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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An old Xbox advertisement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I think you’re confusing the PS1 in the ad with the PSOne which came out later and had rounded edges.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve always wondered if vegetables from a farm that uses horse-drawn tills instead of tractors would be vegan… It’s a real question, but everyone I ask thinks that I’m trolling.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years ago there were no billionaires worth more than $100 billion - today there are 18!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
In theory, the government is elected by the public. Not a given these days, I know.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years ago there were no billionaires worth more than $100 billion - today there are 18!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I’d be okay with the govt owning shares, honestly. That way the public would get a voice in how these megacorps operate, and that voice would get bigger the larger the company becomes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home Depot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
The store nearest me will deliver whatever you want for a $30 flat rate. I have a minivan so I can still carry a lot of stuff myself but for that price it lets me avoid messing with removing my seats so it’s worth it
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Empires fall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, ToysRUs is alive and well in Canada. I have no idea that the bottom-right one is.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't know the difference between hay and straw⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Hay is basically cut grass, straw is the part leftover from harvesting wheat and taking the seeds. Both are baled, but they’re used for different things. Hay is food for any animals that eat grass like horses and cows, buy straw is not edible so it’s used as bedding.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you buy "self-hosted in a box" hardware?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Docker’s secret that most “getting started” tutorials seem to miss is docker-compose.yml. Who wants to type these long-ass commands to start containers? I always just create a compose file, and then docker compose up -d.

Dockerfile is for developers, you shouldn’t need more than a docker-compose.yml for self-hosting stuff.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What has he done to deserve this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Canadian here. It really depends on if it’s a cultural use or something the government might have an influence on through legislation. They can force industries to label packages in metric, but they can’t force grandma to change her manually-transcribed recipes. The other big influence is obviously our neighbours to the south. A lot of industries haven’t switched over there, and we get their products. Main culprit here would be the construction industry, lumber and hardware is all in US customary units and I hate it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Oh, my sweet summer child…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
From this thread, looks like you’re right, sadly…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Even if Assange himself was openly interfering in US politics, how is that relevant? If he isn’t a US person, and he’s not on US soil, why would he be bound by US law? US law isn’t universal law, you know.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, but that’s not treason. It could be treason if he was American, but he isn’t.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I fail to see how that’s relevant here. The guy isn’t a US national and wasn’t in the US when he committed his alleged “crime”.

He has absolutely no duty towards the US and is 100% free to associate with whoever he wants, and yes, even Russia.

US has no standing whatsoever in this situation, and it’s a travesty of international law that Sweden and the UK even entertained the idea of extraditing him. The response should’ve been “go sue the American who actually committed that crime on American soil. Oh wait, you’ve already convicted her, and she’s already out after serving her sentence? WTF are you going on about then?”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Looking at the drama that’s currently going on in my small village, NIMBY is a hell of a drug. Not sure how we can regulate that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
They already do: Ford has the Mach-E & F-150 Lightning plus a bunch of PHEVs, GM has (had) the Bolt, Stellantis makes a few PHEVs among which one of the the very few cars on the market that can carry 7 passengers on battery power (the Chrysler Pacifica) altough that one is made in Canada, not the US.

Oh, and all of Tesla.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
A 100k mile used car is already near the bottom of the depreciation curve, you probably sold it too cheap. Adjusting for inflation, $10k 10 years ago is $13k today. Covid did a number on the auto industry so all car prices skyrocketed, but they’re starting to recover: your hypothetical is only 15% higher when you adjust for inflation, which looks about right.

Cheap new cars don’t exist anymore because everyone want to buy fucking luxury SUVs or pickup trucks to drive their kids to school. It has nothing to do with EVs; we actually see this trend on the EV market too: GM abandoned their best-selling EV (Chevy Bolt) to instead focus on a bigger SUV (an electric Equinox, IIRC).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Post your Servernames!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I use famous programmers. First Linux server was Torvalds, first mac was Woz, currently in service I have Kernighan (one of the inventors of C), KJohnson (Katherine Johnson was a programmer for NASA) and Shamir (The S in RSA).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

Sometimes I wish Apple hadn’t turned all of their notebook lines into MacBook Air variants. The unibody MBP line was amazing.

Typing this from a M2 Max Macbook Pro with 32GB, and honestly, this thing puts the “Pro” back in the MBP. It’s insanely powerful, I rarely have to wait for it to compile code, transcode video, or run AI stuff. It also does all of that while sipping battery, it’s not even breaking a sweat. Yes, it’s pretty thin, but it’s by no means underpowered. Apple really is onto something with their M* lineup.

But yeah, selling “Pro” laptops with 8GB in 2024 is very stupid.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why don't people say mega meters⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
We routinely count vehicle odometers in thousands of kilometers, AKA Megameters. I’d say it’s a common enough measurement to popularize Megameters
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I have enabled the option to limit charging to 85% on my Samsung, and last weekend I needed it to last for 2 days so I charged it to 100%. Easily made it. It’s nice to know you have that 100% when you need it .
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Passkeys might really kill passwords⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
KeepassXC works on Mac, too and there’s KeepassDX for Android.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weather app asking for permission to manage calls⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Even SD cards and USB chargers have powerful microcontrollers in them nowadays
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The I as in “free”, but shorter (not drawn out) and the u as in “urban”, maybe? It’s hard to find English words where they make the french U sound, but it’s pronounced the same pretty much all the time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Hey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that’s on you and you alone.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Actually, no. I’d like a Dodge Caravan or Odyssey. The Tahoe and Suburban are way too big on the outside, but they’re actually very small on the inside.

You’re on point about the fanciness, though. I got TVs in my current car (Pacifica Pinnacle, it’s the only model they had), and they’re awful. For the cost of that option, I would’ve been much better off buying a bunch of iPads.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The Pacifica is actually what I ended up buying.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube’s Loaded With EV Disinformation⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
EVs are a good stopgap solution for climate change while we rework our urban environments to be less car-centric.

But we have to start somewhere, and as an individual I can pester my representatives to improve public transit & infrastructure and at the same time look at EVs next time I buy a car. One doesn’t preclude the other, and EVs are still a step in the march towards carbo-neutrality. They’re not the destination, but they absolutely have a role to play in getting there.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube’s Loaded With EV Disinformation⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
These are bad from a local air-quality perspective, but they’re not relevant to climate change.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Batteries are often the part that has the longest warranty. It’ll be a while before it’s your problem, and even then, costs will probably be down by a lot.