SomeoneSomewhere

@SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support - Liliputing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not bad pricing wise. There’s very very little prosumer gear that’s multi gigabit and it’s all much higher price, or it’s just a PC with several NICs.

  If and when we move to hyperfibre this is going to be pretty high up on the list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just Because⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Greater Canada”.

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed.

  In addition, there’s a lot of consumption that was non-electric (e.g. transport, heating) that is moving to electric. Most of the increased grid consumption is not new consumption, it’s consumption that was previously direct fossil fuels.

  The exception is basically bitcoin and AI, plus electrification of underdeveloped areas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Converting between Kelvin and Celsius is simple addition; converting between Rankine and Fahrenheit is simple addition. Converting between the two groups requires multiplication, and pre calculator, that’s notably harder.

  Also, all your kJ/kg/°C or BTU/lb/°F tables and factors are identical when you swap to referencing absolute zero. If you change to the other unit system, all that goes out the window.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clevo reseller wants get coreboot ported, ends up throwing a temper tantrum and banning Germany, Texas and AMD over unsatisfactory experience⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel dumber having read that.

  Banning a whole country because you disliked a company?

  Dealing with stuff that’s ‘almost working’ is often harder than starting from scratch; ask any tradesperson.

  They also apparently cannot get their heads around the fact that people might give you a discount if you advertise their brand. Ad-supported pricing has been around for a long time; it’s not some voodoo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The other scores seem to be more about inherent cursedness, not simply ‘there is a far better option’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am very surprised that Rankine gets such a high cursedness score. Isn’t it just the same as Kelvin but based on Fahrenheit instead of Celsius?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intuit possibly succumbs to the Streisand effect⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Until the day comes that I get a letter in the mail from the government saying, “Here’s how much you paid in taxes, if you’re cool with that then please disregard”, I will not be satisfied.

  NZ does that. More accurately, they email you to tell you that there’s a letter available online - I don’t think they send physical mail by default.

  Then they pay any refund straight into your nominated bank account.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Conker Championships men's winner cleared of cheating | UK News⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  "We are gentlemen at the World Conker Championships and we don’t cheat. I’ve been playing and practising for decades. That’s how I won.

  “I admit I had the steel conker in my pocket, but I didn’t play with it. I show it to people as a joke, but I won’t be bringing it again.”

  Mr Jakins won the men’s competition but lost in the overall final to women’s champion Kelci Banschbach, originally from the United States, who only took up the game last year when she moved to Suffolk.

  Hmm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did my bus driver want me to not pay the fare and instead just "TAKE A SEAT!!!"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If we knew what city/route/service and day, we might be able to get a better idea.

  • Sometimes operators declare a ‘fare holiday’ when everyone rides free, usually as compensation for some major fuckup previously, or for some other PR stunt. Metlink in Wellington doesn’t charge on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or New Year’s Eve.

  • Operators sometimes half-strike and refuse to collect fares.

  • The specific route, service, or time of day might be free.

  • It’s an express service that you can’t pay cash on (only fare cards) and it’s easier/nicer to tell you to ride for free than to tell you to get the next bus because they don’t take cash.

  • You might be part of some group (youth, students, elderly) that doesn’t have to pay.

  • Something is broken and they can’t collect fares.

  • They don’t want to deal with the big banknote you had.