Nollij
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- Comment on Do you have to deal with this during your morning commute? 1 week ago:
There are many reasons that people would use a particular schedule. Congestion is only one, and not even a big one usually.
A far bigger reason is to be done with it so they can get on with their day, whatever that might be. That way the errand(s) are done and won’t interrupt them or weigh on their minds.
- Comment on Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app” 1 week ago:
FWIW, Office (or more accurately, everything that was part of Office) was renamed Microsoft 365 years ago, in 2020. That was long before the AI insanity.
- Comment on Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet 2 weeks ago:
You’re asking the wrong question. You should be asking “who is trying to use Windows without any Internet access at all?”
Which is definitely some people/situations. It’s not the standard user-centric use case that Microsoft expects, but it does exist.
- Comment on YSK Tempur Mattresses fail quickly and the warranty is fake 2 weeks ago:
While the AG has a number of options available, most common are civil suits. But even before that, simply having the AG in the middle is putting them on notice that they need to really, REALLY be confident that they are in the right. In most circumstances, they will simply approve your warranty claim to avoid the risk.
When you see headlines of “[state] AG sues XYZ Corp for not honoring warranty claims”, it means there have been a ton of complaints, or a lot of complaints where they still refused. You should never purchase from a company that’s had one of these headlines recently.
- Comment on YSK Tempur Mattresses fail quickly and the warranty is fake 2 weeks ago:
Adding onto this, every state AG regularly pursues companies for not honoring their warranty. It takes some paperwork (usually original purchase receipt, original warranty terms, and your desired resolution), but it’s usually not too bad. Yours might even list it as a common category for your complaint. Probably takes about 20 minutes.
Companies don’t usually fuck around when the AG is watching. You probably aren’t the only one to complain, and too many complaints can lead to a full-blown lawsuit from one of the most capable organizations in the state. The penalties can include your entire company - including parent, children, and sibling companies, being banned from doing business in the state.
- Comment on YSK Tempur Mattresses fail quickly and the warranty is fake 2 weeks ago:
This one is tough. A longer warranty is a way to reassure customers that it’s made better, with the promise that it will be repaired/replaced if it breaks. And if they honor their warranties as promised, it’s probably valid. Warranty claims are expensive, regardless of industry, so they go to great lengths to minimize claims. Whatever the warranty is, you can reasonably be sure that it will last that long, but probably not a second longer. Again, assuming a trustworthy company that will honor the warranty.
Otherwise, anyone can shit in a box and mark it guaranteed. If it’s from Amazon/AliExpress, the company probably won’t even exist in 6 months (but a strangely similar new company will).
The flip side is that an unusually short/weak warranty, below that of its competitors, is almost certainly a shit product. They aren’t even going to pretend it’s up to industry standards.
- Comment on Solder-It-Yourself DDR5: Russian modders pitch the Idea of making their own RAM 2 weeks ago:
There’s still the same key problem - the memory chips have a very low available supply. Increasing the supply requires new semiconductor fabs to be built, which takes a very long time.
Outside of that, I guess it could be described as right-to-repair. If you have a bad stick of RAM, it’s likely that some or all of the chips are still good and could be reused.
- Comment on The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices 3 weeks ago:
Asus is a significant ODM, supplying boards for brands like HP. I’m not sure what lines/models they make today, but they are a lot bigger than just their consumer lines.
- Comment on Neither do I, Mr. Raccoon 4 weeks ago:
You’re right, and unfortunately this will be used as an excuse for the next cop convicted of brutally murdering an innocent person to avoid prison.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Little need, but not no need. They need to have a vague path, and something to show for it.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Bitcoin mining doesn’t normally use GPUs. They use dedicated ASICs. Far more effective, and cheaper in every way.
In addition, AI is in the “growth at any cost” phase. There is a TON of investor money to burn, with little need to show future profitability.
- Comment on I was gonna stop cornposting but then I saw this 1 month ago:
The locals call it “cornhenge”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I think he’s trying to say there should be more taboo. That there should be a lot more restrictions than just consent.
I’m glad he’s dead.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
You’re getting downvoted, but I experienced much of the same. So much misogyny and, looking back on it, toxic masculinity. I vividly remember the bit where they used tape to illustrate “purity” of not having multiple partners.
This would’ve been the late 90s, US Midwest.
