Artyom
@Artyom@lemm.ee
- Comment on Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed 19 hours ago:
Yes, but they usually came at the same price.
- Comment on xkcd #3081: PhD Timeline 21 hours ago:
The ones about cancer were pretty sad, but some were hopeful too.
- Comment on xkcd #3081: PhD Timeline 21 hours ago:
This might be the saddest xkcd so far.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’. 1 week ago:
Don’t worry, he’s probably being disingenuous and likely has ulterior motives.
- Comment on Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len() 1 week ago:
In my experience, if you didn’t write the function that creates the list, there’s a solid chance it could be
Nonetoo, and if you try to check the length ofNone, you get an error. This is also why returningNonewhen a function fails is bad practice IMO, but that doesn’t seem to stop my coworkers. - Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 2 weeks ago:
Only a madman would try FTL without a quick pause, although I believe it can be remapped.
- Comment on Sit down with your co-workers for a beer and everybody smiles. They even make tv shows about it. But sit down with your co-workers for a little opium and everybody gets their panties in a twist. 2 weeks ago:
As opposed to opium parties where casual friends meet and mingle?
- Comment on Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2? 2 weeks ago:
Even if you own a Steam Deck, Nintendo has some attractive value. Nintendo essentially has a monopoly on at least 3 genres of videogame. The entire library of Steam doesn’t really have a casual racing game that can go toe-to-toe with Mario Kart. The same can be said for almost any Mario game. Even if a Steam Deck had the games, you’d need 2 decks or an extra controller to get the Switch-style experience. Valve isn’t really trying to compete with the Switch on its own turf.
- Comment on Obama wasn't a hero; he just wasn't terrible 2 weeks ago:
This isn’t a shower thought, this is a political opinion.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 3 weeks ago:
“$450 is an insanely high price for a new console, so I’m going to buy a $400 2 year old console instead.”
It’s a 60Hz vs 120Hz screen, and it’s got true 1080p resolution. It’s certainly on-par with the Steam Deck in terms of performance and performance per dollar. The price isn’t ridiculous by any stretch.
- Comment on James Bond is responsible for many wasted vodka martinis 3 weeks ago:
2 oz vodka because much of the time, he was a spy with Russian adversaries and he wanted to blend in, also note that he doesn’t specify which vodka because he actually doesn’t care. 1 oz Gordon’s because beneath all that he’s a true red blooded Brit and he’ll always proudly drink British gin. Lilet Blanc because it’s not his money and he’s surrounded by wealthy people so he might as well buy the most expensive vermouth in the world. Shaken not stirred because he wants the drink to be cold, causing him to drink more slowly, and because it will water it down, meaning he will appear to be drinking more than he actually is and people will underestimate him. I can’t figure out any obvious subtext for the lemon twist, but it is a very classy way to have a martini. Call it a Vesper to memorialize his first love, and emphasize that he doesn’t and can’t have a life outside of being a spy, he’s condemned to this world.
The Vesper is the best fusion of lore and a cocktail you could ever conceive and will never be topped.
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 3 weeks ago:
Python does not need to be compiled, have you ever used it?
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 3 weeks ago:
Can you please articulate why Python and Bash are so different in your eyes?
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 4 weeks ago:
I don"'t like that solution because that means Huffman walks away with a golden payday instead of losing it all.
- Comment on Skill issue 4 weeks ago:
You might have a career as a Halo 3 e-sports pro then!
- Comment on DoorDash and Klarna partner to offer buy now, pay later for takeout. 4 weeks ago:
You must not have checked any financial news lately…
- Comment on All my sisters are Independent Workers (Dentist, Manager), while all my brothers and I are salaried workers (Oil Company, Restaurant, Food Distributor). 4 weeks ago:
Maybe there’s a feedback loop. “Based on my experience with how this hospital managed IT, my household won’t make the same mistake!”
