Bob_Robertson_IX

@Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BECOME THE INTELLECTUAL BLADE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked with a guy who had a doctorate in mathematics… He wrote documentation for the software the company produced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, I think I’m going to get out of bed, go eat some breakfast and then go to poundtown on my dick!

  then, after a bland breakfast…

  ugh, that sucked… I don’t even feel like beating it any more, might as well go read the bible or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  m… mostly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I didn't know that they have something in common...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, is this Ryanair doing a self-own?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Hi, I want to introduce you to my mom, my dad, and my Tim.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3116: Echo Chamber⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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".⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

  /S

  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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not nearly to the same amount.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, you just described church!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EV tax credits might end even sooner than House bill proposed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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.