Bob_Robertson_IX
@Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way". 15 hours ago:
Or a letter from my college saying that my club has been “sanctioned”.
- Comment on ‘An uphill battle’: why are midlife men struggling to make – and keep – friends? 2 days 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 days 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 4 days ago:
Not nearly to the same amount.
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 4 days 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 week ago:
Hey, you just described church!
- Comment on EV tax credits might end even sooner than House bill proposed 1 week 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 week 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 week 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 2 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 2 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago:
They wear magic underwear. It’s a whole thing.
- Comment on Yabba-dabba-doo! 1 month 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! 1 month 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 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 3 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.
