Venator
@Venator@lemmy.nz
- Comment on Which is more likely in the future: Smartphones eventually becoming more "open" OR Computers eventually becoming more "locked-down"? 1 day ago:
I think both will happen, at the same time:
With the steam deck using Linux games are finally working on Linux, which is a major barrier to it being used for personal computers. And with Google and apple phones getting worse, projects like Ubuntu Touch might pick up some momentum…
But yeah those will likely still be quite niche…
- Comment on It's a mysteria 2 days ago:
Wouldn’t it be closer to millions?
- Comment on A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months 3 days ago:
Except that it has English text above it…
- Comment on Considering the old model is made with shrink-wrapping this is viable option 4 days ago:
That’s just a hairless cat that lost its ears fighting other cats 😅
- Comment on "Official" Russian Military game depicting invasion of Ukraine released on Steam as Yunarmy propaganda 4 days ago:
It also had a link to thier recruit sign up page in game if I remember correctly. Also was one of the first free to play milsims.
- Comment on Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech 4 days ago:
Results vary wildly depending on the game or situation, mainly depending on how fast the camera moves, and how cluttered or dark the environment is. It does pretty well in cyberpunk when you’re walking around the city on a sunny day with a low camera sensitivity, but looks pretty bad when driving in the rain at night.
- Comment on No time to explain, grab a milk and look at the camera 4 days ago:
Probably because it’s from 1963.
- Comment on Where does technology come from in Star Wars? 6 days ago:
* Star Wars is “cowboys and indians and samurai in space.”
- Comment on Where does technology come from in Star Wars? 6 days ago:
show
*movies
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Oh ok, I haven’t read much star wars expanded universe, and what I did read was more about bounty hunters and made no mention of any tech workers.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
What?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Star wars?
- Comment on The candid naivety of geeks 1 week ago:
Most spam is not “black hat spam”. It is what I call “white-collar spam”: perfectly legitimate company, sending you emails from legitimate address.
Sounds like they’ve never used an email that’s been leaked… I use an old email address for things I know are going to spam me, and the volume of “black hat spam” it recieves is way more than the “white-collar spam”.
- Comment on Does the average person know markdown? 1 week ago:
Looks like Lemmy formats empty hyperlinks as loops back here.
Depends on the app, and maybe also the instance you’re using?
In eternity for lemmy it shows as a link to
https://reddit.com/if I long press it, but has aninvalid linkerror if I try to click it. - Comment on In the U.S., are all voting booth areas required to have carbon monoxide detectors? 2 weeks ago:
It could work if done selectively on key areas that are statistically slanted to one side, but the logistics of pulling that off and keeping it a secret mean it’s just not a logical conspiracy.
- Comment on Partner has ADD, do I have misophonia? 2 weeks ago:
If they’re not prepared to turn down the TV to a reasonable level that’s on them. They know it’s upsetting you and are prepared to continue upsetting you. That’s really unhealthy and inconsiderate behaviour.
One thing that might help is getting them to use headphones with the TV. Most TVs these days have Bluetooth support. If I’m watching a movie late at night (common) I’ll always use headphones. Again it’s just common courtesy.
FTFY
- Comment on Partner has ADD, do I have misophonia? 2 weeks ago:
Maybe suggest actual couples therapy next time they have one of thier 30 minute diatribes…
- Comment on Student Demands Tuition Refund After Catching Professor Using ChatGPT - Slashdot 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t the phrase meant to be “pissing into the wind”?
- Comment on Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection 2 weeks ago:
Looks like the nextcloud one is also on fdroid: f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nextcloud.client/
- Comment on Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks 2 weeks ago:
There’s just something about how repetitive thier cadence can be, and putting random infections and stresses on words where it doesn’t make sense.
- Comment on Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks 2 weeks ago:
Duno, probably to some extent, similarly to how remixes of music sometimes have to pay royalties to the source of the sample if it’s recognisable…
- Comment on Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks 2 weeks ago:
Yep, copyright doesn’t apply to AI generated content.
- Comment on Google might replace the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button with AI Mode 2 weeks ago:
Yeah you’ve gotta be feeling lucky to use it.
- Comment on Google might replace the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button with AI Mode 2 weeks ago:
It’s probably something to do with the user feeling like they have a choice or something, even if it’s a meaningless choice.
- Comment on 28 years later, Lego Island's lost source code has been rediscovered – but the fans who spent nearly two years painstakingly decompiling it by hand "can't have it" 3 weeks ago:
Lets hope they never get bought out by Nintendo or similar…
- Comment on How does Netflix, HBO and other services get their subtitles? Are they now using AI to help translate? 3 weeks ago:
apparently the different variants of English don’t agree on what “captions” and “subtitles” are. <sigh in non-native>
Probably doesn’t help that the closed caption option usually appears in the subtitle menu in most software 😅
But yeah, I think what you’re referring to is normally called “closed captions”, but I can see how it would be shortened to just “captions” for convenience in some cases.
- Comment on This woman must have a really bad dog 3 weeks ago:
Yeah the stock image was probably taken when the dog was getting a routine vaccine or something 😅
- Comment on Sweet pic 4 weeks ago:
He must’ve also visited Wharariki Beach.
- Comment on This is a photo of irony. 4 weeks ago:
Nah she’s just using the 4th American definition
- marked by coincidence or by a curious or striking juxtaposition of events regarded by many as a loose usage
- Comment on Moar garlic 1 month ago:
Depends on how fresh the garlic is or something too, I find the locally grown stuff tastes a lot better than the imported, but it’s also way more expensive where I live 😔. Guess I need to try growing it myself.