TranquilTurbulence

@TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a way, a gift card is kind of the opposite of a credit card⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you pay your bills on time, you can take advantage of that. You can think of it as a tiny discount, but the credit card company thinks of you as dead weight.

  However, those companies also have clever mathematicians who have figured out how much to give you back and how much interest to demand from the people who don’t pay their bills on time. The house always wins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a way, a gift card is kind of the opposite of a credit card⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Money first, stuff later = gift card
  Stuff first, money later + extra money = credit card

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe the RAM shortage will make software less bloated?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  LabVIEW is definitely programming of some sort, but doesn’t feel at all like programming. Pretty marginal example, but still…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe the RAM shortage will make software less bloated?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, the point and click part was a bit extreme. Still true in some rare cases, but actual programming still requires a keyboard.

  However the RAM thing is interesting. Haven’t actually written any code in the 70’s and 80’s, but what I’ve heard from people who did, RAM was a huge bottle neck. Well, pretty much everything was. Even the bandwidth between your terminal and the mainframe was a bottle neck that made you suffer.

  Back in those days, programmers were painfully aware of the hardware limitations. If you wanted your code to run within a reasonable amount of time, you absolutely had to focus on optimizing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You get zooted. Here’s a video that explains everything you need to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Viruses are millennia-old nanobots from ancient aliens that went astray over time with their corrupted replication-programming⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole planet and everything in it is completely riddled with viruses. Better steer clear if you value your life. If they ever send you a message, delete it without reading a single word of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nanobots will be used to attack people, rendering guns obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad I could help!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Viruses are millennia-old nanobots from ancient aliens that went astray over time with their corrupted replication-programming⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  LOL. You’re welcome!

  I like to think that viruses are just an inevitable consequence of having biochemical machines we call “life”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nanobots will be used to attack people, rendering guns obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Bio weapons are terrible in every way. Now that RNA vaccines are in production, making new vaccines just got a whole lot faster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people hate video games so much?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And then there are also point and click adventure games and even visual novels. Who hates those?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nanobots will be used to attack people, rendering guns obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  New fear unlocked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people hate video games so much?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate online PvP FPS games, and I know it’s a 100% skill issue. I like to think that the same logic also applies to those who hate all games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nanobots will be used to attack people, rendering guns obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Prime horror movie material.

  You trust your body. You trust your mind. But what if the enemy… is already inside you?

  They’re not viruses. They’re not bacteria. They’re your own proteins… twisted. Hungry.

  They hide in the folds of your brain. They wait in the silence of your cells. And when they strike… you won’t even know you’re already lost.

  PRIONS

  COMING TO AN ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM NEAR YOU

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nanobots will be used to attack people, rendering guns obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait until you hear about viruses or prions. Truly terrifying stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ergonomic keyboard + laptop?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For a small desk just big enough for a laptop, ergonomic keyboards aren’t an option. However, if you have a large desk but still can’t fit a nice keyboard, consider decluttering to create more space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's a 0% chance the tiktok generation avoids using nukes on itself.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The old generation is always the best and new generations are always bad. What we call the bad generation depends on the decade or century when you ask. This seems to be one of the constants of human existence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ergonomic keyboard + laptop?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I use both. Switching is easy, because you get used to it eventually. If you need to type a lot, an ergonomic keyboard will be a lot nicer, so you’ll end up preferring that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you "feel" gender?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe societal expectations of masculinity and femininity have become distorted over time. Conforming to these rigid categories will just lead to sadness.

  If you’re a woman who enjoys tinkering with electronics, go for it. If you’re a man who feels comfortable expressing your emotions, do so. Why not explore both while you’re at it?

  In matters like these, it’s perfectly fine to disregard cultural norms and follow your own path. There’s no reason to conform to societal expectations that contradict your true self. You don’t need to identify with any specific gender; simply be a human and engage in human activities.

