Bob_Robertson_IX
@Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on Always there 2 days 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 week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know, just because the video game isn’t real doesn’t mean that the movie isn’t based off of a video game. I think it just shows that the reason most video game movies fail isn’t because the movie is bad, but because the fans are too harsh. If Wreck It Ralph replaced the main characters with characters from Mario but still had the same basic plot I don’t think it would have been as well received.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 4 weeks ago:
First, it’s A24 and they put out amazing movies .
Second, Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros Movie, and I’m not sure if it would count, but Wreck It Ralph are all good video game movies.
- Comment on 7 for me 5 weeks ago:
They wear magic underwear. It’s a whole thing.
- Comment on Yabba-dabba-doo! 5 weeks ago:
Now I need to go reread it. I have the original comics, so time to go on a hunt!
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
- Comment on Yabba-dabba-doo! 5 weeks ago:
I felt that Snagglepuss was even better. I don’t want to give any of the story away, but he’s a counterculture playwright in LA Hollywood during the McCarthy era red scare of the early 50s.
It’s an amazingly beautiful book and story.
- Comment on GOP sneaks decade-long AI regulation ban into spending bill - Ars Technica 5 weeks ago:
Exactly… “Deepseek is a threat against our freedoms!!” also “No one can make any laws to put any restrictions on any AI models”. Cool.
- Comment on What was she thinking when she did this? 5 weeks ago:
Money, meet mouth.
Do it!
- Comment on I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing. 2 months ago:
Animated GIF from Pink Floyd’s The Wall showing people walking into a meat grinder
I don’t think providing more meat for the grinder will suddenly make anyone change their minds on the subject.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 2 months ago:
Try being more direct, you can still write out your whole email with the full description, but put in a section somewhere that’s easy to see that’s labeled as “QUESTIONS” and then enumerate the questions you want answered. I often will have the whole section bold and further highlight important words in red. This makes it easier for people to answer inline on the reply and helps ensure questions weren’t missed.
The truth is, most people don’t like the ‘email’ part of the job and may only check it once or twice a day and I’d most likely just skimming through several messages and not fully devoting much time to each message. By making it easier for them to reply you end up with a better result.
You can also use this when you expect someone to take action from your email. Let them know precisely what you want them to do, and make it very easy to find ‘The Ask’.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
who the fuck just stands there like an idiot after a gunman supposedly tried to kill you
The idiot who looked into an eclipse?
- Comment on What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man? 2 months ago:
Steep (snowboarding, skiing, paragliding, wingsuiting) and Red Dead Redemption 2 (fast travel is an option, but come on, enjoy that ride!) are the two that I really enjoy.
- Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking 2 months ago:
I never said that it was a new thing, what I’m saying is that the introduction of AI in the classroom is the perfect way to bring critical thinking back to the classroom. That’s one thing that AI is good at… getting people to realize that something they’ve just been told might not be 100% true.
- Comment on Google To Allow Double Serving Ads. 2 months ago:
Wasn’t that with the old administration?
- Comment on Automatically Crack Safes With This Autodialer 2 months ago:
We have a safe at work where we keep backups and ‘legal hold’ stuff. We hardly ever need to get into it. The first audit we had after I started and the guy who had been running things walks up to the safe and just opens it… without entering the code. The auditor looks at me, and I look at my employee and ask him if the safe is broken, and he said “No, I put the code in earlier so it would be easier to open for the audit.”
Needless to say, we got dinged on that part of the audit.
- Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking 2 months ago:
It is impacting their critical thinking because the teachers aren’t teaching the kids how to use AI!
My kids came home talking about an interview she did with one of her heroes. She knew all kinds of facts, including what type of dogs her hero has. I had to explain to my 8 year old that an AI doesn’t know very much, but it will never tell you that it doesn’t know something.
I don’t mind that my kid’s school uses AI for learning, but I am pissed at how they are using it the exact wrong way. It should go side by side with learning critical thinking.
- Comment on FOREX is not for the faint hearted 2 months ago:
I’ve found that going into a casino is a great way to exchange money when going to Canada.
- Comment on Well damn, we got nomad clans. Is that cyberpunk enough? 2 months ago:
The issue I have with your reason against it being cyberpunk is that there’s nothing in cyberpunk to say that the fictional roaming nomads aren’t just mobile homeless, able to move to where the work is but never able to find enough work to settle someplace.
Cyberpunk is great for a fictional setting because it looks cool, has some slick character types, fun villains, and relatable heros… but cyberpunk is dirty, and a lot of society in these worlds have been left behind, exploited, and forgotten. I fear that some people view cyberpunk as a society to strive towards, rather than a thought experiment on what could go wrong as we shape our future.
- Submitted 3 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 6 comments
- Comment on Tesla's market cap sinks below $1 trillion as stock slumps more than 8% 3 months ago:
It’s almost as if the point isn’t to produce anything useful, but to move money from the tax payers to the ruling class.
- Comment on In January, billionaires amassed more wealth than the poorest third of humanity owns. 3 months ago:
It truly is a brilliant way to make bribes and under-the-table payments… just pump up a guy’s stock. You make him richer, and you could potentially get richer as well. And it’s legal.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 3 months ago:
Increasingly more often Amazon is the publisher.
- Comment on Mouse brain slices brought back to life after being frozen for a week 3 months ago:
Everyone is all impressed with the cryo part, and I’m more shocked that a sliced up brain can still function.
