krakenx
@krakenx@lemmy.world
- Comment on While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a decade ago 3 hours ago:
Valve did such a good job learning from the original Steam boxes too. The controller was weird, but the best parts lived in in the Steam Deck and the new controller. The incompatibility issues with the original Steam OS showed how critical getting Proton right would be the Steam ecosystem. Multiple SKUs made it harder to verify compatibility, so now they have just 1 for each hardware type. A dedicated Steam Link box was kind of a waste, but now Steam Link works great on Android TV, Android phones, and on Steam itself.
Many other companies just abandoned their failures, but Valve took the time to analyze the “why” and salvage the good parts to them. No company is perfect, but kudos to them.
- Comment on The moment we've all been waiting for: you now can have targeted ads on your 2k smartfridge 3 hours ago:
The smart thermostat that came with my house has that “feature” and I hate it. If I don’t walk past the thermostat for a few hours, it assumes I’m not home and then lets the house turn into an icebox.
- Comment on The moment we've all been waiting for: you now can have targeted ads on your 2k smartfridge 3 hours ago:
If I have to scan each item as I put it into the fridge, why not just scan it with my phone and keep a less expensive dumb fridge?
- Comment on YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port. 1 week ago:
Alternatively, just grab a free toothpick from a restaurant and use that to clean the port.
- Comment on If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7 1 week ago:
ChatGPT is quite good and it’s not in my face at all, it’s just in a bookmark I access when I need it.
Copilot is hot garbage, and it’s plastered all over Windows, Edge, and Office.
I haven’t tried the Samsung AI, but it won’t let me forget it’s there.
OP absolutely has a point. The more in your face the AI is, the more garbage it is.
- Comment on Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension 1 month ago:
Do it from their website (settings then account)so that you can fill out the exit survey and tell them why.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 2 months ago:
Custom Android ROMs based on AOSP, which is the open source parts of Android. I used to use LineageOS back in the day.
Before buying a phone, make sure that it has an unlockable bootloader and a custom ROM of a recent Android version.
Note that many commercial apps like Netflix, Pokémon Go, bank apps, etc. will refuse to run if your bootloader is unlocked. It also permanently trips Samsung’s Knox.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 5 months ago:
Sadly, yes. A third grade transfer student from a good school district might very well be smarter than their teacher. Especially in rural areas.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 5 months ago:
A good teacher sees being corrected as a learning experience, and encourages their students to question them respectfully.
Bad teachers see it as a challenge to their authority.
- Comment on Grieve with me 5 months ago:
Toothpicks work great. They are wood or plastic so they won’t conduct electricity.
- Comment on 'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux 5 months ago:
Once updates end in October, Windows 10 won’t be secure and probably shouldn’t be allowed to connect to the internet. It will still continue to function though. You can buy a year of extended support for Windows 10 for $30, but it’s unclear whether there will be support after that.
Probably best to start switching to something else, or plan to run that PC offline.