  I think gender has become another “tribe” that people naturally gravitate towards and identify with. It seems quite human to desire such social groupings. Thousands of years ago, your family and literal tribe fulfilled this role. Today, we seek similar social connections through other means.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some website logins have the username and password entry on different pages?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is usually the right answer. In the past, logging in was a simple pipeline with no forks along the way. That’s why a simple username + password did the trick. Nowadays, logging in has become a complicated journey with several ways to get to the destination. Once the site knows your email, it knows what’s the next step in your case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All they have to do is to stop maintaining the mobile app that controls the robot. Sure, you can still start it manually, but it won’t do anything smart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On top of that, people have families, jobs, and other commitments that hinder their plans. Moving to another town is already hard enough as it is, but relocating to another country is even harder.

  While it’s certainly possible and perhaps even advisable, it’s not a realistic option for most people. If your life is in danger, remaining isn’t really an option, so any associated difficulties with moving and starting anew are the lesser evil. However, for everyone else, the situation gets complicated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do .ml users get a bad rep?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried reading my local and federated feeds but found little value in them. While most posts are interesting, they’re either too niche, too boring or just fly straight over my head. Consequently, I prefer to stick with the subscribed feed almost exclusively. That’s where I can reliably find stuff worth my time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do .ml users get a bad rep?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t asked the admins, but here’s my guess.
  Being the most well known instance means that you get a lot of traffic. Let’s say that 1% of the people using your instance are annoying morons. In a smaller instance that 1% translates to maybe one ban a month or whatever. In a bigger place, it becomes a constant onslaught stupid idiot bullshit nobody has the time or energy to deal with. Either you get a bunch of admins and mods to deal with that nonsense or you start banning users more aggressively.

  However, some part of that drama is public on https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/lemmy.world. Have a look. Just scroll down to censures given and read the reasons why lemmy.world has defederated from so many instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do .ml users get a bad rep?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I took a look at those stats a while back, and the defederation procedure totally goes both ways.

  As far as I can tell, bigger instances have bumped into issues that were resolved through defederation. Smaller instances haven’t faced those kinds of problems, so they haven’t defederated with any instances yet.

  If all the big instances have defederated your instance, that’s clear sign that there might be something wrong with that place. If your instance has defederated from a bunch of other instances, take a look at the size of that instance before drawing conclusions. For example lemmy.world is a special case and a clear outlier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do .ml users get a bad rep?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a good point. Some instances have special rules and settings like that. Sounds a bit rare though. I haven’t heard of many instances that put the extra effort into customizing the experience on that level

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do .ml users get a bad rep?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just a side note: The instance you’re on doesn’t really matter very much if you never read the local feed. If you do, you’ll definitely notice the local vibe sooner or later.

  If you’re on an instance that is widely defederated, you may also notice that it’s difficult to find communities. Also, people may comment on your instance if it happens to be particularly notorious. Other than that, instances don’t really matter that much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infosec⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s 1285813 in hexadecimal, which was a disappointment. I was hoping to see at least one letter to increase the search space a little. You can totally brute force this in no time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the AI bubble bursts..⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m assuming RAM factories are investing in new production lines to meet the increased demand. This means there should be ample capacity to spare when demand decreases. That’s the ideal time to purchase those 500 GB of RAM for all your Chrome tabs.

  The plan is that when interest rates rise again, investors won’t have access to cheap loans and AI companies won’t be able to build more data centres. This should lead to a demand collapse and manufacturers being left with surplus capacity. I doubt they can reduce production quickly enough, so they’ll likely push cheap products onto the market for a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the US was partitioned, what new states would you want to appear?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How about drawing a grid on the entire country, and labelling each new square state in chessboard style? American streets try to be sensible and consistent like that, so why not just apply the same idea on a federal level too? If you’re in the state D5, you’ll know that D4 right next door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isint lemmy more popular?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also the client situation is confusing to normies. Search for Lemmy on the spyware cancer store and you’ll see what I mean.

  Pixelfed and Mastodon have already figured that out.