iamtherealwalrus
@iamtherealwalrus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads 7 months ago:
Welcome to Europe, where we get 1gbps fiber at reasonable prices. Here in Denmark it is available at ~$30/month for example. Because the same fiber infrastructure is accessible by many different ISPs to offer to consumers.
- Comment on Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome 10 months ago:
So convience over privacy, got it. That is pretty much what made Facebook rise to fame.
- Comment on Disco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UM 10 months ago:
This is a UK company, I am assuming you are basing your statement on US laws. www.gov.uk/redundancy-your-rights/notice-periods states that you will get paid for X number of weeks depending on how long you have been in your job.
- Comment on 11 months ago:
Powerline networking is often limited by the fact that a lot of houses/apartments have multiple circuits and circuit brakes are the nemesis of powerline networking.
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 boss says gamers don’t want mass subscriptions 11 months ago:
How is this relevant to the article?
- Comment on Microsoft Confirms Plans To Release Xbox First Party Games “Across All Platforms”, Including PlayStation 11 months ago:
Earlier, multiple sources had indicated that Xbox is looking to foray into third party development, with ports of several first party titles rumored to arrive on PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2
So I guess they know more about the next Switch console than the rest of us.
- Comment on Tesla is banned from driving schools because of new turn signals 11 months ago:
Yes Europe is mostly manual. You pay a heavy premium to get a car with automatic transmission. Anecdotally, I bought a Skoda ~5 years ago and had to pay ~20% more for automatic transmission than manual.
- Comment on Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake 11 months ago:
Did you even bother to read the article?
Luckily, the creators of the NERV App, Gehirn Inc, have created an app-based alternative for users to get information in real-time, as well as running a Mastodon account
- Comment on AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans 11 months ago:
The same could be said about a lot of sources of income. It’s subjective what is considered a job.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
If you have been gaining experience in the IT industry as a developer and have good hands-on experience on various issues that appear in any kind of application then you should consider moving higher in the corporate hierarchy.
Or, you know, keep doing what your enjoy and stay a developer.
- Comment on Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time 1 year ago:
Way to ignore the death of two people, and hijack the discussion for your own opinions. Good job /s
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I started developing software professionally, i.e. for a salary, about 20 years ago. I didn’t have any education beyond high school. Today I’m a freelance software consultant, currently working for a central bank in Europe. You know how I got here? By studying. Learning to use SQL, C#, PowerShell, bash, JSON, etc. I never learned computer algorithms and to this day I can’t write an efficient quick sort in either language. Along the way I learned the value of human interactions and efficient communication, vital to a freelance consultant wanting to be successful.
- Comment on Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros 1 year ago:
That’s fine. But it crashes constantly on Linux, really on Windows. Point being that not all games run fine on Linux.
- Comment on Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros 1 year ago:
Let me know when you get Witcher 2 to run on Linux. With some tinkering and magic settings, it can run. But it crashes so often it is bordering unplayable.
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 1 year ago:
I’m not sure what your point is? We’re taking about ownership, not whether you can reverse engineer sine DRM.
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 1 year ago:
Ohh yeah, Microsoft. I own Forza 7 Motorsport. It’s installed on my hard drive. Microsoft killed the servers so I can’t even play single player because the tracks weren’t included in the game. You have to download the track every time you play single player or multiplayer.
That is not the same thing. You still own the game, wherever or not it is playable is not the same as not owning. Legal bs but that’s how most Western societies are built.
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 1 year ago:
I’ve seen this quote repeated over and over these past few weeks, while noone brothers to actually explain what it means and why. This article is no different unfortunately.
- Comment on Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash 1 year ago:
The question is, what alternative are we going to have, if all auto makers start doing this?
- Comment on Italy bans cultivated meat products 1 year ago:
BBC article states “Italian MPs have voted to back a law banning the production, sale or import of cultivated meat or animal feed, in what the right-wing government calls a defence of Italian tradition.”
- Comment on Just a JSON file in Windows 11 enables Edge, Bing, and Search ads removal 1 year ago:
Running Visual Studio in a VM? No thanks, it is heavy enough as it is. And don’t say use VS Code or Rider. Saying “Just use some other software, so you can use Linux” defeats the entire argument that Linux can be used in place of Windows.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Try reporting the post instead.
- Comment on Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year 1 year ago:
So because your personal taste is not in favor of this car, you don’t feel bad for people who happen to like it. Got it. Moral superiority is alive and well.
- Comment on YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy laws | Privacy advocates argue YouTube’s ad blocker restrictions violate the European Union’s online privacy laws. 1 year ago:
Incorrect. gdpr.eu/eu-gdpr-personal-data/ states IP addresses are personal data.
- Comment on Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working 1 year ago:
Its not till you get to what would be a very large SUV in Europe do you start to get to the £1k+ mark per month, or what the US would call a mid sized SUV
Driving a Mercedes EQB and paying ~£600 per month, due to banks here in Denmark making low interest car loans on EVs.
- Comment on FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbps 1 year ago:
My first thought is you need to buy new network equipment to utilize 10 gbit and new ethernet cables.
- Comment on Samsung and Other Manufacturers Disable Phones Bought on Gray Markets: A Consumer Nightmare 1 year ago:
It’s called the free market where your can purchase and sell goods as you wish, within the applicable laws.
- Comment on Samsung and Other Manufacturers Disable Phones Bought on Gray Markets: A Consumer Nightmare 1 year ago:
You don’t own a phone?
- Comment on Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare | WIRED 1 year ago:
Was about to say, the article quotes numbers around layoffs worldwide and then continues to discuss US only companies. Even though Wired thinks the US is the only country in the world with tech companies, the majority of the world’s population doesn’t live or work in the US.
- Comment on 54% of Portugal’s electricity is now generated by renewable energy 1 year ago:
Here in Denmark we get 100% from wind some days, yet we still get gauged on those days.