- Comment on Take the plea deal 1 month ago:
Amazingly, it was also the kind of thing he could’ve vaporwared away, just by (mostly) following policy. All he had to do was claim (from the beginning) that there are ongoing investigations, agency policy is to not release info about those investigations, and then lie that there are going to be arrests really soon.
- Comment on The rich are ‘renting’ out their idle gold bars for income as prices remain at historic highs 1 month ago:
It seems more like the futures market. The jewelers are “buying” gold at the current price to make things with gold, and they will need to repay the same amount of gold. If the price goes up, the jewelers will be paying more at that time, and the owners make a profit. If the price goes down, the owners lose money (same as if they simply held it)
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 2 months ago:
The very first line:
A loss leader (also leader) is a pricing strategy where a product is sold at a price below its market cost to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or services.
So the answer to their question is “Yes, a loss leader needs to lead to something”. I have no idea why you think they have no idea what they’re talking about.
- Comment on Adguard DNS: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today 2 months ago:
Not OP, but the most obvious and popular alternative to Adguard DNS is a (self-hosted) Pi-hole. That setup is effectively protected from such attacks, in no small part because it’s self-hosted.
- Comment on Wendy’s to close hundreds of restaurants as struggling customers cut back on dining out 2 months ago:
That’s an oddly specific and focused take on food service. Not wrong, just not something that most people (around here) think about when considering fast food.
- Comment on The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops 2 months ago:
It’s not that Google’s algorithms got bad, but the entire Internet turned to shit and they can’t compensate for it.
For anytime not time-sensitive, try adding “before:2023” to your search. I’m being the quality of your results will skyrocket.
- Comment on Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns 2 months ago:
For more information on the subject, Microsoft has been fighting this battle, largely unsuccessfully, for years.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Microsoft_Corp._v._United_Stat…
It’s also why they had Azure Germany - an instance where they were not actually in control and data could remain sovereign. I believe it’s now defunct, or at least restricted.
- Comment on Great Depression: Part Deux 2 months ago:
Again, kid logic. Plus, many young parents don’t know (or care) how to properly cook veggies anyway. It’s a choice between canned (and usually salted) veggies, or similarly mushy, over-microwaved fresh/frozen veggies with little seasoning or flavor. It’s not like the green beans are roasted with olive oil, garlic, and balsamic vinegar.
- Comment on Great Depression: Part Deux 2 months ago:
You’re overlooking an important detail - kids love that cheap, shitty food. It was also quick and easy to make, so their tired, overworked parents were easily persuaded to make it.
Naturally there’s a line where it becomes too much, but even rich kids love hot dogs and Mac & cheese.
- Comment on The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds 2 months ago:
Archive link to bypass paywall:
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 months ago:
If it’s working fine in 10, it’s very unlikely to be a hardware fault. Possible (but unlikely) a hardware configuration.
The answer was almost certainly drivers. While I acknowledge that you were unsuccessful at changing them, that is still where your issues came from. You probably could’ve fixed it WinPE/WinRE, which is admittedly way more complicated than it should be.
- Comment on Beards are technically face pubes 2 months ago:
As evidenced by the term “bearded clam”
- Comment on DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 2 months ago:
It probably depends on how personalized the ads are. It should come as no surprise that targeted ads have been a thing as long as ads have existed. Coke ads during family shows, alcohol ads (you’ll be cool if you use our product) on MTV, etc.
There are already a number of algorithms to deliver one ad for a product over another, based on likely demographics. Streaming has greatly increased this, since specific demographic details are immediately and directly available when the ad is shown. I won’t get the same as on Hulu that you get.
As for generating ads on-the-fly, that seems unlikely. Few ads are fully generated at all, let alone in response to demographics or the specific viewer(s).
There are also risks when deploying ads without vetting. Some of these viewers will be dressed as Nazis, and will happily share the video to everyone.
- Comment on DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 2 months ago:
reassemble
I’m sure that was autocorrect, but it feels awfully portentous.
- Comment on It would be hilarious if, one day, the Nobel Peace Prize was decided by no rules cage fight. Pay per view, of course. 3 months ago:
The Nobel Peace Prize, brought to you by Carl’s Jr.
- Comment on Thanks satan 4 months ago:
Christians are the only ones that believe in Satan.
No, satanists do not believe in Satan.