TimeSquirrel

@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Who is?

  My ex wife for one, who would like to play Steam games but is not experienced enough to build and fiddle with a gaming PC, much less Linux, and just wants a box she can just plug in without calling all the IT folks in her family.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Analog bags" are in. Doomscrolling is out.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see it as anybody too young to remember a world that wasn't connected 24/7, somebody who in their child/teen years still made heavy use of the phone attached to the kitchen wall to contact friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This will be the (fifth?) time Microsoft has tried to implement virtual assistants. And they are still exceedingly inefficient at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Technology Connections] Video projectors used to be ridiculously cool [34:39]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There was an idea I read about (might have been Popular Science or something like 25 years ago) where they came up with an idea for a jet that didn't use traditional control surfaces like ailerons, but rather line the wings and fuselage in thousands of tiny flaps that would all be precisely computer controlled. It would be able to basically mold and shape the airstream around itself to make precise movements.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the most boomer-y comment I've read today, and I'm 43.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use it at work to clone a customer's proximity card when I work in their building so they don't have to leave me theirs to get around. The one legitimate use I found.