- Comment on 6 years and 1 prolonged delay later, Xbox is still calling "incredible" Hollow Knight: Silksong one of its "upcoming games" 5 weeks ago:
What a shit take. Excuse me while I go play Hollow Knight again…
- Comment on xkcd #3065: Square Units 5 weeks ago:
By a square inch, they much mean a column of infinite height extending upwards. Saying they consume the grassy surface of Australia is a dramatic underestimate.
- Comment on 6 years and 1 prolonged delay later, Xbox is still calling "incredible" Hollow Knight: Silksong one of its "upcoming games" 5 weeks ago:
It is hard to make a sequel to the best game of all time, unless it is the new best game of all time. I’m not sure the extended dev time is the dominant issue here.
- Comment on Day 236 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 1 month ago:
It makes you feel like it’s really happening. You’re up North in the mountains, and you need to get back to camp to talk to a friend, so you ride your horse, and get stuck behind a wide carriage for a bit, and the trees are close to the trail for a while, so you can’t easily get around without getting a faceful of branches. One you start making it down the mountain, you find a nice looking deer and think “that hide would look great on some boots”, so you pull out your rifle to hunt. Unfortunately, you’re up wind, so the deer ran away very early on, but you couldn’t be deterred, so you chased after it, and eventually landed a good shot. You take the meat to the butcher, and he comments that he’s greatful you brought it in so fresh this time. You wonder why you ended up here, oh yeah, you wanted to go meet up with a friend, and it’s been over an hour and you’re just less than halfway there, so you look up at the sky and wonder how long it’ll take, it’s a very pretty sky at sunset, so you decide to make camp for the night.
- Comment on Sadly, Athena toppled over on the moon. With a lunar eclipse coming shortly, why didn't they design in a secondary power source over solar? 1 month ago:
That’s just private-sector efficiency taking control.
- Comment on Gaming has a polarization problem 1 month ago:
It’s absolutely not just a gaming problem. Movie reviews are getting more and more bandwagon-y. Only a few reviewers post in the first day or two, and everyone else says “okay, they hated it, now I have to hate it too or I’m going to lose credibility”. I think it’s the inevitable outcome of having less famous reviewers, a NYT columnist can post what they feel, but a small blog can fall into obscurity if they have one contrarian review.
The only part that’s unique to gaming is that gamers are the most toxic community in the internet.
- Comment on Is there a Lemmy equivalent of "r/bestofredditorupdates"? 1 month ago:
This is gonna be the best option for a while. r/bestofredditorupdates only thrives because it pulls from like 10 very large story subs. Lemmy doesn’t even have all of the equivalent story communities, much less the content speed.
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode 1 month ago:
No, this will be the AI that ignores your content and just spits out sponsored content. AI doesn’t really have to be involved much, but if it is, Google doesn’t have to pay up when you file a class action lawsuit for misleading content because they can say “It’s not our fault, thr AI did it.”
- Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 1 month ago:
The government has mostly turned a blind eye to dark pattern business for years, and now the president is openly saying that he encourages it and wants companies to step up their game. Of course things are going to get worse, especially now where everyone will have forgotten this by the next election, so it’ll get to stay as “the norm”
- Comment on Malicious PyPI Package "automslc" Enables 104K+ Unauthorized Deezer Music Downloads 1 month ago:
You can’t simultaneously have an executable that operates in a private sandbox and maintain all the features expected of the programming language.
- Comment on Itch.io California Fire Relief Bundle - 422 items for $10 1 month ago:
Pfft! You sound like an Octopus pretending to be a real dad, you can’t fool me!
- Comment on A new study found adaptive traffic signals powered by big data reduced peak-hour travel times by 11% in China’s 100 most congested cities – saving 31.73 million tonnes of CO₂ annually. 1 month ago:
I mean, this is also an area where neural networks will improve things. Neural networks are excellent for optimizing data with an extremely large amount of input variables, as is the case here. You don’t need language models, you don’t need to steal all the content on the internet for training. You have analysis tools that will easily validate any solution, so you’re not going to deal with mystery hallucinations.
- Comment on It's official, a new era is upon us for !conservative@lemmy.world! 1 month ago:
Making conservative great again!