Bob_Robertson_IX
@Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise 3 days ago:
He helped to further submarine technology to get the shots of the Titanic for the movie, and he developed cameras that could withstand the pressures down there. He also helped design a small rover camera called Snoopy that actually went inside the Titanic to get shots of the staircase.
- Comment on Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise 5 days ago:
I’ve always looked at the Avatar movies as being more about advancing movie making technology than about creating a good movie. I think James Cameron will be more remembered for his technical advances than for this storytelling.
- Comment on Signal boss warns app will exit Australia if forced to hand over users’ encrypted messages 5 days ago:
The problem is everyone you chat with would also have to do this… unless you’re talking with people outside of Australia or can convince everyone else to also get a VPN.
- Comment on Does farting make you lighter or heavier ? 2 weeks ago:
m… mostly?
- Comment on I didn't know that they have something in common... 2 weeks ago:
So, is this Ryanair doing a self-own?
- Comment on Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF 2 weeks ago:
“Hi, I want to introduce you to my mom, my dad, and my Tim.”
- Comment on xkcd #3116: Echo Chamber 2 weeks ago:
for whatever reason
Money. It’s for money.
- Comment on US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP 2 weeks ago:
To be fair, in 1996 both the Senate and the House were controlled by republicans, those the bill passed both chambers by an overwhelmingly bipartisan majority. Even if Clinton wanted to veto the bill, Congress would have still been able to push it through.
- Comment on US | Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP 2 weeks ago:
If they expand then they’ll end up just another evil corporate ISP, and/or if they start getting large enough one of the other ISPs will buy them up.
They don’t need to expand, there just needs to be many more small, ultra local providers.
- Comment on If Trump fires the Fed’s Powell ‘both the currency and the bond market can collapse,’ according to Deutsche Bank 2 weeks ago:
My thoughts exactly. The billionaires control enough of the markets that they will force a correction and everyone will buy back in… and the billionaires will get even richer.
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- Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way". 3 weeks ago:
Or a letter from my college saying that my club has been “sanctioned”.
- Comment on Desert Ink Cap maybe? Found on my morning hike 3 weeks ago:
This is apparently a great weight loss mushroom. If you eat it you will experience rapid weight loss through vomiting and diarrhea. You might experience some cramping discomfort.
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Seriously, do not eat this mushroom, it likely won’t kill you but you won’t enjoy it.
- Comment on ‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends? 3 weeks ago:
I have the number of friends that I want, and I keep in touch with them by sending them messages any time I want to share sometime with them. Some friends I talk with every day I haven’t seen in person in over 3 years, and we have no problem with that.
- Comment on Can a Russian pls confirm 3 weeks ago:
Might I suggest: Tebya ne trakhnut, tak chto ne verti zadnitsey
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 3 weeks ago:
Not nearly to the same amount.
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 3 weeks ago:
That’s part of it, but it also helps that the Chinese government heavily subsidizes their auto industry.
- Comment on Having the ability to lie and manipulate with no remorse will get you much further in this world than having morals and being correct 4 weeks ago:
Hey, you just described church!
- Comment on EV tax credits might end even sooner than House bill proposed 4 weeks ago:
It’s not just tax credits for new cars, they are also getting rid of the Used EV Tax Credit which has helped to keep the prices of used EVs (relatively) lower.
- Comment on EV tax credits might end even sooner than House bill proposed 4 weeks ago:
I see your point, but as a counterpoint… I just bought a used Chevy Volt. It qualified for the Used EV Tax Credit because it was under $25k. While shopping around I did notice that most used EVs were right around the $24,999 price regardless of their features and I was fortunate enough to find one that was fully loaded and had very low miles at this price. Without the tax credit this car would probably have been priced closer to $27k but because the tax credit exists if they had priced it that high, it likely wouldn’t have sold.
I feel very fortunate to have found this particular car, at this price, while we still have the tax credit available.
- Comment on Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations 5 weeks ago:
I’m not saying to waste space… but when manufacturers start a pissing match among themselves and say that it’s because it’s what the customers want, we end up with shit. Why does anyone need a screen that curves around the edge of the phone? What purpose does this serve? Who actually asked for this?
I would give up some of my screen area to have forward facing speakers. I want a thicker phone that has better battery life. I also want to be able to swap out my battery. Oh, and I don’t want the entire thing encased in glass. If we’re so concerned about phone size then they should stop designing them so that a case is required.
- Comment on Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations 5 weeks ago:
I’d rather just have a thicker phone, but a lot of people wouldn’t
I think this is a case where the corporations were telling people what they wanted rather than people really asking for thinner phones. Same thing with bezels, I don’t know anyone who asked for the screen to go all the way to the edge (or worse, curve around onto the sides). Apple and Samsung said ‘this is what people want’ when in fact it was what their marketing department wanted because they wouldn’t be able to sell the iGalaxy N+1 if it was slightly thicker or heavier than the iGalaxy N.
- Comment on Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not 5 weeks ago:
It sounds like transferring an owned print book to digital and using it to train AI was deemed permissable. But downloading a book from the Internet and using it was training data is not allowed, even if you later purchase the pirated book. So, no one will be knocking down your door for scanning your books.
This does raise an interesting case where libraries could end up training and distributing public domain AI models.
- Comment on Always there 1 month ago:
I mean, if we’re truly keeping count then I think we’re up to WW5 at this point.
WW3 = Cold War WW4 = War on Terror WW5 = America: The Nazi Years
- Comment on Bambu Lab Controversy Deepens: Firmware Update Sparks Backlash 1 month ago:
I get the appeal of Bambu printers, I’ve been tempted myself to get one… but the thing that keeps me away is that they are closed source and I don’t want a world with closed source 3D printers because when the company goes evil - and they all eventually do - I don’t want to be held hostage. I’ve fallen in that trap before and don’t want to again.
Don’t give them backlash, instead stop using their printers. Release your models under a license that requires the printer that prints it to be open source. Let friends and colleagues know the dangers of supporting such a company.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 1 month ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F4iyghT-qA
I was curious if anyone had actually tested it or not, and I found the video above where they get right into it, without any intros or family history or begging to like & subscribe… just a short video where they test it and find that, YES!, the brake lights do come on when you use the steering wheel paddle brake or when you’re in L gear and take your foot off the accelerator.
- Comment on Zelensky slams Russia after three generations killed in drone strike 1 month ago:
Fuck off.
Infrastructure is a valid target in war. Residential buildings are not. Also, Russia can end the war at any time by going back to Russia.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 1 month ago:
I just got a Chevy Volt and when I let up off the accelerator it will start the regen and significantly decrease my speed. I assume that my brake lights are coming on because so far no one has rear-ended me or yelled at me for not having brake lights. I wish there was a good way to tell for sure though. I think it’s Hyundai that does not engage the brake lights for situations like this, as I’ve about hit one before.
- Comment on Will I get refunds? Small businesses wonder as courts rule on Trump tariffs 2 months ago:
Because if a company gets a refund on the tariffs they paid, they will surely pass that refund on to their customers who have already purchased the product at a higher rate.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 2 months ago:
Same. I bought the lifetime pass on sale many years ago, my setup is still working fine without me having to have touched it for at least the past 3 years outside of applying an update from time to time. I don’t stream their free shows or movies and have those setup so that they don’t even show up as an option on my tv.
Do I wish it was still the same company it was a decade ago? Of course… but so far they haven’t impacted my experience to the point that I feel the need to replace it with something else. The second that happens I will be spinning up Jellyfin.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 2 months ago:
I don’t think I’d consider Detective Pikachu or Sonic to be animated. Just like I wouldn’t consider Fallout or Last of Us to be movies.