elucubra
@elucubra@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well 2 days ago:
I installed in my(old but very good) car a surprisingly nice sounding stereo unit, very inexpensive, like 30€.
The unit has no cassette or CD. It does have a micro Sd slot, two USB, one is charge only, for phones, and the other for storage. It has a remote. Physical buttons and a multi modal knob.
My phone has 512Gb of storage, and I almost never use streaming services.
I imagine your phone notifies you of texts, anyway, no?
- Comment on I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well 2 days ago:
My phone is jailbroken (rooted, Android).
Unless I discover a deeply hidden part of me, it’s highly unlikely that I’d get a grinder notification.
Anyway, you won’t get that notification I the ipod, but you will in your phone.
I’m actually restoring a Motorola Startac phone for my son, but there is no pretense of usability there, (except battery life), it’s simply for the cool factor.
- Comment on I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well 3 days ago:
True. That’s why I started the comment with “I”.
- Comment on I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well 4 days ago:
I was thinking about doing this, getting a storage constrained, apple constrained, obsolete piece of hardware, to do what the phone I already carry does better.
Oh, wait!
- Comment on lightbulbs 4 days ago:
I have a somewhat basic home automation, and my lights are programmed to be cooler during daylight hours (where necessary, desk lamp, corridor, etc), and they become warmer at night. The reverse happens early morning in winter, where I wake up while still dark.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Windows 8 .1 was effectively Windows 9.
- Comment on Microsoft’s $440 billion wipeout, and investors angry about OpenAI’s debt, explained 1 week ago:
Which will create a labor boom, to operate the robots, a la Tesla
- Comment on Huang declares Israel Nvidia’s “second home” with record-breaking campus investment 1 week ago:
Haaretz reports that 82% of Israelis support the expulsión of Palestinians from Gaza, so yeah, fuck Israel AND Israelis.
- Comment on Huang declares Israel Nvidia’s “second home” with record-breaking campus investment 1 week ago:
Nazi Germany had millions of smart people supporting the world domination effort.
Where does smart=decent?
- Comment on Inside Xiaomi’s near-fully automated factory that assembles a smartphone in 6 seconds 1 week ago:
I my case, I use a 5 year old Xiaomi flagship, that still runs like a charm, and has a 1.5-2 day battery life. That means that having this phone has meant a 250% reduction in ewaste if we use the 24 month cycle average for the industry.
- Comment on Hey there 4 eyes 1 week ago:
Heh, neither. Voyager had saved text from an earlier unsent reply, and on the phone it was above the fold, so I didn’t see it.
- Comment on Hey there 4 eyes 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know why you are being downvoted.
The general populace is uneducated/dumb, that’s why safeguards are implemented.
I’m all for the idea of freedom, but making the exercise of that freedom informed.
I do onsite IT support, and much of my job is preventing and undoing user fuckups.
How many apps do you need to install per day? How many of those are sideloaded? I think that
If you look into fauna before each major extintion events, things get weirder and weirder, so weird that Hollywood would have a hard time selling a movie with that shit
- Comment on Copilot could soon live inside Windows 11's File Explorer, as Microsoft tests Chat with Copilot in Explorer, not just in a separate app 3 weeks ago:
Well, the only piece of Apple tech I currently own is an iPad. I bought the thing through a pretty nice offer from my telco, and for a pretty specific use case, running the Affinity suite on the move without lugging my beefy laptop around.
When I saw how they went full idiot with their glass shit for the UI (hellooo, Windows Aero), I stopped allowing updates. The fact that to reduce transparency and effects to make the thing half usable you have to go into accessibility settings says it all.
- Comment on Copilot could soon live inside Windows 11's File Explorer, as Microsoft tests Chat with Copilot in Explorer, not just in a separate app 3 weeks ago:
I like somethings sloppy, but definitely not my OSes
- Comment on 'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular 4 weeks ago:
Never thought of using winget. Ninite or chocolatey work well enough, but yeah, nice.
- Comment on Copilot could soon live inside Windows 11's File Explorer, as Microsoft tests Chat with Copilot in Explorer, not just in a separate app 4 weeks ago:
The thing is that if MS concentrated on providing a bulletproof experience, a sane licensing mode, with a low, cheap, entry bar, they would just keep being the top dog forever.
Now they are just giving market share to Linux and MacOS for free.
- Comment on 'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular 4 weeks ago:
I do quite bit of windows installs. I usually use edge once, to either set up chocolate or use ninite, and download sane stuff. Then I hide edge as much as possible.
- Comment on US demands access to tourists' social media histories 1 month ago:
Riiiiight???
- Comment on Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy 2 months ago:
[Here you go](I just found this on AliExpress: 14,48€ | PCIE SATA Card 12/16/20 Ports 6Gb SATA 3.0 PCIe Card, PCIe To SATA Controller Expansion Card, Support SATA 3.0 Devices a.aliexpress.com/_ExfrB2C)
- Comment on My thumb stick on my 3ds is disintegrating, and my switch is starting to follow. Please help. 2 months ago:
Have you considered Gamers Anonymous?
- Comment on car producers 2 months ago:
Some is the key word here.
- Comment on car producers 2 months ago:
After having owned a few if these brands I decided I’d only own some Japanese, German or Korean cars. Never Italian or French. They are great the first 5 years or so, but age like milk. Owned an Opel and it was pretty good, but I guess it’s now off the list. Stellantis is the collection of the worlds least reliable cars.
I drive a 26 year old Skoda (VAG group) which has had not a single major repair, except for timing belts, a clutch, and other consumables.
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 2 months ago:
Better yet, Windows IoT enterprise LTSC. Debloated Windows with LTSC
- Comment on Sliced off the tip of my thumb, what are some good one handed games? 2 months ago:
Five vs. One
- Comment on Chaotic Evil 2 months ago:
Turned 90 degrees
- Comment on Want some advice on which filaments to use 2 months ago:
Dry and then store in sealed container with silica gel. Silica will maintain dryness, but will not dry filament by itself.
Also, containers must have a seal of some kind. Regular plastic tubs will let some moisture in. For a few days or a couple of weeks that’ll be fine, but over a month they’ll let moisture in. Get vacuum bags.
There are pretty cheap reusable vacuum bags that use a little pump. I use a cheap kitchen vacuum machine, and regular food storage vacuum bags.
- Comment on Want some advice on which filaments to use 2 months ago:
I live in a dry climate. Trust me, dry your PETG.
- Comment on Want some advice on which filaments to use 2 months ago:
Get Rapid PETG. Regular PETG. I’ve printed a few rolls of regular PETG, and it can be a source of frustration. Same with PLA. Get a PLA +.
- Comment on Want some advice on which filaments to use 2 months ago:
I live in a dry climate, and thought drying PETG was unnecessary. After a lot of frustration, I made a (very good) redneck dryer, and my printing life became much better. PETG really likes water, and printing humid PETG is a source of major frustration.
- 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. 2 months ago:
Shit. I used Baileys. Is that bad?