Laser

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft announces new Windows changes in response to the EU's (DMA) Digital Markets Act for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default unless opened⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Pirating Windows is wrong, but the lesser evil compared to buying Windows. Ideally, you shouldn’t do either

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You should ideally run your own node when using Monero

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It just indicates that Dead Cells itself isn’t very demanding, so the power draw in that game converges against idle draw where the issues are most apparent

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The PS3's comeback was insane⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s called subsidizing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Plex has better security, federates and shares with other plex servers and generally is less hands-on for transcoding.

  Regarding security, it’d be interesting to see how secure it actually is. Yeah, the individual endpoints might be protected better, but is Plex the company maybe a single point of failure?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's bad man⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, now what

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gig Companies Violate Workers’ Rights: Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Favor, Instacart, Lyft, Shipt, and Uber claim to offer workers flexibility but end up paying them less than state or local minimum wages.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never used any of these (except Uber once in 2016 maybe?) because of the exploitative model. Even though the situation here in Germany is a tad different with them. Fuck them. Regular companies are bad enough already

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mario Kart 64 got finally decompiled!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some say this is for the better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Praise of Tor: Why You Should Support and Use Tor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Never used it, the drugs just showed up at my door without me doing anything

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First off, I fully agree with you. But how people are lured in is that there is no interest if you pay on time, so it’s advertised as interest-free. But obviously the business model is built upon people not paying on time, and as such one should calculate that cost into it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla (TSLA) has to replace computer in ~4 million cars or compensate their owners⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Time to sell Tesla to xAI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SSL/TLS certificates will last 47 days max by 2029⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Complaining about job security, unbelievable… 🙃

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Media discovers a unique Russian culture of impunity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I never got the sentiment either. in fact I always found it to be among the best outlets. I’m a subscriber and I don’t even live in an English speaking country, and this is my only news subscription - didn’t find one that’s better overall yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube considers a daily timer for users looking to cut back on Shorts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just use a unlock filter rule to not show them in the first place

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It always seems like its time to move to linux⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I only had Windows 8 on a notebook that I bought and wanted to give it a try again, however I switched the machine over once I learned that it couldn’t be updated to 8.1 through normal updates, but that you had to use the store, because they were really trying to push the store. Also my NAS used NFS back then, which my home edition of Windows didn’t support, I think you need professional.

  These two things pushed me to migrate the notebook as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It always seems like its time to move to linux⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does that mean I shouldn’t have switched in 2007 and instead waited eight more years?

  But then I’d have had to use Windows 8

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Balatro yet again subject to mods’ poor understanding of “gambling”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wheel got you covered

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hammer time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mephisto is the least scary part of the dungeon, it’s the dolls that can really fuck you up, and blinking into an unlucky stunlock

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The equivalent to Plex is Jellyfin I think, Plex can be used as a media server for Kodi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game is it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s more hours per week than I have to work.

  But you can always do more. I have a childhood friend who, when some leagues were released, averaged about 14 hours per day for Path of Exile for two weeks straight. Like 180 hours playtime in two weeks.

  Another friend of mine should be at about 8000 hours of Rocket League by now on his main account only. That’s over the game’s full lifespan though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The CD wasn’t really suited to be played Mobile (though I did have a portable CD player). It should rather be compared to vinyl in that regard.

  I think tapes are great because no portable audio player ever came close to the Walkman regarding its cultural impact. The fact that anyone could record tapes opened up a lot of creative options.

  For properly mastered music to be enjoyed at home on a potentially expensive setup, the CD was very close to perfect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Merry weekend yall⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Got a giggle out of me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what people always seen to ignore about YouTube. It’s not just another database frontend to use generated content. That is definitely part of it, but behind that is probably the largest public facing content library on the Internet with a full video recoding infrastructure attached. YouTube is the platform for which I understand that they need to monetize.

  Sure, nowadays there’s also tiktok as another big video service. But I like to think that YouTube is way bigger in most metrics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But think about the 5 MB they saved!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think SW Republic Commando sounds were stored in Vorbis. Back then.

  Unreal Tournament also used Vorbis starting from either 2003 or 2004.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not addicted to cocaine until you’re poor, until then it’s a habit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your commitment to science is commendable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Psychedelics just chilling at the bottom. I’m not even sure there’s a proper LD50 for these as there are no recorded deaths where overdose was the cause. It’s so funny yet sad that these are super illegal while booze and tobacco are perfectly legal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon shuts down USAID after Trump agrees 60-year-old foreign aid agency is 'beyond repair' as 10,000 employees face the chop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not certain USAID sends financial aid or rather if they provide services paid by their budget. And yes, the US does receive foreign aid in emergency cases. You have probably forgotten already, but there were some pretty bad fires lately that Canada helped fight with their CL-415s. Because, you know, money doesn’t usually solve any issue but debt. It won’t take out a fire or end a pandemic.

  No country does foreign aid out of goodness. It puts your own companies into these countries.

  I’m not saying the US has any obligation to provide foreign aid. But don’t portray them as a country that gets explored by other nations. The only ones exploring the US are the rich. The US is wealthy enough, possibly even the wealthiest large nation on earth. It wouldn’t be if they just gave all money or whatever away. It’s just a lie to keep you distracted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netherlands | Bacteria and pesticides found in cannabis sold in Dutch coffee shops⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but their suppliers aren’t, and I’d guess that the issues did not originally arise in the coffeeshops