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- Comment on Meta progression in roguelites was fun for a while, but it's starting to feel unrewarding 5 days ago:
Hades feels like this to me. In fact the game dialogue seems to enforce this. I guess that’s why it’s considered a rouge-lite?
- Comment on lightbulbs 1 week ago:
Warm white 2700-3000k is fine for bedrooms Soft white 3500k is better for awake spaces that aren’t task spaces White/Daylight 5000k+ is for getting things done, I use them in the garage, the basement, and for some of the kitchen lights
I used to hate integrated LED fixtures, but I put in under-cabinet lighting that can switch color temp so that is nice because I can set it to daylight during meal prep and warm during eating.
- Comment on A new quest appears... 1 week ago:
That sounds pretty nice, I have some devices compatible with Matter, but mostly I have Amazon plugs right now. I guess it’s not too late to start switching to Zigbee plugs.
I’ll probably start by just disabling the microphone on the Alexa devices and just control devices through my phone’s assistant or the app, so at least it’s not listening to me all the time.
- Comment on When you know your boss is an insane moron 1 week ago:
She seems like the kind of person who isn’t capable of reading a paragraph so would just tune out when she sees one.
- Comment on A new quest appears... 1 week ago:
I have gotten so used to this it’s going to be tough when I inevitably excise Alexa from my life due to surveillance capitalism.
- Comment on YSK that a general strike is one of the most effective ways to push for change. There is a general strike in the works across the US for this Friday. 2 weeks ago:
A one day general strike across the US would be an amazing achievement. If we can pull that off it’s a great place to start. Would a more sustained effort have to be planned? Probably, but being able to achieve this shows that the people are serious about this and the threat of a more sustained strike can be taken seriously.
- Comment on Do we ? 2 weeks ago:
I want one so that it explains why I’m driving slow. Maybe tailgaters would exhibit a little less road rage.
Also, I want it to flip around to say “Baby is NOT on board” so when I want to drive like an asshole they know I mean business.
- Comment on can you? 2 weeks ago:
Good source of fiber and adhesives!
- Comment on World's first hydrogen drone sent into a combat zone 3 weeks ago:
The only other advantage I can think of would be maintenance of an ICE vs an electric motor but the hydrogen stuff would need maintenance too and the fuel would be equally difficult to transport and store.
- Comment on World's first hydrogen drone sent into a combat zone 3 weeks ago:
Maybe quieter, exhaust wouldn’t show up on certain imaging?
- Comment on YSK: House flies always launch backwards, no exceptions. Creep behind them and they'll jump into your crushing hand. 5 weeks ago:
Any kind of spray you have lying around should make their wings too laden to fly. Simple Green, Windex, Axe Body Spray, etc. Could probably just be a spray bottle with water too.
Then you can do what you will with them.
- Comment on Bluesky suspending antifascist researchers for sharing publicly available information about literal nazis. 1 month ago:
Sharing publicly available information is a GDPR violation? Wouldn’t that be on the person who originally made the info public.
- Comment on Love 2 months ago:
- Comment on After Today's meeting where Trump fell in love with Mamdani, this is MAGA tomorrow morning. 2 months ago:
This meeting most likely benefits Trump more than Mamdani. This give Trump an opportunity to sweep the vile racism of the final weeks of the campaign under the rug, and lets him appear to be concerned about the working class and affordability.
I’m sure Mamdani and his team understood this but are willing to butter him up so that Trump doesn’t send ICE and the national guard into NYC.
- Comment on Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants 2 months ago:
Most of this is just trying to justify the bubble by trying to make people think that “AI” is useful.
- Comment on Refrigerator ads are finally here! 2 months ago:
Any non-smart TVs you would recommend? And what would be your preferred streaming device?
I think a good balance would be a TV that only supports casting either with Chromecast or AirPlay or something similar. The last Chromecast I bought couldn’t even keep up with 4k streaming but 4k streaming works fine on my smart TV.
- Comment on Refrigerator ads are finally here! 2 months ago:
I already decided to stop buying Samsung TVs when they started showing ads in the menus.
I imagine other consumers will start to make similar choices with their appliances.
Whatever exec thought this was a good idea probably already got a huge bonus and will move on to ruin another company’s products before the impact to their bottom line is felt.
- Comment on Microsoft Can't Keep EU Data Safe From US Authorities 3 months ago:
Isn’t there some kind of sketchy corporate structure they could use to skirt this is they actually cared about data sovereignty?
“Sorry Feds, this data is actually held by Microsoft EU and not Microsoft”.
Or do they only do that sketchy shit for dodging taxes and protecting people’s data is a bridge too far?
- Comment on PC Master Race 3 months ago:
I’ve never been happy with the performance of my gaming PC for the cost, always seems like it should perform better, but the real reason I don’t buy consoles is because I want to be able to upgrade my hardware but still play my old games.
- Comment on THE CRAZY PILLS 3 months ago:
When they say “Trump derangement syndrome” it always makes me think of the deranged shit that Trump does. Like trying to start wars with Iran and Venezuela and then practically demanding the Nobel peace prize.
- Comment on 4 months ago:
I got to the final heart boss exactly one time and I can’t see any way that I would ever defeat it given it has 750HP and some other insane buffs.
- Comment on Netanyahu Flies To New York, Avoids European Airspace Over Arrest Fears 4 months ago:
Nice. This guy would rather crash in the Mediterranean than make an emergency landing and be held accountable for his war crimes.
- Comment on Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones 5 months ago:
Only a matter of time before it’s renamed to HBO Max
- Comment on UK | Man arrested in dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action 5 months ago:
Even with all the shit happening in the US, you can still post on FB in support of Palestine without getting arrested.
- Comment on Codeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges. 5 months ago:
What the alternative?
- Comment on So Long to Tech's Dream Job: It’s the shut up and grind era, tech workers said, as Apple, Google, Meta and other giants age into large bureaucracies. 5 months ago:
It’s bullshit for companies to lay people off and retain H1Bs. The government shouldn’t approve any new H1Bs for development positions until companies stop the layoffs and the amount of developers searching for work goes down significantly.
- Comment on Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time 5 months ago:
Andromeda was not well received but the Mako equivalent in that game was pretty good.
- Comment on Trump says US 'could get involved' in Iran-Israel conflict 7 months ago:
Trump and his cronies have been doing their level best to go to war with Iran since just first administration. This isn’t news.
- Comment on The massive Satisfactory 1.1 update is out now with controller support 8 months ago:
Hope it’s good, I’ve played a few games that claimed to have controller support and it was bad… had to keep the mouse handy to do certain things.
- Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. 8 months ago:
Unfortunately there are quite a few young people on their side. We’re going to have to address the amount of Gen Z support we saw for Trump in the last election.
