amorpheus
@amorpheus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery 6 hours ago:
It’s really annoying when it’s pushed in our face everywhere. For getting a quick image of something you specify, or help with some boilerplate text it can be pretty neat.
- Comment on Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery 6 hours ago:
But apparently, using the tools already available to you is not a common skill these days :(
So, are you not understanding that other people work differently, or are you just not using that skill?
Besides offering different approaches for different preferences, there are clear benefits to the extra level of organization. As an additional exercise, try to picture someone using multiple windows and tab groups.
Not everyone operates on the basic level. Hell, why even have tabs? The OS can manage multiple windows, and you can use multiple desktops to achieve the same result without that bloat.
- Comment on Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash 5 days ago:
Still, if it’s small enough to transmit via any wireless connection, it’s small enough to keep the local copy.
- Comment on How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop. 1 week ago:
Why not both? As Linux achieves more and more momentum, you are bound to see real change in how Microsoft treats its users.
- Comment on How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop. 1 week ago:
Of course, the idea is that there’s less risk of that the more people switch.
- Comment on How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop. 1 week ago:
Microsoft’s idea of consent:
Do you want to turn on Recall?
- Yes
- Maybe Later
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 2 weeks ago:
Americans voted for this. You can argue about the minutiae and the process, but that’s the gist of it.
- Comment on You can still enable uBlock Origin in Chrome, here is how 3 weeks ago:
uBlock Origin Lite seems to work fine for me.
- Comment on Yellow from the egg! 5 weeks ago:
Same, once they have been cold their protective coating can suffer, so keep that in mind and keep it don’t leave them out at a later time.
- Comment on Samsung phones can survive twice as many charges as Pixel and iPhone, according to EU data 5 weeks ago:
around 38C
I was shocked when my new realme, which uses the same tech, didn’t even break 30°C while charging at 8+ Amps (should be around 80W). This was in a relatively warm room (25°C) and using the case that came with it, which surely doesn’t improve thermals. It gets warmer when charging from other sources with only 2-3A, like USB-PD or QuickCharge.
Coupled with the fact that it’s only accurate if you are constantly charging from below 15% to 100%, these are ranges that I rarely get my phone into.
AccuBattery needs a session to have 60% charged, so <20% to 80% works. Doesn’t need to be every single one. I actually asked support about it and they said this was the lowest percentage they were comfortable with. I was requesting to make it adjustable.
Accuracy of the measurement isn’t the entire point. I see the same issue, but since it helps track relative degradation over time it can still add value by giving more information when you suspect the capacity is getting worse.
- Comment on Millions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray. 1 month ago:
Can’t spell America without ME.
- Comment on Millions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray. 1 month ago:
You mean it wasn’t able to be saturated?
As slow as 2MBit/s is, relatively speaking, it’s still magnitudes better than dial-up.
- Comment on Plex has paywalled my server! 1 month ago:
It doesn’t relay all traffic, that’s a fallback if a connection can’t be established.
- Comment on "And my dick fucks your wife more than you do. What's your point?" 2 months ago:
That’s how they’ll know whose assets to liquidate when the world wakes up.
- Comment on 3-2-1 Backups: How do you do the 1 offsite backup? 2 months ago:
External drives that I keep in my office at work. Also cloud storage.
- Comment on 20th-Anniversary iPhone Will Reportedly Feature an All-Screen Design 2 months ago:
Internally, their engineers need to know what they will be doing the next year or so. I’m not assuming any credibility for the leaks, just pointing out that it takes time until these things get on the shelves.
- Comment on 20th-Anniversary iPhone Will Reportedly Feature an All-Screen Design 3 months ago:
I disagree that they don’t know. This is the time to finalize what they want their 2027 iPhone to look like, especially if they’re making bigger changes where development might not be as straightforward as the yearly iteration for most aspects.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you) 3 months ago:
Your laptop may be 13 years old, but Apple is notorious for their walled garden and surely never officially supported Linux on it, or did they? So it’s probably the worst example.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Unless society as a whole is ready to move beyond capitalism that won’t change.
- Comment on China’s CATL claims to have overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV battery charging time 3 months ago:
Energy density needs to increase for sure, but I see a point where cars charge fast enough that there will be less need to increase it further. I imagine it’ll look a lot like gas stations today, where they stop for a few minutes and leave again.
- Comment on China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery 3 months ago:
That’s what I meant. Compared to the power the GPU is actually using, transmission losses for a pass-through should be negligible. If you have a good way to get it to the card in the first place.
- Comment on China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery 3 months ago:
USB standard is up to what, 40Gbps and 240W? That’s pushing the envelope already. We’ll see if this new standard can prove itself, anyways.
- Comment on China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery 3 months ago:
It would just put extra thermal load on the GPU.
Passing power through doesn’t have to put noticeable load on the GPU. The main problem I see there is getting even more power to the GPU - Nvidia’s top cards are already at the melting point for their power connector.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Regardless of talent kids should always have a backup plan. What if he broke his leg and didn’t get back into shape? Shit happens.
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 4 months ago:
Or be a patient gamer and get it on a sale.
- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 4 months ago:
That seems like a spectacular oversight. How is it supposed to replicate human vision without depth perception?
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 months ago:
I tried that with a friend once and we were confused about the purpose. Now it makes sense!
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 months ago:
The key is to change the layout, then the only problem is really replacing a mouse with the joystick.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 4 months ago:
To be fair, this doesn’t make any statements about attendance.
- Comment on Tools to migrate from Plex to Jellyfin? 4 months ago:
whatever helps you justify paying $120 for software
Does that sound like a lot to you?
Considering the use I got out of it, even if I switch to something else tomorrow, the cost for the lifetime pass was peanuts. I’m sure others making that decision based on the situation today will feel the same in a few years. If Plex seems like the best solution today it’s not going to fall off the cliff before $120 were worth it.
Not like FOSS projects are immune to bad decisions, and then you either fork it yourself or depend on unpaid volunteers to keep the version you like alive. There’s always some risk.