chiliedogg

@chiliedogg@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The more impressive thing is that they managed to get the Nvidia upgrade to be backwards compatible with existing Framework 16 models.

  That’s the push I need to really, truly believe they’re committed to the goal of upgradablity. Too many “mouldular” products have come out where the “upgraded” modules were only available if you bought the newest version of the base product.

  In the next year or so, I’ll probably be buying a new laptop, and this has convinced me that Framework is probably the way to go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Apple has EU problems. Google got legally fucked in the US with the Epic lawsuit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t they just lose a major lawsuit over their treatment of sideloaded apps and stores?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bmw⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you sure you weren’t just in Houston?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anons brother has some strong opinions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Autistic boys sometimes get called quaint. Other times people call the police and they get shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human geography⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true almost everywhere these days. Climate change and pesticides did a number on them.

  I used to see hundreds floating around at night. Now I’m lucky to spot one a year.

  Also, lovebugs. There were so many everywhere it was difficult to drive sometimes. I haven’t noticed any in years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  American here:

  I’d appreciate help from the rest of the world.

  Please embargo us. We need our economy to be in ruins next November, with Trump and his goons as the culprits. Heck - if you can fuck our economy by January, we may even be able to primary some current Republicans so thet Trump is fucked by the midterms no matter which party wins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tubi TV⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  These jank movies do have a function.

  People gotta learn to use cameras and decorate sets and shit. Might as well make a dumb movie out of it and hope to sell a few units.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nooo my genderinos⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And then there was quantum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Date Trailer (September 4)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s so close it should’ve just announced the day it released and blown all our minds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the point. Musk wants control over the entire internet.

  If all the other internet infrastructure was abandoned, he would be the most powerful person in history. Want to regulate him afterwards? He could just shut down the internet in your region until you accept his terms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Theater was the Superman Returns movie tie-in. The game wasn’t good, but the health system for the city was a neat idea, and the flying was AMAZING.

  There’s never been a bad game with an element I enjoyed so much as Superman Returns and the flying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨worst uber driver ever⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude only has a rating of 2 chevrons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3128: Thread Meeting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah - it was boring stuff like 3d printing, guns, and PC building.

  We’re both gear nerds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3128: Thread Meeting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Years ago, in the scuba subreddit, I posted some pictures of some gear sets we had in a glass case in our shop we’d recovered along with the bodies of their divers in a local cave. It’s our warning not to fuck around with cave diving without the proper gear and training.

  Another person in the sub started chatting about some other interesting memorabilia I’d put up in the shop, and it was clear he was one of my divemasters.

  So he and I suddenly knew each other’s reddit handles, and turned out our paths had crossed in several other niche subs, and we realized how many hobbies we didn’t even realize we shared despite hanging out weekly at the shop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tried naming the states from memory as a European⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s also mountain racists and wood racists.

  It’s like varieties of horrible elves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HR people smiling at you thinking that you are a complete moron⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I’ve had to let people go, I’ve always believed it important to do it personally. It’s difficult, but it’s part of the duty of a boss to face the person they’re letting go.

  I’ve been accused of being cold when doing it, but that’s because I don’t feel like I have the right to show the emotional impact on me when it’s someone else’s life being wrecked.

  I’ve also violated company policy several times and given glowing reviews of former staff instead of simply confirming they worked at the company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about Changing your Profile Picture to Clippy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Clippy (actual name Clippit), was an avatar for the Office Assistant User Interface introduced in Office 97. It read the contents of your documents and would pop up and give you advice, and was basically an attempt at an intelligent agent, but 30 years ago.

  It wasn’t nearly as sophisticated and invasive as the current bullshit, but that’s largely because the tech to be as sophisticated and invasive as the current bullshit didn’t exist in 1997.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scott Bakula Eyeing Star Trek Return In President Archer Series Pitch From ‘Enterprise’ Producer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t Worf always a pipe dream.

  Michael Dorn kept pitching it, but it was never going to happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Florida sues some of the biggest porn platforms, accusing them of not complying with the state's age verification law⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, at least they don’t already have an issue with organized pedophile rings operating within their state, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tucson City Council votes 7-0, unanimously to kill AI Data Center⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not like they’re dunking the electronics in the water. They just need to filter it enough it doesn’t clog up the system and run it in a closed loop.

  If I can have a closed loop with a reservoir for my home PC, motherfucking Amazon can build a water storage tank for their cooling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tucson City Council votes 7-0, unanimously to kill AI Data Center⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Land is also relatively cheap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Picture of the Century... Nature defeats Technology⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A phantom will absolutely break skin. I flew one for years.

  Lots of newer drones like the Mavic series have folding props that won’t break skin, but those fixed-blade props were like getting hit with a weed-whacker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Picture of the Century... Nature defeats Technology⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Mavic series has folding blades. But the Phantom series pictured has rigid blades that are stiff enough they’ll fuck up flesh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Picture of the Century... Nature defeats Technology⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They can cut the shit out of you. They won’t sever a finger or anything with the stock props (some aftermarket carbon fiber stuff might though), but they’ll fuck up flesh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Secret of evermore has some gigeresque visuals. I should probably attempt to finish the game but here are some screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That tiger in SoM is so awful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Secret of evermore has some gigeresque visuals. I should probably attempt to finish the game but here are some screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The alchemy system is really unique.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the port and the associated internal hardware would take up a huge amount of space.

  It’s not much space to a smartphone, but to a device the size of a watch, the USB-C port would end up being the largest internal component.

  Wireless charging is the answer for most watches, though it means cases can’t be all metal and glass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red Dead Redemption 2 was amazing.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also a very long campaign with several points that feel like they’re coming up on the ending, only for a lot more game and story to come afterward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Octopath Traveler 0 – Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I never finished the 1st one because I found the complete lack of connection between the stories frustrating. I get that they wanted you to be able to play with any combination of the 8 characters, but the story suffered heavily.

  It was just 8 separate games played at once with the same mechanics, and the lack of any real overarching story meant the narative scope of everything felt small.