dubyakay
@dubyakay@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day 1 day ago:
The pronunciation is not thorn there.
- Comment on When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer? 4 days ago:
I work in fintech, serving the US market. Fees are varying but not specific to AMEX/Discover/MC/Visa. There’s card fees and then there’s gateway and payments processor fees. Often this is cumulatively just a flat fee, like $3-4, which is why some places will have signs saying “$3 extra charge for CC purchases below $20”.
- Comment on Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital 4 days ago:
I didn’t feel anything of it in Europe.
- Comment on Discord walks back age verification fears for most users 1 week ago:
Yes, that’s likely it.
- Comment on You can ask any question to the people of year 3000, but can only receive information in the form of a single bit. What's your question? 1 week ago:
No response.
- Comment on Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models 1 week ago:
Hmm. Even when I was doing graveyard shifts with basically six hours of just me and my laptop during the dead of the night, my desktop was still more powerful than my gaming laptop.
- Comment on Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models 1 week ago:
Why do you need a laptop so bad?
- Comment on What is the definitive way to play certain games? 2 weeks ago:
Pyre Light intensifies
- Comment on Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor 2 weeks ago:
Model S and X. The least selling luxury models is what they are stopping,
- Comment on Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT 3 weeks ago:
Can confirm that they already do.
- Comment on Microsoft Gave FBI Keys to Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw 3 weeks ago:
Why is it always password123?
- Comment on Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch 3 weeks ago:
Joe Schmoe buys new laptop with Windows preinstalled.
Joe Schmoe boots it for the first time.
Greeted by first-log-on.
Goes through steps and is immediately captured.
- Comment on Solar is the new oil 4 weeks ago:
Look into flywheel energy storage. Fairly cheap to manufacture and made of inert materials that don’t damage the environment. Perfect for storing wind.
- Comment on Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking 4 weeks ago:
I ended up getting one that could still be used when plugged in via usb (micro heh), just like wireless mice.
But either way, the sound quality, no matter how hard it tries, is crap compared to a good analogue headset.
- Comment on Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking 4 weeks ago:
I don’t find this being an issue when I have to charge it maybe once a month. Not talking about IEMs of course.
- Comment on Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever 4 weeks ago:
I’ve replaced fb2k with DeaDBeeF entirely.
- Comment on Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes 1 month ago:
But union busting being illegal is the state getting involved.
- Comment on Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes 1 month ago:
So how do they do it?
- Comment on 3.5" floppy disks were peak tactile feedback in storage: easy to stick in, drives had a button to immediately eject them, big enough to get labels, thin enough that stacks didn't take too much space 1 month ago:
You better patent this.
- Comment on 3.5" floppy disks were peak tactile feedback in storage: easy to stick in, drives had a button to immediately eject them, big enough to get labels, thin enough that stacks didn't take too much space 1 month ago:
Don’t fret. Only snobby kids whos parents bought it for them had them. Because they wanted to one-up you. And they didn’t even appreciate it. Like I did my C128D that had a built-in floppy drive.
Fuck you, Csabika.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 1 month ago:
You really think the US military would start killing their own on the command from the president?
From what my buddy in the US Army tells me there’s a lot of political maneouvering going on that basically circumvents a lot of shit that Elon’s stupid ass tried to force on them.
- Comment on Microsoft's Satya Nadella wants you to stop saying AI "slop" in 2026 1 month ago:
Slopilot
- Comment on Microsoft's Satya Nadella wants you to stop saying AI "slop" in 2026 1 month ago:
I am An Indian
The non-stop kind, arguably.
- Comment on NVIDIA and AMD GPU Prices Projected to Surge in Q1 2026 1 month ago:
I did the same last spring when prices started normalizing and tending more towards msrp. Almost a year later and I’m still sitting on a now 11yo cpu with new a GPU.
I should have ordered RAM+mobo during bfcm but only managed to squeeze a CPU into the budget at that time. I’ll be sitting on the old CPU a little longer.
- Comment on Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order 1 month ago:
As someone genuinely curious, can you elaborate on this please?
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Wait until you go even further south and every receptacle that can hold liquids is “kübel”.
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 1 month ago:
The reason for this is that a lot less people care about planes in Europe when you have an amazing high speed rail network that bankrupts Airlines all over the region.
- Comment on Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash 1 month ago:
I did not get an ad.
- Comment on China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along 2 months ago:
Insanely good or Insanely stupid?
- Comment on China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along 2 months ago:
US.