ipha

@ipha@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't have AC but my apartment lease covers unlimited water usage and the water is very cold. How can I best use this to cool my home?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve done this!

  Turn the shower on just high enough to get a good mist going then put a box fan as close as possible pointing out of the bathroom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain yourselves, comp sci.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like a fancy list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unity bans VLC from Unity Store.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The “legal grey area” is about codec patents and dvd playback.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, this works completely different. The iMessage protocol has been reverse engineered so there are no 3rd party servers and the app communicates directly with apple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨...did everyone get this?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To optimistic to be real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait. That is why it’s called i18n!? Never knew that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here you go, Class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Where’s the laserdisk player?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fire at Will!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Now repeat panel 2 at the end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles are now probably worthless.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It was just another form of money laundering though ‘art’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monitor Alignment Alignment Chart⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Big desks mean I can’t put my speakers in good locations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monitor Alignment Alignment Chart⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a good 27" as my main, but I don’t have space for a 2nd 27" to either side – best I can fit is a 24". So I guess I’m chaotic good by (forced) choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monitor Alignment Alignment Chart⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Chaotic good here. They have different DPI too so you’re never quite sure where you mouse is going to end up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI chatbots were tasked to run a tech company. They built software in under seven minutes — for less than $1.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “hello world” as a service?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The lengths we have to go to⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Better than counting curly braces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where did the rest of the crew go? I can't be the only person aboard this ship!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Federation gets a bit… weird. when instances are offline or one-sided de-federated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wish humans could get firmware upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What drugs? Asking for a friend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wish humans could get firmware upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Just open source the code. Let me hack on it.