- Comment on Skier narrowly avoids a crevasse 6 days ago:
Small drones can prevent issues like this.
- Comment on The Fuck Jar 1 week ago:
He even has a screaming coach: youtu.be/Ugvw3pBbYqY
- Comment on Shout out to my engineering homies. 1 week ago:
The feeder will be used to force feed prisoners.
- Comment on OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates 2 weeks ago:
Gold, commodities, etc.
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 2 weeks ago:
Yes it’s an excellent game, I enjoyed it thoroughly and played the co-op defense for a while as well!
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 2 weeks ago:
Oh I’ll have to try it out! Added to my wishlist.
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 2 weeks ago:
Sometimes I want to blow things up and get headshots. So I’ll see if there’s a Call of Duty on sale and just play the single player. It’s rare though, and at the moment my blowing things up itch is being scratched by Space Marine.
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 2 weeks ago:
Stellar Blade has got some personalities as well…
- Comment on Why the real poverty line is $140,000, this strategist argues 2 weeks ago:
It’s hard to get by without driving in Houston. Even if you considered it safe to bike (which it isn’t, the dedicated bike lanes are pretty limited), it’s impossible to avoid the weather. Do you just carry a change of clothes?
I actually used to live in Houston too and had a half mile commute (either bike or run), but still had to drive fairly often. And I consider that a luxury for the city. Otherwise you’re living in the suburbs and commuting for two hours everyday.
I’ve known only a handful of people who’ve tried doing carless in Houston and only one of them long term. And he lived in a co-op so most needs were met in other ways.
- Comment on Why the real poverty line is $140,000, this strategist argues 2 weeks ago:
I can tell you that my mother-in-law has been pivotal in providing childcare for my toddler son. Daycare can cost north of $2000/mo. And if I don’t want to burn a vacation day staying home to care for him when he’s sick, I’m going out $200+/day for a nanny. But grandma can take over for the cost of lunch. And that’s for someone with kids. You don’t need childcare if you’re childless.
This kind sounds like the $33k is about right then, it’s just that the value is provided by family (which is great don’t get me wrong). You can’t make these calculations on the assumption of these factors. What if you suddenly didn’t have free childcare? Would you be unable to then make rent?
And what if your work moved somewhere where you had to then drive?
How close are you to financial collapse if something bad happened?
There should probably be a different number for a single person, but then there’s less sharing in other ways as well.
- Comment on Forever young 2 weeks ago:
That one time in CS 1.6 I got a lucky burst and three headshots…
- Comment on Feeling that groove 2 weeks ago:
Cool! Good to know this software is out there.
- Comment on Feeling that groove 3 weeks ago:
It doesn’t seem like there’s a pseudorandom coding applied, so repeated patterns should show up visibly. I’ve never really examined it myself though.
- Comment on Feeling that groove 3 weeks ago:
Long runs of no changes is generally undesirable because it makes it harder to know where the reader is. So you’d want some type of coding to make sure you see changes occasionally regardless of where you are. For CDs, it seems like each byte is converted into 14 bits, where the longest run of zeroes is 10.
- Comment on why are fitness weights filled with sand? 3 weeks ago:
Note that it’s usually not fresh sand. It’s whatever the cheapest sand-like material they can get their hands on. Which is likely mining waste. Which might not be great for your health.
- Comment on Baby boomers want to axe property taxes. Millennials and Gen Z would pay for it. 3 weeks ago:
But it would increase the supply of homes since it disincentivizes investment properties.
- Comment on People are playing fewer games and new releases are "struggling", say Ubisoft UK, warning of falling revenues 3 weeks ago:
Ubisofts full releases this year:
- AC: Shadows
- Just Dance 2026
- Anno 117
So literally all sequels. They’re just hoping people will dish out their annual franchise spending.
But the bar is so high these days. Spending millions on graphics just isn’t sufficient.
- Comment on Why do so many services require email configuration? 4 weeks ago:
What was their reason for declining?
They are, actually. They’re a registered non-profit.
I see they’re a non profit business. That doesn’t make them a charity. They have paying customers.
- Comment on Why do so many services require email configuration? 4 weeks ago:
This is the repo.
However, it seems they’re running a business, which means revenue generating features will probably be prioritized. They’re not running a charity.
I’m sure if you donate enough money you can probably get them to implement better self hosting functionality. Chances are the email requirement is just what they have for other features.
- Comment on Where do you typically leave/read reviews 5 weeks ago:
The last like… 5 times I’ve left an Amazon review with some criticism, I’ve gotten full refund offers. The most recent one they want to send me a new version.
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 5 weeks ago:
I’m just saying it’s more feasible than mirrors. Not that it’s actually feasible.
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 5 weeks ago:
Would be cheaper just to launch the solar panels.
- Comment on 28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower 5 weeks ago:
The previous version is already in the Temerario. This is more of an evolution of an existing design.
- Comment on From what I've seen, public transit is either expensive and terrible or cheap and good. 1 month ago:
I’d argue Switzerland is an example of good but expensive.
- Comment on How are computer chips designed? 1 month ago:
When I was studying this formally they were using VHDL and Verilog which are programming languages to do circuit design.
Roughly they can take a logical description (input A goes to output B, etc), do A LOT of math and create the circuit layout.
- Comment on Posers 1 month ago:
Fluid dynamics could apply to both air and water.
- Comment on Posers 1 month ago:
Biochemistry for the blood bending.
- Comment on Peter Parker/Spider-Man should just get a job in fashion 1 month ago:
He’s a genius though… he could just be a freelance software developer that works remote.
- Comment on Peter Parker/Spider-Man should just get a job in fashion 1 month ago:
Is fashion a good job? I don’t think it generally pays very well.
- Comment on what country would you never go to again? 1 month ago:
Probably Indonesia. Went to Bali and it was underwhelming. Unlikely to have a reason to see the rest of the country. Too many other places I’d like to visit for the first time or revisit.