SirSamuel

@SirSamuel@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it | RenewEconomy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Every two and a half years solar energy efficiency will double

  It’s called Ohm’s Law

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Was there anything else on the dinner menu?’

  ‘Vole-au-vents and Cream of Rat,’ said Gimlet. ‘All hygienically prepared.’

  ‘How do you mean, “hygienically prepared”?’ said Carrot.

  ‘The chef is under strict orders to wash his hands afterwards.’

  The assembled dwarfs nodded. This was certainly pretty hygienic. You didn’t want people going around with ratty hands.

  • Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NSW artist travels hundreds of kilometres to see his shark-banana statue come to life at Sculpture by the Sea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I read this as NSFW artist.

  The Internet has ruined me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At the doctors⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pteppic and Ptraci are waiting beside Ptimothy

  ^GNU ^^Sir ^^^Pterry

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oxygen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would watch this episode of Black Adder

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've always wanted to see Seattle.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny, last night my wife and I were greeted by the shithole that is SEA, followed by a 45 minute wait for a shuttle to the car rental place. That airport is a joke.

  (We’re exploring this part of the country, camping along the way and flying back home from Butte. If we were staying in Seattle we’d just use public transit/taxis)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨title⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ollie went to the neighborhood dance

  And he won the big door prize

  It was a toilet brush, and he took it home,

  And next week some of the guys

  They said, "Ollie how’s that toilet brush?

  “The one you won from the neighbors?”

  Ollie said, "It works pretty good,

  “But I prefer toilet paper”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨17-Year-old Student Exposes Germany's 'Secret' Pirate Site Blocklist⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok so I’m an absolute novice at this stuff, but basically DNS tells your computer where on the Internet a particular website is located. Its IP address. Your router will likely default to the DNS server your ISP provides. My router, and I would guess most others, allows one to change which DNS server their computer uses. There is a list of DNS servers one can use, and among them is OpenDNS, owned by Cisco. Provided the Jem’Hadar don’t attack, I should be good.

  I’m reaching the end of my knowledge here, hope that summary helped

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨17-Year-old Student Exposes Germany's 'Secret' Pirate Site Blocklist⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know most of these words.

  Thank you for posting this, I changed my router to point to Open DNS

  TIL

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just stay away from nvidia on Linux and you are golden.

  I’m sorry but this is the kind of condescending bullshit that pushes me away from Linux

  I got a 3070TI for half off MSRP for open box in the middle of the crypto bubble, and I’m not buying another GPU until I absolutely have to.

  You want more people to embrace Linux? Make it work on startup without jumping through a bunch of hoops, on the hardware we already own.

  Your lived experience with Windows is yours, and I’m glad you have a system that works for you. I don’t have the time or mental energy to learn, not just a new OS, but also all of the bugs that go with it.

  Look, I get it. I’m putting my apprentice in my old work van, and as I’m looking at the old heap I’m remembering all the little quirks it has that I’ve developed blind spots for. Blind spots they don’t have. Quirks that are actually problems. I know there are problems with windows that I ignore because I know how to work around them. I know the workarounds because I’ve been using Windows since 3.11. I didn’t have that experience with Linux, and neither does my wife. A woman who once nearly bricked our computer falling for an Indian call center scam.

  When this rig bites the dust, I’ll probably build a Linux gaming box and just tell her to get used to the OS. For now, we’re using Windows

  Also HP is shit and I’d gladly put any HP exec in the hospital if I met them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be me.

  Tried Ubuntu 15 years ago, but couldn’t because Nvidia driver issues, and haven’t tried again

  Look, dudes, I’m bootstrapping a small business while trying to manage ADHD. I can barely get two hours of admin work done in an eight hour day. I just need things to work. I’d love to walk away from Windows but I don’t have the mental bandwidth for that shit

  And even if I did, my wife and I share a gaming computer/media center. There’s nothing like having her call me in the middle of a workday because my VPN is keeping her from logging into PBS so that she can watch Grantchester. Imagine the headaches if I installed a new OS.

  Much like improving my physical fitness, I have the desire, but not the will

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google dropping ublock origin represents a flawless David vs Goliath victory for its developer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I knew you wouldn't let this go.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So i know this is just a joke, but I imagine the simulation limits one’s options to those present in the room. If she wants to send someone more likely to survive, like Data, there would be a roadblock:

  • Not enough time to get there from the bridge
  • Site to site transporter is down
  • Spot ate Data’s communicator badge
  • Data is commanding the saucer section in another sector
  • Data is on Risa hooking up with Sela

  Something limits the options to those in the room. Georgi is the most qualified, and time is short

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good games worth buying on play store?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Neat! Thank you ^_^

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good games worth buying on play store?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey what’s the difference between Shattered Pixel Dungeon and Pixel Dungeon ML?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2963: House Inputs and Outputs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The “Oh no”'s were particularly great

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix is kicking US subscribers off its cheapest ad-free plan soon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, good to know about Voyager. This winter I’m doing a complete 90’s kid Star Trek rewatch, S3 of TNG through the end of VOY. I’ll stick Prodigy on at the end.

  (Starting with S3 because Riker beard. Plus, aside from The Naked Now and Conspiracy is there even a reason to watch the first two seasons? Maybe Skin of Evil for continuity to Yesterday’s Enterprise I guess)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix is kicking US subscribers off its cheapest ad-free plan soon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ♥️ I wasn’t sure if I should spend time on Prodigy, on a scale of Discovery to Strange New Worlds, where would you rank it? I thoroughly enjoyed Lower Decks, if that helps

  3 Body Problem was on my list but the list was in my head and I forgot

  Again, I thank you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix is kicking US subscribers off its cheapest ad-free plan soon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are there any good shows on Netflix right now?

  I’m not asking to insult Netflix, I just have a spare 5 Tb burning a hole in my NAS that I’d like to fill

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How dare he⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had no idea Laura Bailey’s dad is named Geoff

  (This is a Critical Role joke and has nothing to do with the point of the OP)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy is the best social media⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Put me in the screenshot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VPN by Google One shuts down⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve found Grayjay helps me hate YouTube less

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does color change how hot a laser can get something?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh neat! Thank you, very well described for a layman such as myself

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Afghan diplomat caught at Mumbai airport with 25kg gold smuggled from Dubai⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If my math is correct that’s over 1.5 million USD at current market rates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does color change how hot a laser can get something?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I have a question! Do all frequencies on the EM spectrum emit photons? Like, when gamma rays or X rays or microwaves hit something are photons bouncing off/being absorbed and we just can’t see them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨May the 4th power your warp cores⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard disagree. I’m using g board, from Alphabet, which is about as concerned with privacy as a nudist exhibitionist with a shame kink. That is to say, privacy as a concept exists yes, but only to be perverted.

  The only comfort is that I’m not the only one with random capitalization in my texts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refrigerator leaking black liquid?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humane AI Pin: much-hyped gadget rocked by bad reviews⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All right, I’ll take a shot at it. What the hell, it works on Star Trek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Investigation launched after Boeing engine cover falls off during takeoff⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I appreciate the spotlight on Boeing there’s definitely ongoing maintenance challenges happening at the major airlines as well. And the root cause of these issues is the same as Boeing, corporate greed and short-sighted focus on quarterly gains.

  A lot more people will die before these systemic issues are rectified