alsimoneau

@alsimoneau@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pissing in the shower is better in every way than pissing in the toilet.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And what’s that in non freedom units?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello beautiful⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s my secret captain, I’m always tired

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can run it on a pi, you can run it on these

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you had any doubts that Know-Your-Customer laws were evil, here is one very good reason: personal data of 1 BILLION people just leaked.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  At some point so much data will have been leak that there will be no new data to leak, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video games are losing the "attention war" to gambling, porn, and crypto, according to industry report⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The way to make your return on the initial budget is to shrink the initial budget. You can’t scale these things forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it doesn’t make money for Big War

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lower dynamic range for one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lightbulbs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most “RGB” lights also have 2 white ones of different CCT for a more natural white.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lightbulbs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Preach

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lightbulbs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Incandescent did this without software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lightbulbs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You need both. Daylight during the day, warmer (<2700K) in the evening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus you get the download servers, payment processing, customer support, reviews, …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla's 'unsupervised' Robotaxis vanish a week after pre-earnings announcement⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I though they were a stock company, since that’s all they sell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except 100F is the temperature of a horse, so does that mean you find horses to move maximally hot?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockstar continue to claim firings were about preventing GTA 6 leaks, as union push to get devs interim relief⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Because disgruntled ex employees are much less likely to lead stuff‽

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And Greece

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but when but gets 20% more efficient they build a second one. You still end up with a net increase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doctors are paid like crap. Physicians are paid very well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I sometimes can't sleep at night. Perhaps my brain's "CMOS Chip" battery ran out and my circadian rhythm defaulted to my "factory settings" of Beijing Time (UTC +8), which would explain my insomnia.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cut the lights in the evening. Use dimmer, warmer ones. No screens. Give yourself 30 minutes of darkness before going to bed. Buy good curtains/blinds. As a last resort, take melatonin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Every software is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is heart?!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Toph metalbends mercury, so it’s definitely earth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In French there’s no acronym. We just learn it. It’s not that hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To me, 7 felt like a reskin of Vista with features removed.

  The features people complained about in Vista where in 7. I think the departure from XP is what was rough, in part because of the jump in security and in ressource usage. But by the time 7 came out, people had sold the old familly room computer and got a newer machine that could handle the additional load.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vista and 8.1 were better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I preferred 8.1 and Vista over 7. 8.1 worked. You could search stuff and it’d find it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fucking math...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ×2÷10 7.246

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The ‘u’ is also non-existent

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That definition exists because if you want to include Pluto and be consistent you have to include dozens of other bodies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨5 tomatoes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Engineers use milliinches all the time! They call it thous but it’s the same thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3138: Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now do it with 5 doors.

  You can always make up examples where one is easier. The truth is the easiest one is the one you’re used to.