HeckGazer

@HeckGazer@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's fire... Maybe concerning but fire still⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Valheim <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Took me a good 5 seconds of thinking this was a fantastic shitpost before I saw what OP meant, good post

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need for Speed: what is the best title of the series?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, I’ll have a look into it. Thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Need for Speed: what is the best title of the series?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have it in a bottle, works great. I just wish the resolution wasn’t so ass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not likely to be AI-generated or Deepfake⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has been 0 days since classified military gene research has been leaked by interrogating ai detecting models

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have you ever been given a warning or suspension for using profane language at work?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can I cuss the software for being terrible and then git blame in silence right after?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody wants Denuvo anywhere Shrivel up and die at earliest convenience plzkthx <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of special knowledge or equipment does piracy groups have?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They do host them on their servers, sort of (if you’re asking how ad brokers work that’s a bit of a different scope).

  Does poo have to be on your desk to smell it? The post office (website) is telling you (your computer) to go over and pick up a parcel of poo that’s there for you. You say no, I don’t think I will (adblock/poo block)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Her: I’m a virgin

  My penis:

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is linux actually gaming ready or is it just not for me?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Worked ootb and smoothly for the 50ish hours I’ve put into in while on Linux. OP is defo cursed somehow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are vegan and gluten free items more expensive?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Economies of scale and subsidies/successful lobbying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annually⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d argue that’s only because km is a very ingrained part of everyday parlance. The use of a megalitre for example would not raise an eyebrow where I live.

  Similarly megawatt and gigawatt are pretty common and for things on a global scale terawatts is not unheard of, I don’t see why it would be so different for TWh to resort to an arcane way of formatting it.

  Don’t get me wrong I’m not autistic enough to not see your point, it’s just tilting to me to make these extra jumps. Esp. when Wh is already a cursed unit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annually⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Two billion thousand. If only we’d come up with a better way to say that. Like some kind of system of metrics. Lmk if we come up with something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A young child in Ontario has died of measles⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can we please just start charging these bioterrorists with manslaughter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there a joke I’m missing? What does a leatherback turtle mouth have to do with a penguin?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Independent auditors confirm top VPN doesn't log your data⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PIA got bought out switched to express

  Oh no

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft: Copilot ‘app’ on Windows Server mistakenly added by Edge⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Common MS QA L

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was the first result on Google⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You did not answer their question. They asked for Watts, not Watt hours. Average car batteries have a CCA in the range of 500 to 1000 Amps at 12V, so you could reasonably have 12kW in there :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've noticed that people make the 'surface of the sun' temperature comparison a lot⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely a laser would be way more practical

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely not, stay away from us with that thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You people will never be able to replace me!⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly if they could standardise the format the way monitors are named is S tier. All the major important specs right in the name, super easy to compare or find what you’re looking for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Problem you describe applies to reddit also, however the solution on lemmy is in your question.

  If a community gets scuttled on reddit, where are you going to go? How do you make the transition smooth enough that you’ll retain most of the community. You’re pretty up shit creek in this scenario.

  On lemmy if the main community is scuttled, there are already 5 new communities set up, with the same UX/app/login creds. The members can transition easily and carry on being wonderfully niche.

  Yes technically the owners of the instance “have all the control”, but it’s in the same way that a friend lending you their car “has all the control”. If they’re a dick or need it back you can just ask someone else. As opposed to reddit which is more like welfare, if the government decides to kick you off, you’re shit out of luck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Universal Paperclips⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cookie clicker just looks like another Progress Quest ripoff

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We never see the moon's turtle though 🤔⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah it’s defo a 'shop, you can tell because the turtle isn’t standing on anything. Maybe it’s standing on something that isn’t a turtle and big globe is keeping this from us???

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phenoxyethanol dissolves into water [oc]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks like something that’d be really fun to write a simulation shader for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low cognition predicts unrealistic optimism. High cognition predicts realism and pessimism.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t be too hard on them, it’s difficult to read with low cognition

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia renamed its ambitious satellite program after Putin misspoke its name⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait till you hear about the RS-71 Blackbird :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are batteries in phones always measured in mAh instead of Wh like for example notebooks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wh is a unit of energy, Ah is a unit of electric charge, basically how many physical electrons passed by.

  The voltage of a battery goes down gradually as it is discharged, so getting an accurate value for total energy dissipated is very complicated, as this varies greatly with the discharge profile and other physical factors like the age/health of the battery.

  The one thing that stays constant is the amount of electric charge a battery can provide. If it’s old, the voltage of that charge will be lower and go down quicker, but it will be the same total charge.

  I agree from a consumer point of view, joules would be a friendlier unit, however it is also a lot easier to game. Electric charge is a much more definite unit in an electrical engineering sense.

  If any of what I said is confusing please ask me to clarify, I’m assuming a basic level of electronic literacy but it’s hard to know what knowledge I’m taking for granted as an ex electrical engineer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elusive Ernie: China's new chatbot has a censorship problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a typo in the title, should read “China’s new chat bot has a censorship feature”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Federation Updates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Great news on all fronts, both of those instances were pretty much straight poison in different ways.