zergtoshi
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- Comment on ShitpostID: 4185519047 2 minutes ago:
How much is that in football fields?
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 1 week ago:
Not owning a smart TV almost equals not owning a TV, unless you already own a rather old one (like I luckily do).
Never connecting a TV to the internet is a solution for the smart TV problem; at least for now. - Comment on BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace 2 weeks ago:
It sure does. But we have to consider that recharging is less efficient than not spending the energy on acceleration in the first place, so heavier EVs are worse off than lighter ones; it’s not only losses from friction and heat losses - those come on top.
And you’re spot-on with the danger that comes from weight; being in an accident with a lot of kinetic energy that needs to be absorbed is not great. - Comment on BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace 2 weeks ago:
I was comparing EVs with different weight and not comparing EVs with ICE vehicles, though.
And in that case the heavier EVs are less efficient than more leightweight versions even with regenerative breaking, because the process of accelerating and breaking cant’ regenerate all energy that was spent for accelerating. - Comment on BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace 2 weeks ago:
That’s not that big of a deal for long-range trips, on which you typically don’t have to accelarate often.
Keeping the car going at a certain speed depends on several types of resistance, most importantly air resistance, but not really on weight.
More weight plays a bigger role for energy consumption in urban ares, where the weight needs to be accelerated more often than on the highway, the mileage per kWh is yet typically higher than on the highway due to the lower speed and less air resistance.
What I’m trying to say: I’d pick the bigger battery any time over the smaller one, if the price is reasonable.
EVs are already heavy. The weight from some additional batteries don’t play a big role. - Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 4 weeks ago:
The WiFi password is a nut I yet have to crack, but I’ve put the music on the SD card and enjoyed Songo#5 already.
Unfortunately I won’t be able to get in contact with Riley easily as my Discord account requires me to receive an email, which gets sent to a mailbox I no longer have access to (maybe time to set up a new account…) and I left Reddit for good after the crap they pulled with the API access - which is why I’m here on Lemmy now.Your review really made my decision making process simple. I’m long beyond the phase of my life, where I researched this and that for days or weeks just to have the most perfect solution.
Now I’m in the “good is good enough, no need for it to be perfect” phase as it saves so much time.
Yet in this case good turned out to be (maybe) the perfect solution.
So I wholeheartedly thank you for your review!Now I can either play Tetris or listen to music with a formidable music player. Streaming via Bluetooth didn’t work at first attempt, though. Pairing went well, but the sound output wasn’t on the BT speaker. I’ll have to try again with other devices.
For the time being I can live with a cable connection to the speaker :)I’m looking forward to what amazing things are coming!
Have fun! - Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 4 weeks ago:
I realized that running NextUI doesn’t really replace any of the files on the device itself as it runs from the SD card, although it shows “Installing…” at first start.
I’ve had some trouble with Portmaster but most likely due to me being impatient. I installed Portmaster and Songo#5. When I started Songo#5 the first time it looked like it was frozen and eventually I powered the Brick Hammer off.
After trying to install Songo#5 by putting the zip file to /Emus/tg5040/PORTS.pak/PortMaster/autoinstall/ (to no avail) I installed Portmaster anew, Songo#5 anew, started Songo#5 and just waited patiently.
…and finally it started! Wonderful!
Now I just have to find out how to comfortably enter a 63 character WiFi password (for installing Portmaster and Songo#5 I paired it with my mobile phone, which has a way less complex password), configure Syncthing (for that I want access to my local network, hence the overly complex password) and put some music there.
I’m gonna have a lot of fun with this nice piece.
Thank you for your review, which brought it it my attention! :) - Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 4 weeks ago:
Today I received the device and at first glance and grasp it’s a beauty!
I’m currently reading trimuistore.com/…/nextui-setup-guide-for-trimui-h… to find out how to put NextUI on the Brick Hammer without bricking it ;)
I’ll keep you posted as soon as I have managed to install NextUI and tried gaming with it, or playing music - whatever comes first. - Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 5 weeks ago:
We’re talking about Nintendo Gameboy games on then, you know?
Something that has been done on slightly bigger devices for well over 30 years.Oh, I do have an ancient mp3 player the size of a lighter. But I rarely use it anymore.
Yet I see myself using Songo#5 on this device. So I do appreciate the effort to provide this software for this kind of niche hardware. - Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 1 month ago:
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- Comment on YSK that everything the New York Times about Donald Trump actually happened 1 month ago:
That’s still different from “wins again”.
- Comment on YSK that everything the New York Times about Donald Trump actually happened 1 month ago:
Ever since Jan 6 21 it’s been crystal clear where this goes if he wins again.
“Wins again” as in violating another part of the constitution (22nd amendment)?
- Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 1 month ago:
It changes the way to build software for them and the (size of) the target audience a lot.
- Comment on Turning Gaming Handhelds into Digital Audio Players: An Interview with Riley 1 month ago:
The picture with the red gamjng handheld shows a TRIMUI Brick Hammer, right?
I’m so looking forward to receiving mine and installing Songo#5 on it 😊 - Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 month ago:
I’ve ordered a TRIMUI Brick Hammer a few hours ago, because I figured that I value durability of a portable device higher than video output; at home I can use my Steam Deck comfortably.
Your review made it look like a good piece of hard-/software for the money. At that price point I’m fairly sure I won’t have regrets. - Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 month ago:
Thank you for your reply, it helps a ton!
I plan to complement my SteamDeck with a tiny portable emulator, but would love to use it at home in the same way as the SteamDeck, which is in part stationary.
I’m aware that the SteamDeck could do the emulator part well, but taking it with you and whipping it out for a short gamining session is not one the SteamDeck’s strong suites. - Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld 1 month ago:
Thanks for this review!
I haven’t found any information regarding external controllers or DisplayPort at the USB-C output both at the sepcifications and your review.
I’m aware that it is not the intended use case to make it a kind of stationary console. But to be honest, I’d very much appreciate being able to attach it to an external monitor and use a separate controller when playing at home.
I figure this is the wrong type of device for me then, but wanted to ask you just to be sure about it. - Comment on Buttcoin 1 month ago:
Bitcoin will always yoyo forever siphoning money from those with less market knowledge to those with more market knowledge (or ability to manipulate it) until there aren’t enough people in it anymore. They aren’t making money, just moving it around.
I agree with that assessment.
Bitcoin is just another tool to move money from uneducated people with fomo to those who hold the strings.
Technically it’s obsolete, but I’m glad it paved the ground for some innovative approaches to transfer value anonymously or very fast and with cheap transaction fees or even no fees at all. - Comment on Buttcoin 1 month ago:
Looking at the operating cost of Bitcoin mining (hardware, maintenance, electricity), which is crucial for its network security, I tend to believe it only continues to work, if money enters the game continually.
It looks more like a kind of pyramid scheme than an investment.
But until it fails, people will have the chance to make money with it and tell about it, drawing in new ‘investors’. - Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 3 months ago:
What puzzles you is the core of each campaign and highly depends on the layout of it.
You gotta try and if you fail, try a different approach.Saving the game from time to time helps avoiding catastrophic failures without having to start from the beginning.
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 3 months ago:
I haven’t and truth be told I wasn’t even aware of it.
Thank you for your support in wasting some more time with HOMM 🤗 - Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 3 months ago:
Heroes of Might and Magic III, although I don’t think the game is bad.
What’s bad is that there’s really nothing new to it and yet from time to time I sink lots of hours into a new campaign.
It’s a kind of time machine bringing me back to more innocent times…
For the same reasons I need to beat some computer opponents in Broodwar on Big Game Hunters every once in a while. - Comment on Me when Valve releases a phone 3 months ago:
Me too, even if I could have more bang for my buck elsewhere.
Give it a decent camera, battery life and good security as well as privacy and take my money already! - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 3 months ago:
You’re unfortunately right that a Linux phone wouldn’t solve these problems and I’m with you that devs who bend the knee to Google have no interest in providing a Linux phone version - at least for the foreseeable future.
Once there’s a considerable market share for Linux phones (which may never be the case…), those users are potential customers and the tides will shift.
Until then it would at least provide a portable computer that can do a lot of the things current smartphones are capable of, but without the restrictions created by Google and Apple. - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 3 months ago:
I have a more pessimistic view of bad scenarios.
Combine Google Play Integrity checks with being unable to install apps except they’re from the Play Store and you are at the whim of Google.
Right now I’m battling an app provider (of an app I rely on) who decided to start Play Integrity check shenanigans, although that’s in violation with their TOS. I know about not so great scenarios already. My alternative would be to cave and forfeit GrapheneOS, which I’m not willing to do.
We. need. Linuxphones! - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 3 months ago:
I’m not saying I’m a fan of that, but at least Apple is upfront about the walled garden they offer and ever has been.
Google started differently, but turned around 180 degrees. - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 months ago:
I wasn’t aware of that.
Thanks for letting me know! - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 months ago:
Google is paving the ground for Linuxphones.
It’s so blatantly obvious how evil they’ve become that it makes striving for alternatives a necessity. - Comment on Sheep Frolic In Massive New Solar Power Plant 4 months ago:
Thank you for reading up on it and letting us know!
- Comment on Sheep Frolic In Massive New Solar Power Plant 4 months ago:
MW is no appropriate unit of energy; it’s a unit of power.
Something’s mixed up.